試卷一解析
NOTES
Part I Tapescript of Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. W: There is a direct flight at 10 o’clock or a flight at 2 this afternoon that stops over in San Francisco.
W: I think I’d rather have the earlier one so I can go to work tomorrow.
Q: What relationship do these people have?
2. W: Robert worked as a secretary for three years. Then he became a newspaperman. After that he started writing novels.
M: I know. And he has been doing nothing else ever since.
Q: What is the man’s occupation now?
3. M: What a lot of traffic! We shouldn’t have driven down the main street, not when it’s so crowded.
W: Well, I told you, dear, didn’t I? I said the roads would be very busy, especially on Saturday.
Q: Where did the conversation take place?
4. M: Louis, do you want me to try to fix that broken camera of yours?
W: Thanks, but I already had it taken care of.
Q: What happened to the camera?
5. M: When can I make the earliest appointment with Dr. Johnson?
W: Dr. Johnson has appointments on Monday and Tuesday mornings, Thursday and Friday afternoons, and he has a conference the whole day Wednesday.
Q: When can the man meet Dr. Johnson the earliest?
6. M: Have you made up your mind?
W: Yes, I’ll give up biology and switch to archeology, where my interest lies.
Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
7. M: I’ve just recovered from a severe stroke. Would you kindly turn your TV down a bit ?
W: Sorry. I didn’t know that.
Q: What will the woman do?
8. W: I’m exhausted. I stayed up the whole night studying for my history midterm exam.
M: Why do you always wait till the last minute?
Q: What can be inferred about the woman?
9. W: Why do we have to finish this proposal tonight? It’s already six p.m. Can’t we complete it tomorrow?
M: It has to go to the post office before twelve tonight. We must make sure that all the figures are correct.
Q: How many hours at most do they have to finish the proposal?
10.M: People first sent signals by flags, some archaeologists observed.
W: No. I think they exchanged news by smoke, hence the torch towers on the Great Wall.
Q: What are they discussing?
Section B Spot Dictation
To be successful in a job interview, you should demonstrate certain personal and professional qualities. You need to create a good image in the limited time available, usually from 30 to 45 minutes. You must make a positive impression which the interviewer will remember while he interviews other candidates. The following are some qualities you should especially pay attention to during an interview. First of all, you should take care to appear to be properly dressed. The right clothes worn at the right time can win respect of the interviewer and his confidence in your judgement. It may not be true that clothes make a man. But the first and often last impression of you is determined by the clothes you wear. Secondly, you should pay close attention to your manner of speaking, since speech is a reflection of personality. You should reflect confidence by speaking in a clear voice, loud enough to be heard, without being aggressive or overpowering. You should be prepared to talk knowledgeably about the requirements of the position you are applying for. Finally, to be really impressive you must convey a sense of selfconfidence and enthusiasm for work. If you display these characteristics, with just a little luck, you’ll certainly succe`ed in the typical personal interview.
Part II Reading Comprehension
11. 細節(jié)題。文章第二段的倒數(shù)第二句話提到“Schools are businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise.” 可知不是因為管理不善,而是因為性質決定。
12. 語義題。本文第一段和第二段談到了學校的財政困難的問題以及探討了其產(chǎn)生的原因。作者在第二段中否認低入學率是造成財政困難的原因,指出即便學校滿注冊,仍會面臨財政困難。不難推斷,這里的go under, 指的是陷入困境。
13. 主題題。解此題要明確作者寫此篇文章的目的。從文章第三段可知,作者認為使高等教學機構擺脫困境的辦法可以通過實現(xiàn)教育機構的私有化,資助學校方式的多樣化有助于帶來教育形式的多樣化。(參見文章第三段的第三句話和倒數(shù)第四句話)。選項C帶有一定的迷惑性,意思不夠明確,教育的多樣化并不等同于教育形式的多樣化。
14. 是非題。選項A、B、D均與文章的事實矛盾。選項C可根據(jù)文章第三段第四句話和第五句話“There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently better than public schools. Examples to the contrary abound.” (并沒有根據(jù)說私立學校比公立學校好,實際上大量相反的例子存在。)推出。
15. 推斷題。本題仍與作者寫此篇文章的意圖有關。文章第三段的第三句話指出挽救陷于財政困境的學校的辦法是保持學校的私立性,而這種努力是一種“national necessity”,可推知,作者希望喚起人們的覺悟和支持,意識到這種做法的必要性。
16. 根據(jù)文章第一段的首句“A close analogy to a study design is the rough sketch made by an artist before he commits his vision to canvas.” (一項研究的設計就好比畫家將頭腦中的意想付諸畫布之前所畫的草圖一樣),便可得出答案。
17. 主旨題。文章第一段介紹了研究設計;第二段說明研究設計的目的就是要看這種研究方法在有關青少年方面的作用;后面三段談這種研究方法在研究青少年犯罪方面的貢獻和優(yōu)點。答案B概括了主旨。
18. 語義題。第四段第二行中“undertaken during the earliest stage of the project”是“an extensive survey of previous researches on crime”的定語,而其中的crime 具體指的就是青少年犯罪。
19. 單句理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的最后一句話“This study makes an additional contribution by using a design specially planned to permit a comparison of several approaches.” 可得出答案。
20. 推斷題。根據(jù)文章的最后一段最后一句話指出,實驗性研究給方法和發(fā)現(xiàn)帶來的最主要的貢獻之一就是將三種設計研究類型結合在一起,目的是為了將它們的發(fā)現(xiàn)彼此聯(lián)系,并且根據(jù)產(chǎn)生的數(shù)據(jù)對研究者的有用程度大小來評估這些研究類型的相對重要性。由此,可推知答案。
21. 細節(jié)題。文章第一段第一句講述了人們總擔心聯(lián)邦特工窺探我們的私生活,而文章第一段第二句But the private Sector outdoes the government every time 清楚說明私營企業(yè)尤其后面談及的商業(yè)領域泄漏私密遠超過政府部門,所以D正確。
22. 細節(jié)題。第二段的第二句話The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will 是D選項等值敘述,legislators 就是立法者,virtually at will 也即give a free hand,意為“任意地”,所以D正確。
23. 細節(jié)題。文章第四段第二句及第三句話告訴我們如果30天內客戶不在此期限內取消免費試用服務的話,服務商將通過其銀行和信用卡自動收取費用。
24. 細節(jié)題。文章倒數(shù)第二段第一句話You have almost no protection from businesses that use your personal accounts for profit 告訴我們企業(yè)利用你的個人賬戶賺取利潤,而受不到任何法律保護,緊接著的舉例也充分說明B正確。
25. 推斷題。文章最后一段講述了雖然用戶被告知所有私人信息是絕密的,而經(jīng)營商言行不一致,他們出賣用戶信息營利,并宣稱只是共享信息資料,由此我們可推測這種做法將繼續(xù)下去,也即用戶個人隱私會繼續(xù)受到侵犯。
26. 推斷題。依據(jù)文章的第一段的末句,可知作者根據(jù)民意測驗得出的結論,選項C是第一段的末句的同義替換。
27. 細節(jié)理解題。文章第二段用一系列的“should we not...”和“should we”給出了作者的建議和看法,他認為不能把就業(yè)當作惟一的標準,應當鼓勵那些自重的人們以其他的方式參與工作。
28. 推斷題。依據(jù)文章第三段的第一句話和第二句話可知:工業(yè)時代是人類歷史上惟一一個人們的工作大多以job形式出現(xiàn)的時代;隨著工業(yè)時代的結束,工業(yè)時代帶來的人們工作方式上的變化將會得到逆轉。由此可推斷出,工業(yè)革命的到來使得人們的工作方式發(fā)生了變化。
29. 段落理解題。文章的第四段指出了17世紀和18世紀的圈地運動帶來的后果(參見該段的首句和末句):圈地運動使人們喪失土地,失去了謀生的手段而不得不離開家去其他地方找工作。
30. 推斷題。根據(jù)文章的末段第二句話“The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all...” 中的“impractical”這個詞可推出答案。