2006基础英语答案

学科专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学、课程与教学论考试科目：英语实践基础考试时间：2006年1月15日上午Part I VocabularyI. Choose from a, b, c or d, which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word orphrase and write your choices in your answer sheet. (20 points)1. The girl’s early home was a goat-hair tent pitched now in the sands, now beside some oasis inthe showdown of the palms.a. threwb. aimed atc. loadedd. set up2. The rule states that if a boxer is knocked down, he must stay down for a mandatory eightseconds.a. longb. delayedc. obligatoryd. crucial3. How ludicrous to think that Mary would ever consent to be his bride.a. excessiveb. logicalc. fanaticald. ridiculous4. Agatha thwarted her sister’s every effort to sell the old house.a. assistedb. blockedc. reportedd. hoped5. The team’s morale was at its lowest point of the season.a. ability to readb. spiritc. talentd. lesson6. The dogs in Apartment 8E should ferocious.a. gentleb. funnyc. meand. stupid7. He reciprocated by sending the general a silver tray.a. receivedb. gavec. respondedd. opened8. Our itinerary took us through Philadelphia and Baltimore.a. tour guideb. road mapc. routed. ideas9. She rescinded her offer to take pictures at the graduation dance.a. reinforcedb. renewedc. fired upd. withdrew10. And that was his last recollection of his descent – inverted in space, the stars below his flyingboots, and a sensation, which persisted to the end, that he was stationary.a. instant attackb. sudden fallc. ancestryd. descendant11. A nationwide depression brought lowered salaries and unemployment, and then, one winter,Ivory became too ill to work.a. low place on a surfaceb. low spiritsc. business recessiond. in price12. The politician promised to be candid, but we wondered.a. sweetb. open and frankc. casuald. discreet13. Robert Frost radiates good will when he speaks of projects to protect Utah’s environment.a. hatesb. exposesc. emitsd. hidesa. overweightb. poorly clothedc. illiterated. naïve15. It’s the one indispensable item in the suitcase, and I forgot it!a. temporaryb. essentialc. indiscernibled. forgettable16. There is no stigma attached to what you are doing.a. purposeb. disgracec. illnessd. honor16. Lately, Leslie always seems to be in an introspective mood.a. querulousb. contemplativec. covertd. outgoing17. The queen always appeared haughty when receiving her subjects.a. regalb. tallc. arrogantd. generous18. The vote for the treaty was unanimous.a. limitedb. acrimonious19. Tonia asked the doctor what he had to soothe her nerve.a. calmb. deadenc. jangled. rouse20. The scarcity of good actors in this city is astounding.a. dearthb. abundancec. plethorad. fright1. She seemed __________ to confirm the bad news in the letter. (hesitate)2. The local people admired the soldiers for their courage and __________. (endure)3. The hotel is well known in the local area for its __________ staff and high standards.(approach)4. It began to rain, so he took out his umbrella and __________ it. (fold)5. Nowadays some parents have unnecessarily high __________ for their children.7. My father said that it would be __________ for John to change his name. (respect)8. People now fear that the ozone layer may be __________ damaged. (reverse)9. The wife __________ her husband by twenty years. (live)10. It is difficult to prove __________ that such treatment is beneficial. (conclude)12. __________ he fell ill last night, so he didn’t go to the theatre. (fortunate)13. Before the guests left, they thanked the host for his __________. (generous)14. At the school sports meet, the boys in Class One finished the race with __________. (easy)15. The local __________ have all left the area to work elsewhere. (inhabit)16. His Chinese __________ has enabled him to receive free school education. (citizen)17. In summer, the people here have no __________ at all. (private)18. No one can think of a good __________ to the problem. (solve)19. This instrument is used to measure the __________ of the dog. (dense)20. Though certain accidents are __________, we can still try our best to prevent them fromhappening. (avoid)III. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below, making necessary changes.Note that there are extra words or phrases. Write your answers in your answer sheet.(10 points)Meanwhile Henry Ford asked himself: Why __________ 1 anything else? Why change from the easily working planetary gears to the newfangled __________ 2 gears that needed a clutch? It took a man almost a year to learn how to shift those sliding __________ 3 so that he could get into high without bounding down the road, looking like a frog with St. Vitus’ dance and sounding like a caning factory with something wrong with it.To hold the price down, the Model T was kept innocent of gadgets, and Henry said the customers could have any color they wanted so long as it was black – thus the name Lizzie, after the nickname of the queen of spades in the then widely popular game of hearts. The rattling, __________ 4 Model T, as omnipresent in American’s hands as that black queen, was first __________ 5 the Black Lizzie and then the Tin Lizzie.New industries were born to supply fripperies that Old __________ 6 refused to __________ 7 on his cheap little flivver: windshield rods, such visors, dash lights, antishimmy rods, rattle silencers, and braces for the steering column.I. There are three reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple choice questions.Read the passages and then make your choices. (15 points)Passage OneOne way out of this dilemma was to turn to the records of legal courts, for here the voices of the nonelite can most often be heard, as witnesses, plaintiffs, and defendants. These documents have acted as "a point of entry into the mental world of the poor." Historians such as Le Roy Ladurie have used the documents to extract case histories, which have illuminated the attitudes of different social groups (these attitudes include, but are not confined to, attitudes toward crime and the law) and have revealed how the authorities administered justice. It has been societies that have had a developed police system and practiced Roman law, with its written depositions, whose court records have yielded the most data to historians. In Anglo-Saxon countries hardly any of these benefits obtain, but it has still been possible to glean information from the study of legal documents.1. The author suggests that, before the early 1950’s, most historians who studied pre-industrialEurope did which of the following?a. Failed to make distinctions among members of the pre-industrial European political andsocial elite.b. Used investigatory methods that were almost exclusively statistical in nature.c. Inaccurately estimated the influence of the pre-industrial European political and socialelite.d. Confined their work to a narrow range of the pre-industrial European population.2. It can be inferred from the passage that much of the early work by historians on the Europeannonelite of the pre-industrial period might have been more illuminating if these historians had __________.a. used different methods of statistical analysis to investigate the noneliteb. been more successful in identifying the attitudes of civil authorities, especially thosewho administrated justice, toward the nonelitec. been able to draw on more accounts, written by contemporaries of the nonelite, thatdescribed what this nonelite thoughtd. relied more heavily on the personal records left by members of the European politicaland social elite who lived during the period in question3. The author mentioned Le Roy Ladurie in order to __________.a. give an example of a historian who has made one kind of use of court recordb. cite a historian who has based case histories on the birth, marriage, and death records ofthe nonelitec. identify the author of the quotation cited in the previous sentenced. gain authoritative support for the view that the case history approach is the most fruitfulapproach to court records4. According to the passage, which of the following is true of indictments for crime in Europein the pre-industrial period?b. They give the historian important information about the mental lives of those indicted.c. They are not a particularly accurate indication of the extent of actual criminal activity.d. Their importance to historians of the nonelite has been generally overestimated.a. The causes of unrest in the city during the two decades.b. The aggregate number of indictments in the city nearest to the city under investigationduring the two decades.c. The number of people who lived in the city during each of the decades underinvestigation.d. The mental attitudes of criminals in the city, including their feelings about authority,during each of the decades under investigation.Passage TwoThat experiences influence subsequent behavior is evidence of anobvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called “remembering”. Learningcould not occur without the function popularly named memory. Constantpractice has such an effect on memory as to lead to skillful performance on thepiano, to recitation of a poem, and even to reading and understanding these (5) words. So-called intelligent behavior demands memory, remembering being aprimary requirement for reasoning. The ability to solve any problem or even torecognize that a problem exists depends on memory. Typically, the decision tocross a street is based on remembering many earlier experiences.6. The author’s main purpose of the passage is to __________.a. interpret the function of forgettingb. illustrate the process of adaptingc. explain the performance of memoryd. emphasize the importance of learning7. Where does the author mention the function of memory?a. Lines 1-9.b. Lines 10-19.c. Lines 20-28.d. Not mentioned.8. What does the expression “if memories failed to fade” in Line 21 mean?a. If people could not memorize things well.b. If memories did not go slowly out and disappear.c. If people could not remember their failures.d. If people could not succeed in controlling their memory.9. When the author said “Cases are recorded of people who forgot so little”he meant that__________.a. there were cases that were forgotten by some peopleb. there were cases that were recorded by forgetful peoplec. there were cases in which people did not forget things as normal people didd. there were cases in which some people were forgotten by others10. The tone of the passage can best be described as __________.a. criticalb. humorousc. exaggeratived. philosophicalPassage Three11. The topic of the passage is __________.a. the American s’ favor towards seafoodb. the variety of fish12. The Americans are nowadays eating more fish because __________.a. fish are relatively cheaper to buy nowadays than beforec. fish dishes are a national delicacyd. they want to keep themselves fitb. boats are not checked for seaworthinessc. operators are not safely equipped for fishingd. no jurisdiction offshore is stipulated14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?a. The frequent catching of fish made it necessary for the crews to go much fartheroffshore.b. People seldom carry survival gear with them when going out fishing.d. The Bering Sea is affluent in flounder, cod and crab.a. limit boat-owners’ responsibilityb. ensure boat-owners’ safety rather than responsibilityc. boost fishing industryII. Read the following passage and then answer the questions following it.(1) A team of international researchers has found new evidence that an endangered subspecies of chimpanzee is the source of the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans. Experts said the finding could lead to new treatments for AIDS and contribute to the development of a vaccine against the disease.(2) The research team said the chimp -- a subspecies known as Pan troglodytes troglodytes native to west central Africa -- carries a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) that is closely related to three strains of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. One of these strains, HIV-1, has caused the vast majority of the estimated 30 million HIV infections around the world.(3) The researchers are uncertain when the chimp virus, called SIVcpz (for simian immunodeficiency virus chimpanzee), first infected humans, although the oldest documented case of HIV has been linked to a Bantu man who died in Central Africa in 1959. But they said the virus, which does not appear to harm the chimps, was most likely transmitted to humans when hunters were exposed to chimp blood while killing and butchering the animals for food. Once transmitted to humans, the researchers believe the virus mutated into HIV-1.(5) Scientists had long suspected that a nonhuman primate was the source of HIV-1. Earlier studies suggested that the sooty mangabey monkey, a native of West Africa, was the likely source of HIV-2 -- a rarer form of the AIDS virus that is transmitted less easily than HIV-1. However, only a few samples of SIV strains exist, making it difficult for researchers to confidently connect the strains to HIV-1.(6) As part of their effort to discover the source of HIV-1, the research team studied the fourknown samples of SIVcpz. They learned that three of the four samples came from chimps belonging to the subspecies P. t. troglodytes. The remaining sample came from another subspecies, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, which inhabits East Africa.(8) Additional evidence that HIV-1 could be linked to P. t. troglodytes came when the researchers examined the chimps' natural habitat. The researchers quickly discovered that the chimps live primarily in the West African nations of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Republic of the Congo the geographic region where HIV-1 was first identified.(9) Upon closer study, the researchers learned that the chimps were being killed in growing numbers for the so-called bushmeat trade, a trend assisted by the construction of new logging roads in once remote forests. The researchers said that continued hunting of the animals meant that many people are still likely to be exposed to SIVcpz, increasing the risk of additional cross-species transmissions.(12) Other experts noted that even if the finding does not help in the fight against AIDS, it provides strong evidence that dangerous viruses can be transmitted to humans from wild animals. In some cases, the viruses may be harmless to the host animals, but cause sickness and death when transmitted to humans. As people increasingly venture into remote animal habitats, some scientists believe there is a growing risk of new human exposures to previously unknown disease-causing microbes.1. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (10points)(1) It is the team of international researchers who first found the evidence that chimpanzees arethe source of AIDS in humans.(2) Most cases of AIDS were caused by HIV-1.(4) It has been proved that the sooty mangabey monkey is the source of HIV-2.(5) HIV-1 was first identified in the region where the chimps live.(7) SIV is carried by chimps and it is fatal to them.(8) SIV remains the same when it is transmitted from the chimp to humans.(9) The biggest worry that the researchers now have is that more and more wild chimpanzees arebeing slaughtered.(10) People no longer risk to be affected by SIV since they are clear about the source of it now.2. Paraphrase the following sentences. (10 points)(1) Increased hunting of the chimpanzees, along with human migration to African cities andchanging sexual mores, could help explain the recent epidemic, Hahn said. (para. 4)(2) Additional evidence that HIV-1 could be linked to P. t. troglodytes came when the researchersexamined the chimps' natural habitat. (para. 8)(3) Since chimps are 98 percent genetically similar to humans, learning more about the chimps'immune systems could shed light on new ways to prevent and treat AIDS in humans. (para.11)(4) "We cannot afford to lose these animals, either from the animal's conservation point of viewor a medical investigation standpoint," said Hahn. (para. 13)(5) "It is quite possible that the chimpanzee, which has served as the source of HIV-1, also holdsthe clues to its successful control." (para. 13) Please give a Chinese proverb as well as English explanation for this sentence.3. Answer the following questions briefly according to your understanding of the passage. (15points)(1) What lesson should we learn by reading the passage?(2) What is the function of the first paragraph?(3) Can you find an expression which is opposite to “wild chimps” by consulting paragraph 10and a synonym of “treat” by consulting paragraph 11?(4) What danger will human beings probably face in the future according to the passage?Part III WritingII. Write an argument against a popular cultural practice or belief that you think is wrong, or an argument for popular practice or belief that you think is right even though it will be highly unpopular. This essay invites you to stand up for something you believe in even though your view will be highly contested. Your goal is to persuade your audience toward your position. (30 points)。

06英语专业八级真题及答案2006-4-19 9:17【大中小】【打印】【我要纠错】PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You. will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Miss Green's university days?A. She felt bored.B. She felt lonely.C. She cherished them.D. The subject was easy.2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?A. Doing surveys at workplace.B. Analyzing survey results.C. Designing questionnaires.D. Taking a psychology course.3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies inA. the nature of work.B. office decoration.C. office location.D. work procedures.4. Why did Miss green want to leave the advertising agency?A. She felt unhappy inside the company.B. She felt work there too demanding.C. She was denied promotion in the company.D. She longed for new opportunities.5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?A. She was willing and ready.B. She sounded mildly eager.C. She a bit surprised.D. She sounded very reluctant.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted toA. destroy the European Central Bank.B. have an interview with a TV station.C. circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt.D. remember the death of a US astronaut.7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.D. He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.8. The news is mainly about the city government's plan toA. expand and improve the existing subway system.B. build underground malls and parking lots.C. prevent further land subsidence.D. promote advanced technology.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.9. According to the news, what makes this credit card different from conventional ones isA. that it can hear the owner's voice.B. that it can remember a password.C. that it can identify the owner's voice.D. that it can remember the owner's PIN.10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPTA. switch.B. battery.C. speaker.D. built-in chip.参考答案：Section A Mini-lecture1.the author2.other works3.literary trends4.grammar,diction or uses of image5.cultural codes6.cultural7.the reader8.social9.reader competency10. social sructure,traditions of writing or political cultural influences,etc.Section B Interview1-5 CDDDASection C News Broadcast6-10 DCBCAPART II READING COMPREHENSION(30MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AThe University in transformation, edited by Australian futurists Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley, presents some 20 highly varied outlooks on tomorrow's universities by writersrepresenting both Western and mon-Western perspectives. Their essays raise a broad range of issues, questioning nearly every key assumption we have about higher education today.The most widely discussed alternative to the traditional campus is the Internet University - a voluntary community to scholars/teachers physically scattered throughout a country or around the world but all linked in cyberspace. A computerized university could have many advantages, such as easy scheduling, efficient delivery of lectures to thousands or even millions of students at once, and ready access for students everywhere to the resources of all the world's great libraries.Yet the Internet University poses dangers, too. For example, a line of franchised courseware, produced by a few superstar teachers, marketed under the brand name of a famous institution, and heavily advertised, might eventually come to dominate the global education market, warns sociology professor Peter Manicas of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Besides enforcing a rigidly standardized curriculum, such a "college education in a box" could undersell the offerings of many traditional brick and mortar institutions, effectively driving then out of business and throwing thousands of career academics out of work, note Australian communications professors David Rooney and Greg Hearn.On the other hand, while global connectivity seems highly likely to play some significant role in future higher education, that does not mean greater uniformity in course content - or other dangers - will necessarily follow. Counter-movements are also at work.Many in academia, including scholars contributing to this volume, are questioning the fundamental mission of university education. What if, for instance, instead of receiving primarily technical training and building their individual careers, university students and professors could focus their learning and research efforts on existing problems in their local communities and the world? Feminist scholar Ivana Milojevic dares to dream what a university might become "if we believed that child-care workers and teachers in early childhood education should be one of the highest (rather than lowest) paid professionals?"Co-editor Jennifer Gidley shows how tomorrow's university faculty, instead of giving lectures and conducting independent research, may take on three new roles. Some would act as brokers, assembling customized degree-credit programmes for individual students by mixing and matching the best course offerings available from institutions all around the world. A second group, mentors, would function much like today's faculty advisers, but are likely to be working with many more students outside their own academic specialty. This would require them to constantly be learning from their students as well as instructing them.A third new role for faculty, and in Gidley's view the most challenging and rewarding of all, would be as meaning-makers: charismatic sages and practitioners leading groups ofstudents/colleagues in collaborative efforts to find spiritual as well as rational and technological solutions to specific real-world problems.Moreover, there seems little reason to suppose that any one form of university must necessarily drive out all other options. Students may be "enrolled" in courses offered at virtualcampuses on the Internet, between -or even during - sessions at a real-world problem-focused institution.As co-editor Sohail Inayatullah points out in his introduction, no future is inevitable, and the very act of imagining and thinking through alternative possibilities can directly affect how thoughtfully, creatively and urgently even a dominant technology is adapted and applied. Even in academia, the future belongs to those who care enough to work their visions into practical, sustainable realities.11. When the book reviewer discusses the Internet University,A. he is in favour of it.B. his view is balanced.C. he is slightly critical of it.D. he is strongly critical of it.12. Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential danger of the Internet University?A. Internet-based courses may be less costly than traditional ones.B. Teachers in traditional institutions may lose their jobs.C. internet-based courseware may lack variety in course content.D. The Internet University may produce teachers with a lot of publicity.13. According to the review, what is the fundamental mission of traditional university education?A. Knowledge learning and career building.B. Learning how to solve existing social problems.C. Researching into solutions to current world problems.D. Combining research efforts of teachers and students in learning.14. Judging from the Three new roles envisioned for tomorrow's university faculty, university teachersA, are required to conduct more independent research.B. are required to offer more course to their students……C.are supposed to assume more demanding duties.D. are supposed to supervise more students in their specialty.15. Which category of writing does the review belong to?A. Narration.B. DescriptionC. persuasionD. Exposition.TEXT BEvery street had a story, every building a memory, Those blessed with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton (his hometown) for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out.The town had changed, but then it hadn't. On the highways leading in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly as possible next to the roads for maximum visibility. This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything wiih no permit no inspection, no notice to adjoining landowners. nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build clutter that got uglier by the year.But in the older sections, nearer the square, the town had not changed at all The long shaded streets were as clean and neat as when Kay roamed them on his bike. Most of the houses were still owned by people he knew, or if those folks had passed on the new owners kept the lawns clipped and the shutters painted. Only a few were being neglected. A handful had been abandoned.This deep in Bible country, it was still an unwritten rule in the town that little was done on Sundays except go to church, sit on porches, visit neighbours, rest and relax the way God intended.It was cloudy, quite cool for May, and as he toured his old turf, killing time until the appointed hour for the family meeting, he tried to dwell on the good memories from Clanton. There was Dizzy Dean Park where he had played little League for the Pirates, and (here was the public pool he'd swum in every summer except 1969 when the city closed it rather than admit black children. There were the churches - Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian - facing each other at the intersection of Second and Elm like wary sentries, their steeples competing for height. They were empty now, hut in an hour or so the more faithful would gather for evening services.The square was as lifeless as the streets leading to it. With eight thousand people, Clanton was just large enough to have attracted the discount stores that had wiped out so many small towns. But here the people had been faithful to their downtown merchants, and there wasn't s single empty or boarded-up building around the square - no small miracle. The retail shops were mixed in with the banks and law offices and cafes, all closed for the Sabbath.He inched through the cemetery and surveyed the Atlee section in the old part, where the tombstones were grander. Some of his ancestors had built monuments for their dead. Ray had always assumed that the family money he'd never seen must have been buried in those graves. He parked and walked to his mother's grave, something he hadn't done in years. She was buried among the Atlees, at the far edge of the family plot because she had barely belonged.Soon, in less than an hour, he would be sitting in his father's study, sipping bad instant tea and receiving instructions on exactly how his father would be laid to rest. Many orders were about to be give, many decrees and directions, because his father(who used to be a judge) was a great man and cared deeply about how he was to be remembered.Moving again, Ray passed the water tower he'd climbed twice, the second time with the police waiting below. He grimaced at his old high school, a place he'd never visited since he'd left it. Behind it was the football field where his brother Forrest had romped over opponents and almost became famous before getting bounced off the team.It was twenty minutes before five, Sunday, May 7. Time for the family meeting.16. From the first paragraph, we get the impression thatA. Ray cherished his childhood memories.B. Ray had something urgent to take care of.C. Ray may not have a happy childhood.D. Ray cannot remember his childhood days.17. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Ray's hometown?A. Lifeless.B. Religious.C. Traditional.D. Quiet.18. Form the passage we can infer that the relationship between Ray and his parents wasA. close.B. remote.C. tense.D. impossible to tell.19. It can be inferred from the passage that Ray's father was all EXCEPTA. considerate.B. punctual.C. thrifty.D. dominant.TEXT CCampaigning on the Indian frontier is an experience by itself. Neither the landscape nor the people find their counterparts in any other portion of the globe. Valley walls rise steeply five or six thousand feet on every side. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors down which fierce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of brass. Amid these scenes of savage brilliancy there dwells a race whose qualities seem to harmonize with their environment. Except at harvest-time, when self-preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian. Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc. complete. Every village has its defence. Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud. The numerous tribes and combinations of tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid. For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honour has been established and is on the whole faithfully observed. A man who knew it and observed it faultlessly might pass unarmed from one end of the frontier to another. The slightest technical slip would, however, be fatal. The life of the Pathan is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enough to yield with little labour the modest material requirements of a sparse population.Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the rifle and the British Government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second, an unmitigated nuisance. The convenience of the rifle was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands. A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in one's own house and fire at one's neighbour nearly a mile away. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. Even villages could fire at each otherwithout the trouble of going far from home. Fabulous prices were therefore offered for these glorious products of science. Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier, and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced.The action of the British Government on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory. The great organizing, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport. If the Pathan made forays into the plains, not only were they driven back (which after all was no more than fair), but a whole series of subsequent interferences took place, followed at intervals by expeditions which toiled laboriously through the valleys, scolding the tribesmen and exacting fines for any damage which they had done. No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone away again. In many cases this was their practice under what was called the "butcher and bolt policy" to which the Government of India long adhered. But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys, and in particular the great road to Chitral. They sought to ensure the safety of these roads by threats, by forts and by subsidies. There was no objection to the last method so far as it went. But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste. All along the road people were expected to keep quiet, not to shoot one another, and above all not to shoot at travellers along the road. It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source.20. The word debts in "very few debts are left unpaid" in the first paragraph meansA．loans. B．accounts C．killings D．bargains.21. Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier?A. Melting snows.B. Large population.C. Steep hillsides.D. Fertile valleys.22. According to the passage, the Pathans welcomedA. the introduction of the rifle.B. the spread of British rule.C. the extension of luxuriesD. the spread of trade.23. Building roads by the BritishA. put an end to a whole series of quarrels.B. prevented the Pathans from earning on feuds.C. lessened the subsidies paid to the Pathans.D. gave the Pathans a much quieter life.24. A suitable title for the passage would beA. Campaigning on the Indian frontier.B. Why the Pathans resented the British rule.C. The popularity of rifles among the Pathans.D. The Pathans at war.TEXT D"Museum" is a slippery word. It first meant (in Greek) anything consecrated to the Muses: a hill, a shrine, a garden, a festival or even a textbook. Both Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum had a mouseion, a muses' shrine. Although the Greeks already collected detached works of art, many temples - notably that of Hera at Olympia (before which the Olympic flame is still lit) - had collections of objects, some of which were works of art by well-known masters, while paintings and sculptures in the Alexandrian Museum were incidental to its main purpose.The Romans also collected and exhibited art from disbanded temples, as well as mineral specimens, exotic plants, animals; and they plundered sculptures and paintings (mostly Greek) for exhibition. Meanwhile, the Greek word had slipped into Latin by transliteration (though not to signify picture galleries, which were called pinacothecae) and museum still more or less meant "Muses' shrine".The inspirational collections of precious and semi-precious objects were kept in larger churches and monasteries - which focused on the gold-enshrined, bejewelled relics of saints and martyrs. Princes, and later merchants, had similar collections, which became the deposits of natural curiosities: large lumps of amber or coral, irregular pearls, unicorn horns, ostrich eggs, fossil bones and so on. They also included coins and gems - often antique engraved ones - as well as, increasingly, paintings and sculptures. As they multiplied and expanded, to supplement them, the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined.At the same time, visitors could admire the very grandest paintings and sculptures in the churches, palaces and castles; they were not "collected" either, but "site-specific", and were considered an integral part both of the fabric of the buildings and of the way of life which went on inside them - and most of the buildings were public ones. However, during the revival of antiquity in the fifteenth century, fragments of antique sculpture were given higher status than the work of any contemporary, so that displays of antiquities would inspire artists to imitation, or even better, to emulation; and so could be considered Muses' shrines in the former sense. The Medici gardennear San Marco in Florence, the Belvedere and the Capitol in Rome were the most famous of such early "inspirational" collections. Soon they multiplied, and, gradually, exemplary "modern" works wereIn the seventeenth century, scientific and prestige collecting became so widespread that three or four collectors independently published directories to museums all over the known world. But it was the age of revolutions and industry which produced the next sharp shift in the way the institution was perceived: the fury against royal and church monuments prompted antiquarians to shelter them in asylum-galleries, of which the Musee des Monuments Francais was the most famous. Then, in the first half of the nineteenth century, museum funding took off, allied to the rise of new wealth: London acquired the National Gallery and the British Museum, the Louvre was organized, the Museum-Insel was begun in Berlin, and the Munich galleries were built. In Vienna, the huge Kunsthistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museums took over much of the imperial treasure. Meanwhile, the decline of craftsmanship (and of public taste with it) inspired the creation of "improving" collections. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was the most famous, as well as perhaps the largest of them.25.The sentence "Museum is a slippery word" in the first paragraph means thatA. the meaning of the word didn't change until after the 15th century.B. the meaning of the word had changed over the years.C. the Greeks held different concepts from the Romans.D. princes and merchants added paintings to their collections.26.The idea that museum could mean a mountain or an object originates fromA. the Romans.B. Florence.C. Olympia.D. Greek.27. "…… the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined" in the third paragraph means thatA. there was a great demand for fakers.B. fakers grew rapidly in number.C. fakers became more skillful.D. fakers became more polite.28. Painting and sculptures on display in churches in the 15th century wereA. collected from elsewhere.B. made part of the buildings.C. donated by people.D. bought by churches.29. Modern museums came into existence in order toA. protect royal and church treasures.B. improve existing collections.C. stimulate public interest.D. raise more funds.30. Which is the main idea of the passage?A. Collection and collectors.B. The evolution of museums.C. Modern museums and their functions.D. The birth of museums.11-15 BAACD 16-20 CDBAC 21-25BABAB 26-30 DCBABPART III. 人文知识There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best answers to each question.Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31.The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand isA.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB.The MaoriC.The IndiansD.The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA.the Shadow CabinetB.the ParliamentC.the OppositionD.the Cabinet35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A.T.S.EliotwrenceC.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA.Scott FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Eugene O'NeilD.Ernest Hemingway37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples ofA.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonymsC.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made byA.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure参考答案: 31-35BCADA 36-40 DBDBDPART IV 改错参考答案1. agreeing-agreed2. in which 可有可无3. in his disposal- at his disposal4.enables-enable5.the other English speakers-other English speakers6.old-older7.seen-understood8.take it for granted- take for granted9.or-and10. the most striking of human achievementsV. 汉译英及参考译文中国民族自古以来从不把人看作高于一切，在哲学文艺方面的表现都反映出人在自然界中与万物占着一个比例较为恰当的地位，而非绝对统治万物的主宰。

2005年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语(江苏卷)第一卷(选择题共115分)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标志在试卷的相庆位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15B. ￡9.15C. ￡9.18l. How much will the man pay for the tickets?A. ￡7.5.B. ￡15.C. ￡50.2. Which is the right sate for the man's flight?A. Gate 16.B. Gate 22.C. Gate 25.3. How does the man feel about going to school by bike?A. Happy.B. Tired. c. Worried.4. When can the woman get the computers?A. On Tuesday.B. On Wednesday.C. On Thursday.5. What does the woman think of the shirt for the party?A. The size is not large enough.B. The material is not good.C. The color is not suitable. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

绝密★启用前2006年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（北京卷）本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷1至16页，第Ⅱ卷17至18页，共150分。

考试时间120分钟。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

注意事项：1. 答题前考生务必分别将答题卡Ⅰ和答题卡Ⅱ上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用2B铅笔将准考证号对应的信息点涂黑。

2. 答试卷第Ⅰ卷时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡Ⅰ上对应题目的答案选中涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准。

如需改动，用橡皮擦除干净后再选涂其他答案项。

在试卷上答题无效。

3. 答试卷第Ⅱ卷时，必须用黑色笔迹的签字笔按题号顺序答在答题卡Ⅱ的红色框答题区域相对应位置内，未在对应的答题区域内做答或超出答题区域做答均不得分。

在试卷上答题无效。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共115分）第一部分：听力理解（共两节，30分）第一节（共5小题：每小题1. 5分，共7. 5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话你将听一遍。

例：What is the man going to read?A. A newspaper.B. A magazine.C. A book答案是A.1. What size does the woman want?A. Size 8.B. Size 10.C. Size 12.2. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a post office.B. In a hotel.C. In a bank.3. Why is the man going to New York?A. To live there.B. To visit a friend.C. To have a vacation.4. What are they going to do?A. Play tennis.B. Go swimmingC. Do some cleaning.5. What is the man doing?A. Making an announcement.B. Making an appointment.C. Making an invitation.第二节（共15小题：每小题1. 5分，共22. 5分）听下面6段对话或独白。

2006年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(湖南卷)英语第一卷第一部分：听力（共三节，满分30分）做听力部分时，请先在试题卷上作答。

听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将第1至第17小题的答案转涂到答题卡上，将第18至第20小题的答案转写到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt ?A．£19.15. B．£9.15. C．£9.18.答案是B.1. Where will the man go for holiday?A. France.B. Egypt.C. Austria.2. Why did the man make the phone call?A. His luggage was lost.B. His plane was late.C. His office was locked.3. How much is a two-term course?A. $50.B. $90.C. $120.4. What does the mini mean?A. He will not cook dinner,B. He isn't good at cooking fish.C. He prefers not to cook the fish.5. When will the man probably get to London?A. At 8 o'clock.B. At 9 o'clock.C. At 10 o'clock.第二节（共12小题；每题1.5分，满分18分）听下面4段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

2006年全国高考英语四川卷英语试卷及答案2006年全国高考英语四川卷英语试卷及答案第一卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15.B.￡9.15.C.￡9.18.答案是B.1．How much will the man pay for the tickets?A.￡7.5.B.￡15.C.￡50.2. Which is the right gate for the man's flight?A. Gate 16.B. Gate 22.C. Gate 25.3. How does the man feel about going to school by bike?A. Happy.B. Tired.C. Worried.4. When can the woman get the computers?A. On Tuesday.B. On Wednesday.C. On Thursday.5. What does the woman think of the shirt for the party?A. The size is not large enough.B. The material is not good.C. The color is not suitable.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

英语一06年阅读解析《2006年英语一阅读理解真题详细解析》。

一、阅读理解A部分解析。

（一）第一篇阅读。

文章主题：美国社会的同化现象。

题目分析：- 第21题：- 题目：The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means _.- 答案：making uniform（使一致，使统一）。

- 原因：文章开篇说“In spite of “endless talk of difference,”American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.”后面又举例说像穿同样的衣服，吃同样的食物等，这都体现出一种让人们变得相似、统一的趋势，所以“homogenizing”在这里应该是“使统一”的意思。

就好比在一个学校里，大家都穿统一的校服，这就是一种让学生在着装方面变得统一的做法。

- 第22题：- 题目：According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century _.- 答案：played a role in the spread of popular culture.- 原因：文章中提到“People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.”这说明19世纪的百货商店营造了消费文化，提供大量商品，让人们融入到这种文化中，也就促进了流行文化的传播。

例如，当时的百货商店里有各种各样时尚的服装，人们去购买这些服装，就会让这些时尚元素在社会中传播开来。

阅读理解Most people think of racing when they see greyhounds（灰狗）and believe they need lots of ex- ercise. They can actually be quite lazy! Greyhounds are good at fast races but not long-distance run- ning. They do need regular exercise but they like to run for a short burst and then get back on the bed or a comfortable seat. Another misunderstanding is that greyhounds must be aggressive（好斗的）because they are big in size. In fact greyhounds love people and are gentle with children.Greyhounds can live for 12 – 14 years but usually only race for two or three years, and after that they make great pets. They don’t need a lot of space, don’ t make a lot of noise, and don’ t eat a lot for their size.Normally , greyhounds can be as tall as 90 cm. There is , however, a small-sized greyhound, which stands only 33 cm. Greyhounds come in a variety of colors. Grey and yellowish-brown are the most common. Others include black, white, blue, red and brown or a mix of these.Greyhounds have smooth body coats, low bod y fat and are very healthy. Because they’ re slim, （苗条的）they don’t have the leg problems like other dogs the same height . But they do feel the cold, especially since they would much rather be at home in bed than walking around outside.56．The text is written mainly .A．to tell people how to raise greyhoundsB．to let people know more about greyhoundsC．to explain why greyhounds are aggressiveD．to describe greyhounds of different colors57．It can be inferred that greyhounds .A．love big doghousesB．like staying in bed all dayC．make the best guard dogsD．need some exercise outdoors58．Why does the author say that greyhounds make great pets?A．They are big in size.B．They live a very long life.C．They can run races for some time.D．They are quiet and easy to look after.59．If you keep a pet greyhound, it is important _____________.A．to keep it slimB．to keep it warmC．to take special care of its legsD．to take it to animal doctors regularlyBMany years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas.I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christ-mas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership－a shop selling cars－was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and exp lained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.“Thank you”－two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.60．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City _______.A．to visit a friendB．to see his parentsC．to pay or the cash registerD．to have more gas for his car61．The words “took off ” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”.A．turned offB．moved offC．put upD．set up62．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.B．The couple sent him a business card.C．The couple offered to help him.D．He called his friend for help.63．The battery of the author’s car was dead because _______.A．something went wrong with the lightsB．the meeting lasted a whole dayC．he forgot to turn off the lightsD．he drove too long a distance64．By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _______.A．how to write a thank-you letterB．how to deal with car problemsC．the kind-heartedness of older peopleD．the importance of expressing thanksCA study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on ar-rival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficult- ties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a significant（显著的）problem.The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation（动机）, we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining（保持）or increasing motivation. Sev- eral years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.65．What is the text mainly about?A．Foreign students have more problems.B．There are many ways to improve English.C．Teaching should meet students’ needs.D．English learning problems should be studied again.66．Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students ___________.A．had to write their papersB．became better at speakingC．became less interested in readingD．had fewer problems with listening67．We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ___________.A．different teaching methods should be usedB．grammar-based teaching seems to be encouragingC．English courses are necessary for foreign studentsD．teaching content should be changed halfway68．The word “it” underlined in the last paragraph refers to “___________”.A．re-thinkB．activityC．motivationD．timetableDSince my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew animals and landscapes(风景画) much influ-enced(影响) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercol-ors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my painting at a number of art exhibitions.Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”69．What is the text mainly about?A．Learning to paint in later life. B．How to paint watercolors.C．An artist-turned teacher. D．Life after retirement70．The author started drawing again in 1995 because ___________.A．he hoped to draw a picture of his fatherB．he couldn’t stop missing his fatherC．he had more time after retirementD．he liked animals and landscapes71．We can infer from the text that the author ____________.A．had been taught by Krenkel and St. JohnB．painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 yearsC．believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolorsD．started his retirement life at the age of seventy72．How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?A．Very enjoyable. B．A bit regretful.C．Rather busy. D．Fairly dull.。

PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION(35MIN)SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You. will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Miss Green's university days?A. She felt bored.B. She felt lonely.C. She cherished them.D. The subject was easy.2. Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?A. Doing surveys at workplace.B. Analyzing survey results.C. Designing questionnaires.D. Taking a psychology course.3. According to Miss Green, the main difference between the Department of Employment and the advertising agency lies inA. the nature of work.B. office decoration.C. office location.D. work procedures.4. Why did Miss green want to leave the advertising agency?A. She felt unhappy inside the company.B. She felt work there too demanding.C. She was denied promotion in the company.D. She longed for new opportunities.5. How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?A. She was willing and ready.B. She sounded mildly eager.C. She a bit surprised.D. She sounded very reluctant.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet.Questions 6 and 7 based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.6. The man stole the aircraft mainly because he wanted toA. destroy the European Central Bank.B. have an interview with a TV station.C. circle skyscrapers in downtown Frankfurt.D. remember the death of a US astronaut.7. Which of the following statements about the man is TRUE?A. He was a 31-year-old student from Frankfurt.B. He was piloting a two-seat helicopter he had stolen.C. He had talked to air traffic controllers by radio.D. He threatened to land on the European Central Bank.Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.8. The news is mainly about the city government's plan toA. expand and improve the existing subway system.B. build underground malls and parking lots.C. prevent further land subsidence.D. promote advanced technology.Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions.Now listen to the news.9. According to the news, what makes this credit card different from conventional ones isA. that it can hear the owner's voice.B. that it can remember a password.C. that it can identify the owner's voice.D. that it can remember the owner's PIN.10. The newly developed credit card is said to said to have all the following EXCEPTA. switch.B. battery.C. speaker.D. built-in chip.参考答案：Section A Mini-lecture1.the author2.other works3.literary trends4.grammar,diction or uses of image5.cultural codes6.cultural7.the reader8.social9.reader competency10. social sructure,traditions of writing or political cultural influences,etc.Section B Interview1-5 CDDDASection C News Broadcast6-10 DCBCAPART II READING COMPREHENSION(30MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions.Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AThe University in transformation, edited by Australian futurists Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley, presents some 20 highly varied outlooks on tomorrow's universities by writers representing both Western and mon-Western perspectives. Their essays raise a broad range of issues, questioning nearly every key assumption we have about higher education today.The most widely discussed alternative to the traditional campus is the Internet University - a voluntary community to scholars/teachers physically scattered throughout a country or around the world but all linked in cyberspace. A computerized university could have many advantages, such as easy scheduling, efficient delivery of lectures to thousands or even millions of students at once, and ready access for students everywhere to the resources of all the world's great libraries.Yet the Internet University poses dangers, too. For example, a line of franchised courseware, produced by a few superstar teachers, marketed under the brand name of a famous institution, and heavily advertised, might eventually come to dominate the global education market, warns sociology professor Peter Manicas of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Besides enforcing a rigidly standardized curriculum, such a "college education in a box" could undersell the offerings of many traditional brick and mortar institutions, effectively driving then out of business and throwing thousands of career academics out of work, note Australian communications professors David Rooney and Greg Hearn.On the other hand, while global connectivity seems highly likely to play some significant role in future higher education, that does not mean greater uniformity in course content - or other dangers - will necessarily follow. Counter-movements are also at work.Many in academia, including scholars contributing to this volume, are questioning the fundamental mission of university education. What if, for instance, instead of receiving primarily technical training and building their individual careers, university students and professors could focus their learning and research efforts on existing problems in their local communities and the world? Feminist scholar Ivana Milojevic dares to dream what a university might become "if we believed that child-care workers and teachers in early childhood education should be one of the highest (rather than lowest) paid professionals?"Co-editor Jennifer Gidley shows how tomorrow's university faculty, instead of giving lectures and conducting independent research, may take on three new roles. Some would act as brokers, assembling customized degree-credit programmes for individual students by mixing and matching the best course offerings available from institutions all around the world. A second group, mentors, would function much like today's faculty advisers, but are likely to be working with many more students outside their own academic specialty. This would require them to constantly be learning from their students as well as instructing them.A third new role for faculty, and in Gidley's view the most challenging and rewarding of all, would be as meaning-makers: charismatic sages and practitioners leading groups ofstudents/colleagues in collaborative efforts to find spiritual as well as rational and technological solutions to specific real-world problems.Moreover, there seems little reason to suppose that any one form of university must necessarily drive out all other options. Students may be "enrolled" in courses offered at virtual campuses on the Internet, between -or even during - sessions at a real-world problem-focused institution.As co-editor Sohail Inayatullah points out in his introduction, no future is inevitable, and the very act of imagining and thinking through alternative possibilities can directly affect how thoughtfully, creatively and urgently even a dominant technology is adapted and applied. Even in academia, the future belongs to those who care enough to work their visions into practical, sustainable realities.11. When the book reviewer discusses the Internet University,A. he is in favour of it.B. his view is balanced.C. he is slightly critical of it.D. he is strongly critical of it.12. Which of the following is NOT seen as a potential danger of the Internet University?A. Internet-based courses may be less costly than traditional ones.B. Teachers in traditional institutions may lose their jobs.C. internet-based courseware may lack variety in course content.D. The Internet University may produce teachers with a lot of publicity.13. According to the review, what is the fundamental mission of traditional university education?A. Knowledge learning and career building.B. Learning how to solve existing social problems.C. Researching into solutions to current world problems.D. Combining research efforts of teachers and students in learning.14. Judging from the Three new roles envisioned for tomorrow's university faculty, university teachersA, are required to conduct more independent research.B. are required to offer more course to their students……C.are supposed to assume more demanding duties.D. are supposed to supervise more students in their specialty.15. Which category of writing does the review belong to?A. Narration.B. DescriptionC. persuasionD. Exposition.TEXT BEvery street had a story, every building a memory, Those blessed with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton (his hometown) for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out.The town had changed, but then it hadn't. On the highways leading in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly as possible next to the roads for maximum visibility. This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything wiih no permit no inspection, no notice to adjoining landowners. nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build clutter that got uglier by the year.But in the older sections, nearer the square, the town had not changed at all The long shaded streets were as clean and neat as when Kay roamed them on his bike. Most of the houses were still owned by people he knew, or if those folks had passed on the new owners kept the lawns clipped and the shutters painted. Only a few were being neglected. A handful had been abandoned.This deep in Bible country, it was still an unwritten rule in the town that little was done on Sundays except go to church, sit on porches, visit neighbours, rest and relax the way God intended.It was cloudy, quite cool for May, and as he toured his old turf, killing time until the appointed hour for the family meeting, he tried to dwell on the good memories from Clanton. There was Dizzy Dean Park where he had played little League for the Pirates, and (here was the public pool he'd swum in every summer except 1969 when the city closed it rather than admit black children. There were the churches - Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian - facing each other at the intersection of Second and Elm like wary sentries, their steeples competing for height. They were empty now, hut in an hour or so the more faithful would gather for evening services.The square was as lifeless as the streets leading to it. With eight thousand people, Clanton was just large enough to have attracted the discount stores that had wiped out so many small towns. But here the people had been faithful to their downtown merchants, and there wasn't s singleempty or boarded-up building around the square - no small miracle. The retail shops were mixed in with the banks and law offices and cafes, all closed for the Sabbath.He inched through the cemetery and surveyed the Atlee section in the old part, where the tombstones were grander. Some of his ancestors had built monuments for their dead. Ray had always assumed that the family money he'd never seen must have been buried in those graves. He parked and walked to his mother's grave, something he hadn't done in years. She was buried among the Atlees, at the far edge of the family plot because she had barely belonged.Soon, in less than an hour, he would be sitting in his father's study, sipping bad instant tea and receiving instructions on exactly how his father would be laid to rest. Many orders were about to be give, many decrees and directions, because his father(who used to be a judge) was a great man and cared deeply about how he was to be remembered.Moving again, Ray passed the water tower he'd climbed twice, the second time with the police waiting below. He grimaced at his old high school, a place he'd never visited since he'd left it. Behind it was the football field where his brother Forrest had romped over opponents and almost became famous before getting bounced off the team.It was twenty minutes before five, Sunday, May 7. Time for the family meeting.16. From the first paragraph, we get the impression thatA. Ray cherished his childhood memories.B. Ray had something urgent to take care of.C. Ray may not have a happy childhood.D. Ray cannot remember his childhood days.17. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Ray's hometown?A. Lifeless.B. Religious.C. Traditional.D. Quiet.18. Form the passage we can infer that the relationship between Ray and his parents wasA. close.B. remote.C. tense.D. impossible to tell.19. It can be inferred from the passage that Ray's father was all EXCEPTA. considerate.B. punctual.C. thrifty.D. dominant.TEXT CCampaigning on the Indian frontier is an experience by itself. Neither the landscape nor the people find their counterparts in any other portion of the globe. Valley walls rise steeply five orsix thousand feet on every side. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors down which fierce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of brass. Amid these scenes of savage brilliancy there dwells a race whose qualities seem to harmonize with their environment. Except at harvest-time, when self-preservation requires a temporary truce, the Pathan tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian. Every large house is a real feudal fortress made, it is true, only of sun-baked clay, but with battlements, turrets, loopholes, drawbridges, etc. complete. Every village has its defence. Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud. The numerous tribes and combinations of tribes all have their accounts to settle with one another. Nothing is ever forgotten, and very few debts are left unpaid. For the purposes of social life, in addition to the convention about harvest-time, a most elaborate code of honour has been established and is on the whole faithfully observed. A man who knew it and observed it faultlessly might pass unarmed from one end of the frontier to another. The slightest technical slip would, however, be fatal. The life of the Pathan is thus full of interest; and his valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water, are fertile enough to yield with little labour the modest material requirements of a sparse population.Into this happy world the nineteenth century brought two new facts: the rifle and the British Government. The first was an enormous luxury and blessing; the second, an unmitigated nuisance. The convenience of the rifle was nowhere more appreciated than in the Indian highlands. A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it. One could actually remain in one's own house and fire at one's neighbour nearly a mile away. One could lie in wait on some high crag, and at hitherto unheard-of ranges hit a horseman far below. Even villages could fire at each other without the trouble of going far from home. Fabulous prices were therefore offered for these glorious products of science. Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler. A steady flow of the coveted weapons spread its genial influence throughout the frontier,and the respect which the Pathan tribesmen entertained for Christian civilization was vastly enhanced.The action of the British Government on the other hand was entirely unsatisfactory. The great organizing, advancing, absorbing power to the southward seemed to be little better than a monstrous spoil-sport. If the Pathan made forays into the plains, not only were they driven back (which after all was no more than fair), but a whole series of subsequent interferences took place, followed at intervals by expeditions which toiled laboriously through the valleys, scolding the tribesmen and exacting fines for any damage which they had done. No one would have minded these expeditions if they had simply come, had a fight and then gone away again. In many cases this was their practice under what was called the "butcher and bolt policy" to which the Government of India long adhered. But towards the end of the nineteenth century these intruders began to make roads through many of the valleys, and in particular the great road to Chitral. They sought to ensure the safety of these roads by threats, by forts and by subsidies. There was no objection to the last method so far as it went. But the whole of this tendency to road-making was regarded by the Pathans with profound distaste. All along the road people were expected to keep quiet, not to shoot one another, and above all not to shoot at travellers along the road. It was too much to ask, and a whole series of quarrels took their origin from this source.20. The word debts in "very few debts are left unpaid" in the first paragraph meansA．loans. B．accounts C．killings D．bargains.21. Which of the following is NOT one of the geographical facts about the Indian frontier?A. Melting snows.B. Large population.C. Steep hillsides.D. Fertile valleys.22. According to the passage, the Pathans welcomedA. the introduction of the rifle.B. the spread of British rule.C. the extension of luxuriesD. the spread of trade.23. Building roads by the BritishA. put an end to a whole series of quarrels.B. prevented the Pathans from earning on feuds.C. lessened the subsidies paid to the Pathans.D. gave the Pathans a much quieter life.24. A suitable title for the passage would beA. Campaigning on the Indian frontier.B. Why the Pathans resented the British rule.C. The popularity of rifles among the Pathans.D. The Pathans at war.TEXT D"Museum" is a slippery word. It first meant (in Greek) anything consecrated to the Muses: a hill, a shrine, a garden, a festival or even a textbook. Both Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum had a mouseion, a muses' shrine. Although the Greeks already collected detached works of art, many temples - notably that of Hera at Olympia (before which the Olympic flame is still lit) - had collections of objects, some of which were works of art by well-known masters, while paintings and sculptures in the Alexandrian Museum were incidental to its main purpose.The Romans also collected and exhibited art from disbanded temples, as well as mineral specimens, exotic plants, animals; and they plundered sculptures and paintings (mostly Greek) for exhibition. Meanwhile, the Greek word had slipped into Latin by transliteration (though not to signify picture galleries, which were called pinacothecae) and museum still more or less meant "Muses' shrine".The inspirational collections of precious and semi-precious objects were kept in larger churches and monasteries - which focused on the gold-enshrined, bejewelled relics of saints and martyrs. Princes, and later merchants, had similar collections, which became the deposits of natural curiosities: large lumps of amber or coral, irregular pearls, unicorn horns, ostrich eggs, fossil bones and so on. They also included coins and gems - often antique engraved ones - as well as, increasingly, paintings and sculptures. As they multiplied and expanded, to supplement them, the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined.At the same time, visitors could admire the very grandest paintings and sculptures in the churches, palaces and castles; they were not "collected" either, but "site-specific", and were considered an integral part both of the fabric of the buildings and of the way of life which went on inside them - and most of the buildings were public ones. However, during the revival of antiquity in the fifteenth century, fragments of antique sculpture were given higher status than the work of any contemporary, so that displays of antiquities would inspire artists to imitation, or even better, to emulation; and so could be considered Muses' shrines in the former sense. The Medici garden near San Marco in Florence, the Belvedere and the Capitol in Rome were the most famous of such early "inspirational" collections. Soon they multiplied, and, gradually, exemplary "modern" works wereIn the seventeenth century, scientific and prestige collecting became so widespread that three or four collectors independently published directories to museums all over the known world. But it was the age of revolutions and industry which produced the next sharp shift in the way the institution was perceived: the fury against royal and church monuments prompted antiquarians to shelter them in asylum-galleries, of which the Musee des Monuments Francais was the most famous. Then, in the first half of the nineteenth century, museum funding took off, allied to the rise of new wealth: London acquired the National Gallery and the British Museum, the Louvre was organized, the Museum-Insel was begun in Berlin, and the Munich galleries were built. In Vienna, the huge Kunsthistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museums took over much of the imperial treasure. Meanwhile, the decline of craftsmanship (and of public taste with it) inspired the creation of "improving" collections. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was the most famous, as well as perhaps the largest of them.25.The sentence "Museum is a slippery word" in the first paragraph means thatA. the meaning of the word didn't change until after the 15th century.B. the meaning of the word had changed over the years.C. the Greeks held different concepts from the Romans.D. princes and merchants added paintings to their collections.26.The idea that museum could mean a mountain or an object originates fromA. the Romans.B. Florence.C. Olympia.D. Greek.27. "…… the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined" in the third paragraph means thatA. there was a great demand for fakers.B. fakers grew rapidly in number.C. fakers became more skillful.D. fakers became more polite.28. Painting and sculptures on display in churches in the 15th century wereA. collected from elsewhere.B. made part of the buildings.C. donated by people.D. bought by churches.29. Modern museums came into existence in order toA. protect royal and church treasures.B. improve existing collections.C. stimulate public interest.D. raise more funds.30. Which is the main idea of the passage?A. Collection and collectors.B. The evolution of museums.C. Modern museums and their functions.D. The birth of museums.11-15 BAACD 16-20 CDBAC 21-25BABAB 26-30 DCBABPART III. 人文知识There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section.Choose the best answers to each question.Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.31.The Presidents during the American Civil War wasA. Andrew JacksonB. Abraham LincolnC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington32.The capital of New Zealand isA.ChristchurchB.AucklandC.WellingtonD.Hamilton33.Who were the natives of Austrilia before the arrival of the British settlers?A.The AboriginesB.The MaoriC.The IndiansD.The Eskimos34.The Prime Minister in Britain is head ofA.the Shadow CabinetB.the ParliamentC.the OppositionD.the Cabinet35.Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century?A.T.S.EliotwrenceC.Theodore DreiserD.James Joyce36.The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is written byA.Scott FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Eugene O'NeilD.Ernest Hemingway37._____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen linesA.Free verseB.SonnetC.OdeD.Epigram38.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion ofA.referenceB.meaningC.antonymyD.context39.The words"kid,child,offspring" are examples ofA.dialectal synonymsB.stylistic synonymsC.emotive synonymsD.collocational synonyms40.The distinction between parole and langue was made byA.HalliayB.ChomskyC.BloomfieldD.Saussure参考答案: 31-35BCADA 36-40 DBDBDPART IV 改错参考答案1. agreeing-agreed2. in which 可有可无3. in his disposal- at his disposal4.enables-enable5.the other English speakers-other English speakers6.old-older7.seen-understood8.take it for granted- take for granted9.or-and10. the most striking of human achievementsV. 汉译英及参考译文中国民族自古以来从不把人看作高于一切，在哲学文艺方面的表现都反映出人在自然界中与万物占着一个比例较为恰当的地位，而非绝对统治万物的主宰。

2006年专升本英语考试真题及参考答案一、Phonetics （5 points）?Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and pare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation.Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.第1题单选选出下面读音不同的选项（）。

mandmonmentmunist【答案】A第2题单选选出下面读音不同的选项（）。

A.ifB.ofC.loafD.grief【答案】B第3题单选选出下面读音不同的选项（）。

A.particleB.partnerC.partialD.particular【答案】D第4题单选选出下面读音不同的选项（）。

A.hereB.mereC.nowhereD.sincere【答案】C第5题单选选出下面读音不同的选项（）。

A.pleasureB.measureC.treasureD.insure【答案】D二、Vocabulary and Structure （15 points）?Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section.For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.第6题单选Since arriving in New York, Thomas （）over 15 job interviews.A.hasB.hadC.has hadD.is having【答案】C第7题单选You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is （）they disagree.A.howB.whichC.thatD.where第8题单选The sandwiches （）by your mother were very delicious.A.makeB.makingC.madeD.were made【答案】C第9题单选The doctor asking Bob to quit （）because of his health.A.smokeB.smokesC.smokingD.to smoke【答案】C第10题单选This brand of computer is （）more expensive than I expected.A.plentyB.a lotC.plenty ofD.a lot of【答案】B第11题单选This sound doesn’t （）in Chinese, so it’s difficult for the students to pronounce.A.happenB.occure aboutD.take place第12题单选You may borrow this dictionary （）you keep it clean.A.as long asB.so far asC.in caseD.even if【答案】A第13题单选Normally Dr. Mackenzie is rather （）but sometimes he talks freely about himself.A.sociableB.reservedC.openD.ignorant【答案】B第14题单选Mr. Smith receivers the order that he （）the documents to the new product meeting for further discussion.A.bringB.bringsC.will bringD.has brought【答案】A第15题单选Most of the athletes have come to understand: what matters （）not wining but participating .A.isB.areC.wasD.were【答案】A第16题单选When Mr. Kentucky fell ill, his son took （）the business from him.A.toB.inC.afterD.over【答案】D第17题单选I cannot find my umbrella. I must have （）it on the bus yesterday.A.lostB.leftC.forgottenD.neglected【答案】B第18题单选By the year 2100, many different means of transportation （）.A.will developB.will have developedC.will be developingD.will have been developed【答案】D第19题单选A: What did you do last weekend?B:（）went on a picnic.A.I, Tom and JohnB.Tom, John and IC.Tom, John and meD.Tom, I and John【答案】B第20题单选China has been following the foreign policy to develop relations with other countries on the （）of the five principles of peaceful co-existence.A.basisB.baseC.accountD.foundation【答案】A三、Cloze （20 points）Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.Twenty years ago, kids in school never heard of the Internet. Now, I’ll （21）you can’t find a single person in your city who hasn’t heard of it. The “net” in the word “Internet” really （22 ）for network. A network is two or more computers connected together so that all types of information can be （23 ）or sent from one computer to anther. You nay enjoy using it to do research for a school project, （24 ）your favorite songs or communicating with friends and family. Information is accessed through web pages that companies, organizations and individuals （25）and post. It’s like a （26 ）notice board that the whole world uses! But since anyone can put anything on the Internet, you also have to be careful and use your best （27 ）and a little common sense.What you read on a piece of paper someone sticks on a notice-board doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good information, or even correct. So you have to be （28 ）what people are talking about, especially if you’re doing research! When you’re emailing people, you still have to be very careful. If you’ve never met the person you’re communicating with online, you could be on dangerous ground! You should never give （29 ）any personal information to someone you don’t know, not even your name! And just like you can’t believe the information on every website out there, you can’t （30 ）on strangers on the Internet, either. Just like you could make up things about yourself to tell someone, someone else could do the same to you!第21题单选在（21）处填入的最佳答案是（）。