2016年6月英語四級考試模擬試卷及答案
Part I Writing(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Choosing an Occupation. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
Choosing an Occupation
1. 選擇職業(yè)是一個人要面對的眾多難題之一。
2. 需要花時間去選擇職業(yè)。
3. 選擇職業(yè)時可以向多人尋求建議和幫助。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the question on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, markY (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Will We Run Out of Water?
Picture a "ghost ship" sinking into the sand, left to rot on dry land by a receding sea. Then imagine dust storms sweeping up toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers from the dry seabed and spewing them across towns and villages.
Seem like a scene from a movie about the end of the world? For people living near the Aral Sea in Central Asia, it's all too real. Thirty years ago, government planners diverted the rivers that flow into the sea in order to irrigate(provide water for)farmland. As a result, the sea has shrunk to half its original size, stranding ships on dry land. The seawater has tripled in salt content and become polluted, killing all 24 native species of fish.
Similar large scale efforts to redirect water in other parts of the world have also ended in ecological crisis, according to numerous environmental groups. But many countries continue to build massive dams and irrigation systems, even though such projects can create more problems than they fix. Why? People in many parts of the world are desperate for water, and more people will need more water in the next century.
"Growing populations will worsen problems with water," says Peter H. Gleick, an environmental scientist at the Pacific Institute for studies in Development, Environment, and Security, a research organization in California. He fears that by the year 2025, as many as onethird of the world's projected 8.3 billion people will suffer from water shortages.
Where Water Goes
Only 2.5 percent of all water on Earth is freshwater, water suitable for drinking and growing food, says Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Mass. Twothirds of this freshwater is locked in glaciers and ice caps. In fact, only a tiny percentage of freshwater is part of the water cycle, in which water evaporates and rises into the atmosphere, then condenses and falls back to Earth as precipitation(rain or snow).
Some precipitation runs off land to lakes and oceans, and some becomes groundwater, water that seeps into the earth. Much of this renewable freshwater ends up in remote places like the Amazon river basin in Brazil, where few people live. In fact, the world's population has access to only 12,500 cubic kilometers of freshwater-about the amount of water in Lake Superior. And people use half of this amount already. "If water demand continues to climb rapidly," says Postel, "there will be severe shortages and damage to the aquatic environment."
Close to Home
Water woes may seem remote to people living in rich countries like the United States. But Americans could face serious water shortages, too especially in areas that rely on groundwater. Groundwater accumulates in aquifers, layers of sand and gravel that lie between soil and bedrock. (For every liter of surface water, more than 90 liters are hidden underground).Although the United States has large aquifers, farmers, ranchers, and cities are tapping many of them for water faster than nature can replenish it. In northwest Texas, for example, over pumping has shrunk groundwater supplies by 25 percent, according to Postel.
Americans may face even more urgent problems from pollution. Drinking water in the United States is generally safe and meets high standards. Nevertheless, one in five Americans every day unknowingly drinks tap water contaminated with bacteria and chemical wastes, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In Milwaukee, 400,000 people fell ill in 1993 after drinking tap water tainted with cryptosporidium, a microbe that causes fever, diarrhea and vomiting.
The Source
Where so contaminants come from? In developing countries, people dump raw sewage into the same streams and rivers from which they draw water for drinking and cooking; about 250 million people a year get sick from water borne diseases.
In developed countries, manufacturers use 100,000 chemical compounds to make a wide range of products. Toxic chemicals pollute water when released untreated into rivers and lakes. (Certain compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have been banned in the United States.)
But almost everyone contributes to water pollution. People often pour household cleaners, car antifreeze, and paint thinners down the drain; All of these contain hazardous chemicals. Scientists studying water in the San Francisco Bay reported in 1996 that 70 percent of the pollutants could be traced to household waste.
Farmers have been criticized for overusing herbicides and pesticides, chemicals that kill weeds and insects but insects but that pollutes water as well. Farmers also use nitrates, nitrogenrich fertilizer that helps plants grow but that can wreak havoc on the environment. Nitrates are swept away by surface runoff to lakes and seas. Too many nitrates "over enrich" these bodies of water, encouraging the buildup of algae, or microscopic plants that live on the surface of the water. Algae deprive the water of oxygen that fish need to survive, at times choking off life in an entire body of water.
What's the Solution?
Water expert Gleick advocates conservation and local solutions to waterrelated problems; governments, for instance, would be better off building smallscale dams rather than huge and disruptive projects like the one that ruined the Aral Sea.
"More than 1 billion people worldwide don't have access to basic clean drinking water," says Gleick. "There has to be a strong push on the part of everyonegovernments and ordinary people-to make sure we have a resource so fundamental to life."
1. That the huge water projects have diverted the rivers causes the Aral Sea to shrink.
2. The construction of massive dams and irrigation projects does more good than harm.
3. The chief causes of water shortage are population growth and water pollution.
4. The problems Americans face concerning water are ground water shrinkage and tap water pollution.
5. According to the passage all water pollutants come from household waste.
6. The people living in the United States will not be faced with water shortages.
7. Water expert Gleick has come up with the best solution to water related problems.
1.[Y][N][NG]2.[Y][N][NG]3.[Y][N][NG]4.[Y][N][NG]
5.[Y][N][NG]6.[Y][N][NG]7.[Y][N][NG]
8. According to Peter H. Gleick, by the year 2025, as many as of the world's people will suffer from water shortages.
9.Two thirds of the freshwater on Earth is locked in.
10.In developed countries, before toxic chemicals are released into rivers and lakes, they should be treated in order to avoid.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 47 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always the heart of a town. This street was lined on the both sides with many 48 businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered 49 . There shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 50 place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 51 to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 52 as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 53 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 54 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 55 of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 56 of the stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
[A]designed
[B]take
[C]Early
[D]Attracted
[E] though
[F]convenience
[G]services
[H]fame
[I]various
[J] popularity
[K]cosmetics
[L]started
[M]downtown
[N]available
[O]cheapness
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D].You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.
The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn cultureone has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald's. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.
The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.
Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.
57. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
[A]All international managers can learn culture.
[B]Business diversity is not necessary.
[C]Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.
[D]Most people do not know foreign culture well.
58. According to the author, the model of Pepsi.
[A]is in line with the theories of the school advocating the business is business the world around.
[B]is different from the model of McDonald's
[C]shows the reverse of globalization
[D]has converged cultural differences
59. The two schools of thought.
[A]both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual cultures
[B]both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries
[C]admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
[D]Both A and B
60. This article is supposed to be most useful for those.
[A]who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity
[B]who have connections to more than one type of culture
[C]who want to travel abroad
[D]who want to run business on International Scale
61. According to Fortune, successful international companies.
[A]earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
[B]all have the quality of patience
[C]will follow the overseas local cultures
[D]adopt the policy of internationalization
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, and gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there's the sport that glorifies "the hit".
By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, closeups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won't do it for you.
Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman's position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. "Nothing happened," you say. "I could have had my eyes closed."
The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.
62.The passage is mainly concerned with .
[A]the different tastes of people for sports [B]the different characteristics of sports
[C]the attraction of football [D]the attraction of baseball
63.Those who don't like baseball may complain that.
[A]it is only to the taste of the old [B]it involves fewer players than football
[C]it is not exciting enough [D]it is pretentious and looks funny
64.The author admits that.
[A]baseball is too peaceful for the young [B]baseball may seem boring when watched on TV
[C]football is more attracting than baseball [D]baseball is more interesting than football
65.By stating "I could have had my eyes closed." the author means (4th paragraph last sentence).
[A]The third baseman would rather sleep than play the game
[B]Even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no different to the result
[C]The third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well
[D]The consequent was too bad he could not bear to see it
66.We can safely conclude that the author.
[A]likes football [B]hates football [C]hates baseball [D]likes baseball
Part ⅤCloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 67 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 68 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 69 the news.
Newspapers have one basic 70 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 71 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 72 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 73 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 74 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 75 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers 76 of the latest news, today's newspapers 77 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 78 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 79 .News papers is sold at a price that 80 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 81 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 82 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This 83 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 84 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 85 in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 86 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world and even outer space.
67.[A] Just when [B] While [C] Soon after [D] Before
68.[A] to give [B] giving [C] given [D] being given
69.[A] gather [B] spread [C] carry [D] bring
70.[A] reason [B] cause [C] problem [D] purpose
71.[A] make [B] publish [C] know [D] write
72.[A] another [B]other [C] one another [D] the other
73.[A] However [B] And [C] Therefore [D] So
74.[A] value [B] ratio [C] rate [D] speed
75.[A]spread [B] passed [C] printed [D] completed
76.[A] inform [B] be informed [C] to informed [D] informed
77.[A] entertain [B] encourage [C] educate [D] edit
78.[A] on [B] through [C] with [D] of
79.[A] forms [B] existence [C] contents [D] purpose
80.[A] tries to cover [B]manages to cover [C] fails to cover [D] succeeds in
81.[A] source [B] origin [C] course [D] finance
82.[A] way [B] means [C] chance [D] success
83.[A] measures [B] measured [C] is measured [D] was measured
84.[A] somewhat [B] little [C] much [D] something
85.[A] offering [B] offered [C] which offered[D] to be offered
86.[A] by [B] with [C] at [D] about
Part Ⅵ Translation(5 minutes)
Direction: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87.There's a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means (想找麻煩).
88.Why didn't you tell me you could lend me the money? I (本來不必從銀行借錢的).
89.(正是由于她太沒有經(jīng)驗) that she does not know how to deal with the situation.
90.I (將在做實驗) from three to five this afternoon.
91.If this can't be settled reasonably, it may be necessary to (訴諸武力).
答案
Part I Writing
【寫作思路】
本文是一篇關(guān)于擇業(yè)的議論文。說明慎重擇業(yè)相當重要，并提出多種指導擇業(yè)的方法。
【參考范文】
Choosing an Occupation
One of the most important problems a young person faces is deciding what to do. There are some people, of course, who from the time they are six years old "know" that they want to be doctors or pilots or fire fighters, but the majority of us do not get around to making a decision about an occupation or career until somebody or something forces us to face the problem.
Choosing an occupation takes time, and there are a lot of things you have to think about as you try to decide what you would like to do. You may find that you will have to take special courses to qualify for a particular kind of work, or you may find out that you will need to get actual work experience to gain enough knowledge to qualify for a particular job.
Fortunately, there are a lot of people you can turn to for advice and help in making your decision. At most schools, there are teachers who are professionally qualified to give you detailed information about job qualifications. And you can talk over your ideas with family members and friends who are always ready to listen and to offer suggestions.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1.【解析】[Y]該句的意思是巨大的河流改道水利工程使得咸海縮小。從第二段的中間兩句話可得出結(jié)論。Thirty years ago, government planners diverted the rivers that flow into the sea in order to irrigate(provide water for)farmland. As a result, the sea has shrunk to half its original size, stranding ships on dry land.與原文意思相同。
2.【解析】[N]該句句意為:巨壩和灌溉工程的建設(shè)好處多于壞處。解題依據(jù)為本文第三段第二句話But many countries continue to build massive dams and irrigation systems, even though such projects can create more problems than they fix. (雖然產(chǎn)生更多問題，許多國家仍繼續(xù)建巨壩和灌溉工程。)由此可知，壞處多于好處，所以該題與原文之義不合。
3.【解析】[Y]該句句意為:缺水的主要原因是人口增長和水污染。本題解題依據(jù)可定位到本文第四段第一句話 Growing populations will worsen problems with water… 及第十一段第一句話But almost everyone contributes to water pollution. 兩者都是水資源缺乏的原因，與原文之義相符。
4.【解析】[Y]該句句意為:美國人面臨的有關(guān)水的問題為地下水的減少和污染。本題解題依據(jù)為第七段第二句話和第八段第三句話，這兩句話加在一起即為美國人所面臨的水資源方面的問題，與原文之義相符。
5.【解析】[N]該句句意為:根據(jù)這篇文章，所有水的污染都來自于家庭廢棄物。本題解題依據(jù)為第十一段最后一句話…70 percent of the pollutants could be traced to household waste (百分之七十的污染物源于家庭廢棄物)，據(jù)此，本題之意與原文之義不合。
6.【解析】[N]該句句意為:美國人將不會面臨缺水問題。該題解題依據(jù)為文章第七段第二句話 But Americans could face serious water shortages, too, especially in areas that rely on groundwater, 顯然本題之意與原文之義不合。
7.【解析】[NG]該句句意為:水利專家Gleick 提供了與水相關(guān)的解決方案。根據(jù)本文第十三段第一句話所述，專家Gleick 并未提供任何解決方案。
8.【解析】onethird 解題依據(jù)為第四段最后一句話：He fears that by the year 2025, as many as onethird of the world's projected 8.3 billion people will suffer from water shortages.
9.【解析】glaciers and ice caps 解題依據(jù)為第五段第二句話：Twothirds of this freshwater is locked in glaciers and ice caps.
10.【解析】water pollution 解題依據(jù)為第十段第二句話：Toxic chemicals pollute water when released untreated into rivers and lakes.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)
Section A
【短文大意】本文主要介紹了美國城鎮(zhèn)人們購物方式的變化。
47.【解析】[C]20世紀早期，大多數(shù)美國城市和城鎮(zhèn)都有一條主街道。20世紀早期即用early in the 1900s。
48.【解析】[I]這條街道排成一列，街道兩邊都是各式各樣的商店。Various 意為"不同的、各種各樣的"
49.【解析】[G]另外，一些商店還提供服務(wù)。提供服務(wù)可用固定的搭配 offer services。
50.【解析】[B]所填詞take 才能與后面的詞place搭配，take place 為固定詞組，意為"發(fā)生"But in the 1950s, a change began to take place 意為20世紀50年代發(fā)生了巨大的變化。
51.【解析】[N]主街道充斥著太多的汽車，卻沒有地方給顧客停車。Available 意為"可用到的、可利用的"，這里指沒有可用的地方給顧客停車。
52.【解析】[L]Shopping centers, or rather malls, started as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 購物中心或者購物商場開始在擁擠的城市中心之外建小型的新商場。開始即用start。
53.【解析】[D]顧客們被許多免費的停車場所吸引，attracted 是被吸引之意。
54.【解析】[M]customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls.顧客們被從市區(qū)吸引到郊區(qū)的購物商場。市區(qū)即用downtown 一詞。
55.【解析】[J]購物中心越來越流行，popularity即普及、流行之意。
56.【解析】[F]購物中心除了提供停車的便利之外，還提供其他服務(wù)。提供便利即用 provide convenience。
Section B
Passage One
【短文大意】本文主要講述文化背景對商業(yè)運作的影響，文中列舉了商界中存在的對于文化多樣性的兩種觀點。
57.【解析】[C]推斷題。意為"對在商業(yè)中怎樣對待文化有著不同意見"。 文化在商業(yè)中是一個很具挑戰(zhàn)性的因素。不同的國家與地區(qū)可能會有不同的文化體系。在商業(yè)中，應(yīng)該怎樣對待不同的文化，商業(yè)界存在著不同的看法。
58.【解析】[A]細節(jié)題。意為"……與同意世界商業(yè)一體化的派別的主張是一致的"。 Pepsi采納的是國際化的商業(yè)風格，這與那些主張國際化的派別的意見是相一致的。
59.【解析】[C]推斷題。意為"承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性"。兩個派別都承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性。他們的不同在于，應(yīng)該對待不同的文化，應(yīng)該搞國際化還是對不同的文化采取不同的策略。
60.【解析】[D]主旨題。由文中的例子可以知道，作者主要關(guān)心的并不是研究多種文化形態(tài)，而是文化背景對商業(yè)運作的影響。所以D是正確答案。
61.【解析】[B]細節(jié)題。意為"都具有耐心這一素質(zhì)"。并非所有成功的國際公司的海外收入都占總收入的20%或以上。它們也不一定全都接納海外的當?shù)匚幕?，或是采納國際化策略。
Passage Two
【短文大意】本文主要講述壘球的特征及欣賞。
62.【解析】[D]主旨題。文章第一段簡述了人們對壘球所持的偏見--認為它毫無活力、從容和緩，不像橄欖球那樣高潮迭起、令人激動。文章的第二、三、四、五段探討了壘球的根本特征及欣賞角度，文章的最后一句話用一個比喻概括了壘球的魅力："如果橄欖球是一曲交響樂的話，那么，壘球中所表現(xiàn)出來的運動恰似一曲優(yōu)美的室內(nèi)樂。"可見，本文主要探討的是壘球的特點及其欣賞。 A不對，第一段也確實提到了不同觀眾對不同運動形式的偏好，但這只是用以引出對壘球的特征及欣賞的討論。
63.【解析】[C]細節(jié)題。文章第一段指出：許多人不喜歡壘球，一提起壘球這些人就打哈欠甚至皺眉頭。對他們來說，看壘球意味著眼巴巴地觀望著身著運動裝(outfit)的人呆立在球場上，東瞧瞧西望望，很少有什么(激動人心的)事發(fā)生--沒意思透了。他們認為這樣的運動更適合上個世紀的人的口味，不像橄欖球那樣充滿活力。A意為："它只適合老年人的口味。"注意：原文說的是適合上個世紀的人的口味，二者意味不一樣。 D意為："它矯揉造作、滑稽可笑。"這與說它gentlemanly(具有紳士風度，矜持，即：沒有沖撞或拼搶)不一樣。
64.【解析】[B]推斷題。第三段指出，在電視上，壘球運動被切換成不同角度的畫面，而且不斷地使用重放、特寫等電視制作技術(shù)，這破壞了該運動的整體運動感，使觀眾無法將自己投入(project)到運動中去，以體會到這種寓動于靜的運動之美。電視做不到這一點(The TV won't do it for you)，因此，電視上的壘球比賽看上去(seems)孤孤單單、冷冷清清、沉沉靜靜、慢慢騰騰。C、D不對，作者僅指出了不同運動有不同運動的特征，并未說哪種運動優(yōu)于哪種。參閱文章最后一句。
65.【解析】[B]推斷題。第四段整個都在描述壘球場上的一個場景：拿三壘的運動員假設(shè)對方全投出好球，做好了一切準備，但是對方投出的并不是好球。所以在那時候他的準備做不做都不會影響比賽結(jié)果。他說本來可以閉上眼睛，意思就是B項所寫的。A、C、D都不符合作者的意圖。這道題需要完整地了解第四段內(nèi)容才能作好選擇。
66.【解析】[D]推斷題。在本文中，作者主要探討了壘球的特征及欣賞，作者著重指出的是：只有根據(jù)壘球的特征來欣賞它，才能體會到它的魅力。在他看來，觀察到壘球比賽中運動員的各種動作、壘球位之間的關(guān)系等是欣賞它的關(guān)鍵(第三段第二句)。只有從整體來把握它，才能看到每一個小的動作、每一個眼神乃至于"靜止"的意義，也只有這樣，才能全身心地投入比賽中，欣賞到它的魅力?？梢?，作者對壘球有很深的理解而且非常喜愛壘球。主要參考第三、四、五段。
Part Ⅴ Cloze
67.【解析】[A]just在此為副詞，意為"剛剛"，做狀語。此句意為"一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對新聞的反應(yīng)之快。"
68.【解析】[A]to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點表達的是"反應(yīng)快"，不是正在做什么。
69.【解析】[A]消息，信息要靠收集。
70.【解析】[D]后面的不定式短語表示目的
71.【解析】[C]提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
72.【解析】[B] other意為"其他的"。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其他發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
73.【解析】[A]根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
74.【解析】[D]使用更新，更快的通信工具，目的是提高速度。
75.【解析】[C]報紙是印出來的，先印后看(讀)。
76.【解析】[D]keep sb. 過去分詞是一種復合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過去分詞為被動關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報紙不斷地為讀者提供新聞信息。
77.【解析】[C]關(guān)于politics之類的嚴肅話題,只能選educate。
78.【解析】[B]此句意為：報紙通過廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟生活中的選擇。
79.【解析】[B]大多數(shù)報紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。
80.【解析】[C]報紙的售價之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于廣告收入的說法。
81.【解析】[A]收入來源應(yīng)該用source。因為source指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出處或來源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點,或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。
82.【解析】[D]succeed in為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于報紙在客戶(要打廣告的人)心中的價值。
83.【解析】[C]根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，此句意為：報紙在客戶心中的價值，是靠發(fā)行量衡量的。
84.【解析】[C]該句意為：發(fā)行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發(fā)行部門的工作及報紙所提供的服務(wù)功能和娛樂功能。
85.【解析】[B]offered作services和entertainment的定語。
86.【解析】[D]information后面接介詞about，表示"關(guān)于"。
Part Ⅵ Translation
87.【解析】to make trouble
【答案解析】找麻煩用固定詞組make trouble即可，make trouble 即制造麻煩，搗亂之意。
88.【解析】needn't have borrowed it from the bank.
【答案解析】本題考查虛擬語氣的用法，needn't have done的結(jié)構(gòu)是本不必這樣做而做了的意思。
89.【解析】It is because she is too inexperienced
【答案解析】沒有經(jīng)驗可以用一個形容詞來翻譯，即inexperienced。
90.【解析】will be doing/conducting the experiment
【答案解析】本題考查將來時態(tài)的用法，做實驗即可用do experiment也可用conduct experiment。
91.【解析】resort to force
【答案解析】本題亦考查固定詞組用法，訴諸武力有固定詞組resort to force。
Part I Writing(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Choosing an Occupation. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
Choosing an Occupation
1. 選擇職業(yè)是一個人要面對的眾多難題之一。
2. 需要花時間去選擇職業(yè)。
3. 選擇職業(yè)時可以向多人尋求建議和幫助。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the question on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, markY (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Will We Run Out of Water?
Picture a "ghost ship" sinking into the sand, left to rot on dry land by a receding sea. Then imagine dust storms sweeping up toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers from the dry seabed and spewing them across towns and villages.
Seem like a scene from a movie about the end of the world? For people living near the Aral Sea in Central Asia, it's all too real. Thirty years ago, government planners diverted the rivers that flow into the sea in order to irrigate(provide water for)farmland. As a result, the sea has shrunk to half its original size, stranding ships on dry land. The seawater has tripled in salt content and become polluted, killing all 24 native species of fish.
Similar large scale efforts to redirect water in other parts of the world have also ended in ecological crisis, according to numerous environmental groups. But many countries continue to build massive dams and irrigation systems, even though such projects can create more problems than they fix. Why? People in many parts of the world are desperate for water, and more people will need more water in the next century.
"Growing populations will worsen problems with water," says Peter H. Gleick, an environmental scientist at the Pacific Institute for studies in Development, Environment, and Security, a research organization in California. He fears that by the year 2025, as many as onethird of the world's projected 8.3 billion people will suffer from water shortages.
Where Water Goes
Only 2.5 percent of all water on Earth is freshwater, water suitable for drinking and growing food, says Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Mass. Twothirds of this freshwater is locked in glaciers and ice caps. In fact, only a tiny percentage of freshwater is part of the water cycle, in which water evaporates and rises into the atmosphere, then condenses and falls back to Earth as precipitation(rain or snow).
Some precipitation runs off land to lakes and oceans, and some becomes groundwater, water that seeps into the earth. Much of this renewable freshwater ends up in remote places like the Amazon river basin in Brazil, where few people live. In fact, the world's population has access to only 12,500 cubic kilometers of freshwater-about the amount of water in Lake Superior. And people use half of this amount already. "If water demand continues to climb rapidly," says Postel, "there will be severe shortages and damage to the aquatic environment."
Close to Home
Water woes may seem remote to people living in rich countries like the United States. But Americans could face serious water shortages, too especially in areas that rely on groundwater. Groundwater accumulates in aquifers, layers of sand and gravel that lie between soil and bedrock. (For every liter of surface water, more than 90 liters are hidden underground).Although the United States has large aquifers, farmers, ranchers, and cities are tapping many of them for water faster than nature can replenish it. In northwest Texas, for example, over pumping has shrunk groundwater supplies by 25 percent, according to Postel.
Americans may face even more urgent problems from pollution. Drinking water in the United States is generally safe and meets high standards. Nevertheless, one in five Americans every day unknowingly drinks tap water contaminated with bacteria and chemical wastes, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In Milwaukee, 400,000 people fell ill in 1993 after drinking tap water tainted with cryptosporidium, a microbe that causes fever, diarrhea and vomiting.
The Source
Where so contaminants come from? In developing countries, people dump raw sewage into the same streams and rivers from which they draw water for drinking and cooking; about 250 million people a year get sick from water borne diseases.
In developed countries, manufacturers use 100,000 chemical compounds to make a wide range of products. Toxic chemicals pollute water when released untreated into rivers and lakes. (Certain compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have been banned in the United States.)
But almost everyone contributes to water pollution. People often pour household cleaners, car antifreeze, and paint thinners down the drain; All of these contain hazardous chemicals. Scientists studying water in the San Francisco Bay reported in 1996 that 70 percent of the pollutants could be traced to household waste.
Farmers have been criticized for overusing herbicides and pesticides, chemicals that kill weeds and insects but insects but that pollutes water as well. Farmers also use nitrates, nitrogenrich fertilizer that helps plants grow but that can wreak havoc on the environment. Nitrates are swept away by surface runoff to lakes and seas. Too many nitrates "over enrich" these bodies of water, encouraging the buildup of algae, or microscopic plants that live on the surface of the water. Algae deprive the water of oxygen that fish need to survive, at times choking off life in an entire body of water.
What's the Solution?
Water expert Gleick advocates conservation and local solutions to waterrelated problems; governments, for instance, would be better off building smallscale dams rather than huge and disruptive projects like the one that ruined the Aral Sea.
"More than 1 billion people worldwide don't have access to basic clean drinking water," says Gleick. "There has to be a strong push on the part of everyonegovernments and ordinary people-to make sure we have a resource so fundamental to life."
1. That the huge water projects have diverted the rivers causes the Aral Sea to shrink.
2. The construction of massive dams and irrigation projects does more good than harm.
3. The chief causes of water shortage are population growth and water pollution.
4. The problems Americans face concerning water are ground water shrinkage and tap water pollution.
5. According to the passage all water pollutants come from household waste.
6. The people living in the United States will not be faced with water shortages.
7. Water expert Gleick has come up with the best solution to water related problems.
1.[Y][N][NG]2.[Y][N][NG]3.[Y][N][NG]4.[Y][N][NG]
5.[Y][N][NG]6.[Y][N][NG]7.[Y][N][NG]
8. According to Peter H. Gleick, by the year 2025, as many as of the world's people will suffer from water shortages.
9.Two thirds of the freshwater on Earth is locked in.
10.In developed countries, before toxic chemicals are released into rivers and lakes, they should be treated in order to avoid.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 47 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always the heart of a town. This street was lined on the both sides with many 48 businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered 49 . There shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 50 place. Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 51 to shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 52 as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 53 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 54 areas to outlying malls. And the growing 55 of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 56 of the stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.
[A]designed
[B]take
[C]Early
[D]Attracted
[E] though
[F]convenience
[G]services
[H]fame
[I]various
[J] popularity
[K]cosmetics
[L]started
[M]downtown
[N]available
[O]cheapness
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D].You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.
The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn cultureone has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald's. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.
The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.
Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.
57. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
[A]All international managers can learn culture.
[B]Business diversity is not necessary.
[C]Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.
[D]Most people do not know foreign culture well.
58. According to the author, the model of Pepsi.
[A]is in line with the theories of the school advocating the business is business the world around.
[B]is different from the model of McDonald's
[C]shows the reverse of globalization
[D]has converged cultural differences
59. The two schools of thought.
[A]both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual cultures
[B]both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries
[C]admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world
[D]Both A and B
60. This article is supposed to be most useful for those.
[A]who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity
[B]who have connections to more than one type of culture
[C]who want to travel abroad
[D]who want to run business on International Scale
61. According to Fortune, successful international companies.
[A]earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas
[B]all have the quality of patience
[C]will follow the overseas local cultures
[D]adopt the policy of internationalization
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
There are people in Italy who can't stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it's a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, and gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there's the sport that glorifies "the hit".
By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, closeups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won't do it for you.
Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman's position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. "Nothing happened," you say. "I could have had my eyes closed."
The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.
62.The passage is mainly concerned with .
[A]the different tastes of people for sports [B]the different characteristics of sports
[C]the attraction of football [D]the attraction of baseball
63.Those who don't like baseball may complain that.
[A]it is only to the taste of the old [B]it involves fewer players than football
[C]it is not exciting enough [D]it is pretentious and looks funny
64.The author admits that.
[A]baseball is too peaceful for the young [B]baseball may seem boring when watched on TV
[C]football is more attracting than baseball [D]baseball is more interesting than football
65.By stating "I could have had my eyes closed." the author means (4th paragraph last sentence).
[A]The third baseman would rather sleep than play the game
[B]Even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no different to the result
[C]The third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well
[D]The consequent was too bad he could not bear to see it
66.We can safely conclude that the author.
[A]likes football [B]hates football [C]hates baseball [D]likes baseball
Part ⅤCloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 67 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 68 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 69 the news.
Newspapers have one basic 70 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 71 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 72 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 73 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 74 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 75 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers 76 of the latest news, today's newspapers 77 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 78 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 79 .News papers is sold at a price that 80 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 81 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 82 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This 83 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 84 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 85 in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 86 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world and even outer space.
67.[A] Just when [B] While [C] Soon after [D] Before
68.[A] to give [B] giving [C] given [D] being given
69.[A] gather [B] spread [C] carry [D] bring
70.[A] reason [B] cause [C] problem [D] purpose
71.[A] make [B] publish [C] know [D] write
72.[A] another [B]other [C] one another [D] the other
73.[A] However [B] And [C] Therefore [D] So
74.[A] value [B] ratio [C] rate [D] speed
75.[A]spread [B] passed [C] printed [D] completed
76.[A] inform [B] be informed [C] to informed [D] informed
77.[A] entertain [B] encourage [C] educate [D] edit
78.[A] on [B] through [C] with [D] of
79.[A] forms [B] existence [C] contents [D] purpose
80.[A] tries to cover [B]manages to cover [C] fails to cover [D] succeeds in
81.[A] source [B] origin [C] course [D] finance
82.[A] way [B] means [C] chance [D] success
83.[A] measures [B] measured [C] is measured [D] was measured
84.[A] somewhat [B] little [C] much [D] something
85.[A] offering [B] offered [C] which offered[D] to be offered
86.[A] by [B] with [C] at [D] about
Part Ⅵ Translation(5 minutes)
Direction: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87.There's a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means (想找麻煩).
88.Why didn't you tell me you could lend me the money? I (本來不必從銀行借錢的).
89.(正是由于她太沒有經(jīng)驗) that she does not know how to deal with the situation.
90.I (將在做實驗) from three to five this afternoon.
91.If this can't be settled reasonably, it may be necessary to (訴諸武力).
答案
Part I Writing
【寫作思路】
本文是一篇關(guān)于擇業(yè)的議論文。說明慎重擇業(yè)相當重要，并提出多種指導擇業(yè)的方法。
【參考范文】
Choosing an Occupation
One of the most important problems a young person faces is deciding what to do. There are some people, of course, who from the time they are six years old "know" that they want to be doctors or pilots or fire fighters, but the majority of us do not get around to making a decision about an occupation or career until somebody or something forces us to face the problem.
Choosing an occupation takes time, and there are a lot of things you have to think about as you try to decide what you would like to do. You may find that you will have to take special courses to qualify for a particular kind of work, or you may find out that you will need to get actual work experience to gain enough knowledge to qualify for a particular job.
Fortunately, there are a lot of people you can turn to for advice and help in making your decision. At most schools, there are teachers who are professionally qualified to give you detailed information about job qualifications. And you can talk over your ideas with family members and friends who are always ready to listen and to offer suggestions.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1.【解析】[Y]該句的意思是巨大的河流改道水利工程使得咸海縮小。從第二段的中間兩句話可得出結(jié)論。Thirty years ago, government planners diverted the rivers that flow into the sea in order to irrigate(provide water for)farmland. As a result, the sea has shrunk to half its original size, stranding ships on dry land.與原文意思相同。
2.【解析】[N]該句句意為:巨壩和灌溉工程的建設(shè)好處多于壞處。解題依據(jù)為本文第三段第二句話But many countries continue to build massive dams and irrigation systems, even though such projects can create more problems than they fix. (雖然產(chǎn)生更多問題，許多國家仍繼續(xù)建巨壩和灌溉工程。)由此可知，壞處多于好處，所以該題與原文之義不合。
3.【解析】[Y]該句句意為:缺水的主要原因是人口增長和水污染。本題解題依據(jù)可定位到本文第四段第一句話 Growing populations will worsen problems with water… 及第十一段第一句話But almost everyone contributes to water pollution. 兩者都是水資源缺乏的原因，與原文之義相符。
4.【解析】[Y]該句句意為:美國人面臨的有關(guān)水的問題為地下水的減少和污染。本題解題依據(jù)為第七段第二句話和第八段第三句話，這兩句話加在一起即為美國人所面臨的水資源方面的問題，與原文之義相符。
5.【解析】[N]該句句意為:根據(jù)這篇文章，所有水的污染都來自于家庭廢棄物。本題解題依據(jù)為第十一段最后一句話…70 percent of the pollutants could be traced to household waste (百分之七十的污染物源于家庭廢棄物)，據(jù)此，本題之意與原文之義不合。
6.【解析】[N]該句句意為:美國人將不會面臨缺水問題。該題解題依據(jù)為文章第七段第二句話 But Americans could face serious water shortages, too, especially in areas that rely on groundwater, 顯然本題之意與原文之義不合。
7.【解析】[NG]該句句意為:水利專家Gleick 提供了與水相關(guān)的解決方案。根據(jù)本文第十三段第一句話所述，專家Gleick 并未提供任何解決方案。
8.【解析】onethird 解題依據(jù)為第四段最后一句話：He fears that by the year 2025, as many as onethird of the world's projected 8.3 billion people will suffer from water shortages.
9.【解析】glaciers and ice caps 解題依據(jù)為第五段第二句話：Twothirds of this freshwater is locked in glaciers and ice caps.
10.【解析】water pollution 解題依據(jù)為第十段第二句話：Toxic chemicals pollute water when released untreated into rivers and lakes.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)
Section A
【短文大意】本文主要介紹了美國城鎮(zhèn)人們購物方式的變化。
47.【解析】[C]20世紀早期，大多數(shù)美國城市和城鎮(zhèn)都有一條主街道。20世紀早期即用early in the 1900s。
48.【解析】[I]這條街道排成一列，街道兩邊都是各式各樣的商店。Various 意為"不同的、各種各樣的"
49.【解析】[G]另外，一些商店還提供服務(wù)。提供服務(wù)可用固定的搭配 offer services。
50.【解析】[B]所填詞take 才能與后面的詞place搭配，take place 為固定詞組，意為"發(fā)生"But in the 1950s, a change began to take place 意為20世紀50年代發(fā)生了巨大的變化。
51.【解析】[N]主街道充斥著太多的汽車，卻沒有地方給顧客停車。Available 意為"可用到的、可利用的"，這里指沒有可用的地方給顧客停車。
52.【解析】[L]Shopping centers, or rather malls, started as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 購物中心或者購物商場開始在擁擠的城市中心之外建小型的新商場。開始即用start。
53.【解析】[D]顧客們被許多免費的停車場所吸引，attracted 是被吸引之意。
54.【解析】[M]customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls.顧客們被從市區(qū)吸引到郊區(qū)的購物商場。市區(qū)即用downtown 一詞。
55.【解析】[J]購物中心越來越流行，popularity即普及、流行之意。
56.【解析】[F]購物中心除了提供停車的便利之外，還提供其他服務(wù)。提供便利即用 provide convenience。
Section B
Passage One
【短文大意】本文主要講述文化背景對商業(yè)運作的影響，文中列舉了商界中存在的對于文化多樣性的兩種觀點。
57.【解析】[C]推斷題。意為"對在商業(yè)中怎樣對待文化有著不同意見"。 文化在商業(yè)中是一個很具挑戰(zhàn)性的因素。不同的國家與地區(qū)可能會有不同的文化體系。在商業(yè)中，應(yīng)該怎樣對待不同的文化，商業(yè)界存在著不同的看法。
58.【解析】[A]細節(jié)題。意為"……與同意世界商業(yè)一體化的派別的主張是一致的"。 Pepsi采納的是國際化的商業(yè)風格，這與那些主張國際化的派別的意見是相一致的。
59.【解析】[C]推斷題。意為"承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性"。兩個派別都承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性。他們的不同在于，應(yīng)該對待不同的文化，應(yīng)該搞國際化還是對不同的文化采取不同的策略。
60.【解析】[D]主旨題。由文中的例子可以知道，作者主要關(guān)心的并不是研究多種文化形態(tài)，而是文化背景對商業(yè)運作的影響。所以D是正確答案。
61.【解析】[B]細節(jié)題。意為"都具有耐心這一素質(zhì)"。并非所有成功的國際公司的海外收入都占總收入的20%或以上。它們也不一定全都接納海外的當?shù)匚幕?，或是采納國際化策略。
Passage Two
【短文大意】本文主要講述壘球的特征及欣賞。
62.【解析】[D]主旨題。文章第一段簡述了人們對壘球所持的偏見--認為它毫無活力、從容和緩，不像橄欖球那樣高潮迭起、令人激動。文章的第二、三、四、五段探討了壘球的根本特征及欣賞角度，文章的最后一句話用一個比喻概括了壘球的魅力："如果橄欖球是一曲交響樂的話，那么，壘球中所表現(xiàn)出來的運動恰似一曲優(yōu)美的室內(nèi)樂。"可見，本文主要探討的是壘球的特點及其欣賞。 A不對，第一段也確實提到了不同觀眾對不同運動形式的偏好，但這只是用以引出對壘球的特征及欣賞的討論。
63.【解析】[C]細節(jié)題。文章第一段指出：許多人不喜歡壘球，一提起壘球這些人就打哈欠甚至皺眉頭。對他們來說，看壘球意味著眼巴巴地觀望著身著運動裝(outfit)的人呆立在球場上，東瞧瞧西望望，很少有什么(激動人心的)事發(fā)生--沒意思透了。他們認為這樣的運動更適合上個世紀的人的口味，不像橄欖球那樣充滿活力。A意為："它只適合老年人的口味。"注意：原文說的是適合上個世紀的人的口味，二者意味不一樣。 D意為："它矯揉造作、滑稽可笑。"這與說它gentlemanly(具有紳士風度，矜持，即：沒有沖撞或拼搶)不一樣。
64.【解析】[B]推斷題。第三段指出，在電視上，壘球運動被切換成不同角度的畫面，而且不斷地使用重放、特寫等電視制作技術(shù)，這破壞了該運動的整體運動感，使觀眾無法將自己投入(project)到運動中去，以體會到這種寓動于靜的運動之美。電視做不到這一點(The TV won't do it for you)，因此，電視上的壘球比賽看上去(seems)孤孤單單、冷冷清清、沉沉靜靜、慢慢騰騰。C、D不對，作者僅指出了不同運動有不同運動的特征，并未說哪種運動優(yōu)于哪種。參閱文章最后一句。
65.【解析】[B]推斷題。第四段整個都在描述壘球場上的一個場景：拿三壘的運動員假設(shè)對方全投出好球，做好了一切準備，但是對方投出的并不是好球。所以在那時候他的準備做不做都不會影響比賽結(jié)果。他說本來可以閉上眼睛，意思就是B項所寫的。A、C、D都不符合作者的意圖。這道題需要完整地了解第四段內(nèi)容才能作好選擇。
66.【解析】[D]推斷題。在本文中，作者主要探討了壘球的特征及欣賞，作者著重指出的是：只有根據(jù)壘球的特征來欣賞它，才能體會到它的魅力。在他看來，觀察到壘球比賽中運動員的各種動作、壘球位之間的關(guān)系等是欣賞它的關(guān)鍵(第三段第二句)。只有從整體來把握它，才能看到每一個小的動作、每一個眼神乃至于"靜止"的意義，也只有這樣，才能全身心地投入比賽中，欣賞到它的魅力?？梢?，作者對壘球有很深的理解而且非常喜愛壘球。主要參考第三、四、五段。
Part Ⅴ Cloze
67.【解析】[A]just在此為副詞，意為"剛剛"，做狀語。此句意為"一個事件剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報紙報道詳情了。說明報紙對新聞的反應(yīng)之快。"
68.【解析】[A]to give和giving都合乎語法，但giving強調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生的動作，而此處重點表達的是"反應(yīng)快"，不是正在做什么。
69.【解析】[A]消息，信息要靠收集。
70.【解析】[D]后面的不定式短語表示目的
71.【解析】[C]提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選C。
72.【解析】[B] other意為"其他的"。此句意為：無線電，電報，電視，及其他發(fā)明，成為報紙的競爭對手。
73.【解析】[A]根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however，表轉(zhuǎn)折。
74.【解析】[D]使用更新，更快的通信工具，目的是提高速度。
75.【解析】[C]報紙是印出來的，先印后看(讀)。
76.【解析】[D]keep sb. 過去分詞是一種復合結(jié)構(gòu)，sb.與過去分詞為被動關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報紙不斷地為讀者提供新聞信息。
77.【解析】[C]關(guān)于politics之類的嚴肅話題,只能選educate。
78.【解析】[B]此句意為：報紙通過廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟生活中的選擇。
79.【解析】[B]大多數(shù)報紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。
80.【解析】[C]報紙的售價之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于廣告收入的說法。
81.【解析】[A]收入來源應(yīng)該用source。因為source指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地;常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出處或來源。origin起源，起因。指事物后來發(fā)生,發(fā)展變化的最初起點,或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。
82.【解析】[D]succeed in為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于報紙在客戶(要打廣告的人)心中的價值。
83.【解析】[C]根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，此句意為：報紙在客戶心中的價值，是靠發(fā)行量衡量的。
84.【解析】[C]該句意為：發(fā)行量的大小，很大程度上取決于發(fā)行部門的工作及報紙所提供的服務(wù)功能和娛樂功能。
85.【解析】[B]offered作services和entertainment的定語。
86.【解析】[D]information后面接介詞about，表示"關(guān)于"。
Part Ⅵ Translation
87.【解析】to make trouble
【答案解析】找麻煩用固定詞組make trouble即可，make trouble 即制造麻煩，搗亂之意。
88.【解析】needn't have borrowed it from the bank.
【答案解析】本題考查虛擬語氣的用法，needn't have done的結(jié)構(gòu)是本不必這樣做而做了的意思。
89.【解析】It is because she is too inexperienced
【答案解析】沒有經(jīng)驗可以用一個形容詞來翻譯，即inexperienced。
90.【解析】will be doing/conducting the experiment
【答案解析】本題考查將來時態(tài)的用法，做實驗即可用do experiment也可用conduct experiment。
91.【解析】resort to force
【答案解析】本題亦考查固定詞組用法，訴諸武力有固定詞組resort to force。
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