全真预测试题十Part ⅠWritingDirections:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On College Students' Renting Houses Outside Campus. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1. 眼下大学生在外租房居住的现象十分普遍2. 对比分析在外租房居住和住在学校宿舍的利弊3. 我的看法Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.A Delicate BalanceIn 1965 the American statesman Adlai E Stevenson said, "We all travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable supplies of air and soil. We manage to survive by the care, work, and love we give our fragile craft." Our planet is indeed fragile. Every living thing on this planet is part of a complicated web of life, for no organism lives entirely on its own. Every organism is affected by all that surrounds it whether living or nonliving. And in turn each organism has some effect on its surroundings.Even the most elementary understanding of ecology requires knowledge of this cause/effect relationship all organisms have on each other. Every thing we do to our environment will in one way or another affect the quality of life we experience on this tiny spaceship. If we want the quality of life to be high, we must be more aware that nature is a finely balanced mechanism and that it will not tolerate the abuse we have been giving it. Consider the following examples of human ignorance concerning the delicate balance of nature.Aswan and Other Fables"Once there was a country that desperately needed food and energy for its growing population. It happened that one of the most magnificent rivers in the world flowed through this country. Each year the river deposited tons of mineral-rich silt on its fertile flood plain before it reached the sea. "Why not dam the river," said the country's leaders, "and use the water to irrigate more land, control the annual spring flooding of the river, and provide hydroelectric power all at the same time?" The result of this modern-day fairy tale is known as the billion- dollar Aswan High Dam of Egypt, and not all Egyptians are living happily ever after."For one thing, as water backed up behind the dam, almost 100,000 Egyptians had to choose between giving up their family homes and being submerged along with ancient and priceless temples that were part of Egypt's cultural heritage. But there have been far more devastating results. Now that the Nile River floodplain is deprived of its annual enrichment with silt, artificial fertilizer has to be trucked in at a cost of 100 million dollars a year —a cost carried by the subsistence farmers who make, on the average, less than a hundred dollars a year each. Furthermore, now there is nothing to wash away the previous year's silt buildup in the soil. And with silt deposits no longer compensating for erosion, the fertile river delta is shrinking — and an alarming part of what remains has completely dried up. Restoring the delta with pumps, drains, and wells may cost more than the dam itself.""Ironically, evaporation as well as bottom seepage from the new lake filling in behind the dam is so great that the lake basin may never fill up to predicted levels. So nobody can live around the lake because nobody knows for sure where the shoreline will be. More seriously, there is less water to go around than there was before. And even though some 700,000 new acres (about 1.6 million hectares) have been opened up for agriculture, the population outgrew the potential food increase even before the dam was finished. At the same time, with the nutrient-rich flow of the Nile turned off, another major food source-the sardines, shrimp, and mackerel that flourished in the enriched waters off the delta —has declined catastrophically. Worse yet, the lake and the irrigation networks have so accelerated the spread of blood flukes that half the Egyptian populace are now carriers of schistosomiasis (血吸虫病). In irrigated areas, where eight out of ten humans live, women can expect to live only to age twenty-seven, men to age twenty-five."The Hawaiian GooseAnother clear example of human ignorance of nature's delicate balance is seen in the near extinction of the Hawaiian Goose or Nene. It was estimated in the late eighteenth century that the population of Hawaii's unique variety of goose stood at about 25,000. In a matter of fifty years the population had dropped to approximately thirty birds. There were undoubtedly multiple causes for the decline in the Nene population, and virtually all of them resulted, either directly or indirectly, from humans.The most disastrous activities of humans included hunting with firearms, ranching activities, and the building of beach resorts. There is little doubt that the Nene's near extinction was hastened after shotguns were brought to Hawaii. It seems reasonable to assume that many more Nenes were killed when guns became common. In a similar fashion, as people moved further inland on the islands they began to open more and more land for the development of ranches and beach resorts. These developments forced the geese out of their natural nesting and breeding ranges. As these ranches and resorts became more plentiful, the Nene population accordingly decreased.The most harmful indirect effect of humans' activities was the introduction of animals such as cattle, goats, mongooses, and game birds. When cattle were first brought to the islands, King Kamehameha proclaimed a ten-year protection of the animals. They were allowed to roam the islands unrestrained. They multiplied rapidly, and as they did they moved further and further into the virgin forests, destroying many of the plants that provided food and shelter for the Nene. The goats that were introduced to the islands were even more destructive to the Nene' natural habitat. Because the goats were more agile, not only could they reach the plants at the lower elevations, but they also moved into the high-lands. In 1882, the mongoose was introduced to Hawaii in hopes that it would control the rats that were doing great damage in the sugar cane fields. The mongoose neither solved the rat problem nor remained in the sugar cane fields. As it moved out of the cane fields, it did what it does naturally: it became a predator of ground-nesting birds-including the Nene. The game birds introduced to Hawaii (quail, turkey, and guinea hen) all encroached on the Nene's already severely limited natural range. With the limited land space that an island has, the Nene had no escape route and no time to build defenses against these rapidly arriving unnatural opponents.By the 1940s, the Nene population had dwindled to a number so low that almost nothing could be done to save this unique, tame, land-living goose. It had become a classic example of our unconscious destruction of nature.Mosquito PlagueStill another famous incident drives home the intricate relationships within our ecosystem. Some years ago, large quantities of DDT were used by the World Health Organization in a program of mosquito control in Borneo. Soon the local people, spared a mosquito plague, began to suffer a plague of caterpillars, which devoured the thatched roofs of their houses, causing them to fall in. The habits of the caterpillars limited their exposure to DDT, but predatory wasps that had formerly controlled the caterpillars were devastated.Further spraying was done indoors to get rid of houseflies. The local gecko lizards, which previously had controlled the flies, continued to gobble their corpses — now full of DDT. As a result, the geckos were poisoned, and the dying geckos were caught and eaten by house cats. The cats received doses of DDT, which had been concentrated as it passed from fly to gecko to cat, and the cats died. This led to another plague, now of rats. They not only devoured the people's food but also threatened them with yet another plague — this time the genuine article, bubonic plague. The government of Borneo became so concerned that cats were parachuted into the area in an attempt to restore the balance.These are only three of many examples of our misunderstanding and mistreatment of the environment. Every thing we do to the environment will in one way or another affect other living things around us. Every time a factory dumps chemicals, a power plant burns coal, a corporation builds a new resort, or hunters overkill a species of animal, a chain reaction is started that may have harmful, long-range consequences. The more we try to understand, control, and compensate for those consequences before they are set in motion, the more harmoniously we will be able to live on this delicately balanced "tiny spaceship".1. Everything we do to our environment will ______.A) improve the complicated web of lifeB) break the finely balanced mechanism of lifeC) affect the quality of lifeD) destroy the cause/effect relationship of life2. The leaders of Egypt decided to dam the Nile for the following purposes except ______.A) using the water to irrigate more landB) controlling the flooding of the river in springC) shipping in artificial fertilizerD) providing hydroelectric power3. After the Aswan High Dam was built, ______.A) almost 100, 000 Egyptians were submerged along with ancient templesB) each year tons of mineral-rich silt were deposited on the Nile River floodplainC) artificial fertilizer has to be trucked inD) the Egyptians started restoring the delta with pumps, drains and wells4. Nobody can live around the new lake because ______.A) bottom seepage from the new lake is greatB) one major food source has declinedC) nobody knows for sure where the shoreline will beD) there is the spread of blood flukes in the area5. In a matter of fifty years the population of the Nene ______.A) increased from thirty to 2500 B) increased from thirty to 25,000C) dropped from 2500 to thirty D) dropped from 25,000 to thirty6. The mongoose was introduced to Hawaii in the hope that ______.A) it would protect the Nene B) it would control the ratsC) it would multiply rapidly D) it would kill game birds7. We may infer that ______.A) DDT cannot kill the caterpillarsB) the wasps cause the mosquito plagueC) with the help of DDT, the local people's living condition was improvedD) DDT was unable to reach the caterpillars that had the habit of hiding in the thatched roofs8. Every living thing on this planet is part of ______, for no organism lives entirely on its own.9. ______ with pumps, drains, and wells may cost more than the dam itself.10. Some years ago, large quantities of ______ were used by the World Health Organization in a program of mosquito control in Borneo.Part ⅢListening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) 5:15 B) 5:10 C) 4:30D) 5:0012. A) At a publishing house. B) At a bookstore.C) In a reading room. D) In Prof. Jordan's office.13. A) Father and his daughter. B) Doctor and patient.C) Wife and husband. D) Student and teacher.14. A) Put off the appointment with the professor.B) Help move things to Mr. Johnson's.C) Help the woman move items.D) Go to find Mr. Johnson.15. A) The woman be more careful. B) The woman find a spare key.C) They come downstairs. D) They try to think of a solution.16. A) Attend a conference. B) Meet his lawyer.C) Give a speech. D) Make a business trip.17. A) The woman is filming a lake.B) The woman is running towards a lake.C) The woman can't take a photo of the man.D) The woman is watching an exciting film with the man.18. A) The man is late for the rip because he is busy.B) The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.C) The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.D) The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) He saw the office on his way home from work.B) A friend referred him to Dr. Carter's office.C) He found Dr. Carter's number in the phone book.D) He found Dr. Carter's number on the Internet.20. A) He has to pick up his took kits.B) He has to take a bus home.C) He has to open his store in the morning.D) He has to pick up his kids.21. A) The man's telephone number is 647-0547.B) The man's telephone number is 643-0547.C) The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:15 A.M. Thursday.D) The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8: 00 A. M Thursday.22. A) He hurt his knee when a tall ladder fell on him.B) He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.C) He sprained his hand when he fell off the roof of his house.D) His foot has a paint can on because he likes painting the house.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) His point of view was improper and could be easily attacked.B) He provided too many personal experiences.C) He provided too many analogies.D) He didn't support his arguments enough.24. A) He should base his paper on a lot of research.B) He should include less arguments in his paper.C) He should use his experiences and analogies to support his arguments.D) He should write a longer paper.25. A) On February 17. B) On February 7.C) On January 17. D) On January 7.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ) , B), C) and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Business corporation. B) The universe as a hole.C) A society of legal professionals. D) An association of teachers and scholars.27. A) Its largest expansion took place during that period.B) Its role in society went through a dramatic change.C) Small universities combined to form bigger ones.D) Provincial colleges were taken over by larger universities.28. A) Private donations. B) Government funding.C) Grants from corporations. D) Fees paid by students.Passage T woQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Because Japanese preschools cost less than those in America.B) Because Japanese children have high academic achievement.C) Because Japanese preschools pay much attention to the overall development of children.D) Because there are only a few preschools in America.30. A) Preparing children academically. B) Developing children's artistic interest.C) Tapping children's potential. D) Shaping children's character.31. A) They can be instructed by better teachers there.B) They can accumulate more group experience there.C) They can be individually oriented when they grow up.D) They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Wide coverage of events. B) Quick speed of production.C) Immediacy of reporting. D) Focus on local events.33. A) Because people scan for the news they are interested in.B) Because different people prefer different newspapers.C) Because people are rarely interested in the same kind of news.D) Because people have different views about what makes a good newspaper.34. A) Because it tries to serve different readers.B) Because it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality.C) Because readers are difficult to please.D) Because readers like to: read different newspapers.35. A) Newspaper readers apply reading technique skillfully.B) Newspaper readers jump from one newspaper to another.C) Newspaper readers appreciate the variety of a newspaper.D) Newspaper readers usually read a newspaper selectively.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was (36) used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when (37) of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.The (38) of the United Nations was the League of Nations, ,an (39) conceived in similar circumstances during the First World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to (40) international cooperation and to achieve peace and security".The International Labor Organization was also (41) under the Treaty of Versailles as anaffiliated (42) of the League. The League of Nations (43) its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.(44) . Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States, in August to October 1944. (45) . Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 member states~(46) , when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories.Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section ADirections:In the 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.We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more (47) when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will (48) be happy when they are out of that stage.We always tell ourselves that our life will be (49) when our spouse gets his or her act together. When we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we (50) . The truth is that there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with (51) .It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.One of my favorite (52) comes from Alfred Souza. He said: "for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin-real life. But there was always some (53) in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." This (54) has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So (55) every moment that you have.And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…Happiness is a journey, not a (56) . So, work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.A) emphasis B) perspective C) quotes D) retireE) especially F) content G) unsatisfied H) treasureI) challenges J) die K) certainly L) obstacleM) bleak N) complete O) destinationSection BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. 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 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 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, 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, close-ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. Y ou will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subjects; 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. Y ou 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 brings 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, chorus and responses.57. The passage is mainly concerned with ______.A) the different tastes of people for sports B) the different characteristics of sportsC) the attraction of football D) the attraction of baseball58. 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 footballC) it is not exciting enough D) it is pretentious and looks funny59. The author admits that ______.A) baseball is too peaceful for the youngB) baseball may seem boring when watched on TVC) football is more attracting than baseballD) baseball is more interesting than football60. By stating "I could have had my eyes closed" the author means (Line 7, Para. 3, last sentence) ______.A) the third baseman would rather sleep than play the gameB) the author could close his eyes without watching the game, because it was always the same.C) the third baseman is no good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed allthe time and do his work wellD) the consequence was too bad he could not bear to see it61. We can safely conclude that the author ______.A) likes football B) hates football C) hates baseball D) likes baseballPassage T woQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.From Boston to Los Angeles, from New Y ork City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs already have radically altered facades and floor plans or are expected to do so in the not-too- distant future.In New Y ork City alone, six major institutions have spread up and out into the air space and neighborhoods around them or are preparing to do so.The reasons for this confluence of activity are complex, but one factor is a consideration everywhere —space. With collections expanding, with the needs and functions of museums changing, empty space has become a very precious commodity.Probably nowhere in the country is this more true than at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has needed additional space for decades and which received its last significant facelift ten years ago. Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases passing up opportunities to strengthen its collections.Deaccessing — or selling off — works of art has taken on new importance because of the museum's space problems. And increasingly, curators have been forced to juggle gallery space, rotating one masterpiece into public view while another is sent to storage.Despite the clear need for additional gallery and storage space, however, "the museum has no plan, no plan to break out of its envelope in the next fifteen years," according to Philadelphia Museum of Art's president.62. This passage is mainly about the need for additional space in which of the following?A) A neighborhood museum. B) The Philadelphia Museum of Art.C) Museums in the United States. D) An aerospace museum.63. Which of the following is NOT cited in the passage as a reason why most museums need more space?A) Changing needs. B) More curators.C) Changing functions. D) Enlarged collections.64. It can be inferred from the passage that the Philadelphia Museum of Art only shows ______.A) its largest paintings B) a portion of its paintingsC) paintings by American artists D) paintings it wants to sell65. What has the Philadelphia Museum of Art been obliged to do because of insufficient space?A) Hire fifteen curators to plan gallery displays.B) Strengthen its collection through donations.C) Be cautious in allowing the public to view its artwork.D) Be selective in accepting additional artwork.66. The word "confluence" (Line 1, Para. 3) has the meaning of ______.A) influence B) conclusion C) joining D) expansion。
