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Part 1 Understanding Long Conversations (每小题：1 分) | Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. | |
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. | | | 1. | | | A. In a game production center. | | B. In an office at Microsoft. | | C. At Bill Gates' home. | | D. At Paul Allen's home. | | 2. | | | A. In 1981. | | B. In 1975. | | C. In 1976. | | D. In 1977. | | 3. | | | A. Marketing. | | 张国荣资料B. Production. | | C. Developing. | | D. Programming. | | 4. | | | A. He can learn quickly. | | B. He has a good background. | | C. He has worked with games before. | | D. He knows about Microsoft's early years. | | 5. | | | A. The man has never played a game. | | B. The man has a background in programming. | | C. The man has learned quickly about gaming. | | D. The man has gotten the job at last. | | |
Part 1 Understanding Long Conversations (每小题: 1 分; 满分：5 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | B | B | 2. | 1 | | B | B | 3. | 1 | | A | A | 4. | 1 | | A | A | 5. | 1 | | D | D | Subtotal: 5 | | | | | |
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Part 2 Understanding Passages (每小题：1 分) | Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. | |
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. | | | 1. | | | A. The Church. | | B. Emperor Claudius. | | C. Lovers. | | D. A religious man. | | 2. | | | A. He told Valentine he couldn't get married. | | B. He got married in secret. | | C. He made wives and children become soldiers. | | D. He ordered soldiers to stay single. | | 3. | | | A. Romans. | | B. Christians. | | C. Young soldiers. | | D. A young girl. | | 4. | | | A. Valentine. | | B. A young girl. | | C. People in prison. | | D. Romans. | | 5. | | | A. Romans preventing love. | | B. Love in the third century. | | C. The origin of Valentine's Day. | | D. The history of Valentine's Day. | | |
Part 2 Understanding Passages (每小题: 1 分; 满分：5 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 0 | | B | D | 2. | 0 | | C | D | 3. | 0 | | A | B | 4. | 0 | | C | A | 5. | 0 | | D | C | Subtotal: 0 | | | | | |
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Part 3 Compound Dictation (每小题：1 分) | Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages 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 with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. | |
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. | | What are American schoolchildren learning in schools nowadays? They are not learning any of the things that we learned in our day, like (1) and mathematics. What they are learning is how to (2) self-esteem (自重). There is a (3) for schoolteachers, which is called "Happy to Be Me". Many American schools see building self-esteem as important as teaching (4) literature. They call it "whole language" teaching. Schools have changed and more importantly, (5) have changed. Kids today are now learning subjects called language skills, (6), and so on. Communicative abilities will often develop from the (7) between the pupils' own insights and what they have read (or heard read) in the classroom. The result is that, (8). There is a new attitude toward journal writing, too. The guide "Happy to Be Me" says that (9). The teacher tells students they can write one sentence or a whole page and reassures (使放心) them that no one will read what they write. (10) and will want to share some of their entries with the class. How do you like the American concept of learning? | | | Questions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog. | | Hollywood produces many different kinds of films. They include (11), musicals, love stories, and horror (恐怖) films. Different as these films may be, they generally have one thing in common— (12). The main character wants something very badly and will do anything to get it. The opponent (对手) tries to stop the main character from (13) his goal. This (14) creates conflict, and conflict is the heart of drama. To give an example, let's say the main character is a young man of humble (15) who wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a rich banker. The father thinks the young man is (16) of his daughter, and he does not allow her to see him. The young man, who is very much in love, (17) to give up without a fight. (18). It forces the main character to take action, and through his action we see him as he really is. In a good story, the main character changes— (19). He learns something from his experience that makes him a different, perhaps better person. Good movies (20). And we learn something from watching them. | | | | |
Part 3 Compound Dictation (每小题: 1 分; 满分：20 分) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | physics | physics | 2. | 0 | | built | build | 3. | 0 | | guy | guide | 4. | 0 | | classical | classic | 5. | 1 | | subjects | subjects | 6. | 1 | | communication 我和朋友妻 | communication | 7. | 1 | | interaction | interaction | 8. | 0 | | (未答) | in place of English classes, American children are getting a course in how to win friends and influence people | 9. | 0 | | (未答) | journals are a great way for students to get in touch with their feelings | 10. | 0 | | (未答) | After the unit, it is hoped that all students will feel much better about themselves | 11. | 1 | | mysteries | mysteries | 12. | 1 | | conflict | conflict | 13. | 1 | | achieving | achieving | 14. | 0 | | opposition | pressure | 15. | 1 | | origin | origin | 16. | 1 | | unworthy | unworthy | 17. | 1 | | refuses | refuses | 18. | 0 | | The conflict between the young man and the girl | The conflict between the young man and the girl's father is what makes the story interesting | 19. | 0 | | he is not the same at the end of the story as he was at the beginning | he is not the same at the end of the story as he was at the beginning | 20.口袋妖怪珍珠 | 0 | | not only entertain us, they also help us understand a little more about life | not only entertain us but also help us understand a little more about life | Subtotal: 10 | | | | | |
Part 4 Cloze (with four choices provided) (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. | |
Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage. | | Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1910. At a young age, she knew she had to go on a mission (使命) to 1. the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parents and 2. an Irish community of women in India. There she taught at a high School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she 3. outside made a deep impression on her. In 1948 her 4. allowed her to leave the school. She then 5. herself to working among the poorest of the poor. 6. she had no money, she started a school. She worked to 7. the conditions of those around her. Soon 8. teachers joined her. Some 9. support arrived as well. This made it possible for her to extend the 10. of her work. In 1950, Mother Teresa received 11. to start her own order to love and care for people no one else would. Her association 12. . Today it has over one million workers who 13. relief work. They bring help to people after natural 14. and help the poor. They try to 15. love for those who need it most. In doing so, they are working in the spirit and character of their 16. . She has received a number of awards and 17. , including the Nobel Peace Prize. Mother Teresa 18. worldwide fame by her untiring work for the poor. The miracle of her deeds is sufficient proof of her 19. to the poor. Her involvement with the poor was 20. . Mother Teresa was a noble lady and did great work. | | | | |
Part 4 Cloze (with four choices provided) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：20 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | spread | spread | 2. | 1 | | joined | joined | 3. | 1 | | 梦见黑蛇glimpsed | glimpsed | 4. | 1 | | superiors | superiors | 5. | 1 | | devoted | devoted | 6. | 1 | | Although | Although | 7. | 1 | | improve | improve | 8. | 1 | | volunteer | volunteer | 9. | 1 | | financial | financial | 10. | 1 | | scope | scope | 11. | 1 | | permission | permission | 12. | 1 | | flourished | flourished | 13. | 1 | | undertake | undertake | 14. | 1 | | disasters | disasters | 15. | 1 | | exhibit | exhibit | 16. | 1 | | founder | founder | 17. | 1 | | distinctions | distinctions | 18. | 1 | | earned | earned | 19. | 1 | | devotion | devotion | 20. | 1 | | enormous | enormous | 散的多音字组词Subtotal: 20 | | | | | |
Part 5 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice + Blank Filling) (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the questions. 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. | |
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. | Michael Dell's Two-Billion-Dollar Dream Michael Dell has always been fond of saying, "If you think you have a good idea, try it!" And today, at 29, he has discovered the power of another good idea that has helped him rise in just a few years from a teenager to a rich businessman. He has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America and the youngest man ever to head a Fortune 500 corporation. Growing up in Houston, Michael and his two brothers were encouraged by their parents with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard. Even so, stories about the middle boy began to be told early. Early school life People tried to talk him out of finishing high school early, but Michael explained that he thought it was best to get high school out of the way quickly. A few years later Michael had another good idea, to trade stamps by advertising in stamp magazines. With the $2,000 profit he made, he bought his first personal computer. Then he took it apart to figure out how it worked. In high school Michael had a job selling newspapers. This time Dell made $18,000 and bought a BMW. The car salesman was surprised when the 17-year-old had all the money he needed to pay for it. The next year Dell enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin. Like most freshmen, he needed to earn spending money. People wanted low-cost machines to meet their needs, and these were not readily available. Why should dealers charge so much for so little added value, Dell wondered. Why not sell from the manufacturer directly to the end user? Computer business During a holiday break, Dell's parents told him they were concerned about his grades. "If you want to start a business, do it after you get your degree," his father begged. Dell agreed, but back in Austin he felt the opportunity of a lifetime was passing him by. "I couldn't bear to miss this chance," he says. After one month he started selling computers again. Over spring break, Dell confessed to his parents that he was still in the computer business. They wanted to know how classes were going. "I have to quit school," he replied. "I want to start my own company." "What exactly is it that you want to do?" asked his father. "Compete with IBM," he answered simply. Compete with IBM? Now his parents were really worried. But no matter what they said, Dell wouldn't change his mind. So they made a deal: over summer vacation he would try to launch a computer company. If he didn't succeed, he would have to go back to school in September. Returning to Austin, Dell risked all his savings and incorporated (组成) Dell Computer Corp. When he was 19, he obtained a one-room office on a month-to-month lease (租借) and hired his first employee, a 28-year-old manager to handle finance and management. For advertising, he grabbed an empty food box and on the back sketched the first ad for Dell Computer. A friend copied it onto paper and took it to the newspaper. Dell still specialized in direct marketing of stripped-down (拆卸) IBM PCs to which he added custom features. As orders came in, Dell rushed around gathering up the right parts to assemble each order. First-month sales topped $180,000; the second, $265,000. Dell barely noticed when the new school year arrived. Within a year, he was selling thousands of PCs, so he hired more staff. Customers phoned orders to a toll-free (免费电话) line, and then the staff assembled the units. Trucks picked up daily that day's production for delivery. It was very efficient, and made a lot of money. Just when it seemed the sky was the limit, and sales had topped $3 million, the manager that Dell had hired quit. But, as Dell always told himself, "Every time you have a crisis, something good comes out of it." From necessity, he learned accounting that would prove very helpful in the years ahead. "It's a lot easier to learn something if it's important to you," he says. Unlike other manufacturers, Dell gave his customers money-back guarantees. He also realized that when a computer breaks down, the customer wants it working right away. So Dell guaranteed a next-day on site service for his products, and introduced a 24-hour-a-day line for customers to talk directly with computer experts. Ninety percent of computer technical problems, according to Dell, can be solved over the phone. Constant telephone contact with customers kept the company close to the market. Customers let Dell Computer know directly what they liked or didn't like about a particular model. "My competitors were developing products and then telling customers what they should want, instead of finding out what the market really wanted and then developing products," Dell says. By the day Michael Dell would have graduated from college, his company was selling $70 million worth of computers a year. Successful career Today Dell Computer has wholly owned subsidiaries (分公司) in 16 countries, including Japan. The company has capital of over $2 billion, employs some 5,500 persons, and Dell's personal fortune is between $250 million and $300 million. To encourage even greater productivity, Dell Computer gives its employees awards for ideas worth trying even if they don't succeed. "Our success has forced the giants to become more competitive," Dell says. "That's good for the consumer." Dell, his wife and their two-year-old daughter lead a pretty normal life. His charity is generous but quiet. Recently the couple announced they would give land to Austin's Jewish community. Dell also regularly lectures to MBA students at the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in Austin. He credits his own success to the fact that Alexander and Lorraine Dell expected their three sons to study and work hard. "The reason our schools are failing isn't because classroom sizes are too big. I can show you schools in Thailand where kids study in unbelievably crowded classrooms and yet they're learning much more than our students. Why? Because they want to learn, they want to work hard, because their parents and their teachers expect that of them." Back when his firm was two people in one room, Dell told his friends his dream was to become the world's largest personal-computer maker. He was unrealistic, they said. Why would anyone want to be second or third or tenth?" he replied. His message to us all: why not at least try to realize your dream, what you would truly love to achieve? | | 1. | ________________ encouraged Michael and his brothers to learn and work hard. | | A. Houston | | B. Computers | | C. Their parents | | 杨坤疑侵权茄子蛋D. America | | 2. | Michael's excellent idea was to sell directly to the end user from ________________. | | A. the machines | | B. the manufacturer | | C. the University of Texas | | D. the salesman | | 3. | What did Dell do rather than let the opportunity of a lifetime pass him by? ________________ | | A. He promised to stay in school. | | B. He bought a computer. | | C. He took a holiday break. | | D. He quit school to start a company. | | 4. | Dell was determined to succeed in launching his company and ________________. | | A. he took a summer vacation | | B. he made a deal with IBM | | C. he risked all his savings | | D. he started working for a manager | | 5. | What had Dell always told himself about having a crisis? ________________ | | A. Something important is easy to learn. | | B. Good things happen because of it. | | C. Help comes in the years ahead. | | D. Guarantees can help things. | | 6. | In order to help his customers quickly when a computer breaks down Dell allows his customers to ________________. | | A. talk directly with himself through phone | | B. talk directly with his computer experts through phone | | C. talk directly with his manager through phone | | D. change another computer through phone | | 7. | Unlike Dell, his competitors were ________________. | | A. developing products | | B. finding out what the market wanted | | C. telling customers what to want | | D. selling $70 million computers | | 8. | Dell's companies are spread all over the world and hire . | | 9. | Dell leads a normal life, but he is fond of charity and lectures to . | | 10. | When Dell told his friends he wanted to be the world's largest PC maker, they believed . | | |
Part 5 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice + Blank Filling) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | C | C | 2. | 1 | | B | B | 3. | 1 | | D | D | 4. | 1 | | C | C | 5. | 1 | | B | B | 6. | 1 | | B | B | 7. | 1 | | C | C | 8. | 0 | | 500 persons | some 5,500 persons | 9. | 0 | | MBA students | MBA students | 10. | 0 | | he was unrealistic | he was unrealistic | Subtotal: 7 | | | | | |
Part 6 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze) (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once. | |
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage. | | If you were on a team to choose five of the world's greatest minds, past and present, to solve today's problems, whom would you choose? If it were me, I would suggest our 1. include Bill Gates. His well-known multitasking ability would allow our team to 2. many great things for our world at once. He could manage multiple frames on his computer screen, each 3. a different problem our team was working on. Of course, to calculate the answers to complex equations, our team would need the accelerated genius of Einstein. And, our team should be 4. of members who understand kindness. With Mother Teresa on board, not a single one of mankind's 5. would go without attention. And likewise, we would be nothing if we did not understand 6. when it came to violence, so I would ask Ghandi to participate as well. Let's not forget that to get positive 7. this group will need to understand modern politics. That's why I think we could get the 8. performance by including Kofi Annan. Our 9. would need to put their headquarters somewhere. I suggest the location be somewhere in need of help, like Africa, as opposed to 10. more power in an already developed country. And they would need a group leader. Maybe we should all elect that person together. I'm really having a hard time deciding who that should be. | | | | |
Part 6 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | collective | collective | 2. | 1 | | accomplish | accomplish | 3. | 1 | | displaying | displaying | 4. | 1 | | comprised | comprised | 5. | 1 | | abuses | abuses | 6. | 1 | | restraint | restraint | 7. | 1 | | outcomes | outcomes | 8. | 1 | | maximum | maximum | 9. | 1 | | panel | panel | 10. | 1 | | concentrating | concentrating | Subtotal: 10 | | | | | |
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Part 7 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) (每小题：1 分) | Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. | |
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. | Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed (供应，分发) among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad (极大数量) of services, including labor, professions, transportation, and public-utility (公用事业) services. The interrelationship of all these prices makes up the system of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else. If one were to ask a group of randomly (任意地) selected individuals to define price, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the money involved must be known. Both the buyer and seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees (保证) on the product or service, delivery terms, return privilege, and other factors. In other words, both the buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that compose the total "package" being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price. | | 1. | What is the best title for the passage? | | A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System. | | B. The Complexities of the Price System. | | C. Credit Terms in Transactions. | | D. Resource Distribution and the Public Sector. | | 2. | According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to _____. | | A. labor and education | | B. transportation and insurance | | C. utilities and repairs | | D. products and services | | 3. | According to the passage, which if the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price? | | A. Instructions that come with a product. | | B. The quantity of a product. | | C. The quality of a product. | | D. Warranties (保修证书) that cover a product. | | 4. | In the last sentence, the word "they" refers to ______. | | A. return privileges | | B. buyers and sellers | | C. money and credits | | D. all the factors | | 5. | The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses ______. | | A. unusual ways to advertise products | | B. types of payment plans for service | | C. theories about how products affect different levels of society | | D. how certain elements of a price "package" influence its market value | | |
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. | I'm 90 years old. The advantage of being 90 is that you can look forward to death. The world is getting noisier, sexier and more horrible by the minute, but at least I can comfort myself with the fact that the end is in sight. Or so I thought. Imagine my anger when I opened the newspaper and discovered they were going to make us live till 130. When you're 60 or 70 the thought of death crosses your mind like a shadow. It disturbs you, it worries you. But by the time you reach my age you hope for it. My body is dying on me. It's horrible. You start to smell—the smell of death—and you can do nothing about it. I can no longer see properly. You go deaf, and people talk to you as if you're a child. Your legs give up on you. Nowadays I spend so much time working out how to avoid making the trip downstairs more than once a day. When I do get out, I can barely walk more than a few yards—and according to those who know me, I'm lucky in good shape for my 90 years. Ah, but the world would be so much wiser, some people say. I'm afraid that's an illusion. As we get older, we lose our wisdom, our mind, and even our language. We would have a world in which no one could communicate because we'd have forgotten how to. No. The absolute nothingness of death is something to look forward to. If I discovered a medicine to make people live until 130, the first thing I'd do is to bury it. | | 6. | What is the advantage of being 90 years old? | | A. You can become sexier. | | B. You can look forward to death. | | C. You can enjoy the world more. | | D. You can hear less noise. | | 7. | Why did the speaker get angry? | | A. He learned people will live longer. | | B. He learned people will be noisier. | | C. He learned people will become sexy. | | D. He learned people will think about death. | | 8. | Why is the speaker lucky, according to some? | | A. He doesn't have to walk much. | | B. He doesn't need to listen to others. | | C. He is in good health for his age. | | D. He is much wiser than before. | | 9. | What is an "illusion", according to the speaker? | | A. That the world has become a better place. | | B. That the world has become sexier and noisier. | | C. That old people are happy to live longer lives. | | D. That old people are wiser than they were before. | | 10. | What would he do with a medicine that makes life longer? | | A. Live 130 years. | | B. Become wiser. | | C. Forget where it is. | | D. Bury the medicine. | | |
Part 7 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) (In the case of True/False type of questions, A stands for True and B for False, or A for Y, B for N and C for NG.) | 小题 | 得分 | 对错 | 学生答案 | Correct | 1. | 1 | | B | B | 2. | 1 | | D | D | 3. | 1 | | A | A | 4. | 1 | | B | B | 5. | 1 | | D | D | 6. | 1 | | B | B | 7. | 1 | | A | A | 8. | 1 | | C | C | 9. | 1 | | D | D | 10. | 1 | | D | D | Subtotal: 10 | | | | | |
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