1、D） She is getting much better.12. A） Ordering a breakfast.C） Buying a train ticket.B） Booking a hotel room.D） Fixing a compartment.13. A） Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B） The man is the only one who brought her book back.C） She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D） Mos
2、t of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A） She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B） She attended the supermarkets grand opening ceremony.C） She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D） She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A） He is
3、 bothered by the pain in his neck.B） He cannot do his report without a computer.C） He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D） He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A） Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B） The gallery space is big enough for the mans paintings.C） The wom
4、an would like to help with the exibition layout.D） The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A） The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B） The man works in the same department as the woman does.C） The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D） The man i
5、s capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A） It was better than the previous one.B） It distorted the mayors speech.C） It exaggerated the citys economy problems.D） It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A） To inform h
6、im of a problem they face.B） To request him to purchase control desks.C） To discuss the content of a project report.D） To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A） They quote the best price in the market.B） They manufacture and sell office furniture.C） They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.
7、D） They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A） By marking down the unit price.B） By accepting the penalty clauses.C） By allowing more time for delivery.D） By promising better after-sales service.22. A） Give the customer a ten percent discount.B） Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C） A
8、sk the Buying Department to change suppliers.D） Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A） Stockbroker.C） Mathematician.B） Physicist. D） Economist.24. A） Improve computer programming.B） Predict global population growth.C） Explain
9、 certain natural phenomena.D） Promote national financial health.25. A） Their different educational backgrounds.B） Changing attitudes toward nature.C） Chaos theory and its applications.D） The current global economic crisis.Section B In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each p
10、assage, 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.Pas
11、sage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A） They lay great emphasis on hard work.B） They name 150 star engineers each year.C） They require high academic degrees.D） They have people with a very high IQ.27.A） long years of job training.B） High emotional intelligence.
12、C） Distinctive academic qualifications.D） Devotion to the advance of science.28. A） Good interpersonal relationships.B） Rich working experience.C） Sophisticated equipment.D） High motivation.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A） A diary.B） A fairy tale.C） A
13、 history textbook.D） A biography.30. A） He was a sports fan.B） He loved architecture.C） He disliked school.D） He liked hair-raising stories.31. A） Encourage people to undertake adventures.B） Publicize his colorful and unique life stories.C） Raise peoples environmental awareness.D） Attract people to
14、Americas national parks.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32.A） The first infected victim.B） A coastal village in Africa.C） The doctor who first identified it.D） A river running through the Congo.33.A） They exhibit similar symptoms.B） They can be treated wi
15、th the same drug.C） They have almost the same mortality rate.D） They have both disappeared for good.34.A） By inhaling air polluted with the virus.B） By contacting contaminated body fluids.C） By drinking water from the Congo River.D） By eating food grown in Sedan and Zaire.35. A） More strains will ev
16、olve from the Ebola virus.B） Scientists will eventually find cures for Ebola.C） Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.D） Dose infected, one will become immune to Ebola.Section C In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should l
17、isten 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
18、write 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 ideal companion machine would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in a
19、n agreeable manner. Those （36） that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be simulated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to （37）stimulating and easygoing. Its informal conversation style would make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly （38
20、） and therefore interesting. In its first （39） it might be somewhat honest and unsmiling that it came to know the user it would progress to a mere （40）and intimate style. The machine would not be a passive （41） but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the
21、 （42） in developing or changing the topic and would have a （43）of its own.The machine would convey presence. We have all seen how a computers use of personal names （44）. Such features are wholly written into the software （45） . Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more accept
22、able as a friend （46） . At an appropriate time I might also express the kind of affection that simulates attachment and intimacy.Part Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth） （25 minutes）Direction: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete stamens. Read the passage car
23、efully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.Question 47 to 51 are based on the following passageHighly proficient musicianship is hard won. Although its often assumed musical ability us inherited, theres abunda
24、nt evidence that this isnt the case. While it seems that at birth virtually everyone has perfect pitch, the reasons that one child is better than another are motivation and practice.Highly musical children were sung to more as infants and more encouraged to join in song games as kids than less music
25、al ones, long before any musical ability could have been evident. Studies of classical musicians prove that the best ones practiced considerably more from childhood onwards than ordinary orchestral players, and this is because their parents were at them to put in the hours from a very young age.The
26、same was true of children selected for entry to specialist music schools, compared with those who were rejected. The chosen children had parents who had very actively supervised music lessons and daily practice from young ages, giving up substantial periods of leisure time to take the children to le
27、ssons and concerts.The singer Michael Jacksons story, although unusually brutal and extreme, is illumination when considering musical prodigy（天才）. Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated （羞辱） constantly by his father, What sets Jacks
28、ons family apart is that his father used his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers.On top of his extra ability Michael also had more drive. This may have been the result of being the closest of his brothers and sisters to his mother. “He seemed different to me from the other children special,”Michaels mother said of him. She may not have realized that treating her son as special may have been part of the reason be became like that.All in all, if you want to bring up a Mozart or Bach, the key factor is how hard you are prepared to crack
