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2005年5月CATTI二级口译(综合能力)真题一、Part Ⅰ（B）（共10小题,共10.0分）Listen to the following short statements and then choose one of the answers that best fits the meaning of each statement by blackening the corresponding circle. There are ten questions in this part of the test, one point for each question. You will hear both the statement and the question only once.第1题What part of the museum flooded?A The central gallery.B The storerooms.C The gift shop.D The central and southern rooms.【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】特定信息的找寻和判断。
根据题干要求，听的重点应注意博物馆哪一部分被淹，而原文涉及博物馆被淹情况的信息颇多，如第一句提到该馆保存的绘画和壁画被淹，后面相继提到该馆的部分屋顶倒塌，雨水倾入两间储藏室(storeroom)，由此可见，符合题干要求的特定信息是储藏室。
因此，选项b的说法是正确的。
注意：排除干扰项，锁定相关特定信息。
第2题How is the quartz heater different from other types of heaters?A It heats only the objects in a room.B It is lighter in weight.C It heats the room quicker.D It is more common.【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】原文介绍了几种散热器，其中重点介绍了quartz heater(石英散热器)。
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Interpret the following passage from English to Chinese. You will hear this signal to tell you when you start interpreting ）第1题【正确答案】：答案:中国经济一度靠国家投资重工业来维持增长，而目前零售业已日趋成为经济的增长点。
1978年开始的市场经济改革使私人经济不断扩大，而其中很大部分都集中在零售业。
随着改革使消费者的收入日益提高，国家加速了零售业的发展。
服务产业的形成使顾客有时也有了当“上帝”的感觉。
改革前，逛街购物通常意味着对意志的考验，国营商场里那些昏昏欲睡的售货员们卖东西的积极性不高。
货物的质量往往不够好，商品的摆放也是漫不经心。
缺货断货是常有的事，大米、布匹、食用油都要凭票购买。
那样的日子早已一去不复返了。
广义上的零售消费额估计超过4500亿美元，并以每年10％的速度递增。
加上所有商品17％的增值税，零售业已成为国家财政收入的主要来源之一。
自1978年以来，私营经济大规模进入零售业。
国有企业为了降低成本和赢利被迫大批裁减职工。
许多下岗职工进入零售业，不少人经营小卖铺、便利店、服装店、酒吧、餐馆，甚至美容店和干洗店。
国外投资商也大举进入零售市场。
自1992年以来，他们在中国的投资已超过30亿美元。
以家乐福和沃尔玛为首，约300家外资零售商获准在中国设立2200家连锁店。
随着中国的入世，这一发展速度肯定还要加快。
虽然外商在零售总额中只占2—4％，但他们对市场却产生了深远的影响。
外商的存在促使国内零售企业在竞争中不断扩大规模，增强对顾客的吸引力。
新来者为市场带来了大量的商品，原来仅为精英人士和外国富人准备的外国名牌商品，现在也瞄准了中国本地的消费者。
2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become confused, and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism. 46) Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed -- and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.The Europe that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities. With this in mind we can begin to analyze the European television scene. 47) In Europe, as elsewhere, multi-media groups have been increasingly successful: groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another. One Italian example would be the Berlusconi group, while abroad Maxwell and Murdoch come to mind.Clearly, only the biggest and most flexible television companies are going to be able to compete in such a rich and hotly-contested market. 48) This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in, a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European television networks, no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.Moreover, the integration of the European community will oblige television companies to cooperate more closely in terms of both production and distribution.49) Creating a “European identity”that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old Continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice -- that of producing programs in Europe for Europe. This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market, whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.In order to achieve these objectives, we must concentrate more on co-productions, the exchange of news, documentary services and training. This also involves the agreements between European countries for the creation of a European bank for Television Production which, on the model of the European Investments Bank, will handle the finances necessary for production costs. 50) In dealing with a challenge on such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say “Unit ed we stand, divided we fall” -- and if I had to choose a slogan it would be “Unity in our diversity.” A unity of objectives that nonetheless respect the varied2006年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society? I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckberger told part of the story when he observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected America. But they have done more than that. They have grown dissatisfied with the role of intellectual. It is they, not America, who have become anti-intellectual.First, the object of our study pleads for definition. What is an intellectual? 46) I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic (苏格拉底) way about moral problems.He explores such problems consciously, articulately, and frankly, first by asking factual questions, then by asking moral questions, finally by suggesting action which seems appropriate in the light of the factual and moral information which he has obtained. 47) His function is analogous to that of a judge, who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a manner as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision.This definition excludes many individuals usually referred to as intellectuals -- the average scientist, for one. 48) I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems, he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems.Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in the everyday performance of his routine duties -- he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. 49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. During most of his waking life he will take his code for granted, as the businessman takes his ethics.The definition also excludes the majority of teachers, despite the fact that teaching has traditionally been the method whereby many intellectuals earn their living. 50) They may teach very well and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment.This description even fits the majority of eminent scholars. Being learned in some branch of human knowledge is one thing, living in "public and ill ustrious thoughts,” as Emerson would say, is something else.The study of law has been recognized for centuries as a basic intellectual discipline in European universities. However, only in recent years has it become a feature of undergraduate programs in Canadian universities. (46) Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person.Happily, the older and more continental view of legal education is establishing itself in a number of Canadian universities and some have even begun to offer undergraduate degrees in law.If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as part and parcel of a general education, its aims and methods should appeal directly to journalism educators. Law is a discipline which encourages responsible judgment. On the one hand, it provides opportunities to analyze such ideas as justice, democracy and freedom. (47) On the other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the links journalists forge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news.For example, notions of evidence and fact, of basic rights and public interest are at work in the process of journalistic judgment and production just as in courts of law. Sharpening judgment by absorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable component of a journalist’s intellectual preparation for his or her career.(48) But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen rests on an understanding of the established conventions and special responsibilities of the news media.Politics or, more broadly, the functioning of the state, is a major subject for journalists. The better informed they are about the way the state works, the better their reporting will be. (49) In fact, it is difficult to see how journalists who do not have a clear grasp of the basic features of the Canadian Constitution can do a competent job on political stories.Furthermore, the legal system and the events which occur within it are primary subjects for journalists. While the quality of legal journalism varies greatly, there is an undue reliance amongst many journalists on interpretations supplied to them by lawyers. (50) While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their own judgments. These can only come from a well-grounded understanding of the legal system.Directions:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written carefully on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty. He points out that he always experienced much difficulty in expressing himself clearly and concisely, but (46) he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations.He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.(47) He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.His memory, too, he described as extensive, but hazy. So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. (48) On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning.This, he thought, could not be true, because the “Origin of Species”is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men. No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. He was willing to assert that “I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree.”(49) He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.”Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or beyond it poetry of many kinds gave him great pleasure. Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight. In 1881, however, he said: “Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music.” (50) Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.2009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试Directions:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written carefully on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)There is a marked difference between the education which every one gets from living with others, and the deliberate educating of the young. In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association.46It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc. 47Only gradually was the by-product of the institution noted, and only more gradually still was this effect considered as a directive factor in the conduct of the institution.Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.But in dealing with the young, the fact of association itself as an immediate human fact, gains in importance.48 While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not so easy as in dealing with adults.The need of training is too evident; the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account. 49Since our chief business with them is to enable them to share in a common life we cannot help considering whether or no we are forming the powers which will secure this ability.If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.50 We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education -- that of direct tuition or schooling. In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training. These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps the adults loyal to their group.2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试（英语二）46.Directions:In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET2.(15points)“Suatainability” has become apopul ar word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured apainful period of unsustainability in his own life made itclear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice.Ning recalls spending aconfusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He’d been though the dot-com boom and burst and,desperate for ajob,signed on with a Boulder agency.It didin’t go well. “It was a really had move because that’s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. “I was miserable, I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone sai d, ‘Just wait, you’ll trun the corner, give it some time.’”Section Ⅲ Translation最近，“承受力”\坚持不懈”成了一个流行词，但对Ted Ning来说，他对其含义有自己亲身的体会。
历年考研翻译真题汇编详解（2005-2010）2010年真题One basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value. Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it .We invert excuses to give it economic importance. At the beginning of century songbirds were supposed to be disappearing. (46) Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them. the evidence had to be economic in order to be valid.It is painful to read these round about accounts today. We have no land ethic yet, (47) but we have at least drawn near the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of intrinsic right, regardless of the presence or absence of economic advantage to us.A parallel situation exists in respect of predatory mammals and fish-eating birds. (48) Time was when biologists somewhat over worded the evidence that these creatures preserve the health of game by killing the physically weak, or that they prey only on "worthless" species.Some species of tree have been read out of the party by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly, or have too low a sale vale to pay as timber crops. (49) In Europe, where forestry is ecologically more advanced, the non-commercial tree species are recognized as members of native forest community, to be preserved as such, within reason.To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided. (50) It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning. It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts.46. Scinentists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them。
2005年5月口译二级综合能力真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. PART 1 2. PART 2 3. PART 3 4. PART 4PART 1 (20 points)Listen to the following short passages and then decide whether the corresponding statements are true or false. You will hear the passages only ONCE. There are 10 questions in this part of the test, 2 points for each question.听力原文：John Ciardi was born in 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, the child of Italian immigrants. He attended Bates College and Tufts College and received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939. He is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry.1．John Ciardi got his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939 and has published more than 40 poems.A．正确B．错误正确答案：B解析：将题干中的细节信息与原文对照，发现原文说John Ciardi写诗的数量为“more than forty volumes of poetry”即“四十多卷诗歌”，而不是题干所言的四十多首(more than forty poems)。
翻译二级笔译实务真题五Section Ⅰ English-Chinese TranslationPart A Compulsory Translation1. Mangoes in Afric（江南博哥）a, as elsewhere, often fall prey to fruit flies, which destroy about 40% of the continent's crop. In fact, fruit flies are so common in African mangoes that America has banned their import altogether to protect its own orchards. African farmers, meanwhile, have few practical means to defend their fruit. Chemical pesticides are expensive. And even for those who can afford them they are not that effective since, by the time a farmer spots an infestation, it is too late to spray.Agricultural scientists have also looked at controlling fruit flies with parasitic wasps. But the most common ones kill off only about one fly in 20, leaving plenty of survivors to go on the rampage. Lethal traps baited with fly-attracting pheromones are another option. But they, too, are expensive. Instead, most farmers simply harvesttheir fruit early, when it is not yet fully ripe. This makes it less vulnerable to the flies, but also less valuable.Farmers whose trees are teeming with worker ants, however, donot need to bother with any of this. In a survey of several orchardsin Benin, Dr van Mele and his colleagues found an average of lessthan one fruit-fly pupa in each batch of 30 mangoes from trees where worker ants were abundant, but an average of 77 pupae in batches from trees without worker ants. The worker ants, it turns out, are very thorough about hunting down and eating fruit flies, as well as a host of other pests.Worker ants have been used for pest control in China and other Asian countries for centuries. The practice has also been adopted in Australia. But Dr van Mele argues that it is particularly suited to Africa since worker ants are endemic to the mango-growing regions of the continent, and little training or capital is needed to put themto work. All you need do is locate a suitable nest and run stringfrom it to the trees you wish to protect. The ants will then quickly find their way to the target. Teaching a group of farmers in Burkina Faso to use worker ants in this way took just a day, according to Dr van Mele. Those farmers no longer use pesticides to control fruit flies, and so are able to market their mangoes as organic to eager European consumers, vastly increasing their income. The ants, so tospeak, are on the march.正确答案：如同其他地区一样，非洲芒果产区也饱受果蝇困扰，果蝇泛滥使芒果减产达40%左右。
2005年CATTI二级《笔译综合能力》模拟试题Part1Summary Writing1.Read the following English passage and then write a Chinese summary of approximately300 words that expresses its main ideas and basic information(40points,50minutes)Deceptively small in column inches,a recent New York Times article holds large meaning for us in business.The item concerned one Daniel Provenzano,38,of Upper Saddle River,N.J.Here is the relevant portion:When he owned a Fort Lee printing company called Advice Inc.,Mr.Provenzano said he found out that a sales representative he employment had stolen$9,000.Mr.Provenzano said he told the man that“if he wanted to keep his employment,I would have to break his thumb.”He said another Advice employee drove the sales representative to Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck,broke the thumb with a hammer outside the hospital,and then had a car service take the man home after the thumb was repaired.Mr.Provenzano explained that he“didn’t want to set an example”that workers could get away with stealing.The worker eventually paid back$4,500and kept his job,he said.I know that you’re thinking:This is an outrage.I,too,was shocked that Provenzano was being prosecuted for his astute management.Indeed,I think his“modest proposal”has a lot to teach managers as they struggle with the problems of our people-centered business environment.Problems such as…. Dealing with the bottom10%.GE made the system famous,but plenty of companies are using it: Every year you get rid of the worst-evaluated workers.Many managers object that this practice is inhumane,but not dealing with that bottom10%leads to big performance problems.Provenzano found a kinder,gentler answer.After all,this employee would have been fired virtually anywhere else.But at Advice Inc.,he stayed on the job.And you know what?I bet he become a very,very —very—productive employee.For most managers Provenzano’s innovative response will be a welcome new addition to their executive tool kit.And by the way,“executive tool kit”is clearly more than just a metaphor at Advice Inc.Being the employer of choice.With top talent scarce everywhere,most companies now want to be their industry’s or their community’s most desirable.Advice Inc.understood.The employee in question wasn’t simply disciplined in his supervisor’s office and sent home.No,that’s how an ordinary employer would have done it.But at Advice Inc.,another employee—the HR manager, perhaps?—took time out his busy day and drove the guy right to the emergency room.And then —the detail that says it all—the company provided a car service to drive the employee home. The message to talented job candidates comes through loud and clear:Advice Inc.is a company that cares.Setting an example to others.An eternal problem for managers is how to let all employees know what happens to those who perform especially well or badly.A few companies actually post everyone’s salary and bonus on their intranet.But pay is so one-dimensional.At Advice Inc.,a problem that would hardly be mentioned at most companies—embezzlement—was undoubtedly the topic of rich discussions for weeks,at least until the employee’s cast came off. Any employee theft probably went way,way—way—down.When the great Roberto Goizueta was CEO of Coca-Cola he used to talk about this problem of setting examples and once observed,“Sometimes you must have an execution in the public square!”But of course he was speaking only figuratively.If he had just listened to his own words,Goizueta might have been an even better CEO.Differentiation.This is one of Jack Welch’s favorite concepts—the idea that managers should treat different employees very differently based on performance.Welch liked to differentiate with salary,bonus,and stock options,but now,in what must henceforth be known as the post-Provenzano management era,we can see that GE’s great management thinker just wasn’t thinking big enough.This Times article is tantalizing and frustrating.In just a few sentences it opens a whole new world of management,yet much more surely remains to be told.We must all urge Provenzano to write a book explaining his complete managerial philosophy.2.Read the following Chinese passage and then write an English summary of approximately250 words that expresses its central ideas and main viewpoints(40points,50minutes)越是对原作体会深刻，越是欣赏原文的每秒，越觉得心长力，越觉得译文远远的传达不出原作的神韵。
2005年5月日语二级笔译综合能力试题一、語彙（10点） A～Dの選択肢から正しいものを一つ選んで、解答用紙に記号で記入しなさい。
（1点×10=10点）（1）母の愛情を心のとして頑張り通した。
A．かて B．わく C．おく D．おもい（2）車の事故が増える一方だ。
A．接触 B．接種 C．接着 D．接近（3）ドアが開いたに小さな犬が部屋に飛び込んできた。
A．都合 B．具合 C．拍子 D．調子（4）納豆石鹸を使ってみると、ハリと潤いのある、お肌になった。
A．すがすがしい B．わかわかしい C．なれなれしい D．はなばなしい（5）今後は心当たりのない請求はと断るよう助言された。
A．きっかり B．がっくり C．きっぱり D．くっきり（6） 10日ほどいい天気が続いていましたが、今晩からはそうだ。
A．壊れ B．崩れ C．割れ D．砕け（7）友達に頼まれて軽い気持ちで引き受けたが、大変な仕事だった。
A．せめて B．ひたすら C．いまさら D．ほんの（8）子供のためにきびしくしかることも必要だ。
A．あえて B．まして．せめて D．やけに（9）よくバスが来たので、私は雨に降られずにすんだ。
A．カンニング B．トレーニング C．タイミング D．ランニング（10）の耳に念仏。
A．豚 B．牛 C．馬 D．羊二、文法（40点） 1．A～Dの選択肢から正しいものを一つ選んで、解答用紙に記号で記入しなさい。
（1点×30=30点）（11）取り敢えずご報告御礼申し上げます。
A．ときたら B．にひきかえ C．かたがた D．のかぎりに（12）子供の命を命を落とした。
A．救ればこそ B．救うまいと C．救わんがため D．救うとして（13）いざとなれば、会社を裁判で争うつもりだ。
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05年英语二级笔译真题及答案05年二笔真题及答案2005年5月英语二级《笔译综合能力》试题1. No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but ____ it is clear tha t he was a great artist.A. in the aftermathB. by the timeC. in retrospectD. in this eventuality2. Being both spoiled and lazy, he ____ everyone else for his lack of success.A. accusedB. chargedC. criticizedD. blamed3. Your usual teacher has lost his voice and ____ I am taking his place today.A. neverthelessB. howeverC. moreoverD. accordingly4. As always when she sang in the bathroom, she ____ the high notes in a sp ecialA. span outB. belted outC. spread outD. stretch out5. The prisoner ____ that he had assaulted a policeman.A. deniedB. rejectedC. contradictedD. refused6. Only hotel guests have the ____ of using the private beach.A. occasionB. possibilityC. privilegeD. allowance7. The jury gave a ____ of ―not guilty‖.A. sentenceB. judgementC. chargeD. verdict8. Wearing seat-belts when driving is now ____ by law.A. compulsiveB. forcibleC. compulsoryD. involuntary9. I‘ll just ____ an eye over these figures before you type them.A. tossB. castC. flingD. throw10. He was facing charges on forgery in a court of law but he hired a good attorney to ____.A. get offB. get throughC. get byD. get away11. The campers ____ their tent in a sheltered valley.A. establishedB. installedC. pitchedD. fixed12. A larger brain makes man ____ to animals.A. betterB. superiorC. excelledD. outstanding13. He was always finding ____ with his daughter‘s friends.A. blameB. errorC. mistakeD. fault14. It was too late to ____ of the contract.A. back outB. back downC. back upD. back away15. She had just ____ the shell of the hard-boiled egg and was starting to pee l it off.A. snappedB. crackedC. fracturedD. burst16. Children who are praised for their work are always ____ on.A. encouragedB. approvedC. inspiredD. spurred17. It is impossible for parents to ____ their children from every danger.A. protectB. relieveC. preserveD. conserve18. Even though the main source of ____ exposure for a majority of the hum an population is the sun, the artificial tanning from sun beds contributes significantly to the total UV risk.A. extra violentB. extra violetC. ultravioletD. ultravirus19. This is ____ work. It calls for a good eye and a steady hand.A. preciseB. precisionC. exactD. exactness20. I wouldn‘t trust such a ____ person.A. deceitfulB. deceptiveC. decisiveD. deceive21. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein is famous for his intensely vigorous and exuberant style.A. extremeB. enthusiasticC. prosperousD. nervous22. On a Windows screen, there will roll down many more buttons when you hit the ―Tools‖ button.A. castB. casteC. cascadeD. cataract23. In Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Dimmesdale succum bed to Hester‘s charms.A. appealed toB. conversed aboutC. cared nothing forD. yielded to24. So engrossed in his efforts would Gaugin become that he barely noticed the passing of time.A. delighted inB. frustrated byC. expanded byD. involved in25. One out of five bridges in the United States is outmoded.A. narrowB. obsoleteC. illegalD. concrete26. Several theories of evolution had historically preceded that of Charles Dar win, although he expounded upon the stages of development.A. found fault withB. explained in detailC. outlined brieflyD. offered in published form27. When Akiyama Toyohiro, Japan‘s first astronaut, completed his stint in spa ce, he came back down to earth with more than one worry.A. spellB. slingC. stingD. stink28. Since she did not have time to read the entire play before class, she read an outline of the plot instead.A. a synonymB. a symmetryC. a synopsisD. a symposium29. Tiny Tim, a character in A Christmas Carol, was a happy little boy in spi te of the disability that caused him a weakness in one leg.A. to limpB. to fallC. restD. suffer30. When a hurricane is about to occur, the National Weather Bureau issues a warning.A. adjacentB. giganticC. perilousD. imminent31. Rain abates in the fall throughout most of the Appalachian Mountain regio n.A. poursB. accumulatesC. lessensD. evaporates32. The thief was apprehended, but his accomplice had disappeared.A. people who saw himB. the person who helped himC. guns and knivesD. stolen goods33. Relaxation therapy teaches one not to fret over small problems.A. worry aboutB. get involved inC. get angry about C. look for34. Benjamin Franklin was remembered for his good judgement.A. vigilanceB. guiltyC. sagacityD. resolution35. Mark Anthony‘s eulogy of C aesar at his funeral is memorably recorded ina play by Shakespeare.A. prayerB. praiseC. biographyD. denunciation36. He had studied hard, he would have been able to pass the exam.A. He had studied harderB. If only he studied moreC. Had he studied harder C. When he studied more37. It was now clear that no such weapons were manufactured and none been found.A. was foundB. were foundedC. has been foundD. have been founded38. Whenever we hear of a natural disaster, we feel sympathetic to the people to be affected.A. to have affectedB. to have effectedC. who have been effectedD. who have been affected39. Our programs come second to theirs.A. come second afterB. are second only toC. are first except forD. are first place from40. Our holiday is doomed to failure without you.A. would doomB. would have been doomedC. had been doomedD. has had to be doomed41. I‘m rath er concerned how he will take in his school.A. take onB. take upC. take offD. take to42. You‘ve been so helpful! How can I make up to you?A. make it up to youB. make you upC. make up it for youD. make up you43. I don‘t doubt how the plan will be will received.A. thatB. whichC. ifD. whether44. Trial and error are the source of our knowledge.A. isB. wereC. hasD. have been45. Some people think more of animals than will of children.A. they haveB. they hadC. they areD. they do46. The belief is the legendary lost continent of Atlantis may someday be fou nd.A. It is believed thatB. It is believing thatC. The belief thatD. That belief is47. Because excessively hunting has depleted many wildlife species, game pres erves are being established.A. excessive huntingB. hunting excessivelyC. The belief thatD. they hunted excessively48. Few pleasures can equal such of a cool drink on a hot day.A. thisB. all thisC. thatD. all that49. American Indian languages, which differ widely, tended to group many uni ts of meaning into multisyllabic words.A. all tendB. and tendC. to tendD. tending50. We are not conscious of the extent of which work provides the psychologi cal satisfaction that can make the difference between a full and empty life. A. to which B. in which C. at which D. by whichSection 2: Reading Comprehension (50 points)Questions 51 —55 are based on the following passage.Congress makes the laws in the United States. It has two parts, which ar e more or less equal in power. They are known as the House of Representativ es and the Senate. The House of Representatives is larger than the Senate who se 100 members (two from each state) serve for six years. The 435 members of the House are elected every two years, and the number from each state is determined by the population of the state. For example, California, which has a large population, has 43 representatives, while the State of Nevada has only one.The House and Senate are divided into small groups which take care of special matters such as education or foreign affairs. The most important work of Congress is often done in these groups, which are called subcommittees.According to the Constitution of the United States, a senator must be at l east 30 years old and he must have been a citizen of the United States for ni ne years at the time of his election. To be elected to the House a person mus t be 25 years old and must have been a United States citizen for seven years. At the present time, members of Congress include businessmen, farmers, teach ers, and especially lawyers. In general, senators are better known than represen tatives because they are fewer in number and serve for a longer time. Many American presidents served in Congress before they because president.51. In the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate are ___ _.A. not equal. The House is more powerfulB. almost equal in powerC. not equal. The Senate is far more powerfulD. different. The House is more important52. The members of the Senate are elected for ____ years.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. six53. The number of the members in the House from each state ____.A. is fixed, two from each stateB. depends on how many people the state hasC. depends on the size of the stateD. depends on the location of the state54. To be elected to the Senate a person must ____.A. be at least 25 years oldB. be at least 30 years oldC. have been a citizen for seven yearsD. be a lawyer55. Which of the following is true?A. A representative serves for two years.B. To become a senator is easier than to become a representative.C. A senator performs his duties for a shorter time than a representativeD. All presidents were representatives and then senators before becoming presid ent of the United States.Questions 56 —60 are based on the following passage.Air France SA said Monday that its second-quarter net profit fell 35 percent t o ?57 million ($57.4 million), but sales were steady and operating profit surge d.Earning before interest and tax, a measure of operating income, gained 86 perc ent to ?141 million as fuel costs fell costs fell and cargo traffic rose.Air France has been hurt less than rivals such as British Airways PLC and Lufthansa AG by the slowdown on North Atlantic routes following the war o n Iraq in 2003 because it has fewer flights in that market.Net income fell as the airline paid deferred taxes that came due. Sales rose 0.9 percent to ?3.2 billion. The carrier lost about ?80 million in revenue because of a four-day strike by pilots in September. An accord was reached tying fut ure pay increases to inflation. Thecarrier said that first-half fuel costs fell 15 percent to ?680 million. Cargo traffic rose 11 percent in the second quarter, w hile passenger traffic rose 1.1 percent. The airline‘s shares gained 87 cents, or 7.7 percent, to close at ?12.11.Separately, Air France and Alitalia SpA agreed to buy 2 percent stakes in each other as Europe‘s second-and sixth-largest airlines deepen their partnership.56. ―?‖in ―?57 million‖ and―?141 million‖ probably stands for ____.A. EnglishB. the euroC. EuropeanD. European Currency Unit57. Which of the following is not a cause for Air France‘s earnings to rise be fore interest and tax?A. The drop in fuel cost.B. The rise in cargo traffic.C. The rise in passenger traffic.D. Its partnership with Alitalia SpA.58. Which of the following is not a trouble confronting Air France?A. Deferred taxes being due.B. The shrinking French market.C. A four-day strike by pilots in September.D. The war on Iraq.59. Why did Air France‘s net income fall despite rising sales?A. Because it had to pay deferred taxes that came due.B. Because the French market was shrinking.C. Because of a four-day strike by pilots in September.D. Because the Iraqi war had reduced Atlantic flights.60. ―The carrier lost about ?80 million in revenue because ofa four-day strike by pilots in September‖. What does ―the carrier‖ refer to here?A. British Airways PLC.B. Lufthansa AG.C. Air France SA.D. Alitalia SpA.Questions 61 —65 are based on the following passage.A. total of 4.6 million digital televisions have been sold, and the salesof HDTV sets have quadrupled since last year. Consumers have bought HDTV s to play their DVDs and to have clearer pictures and wide screens. Only a s mall percentage of the people who have purchased HDTVs, however, have act ually hooked their TVs up to receive high-definition television digital signals. Perhaps television viewers are having trouble keeping up with the changes in t echnology. Even the manufacturers of HDTVs, like Mitsubishi, Thomson Multi media, Sony, and Samsung seem to have a tough time learning how to make t heir sets work with the various digital TV formats because little standardization has been required or implemented in the industry.Some of the HDTVs weight over 200lbs., and a variety of retailers offer a delivery service to the buyer‘s home to help install the heavy sets. This is kno wn as a white-glove service and usually comes with an extra fee. After HDTV purchasers get their sets home and hook them up, they will still need to wor k to get the digital signals to their systems. Most of the industry‘s cable provi ders do not yet offer high-definition programming, and only about 15% of co mmercial television stations have switchedover to even the lowest improved di gital pictures. Worse yet, viewers may need to install antenna before they can even get the digital signals to their new HDTV sets. Another frustration for ho me-theater seekers is that the current HDTV sets allow owners only to watch high-definition programs, not to record them.61. According to the first sentence, the sales of HDTV sets since last year, by the time when this article was written, had reached ______.A. 4.6 millionB. 9.2 millionC. 18.4 millionD. I do not know many62. ―Hook up‖ as in ―hooked their TVs up‖ underlined in Paragraph 1 most p robably means to ____.A. have a hood over the TVB. be connected toC. relate oneself toD. keep contact with63. A majority of HDTV consumers could not enjoy high-quality digital pictur es because ____.A. they did not tune in to the right channelB. they did not install the systemC. the market retailers created the confusion on purposeD. the manufacturers did not have a uniform standard for their sets64. According to the passage, which of the following offers most of the HDT V programmes so far?A. Retailer delivery services.B. Cable providers.C. Commercial television stationsD. HDTV set manufacturers.65. On the whole, this passage is positioned to dwell on ____.A. the overall picture of the HDTV sectorB. how the giant TV market should offer better productsC. a lament over consumer‘s inability to use a high-end TV setD. a criticism of the TV markets for doing nothing about a big problemQuestion 66 —70 are based on the following passage.The idea of test-tube babies may make you either delighted at the wonders of modern medicine or irritated while considering the moral, or technological impl ic ations of starting life in a laboratory. But if you‘ve ever been pregnant yours elf, one thing is certain: You wonder what it‘s like to carry a test-tube baby. Are these pregnancies normal? Are the babies normal?The earliest answer come from Australia, where a group of medical experts at the Queen Victoria Medical Center in Melbourne have taken a look at the co ntinent‘s first nine successful invitro pregnancies. The Australians report that th e pregnancies themselves seemed to have proceeded according to plan, but at birth some unusual trends did show up. Seven of the nine babies turned out to be girls. Six of the nine were delivered by Caesarean section. And one baby, a twin, was born with a serious heart defect and a few days later developed life-threatening problems.What does it all mean? Even t he doctors don‘t know for sure, because the nu mbers are so small. The proportion of girls to boys is high, but until there are many more test-tube babies no one will know whether that‘s something that j ust happened to be like that or something special that happens when egg meets sperm in a test tube instead of a fallopian tube. The same thing is true of t he single heart defect. It usually shows up in only 15 out of 60,000 births in that part of Australia, but the fact that it occurred in one out of nine test-tube babies does not necessarily mean that they are at special risk. One thing the doctors can explain is the high number of Caesareans. Most of the mothers we re older, had long histories of fertility problems and in some cases had had su rgery on the fallopian tubes, all of which made them likely candidates for Cae sareans anyway.The Australian researchers report that they are quite encouraged. All the babies are now making normal progress, even the twin with the birth defects.66. What concern will the test-tube baby raise according to the passage?A. Whether the pregnancies of test-tube babies would be normal.B. Whether the test-tube babies would be encouraged.C. Why the proportion of defected babies is so high.D. Why the number of Caesareans is so high.67. What does the word ―invitro‖ underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably me an?A. Normal.B. Test-tube.C. Built-in.D. Formal68. Which of the following statements about the experiment mentioned in the passage is true?A. Only the twins are defected.B. Most of the babies are delivered by means of Caesarean.C. There are some troubles during all mothers‘ pregnancies.D. One baby appears to be abnormal.69. Which of the following explanations regarding the high number of Caesare an operations is NOT true?A. Some mothers have passed the best age for a natural delivery.B. Some mothers have fertility problems.C. Some mothers favor the operations of this type.D. Some mothers have had surgical operations on their fallopian tubes.70. What is the a uthor‘s tone in this passage?A. Depressed.B. OptimisticC. Opposing.D. NegativeQuestions 71 —80 are based on the following passage.The ocean bottom —a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth —is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and u ncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inacc essible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally witho ut light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times gr eater than at th e Earth‘s surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans, i n some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments fo r over a century, the first detailed global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science Foun dation‘s Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). U sing techniques first developed fo r the offshore oil and gas indust ry, the DSDP‘s drillship, the Glomar Challen ger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean‘s surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean fl oor.The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program t hat ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel logged 600,000 kilo meters and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites around the world. The Glomar Challenger‘s core samples ha ve allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of m illions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar C hallenger‘s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geologica l processes that sharp the Earth.The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded i nfo rmation critical to understanding the world‘s past climates. Deep –ocean sedime nts provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years, be cause they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense che mical and biological activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns and c auses of past climatic change —information that may be used to predict future climates.71. The author refe rs to the ocean bottom as a ―frontier‖ in Paragraph 1 b ecause it ____.A. is not a popular area for scientific researchB. contains a wide variety of life formsC. attracts courageous explorersD. is an unknown territory72. The word ―inaccessible‖ underl ined in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____.A. unrecognizableB. unreachableC. unusableD. unsafe73. The author mentions ―outer space‖ underlined in Paragraph 1 because ____.A. the Earth‘s climate million of years ago was similar to conditions in outer s paceB. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environmentC. rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floorD. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those us ed in ocean exploration74. Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?A. It is a type of submarine.B. It is an ongoing project.C. It has gone on over 100 voyages.D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.75. The word ―extracting‖ underlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.A. breakingB. locatingC. removingD. analyzing76. The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was ____.A. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gasB. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottomC. composed of geologists from all over the worldD. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry77. The word ―strength‖ underlined in Paragraph 3 is closest in mea ning to __ __.A. basisB. purposeC. discoveryD. endurance78. The word ―they‖ underlined in Paragraph 4 refers to ____.A. yearsB. climatesC. sedimentsD. cores79. Deep-ocean sediments provide better information about the world‘s past cli mate because they ____.A. are well protectedB. have land-based evidenceC. are in isolationD. have a longer history80. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a resul t of the Deep Sea Drilling Project?A. Geologists were able to determine the Earth‘s appearance hundreds of millio ns of years ago.B. Two geological theories because more widely accepted.C. Information was revealed about the Earth‘s past clim atic changes.D. Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen.Questions 81 —90 are based on the following passage.At the beginning of the twentieth century, North American society held, as an ideal, the Nuclear Family. This presumably perfect residential, social, and econ omic unit consisted of an adult male, an adult female and their minor children. This structure was thought to be stable and long lasting.However, a few decades later, the structure of that ideal family was being alte red radically even while it was being touted as the structure to be aimed for. Popular magazines bemoaned the loss of the Nuclear Family and its replaceme nt with inferior forms.There are a number of factors that are acting in concert to apply pressure on t he Nuclear Family and generate a variety of new structures. Some of these are: The definition of marriage has changed somewhat in that few people now cons ider it to last ―until death do us part.‖ The concept of monogamy (the marriag e of one man and one woman) has been modified to a form now referred to as serial monogamy (the marriage of one man and one woman at a time). Thi s reflects the increasing equality of women and men in terms of economic adv antage and the recognition that many women no longer depend on men for the ir survival. Women are acquiring independence and have become empowered t o make their own choices. With this independence, the need to from a relation ship with a man becomes less important. This change embodies the concept th at the marriage is temporary and can be terminated by eirther partner at any ti me. Associated with this, of course, is the relaxation of the divorce laws and t he significant reduction of theshame that had one time been attached to divor ce.The economy of North America has resulted in a two-tier system of a few ric h who control most of the resources and a large portion of the population wh o control almost none of the resources. Because of this, many couples are forc ed to have both partners with full-time jobs outside the home. There are unint ended byproducts of the need for a double income. The most important of the se is the replacement of a mother-oriented soci alization of children to a ―strang er-oriented‖ socialization system reflected in the growth of the children industry.Also, either partner is financially able to end the marriage without significant hardship.The combination of these changes will in the coming decades have a profound effect on the structure of the family of North America. As a result, the famil y will be a fluid, constantly changing structure with variable household arrange ments as the norm.81. In the 1910s most North Americans believed that the Nuclear Family _ ___.A. wouldn‘t last longB. was the normal family structureC. had no social and economic basisD. was unworthy82. What happened to the Nuclear Family in the middle of the twentieth centu ry?A. It changed greatly.B. It was criticized.C. It remained a normal structure.D. It was lost.83. In the middle of the twentieth century, people in NorthAmerica ____.A. were tired of the Nuclear FamilyB. wanted to give up the Nuclear FamilyC. believed that the Nuclear Family was hopefulD. were indifferent to the Nuclear Family84. What has changed the Nuclear Family in North America?A. People have changed their ideas about marriage.B. Women become more independent.C. The economy is changing.D. All of the above factors are acting together.85. What is the major factor that has raised the divorce rate in North America?A. The increasing equality of women.B. Relaxation of the divorce laws.C. The significant reduction of the shame on divorce.D. Men having more chances to know women.86. In Paragraph 4, ―until death do us part‖ probably means remaining married ____.A. until deathB. to the particular person until deathC. to one person at a timeD. until one leaves87. In Paragraph 5, ―two-tier system‖ means some ____.A. men have many wives while others have noneB. people are very rich while others are very poorC. people have too much work to do while others have nothing to doD. people control others88. Many wives work outside their home because they ____.A. want to be independentB. don‘t want to stay at homeC. don‘t have to take care of their childrenD. want to make money for their home89. ― ?Stranger-oriented‘ socialization system ‖ in Paragraph 5 probably means ____.A. strangers come home to take care of childrenB. neighbors don‘t know each otherC. mothers work outside their home and become strange to their childrenD. children become strange to their parents90. The author‘s purpose is to ____.A. give the facts of marriage in North AmericaB. explain the reason why the divorce rate is high in North AmericaC. introduce why both husband and wife have to work outside their homeD. give a picture of family structural change in North AmericaQuestions 91 —100 are based on the following passage.Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, th e Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journ alists to do the same.The campaign, part of an effort to promote No Child Left Behind (NCLB), re quired commentator Armstrong Williams ―to regularly comment on NCLB duri ng the course of his broadcasts,‖ and to interview Education Secretary Rod Pai ge for TV and radio spots that were aired during the show in 2004. Williams said Thursday he understands that critics could find the arrangement unethical, but ―I wanted to do it because it‘s。
