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1、Test SixPart I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations.At the end of eachconversation,a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and thequestion will be spoken only once.After each question the re will be a p

2、ause.During thepause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the bestanswer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throughthe centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A)2 hours.B)3 hours.C)4 hours.D)5 hours.From the conversation w

3、e know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9oclock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon.Therefore,D)“5 hoursn is the correct answer.You should choose D on the Answer Sheet andmark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A)Dicks trous

4、ers dont match his jacket.B)Dick looks funny in that yellow jacket.C)The color of Dick*s jacket1 is*too dark.D)Dick has bad taste in clothes.2.A)Call the police station.B)Get the wallet for the man.C)Show the man her family pictures.D)Ask to see the mans drivers license.3.A)The temperature is not as

5、 high as the man claims.B)The room will get cool if the man opens the windows.C)She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning.D)She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town.4.A)She lost a lot of weight in two years.B)She stopped exercising two years ago.C)She ha

6、d a unique way of staying healthy.D)She was never persistent in anything she did.5.A)The man is not suitable for the position,B)The job has been given to someone else.C)She had received only one application letter.D)The application arrived a week earlier than expected.6.A)Hes unwilling to fetch the

7、laundry.B)He has already picked up the laundry.C)He will go before the laundry is closed.D)He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.7.A)At a shopping center.C)At an international trade fair.B)At an electronics company.D)At a DVD counter in a music store.8.A)The woman hated the man talking th

8、roughout the movie.B)The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.C)The woman prefers light movies before sleep.D)The woman regrets going to the movie.9.A)He is the fight man to get the job done.B)He is a man with professional expertise.C)He is not easy to get along with.D)He is not likely to ge

9、t the job.10.A)It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.B)It should change its concept of operation.C)It should revolutionize its technology.D)It is a very good place to relax.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,youwill hear some

10、questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.Afteryou hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throughthe centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are base

11、d on the passage you have just heard.11.A)He set up the first university in America.B)He was one of the earliest settlers in America.C)He can best represent the spirit of early America.D)He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.12.A)He provided Washington with a lot of money.B)He p

12、ersuaded France to support Washington.C)He served as a general in Washington*s army.D)He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.13.A)As one of the greatest American scholars.B)As one of Americas most ingenious inventors.C)As one of the founding fathers of the United States.D)As one of t

13、he most famous activists for human rights.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A)Because we might be offered a dish of insects.B)Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are servedC)Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.D)Because

14、we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.15.Ai From yuppie clubs.C)In the supermarket.B)In the seafood market.D)On the Internet.16.A)Its easy to prepare.C)Its exotic in appearance.B)Its tasty and healthful.D)It*s safe to eat.17.A)It will be consumed by more and more young peopl

15、e.B)It will become the first course at dinner parties.C)It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.D)It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most People.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A)Their business hours are limited.B)Their safety measures are inadequ

16、ate.C)Their banking procedures are complicated.D)They dont have enough service windows.19.A)People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.B)Young people who are fond of modern technology.C)Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.D)People who have computers at home.20.A)To

17、compete for customers.B)To reduce the size of their staff.C)To provide services for distant clients.D)To expand their operations at a lower cost.Part II Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements.Fo

18、r each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D,You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.It was the worst tragedy in maritime（航海的）history,s

19、ix times more deadly than the Titanic.When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes（鱼雷）fired from a Russiansubmarine in the final winter of World War II,more than 10,00 0 people-mostly women,childrenand old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany-were packed aboa

20、rd.An icestorm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea asthe ship tilted and began to go down.Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down.Some whosucceeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard.Mostpe

21、ople froze immediately.T 1 1 never forget the screams,says Christa Ntitzmann,87,one of the1,200 survivors.She recalls watching the ship,brightly lit,slipping into its dark grave-and intoseeming nothingness,rarely mentioned for more than half a century.Now Germanys Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter

22、Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000dead,including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk,published last month.The book,which will be out in English next year,doesnt dwell on the sinking;its heroine is apregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later:Nobody

23、 wanted to hearabout it,not here in the West（of Germany）and not at all in the East.*The reason was obvious.AsGrass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche:Because the crimes we Germansare responsible for were and are so dominant,we didnt have the energy left to tell of our ownsufferin

24、gs.The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable-andnecessary.By unreservedly owning up to their countrys monstrous crimes in the Second WorldWar,Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad,marginalize（使.不得势）the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neig

25、hbors.Todays unified Germany is more prosperousand stable than at any time in its long,troubled history.For that,a half century of willfulforgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay.But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they ye

26、 now earned the right to discussthe full historical record.Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims,but simply toacknowledge a terrible tragedy.21.Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy inmaritime history?A）It was attacked by Russian torpedoe

27、s.B）Most of its passengers were frozen to death.C）Its victims were mostly women and children.D)It caused the largest number of casualties.22.Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when.A)a strong ice storm tilted the shipB)the cruise ship sank all of a suddenC)the badly damaged ship leaned toward

28、 one sideD)the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats23.The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century becauseGermans.A)were eager,to win international acceptanceB)felt guilty for their crimes in World War IIC)had been pressured to keep silent about

29、 itD)were afraid of offending their neighbors24.How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?A)By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.B)By describing the ships sinking in great detail.C)By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.D)By depicting the survi

30、val of a young pregnant woman.25.It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that.A)they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedyB)the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nations past misdeedsC)Germany is responsible for the

31、hoirible crimes it committed in World War IID)it-is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countriesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools,it is not surprising that suchstudents often have little

32、good to say about their school experience.In one study of 400 adult whohad achieved distinction in all areas of life,researchers found that three-fifths of these individualseither did badly in school or were unhappy in school.Few MacArthur Prize fellows,winners ofthe MacArthur Award for creative acc

33、omplishment,had good things to say about theirprecollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs.Anecdotal(名人轶事)reports support this.Pablo Picasso,Charles Darwin,Mark Twain,Oliver Gold smith,andWilliam Butler Yeats all disliked school.So did Winston Churchill,who almost failed

34、out ofHarrow,an elite British school.About Oliver Goldsmith,one of his teachers remarked,Neverwas so dull a boy,Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers,and theirteachers often feel that these children are arrogant,inattentive,or unmotivated.Some of thesegifted people may

35、 have done poorly in school because their,gifts were not scholastic.Maybe wecan account for Picasso in this way.But most fared poorly in school not because they lackedability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest.Yeatsdescribed the lack of fit between his mind an

36、d school:Because I had found it difficult to attend toanything less interesting than my own thoughts,I was difficult to teach.n As noted earlier,giftedchildren of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists.Nonconformity and stubbornness(and Yeatss level of arrogance and self-absorption)are li

37、kely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development oftheir abilities,they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers.Awriting prodigy(神童)studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was t

38、aught far more aboutwriting by his journalist father than his English teacher.High-IQ children,in Australia studied byMiraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools.About halfof the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school.The

39、y alldid well in school and took honors classes when available,and some skipped grades.26.The main point the author is making about schools is that.A)they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgroundsB)they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented studentsC)t

40、hey should organize their classes according to the students abilityD)they should enroll as many gifted students as possible27.The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmiths teachers.A)to provide support for his argumentB)to illustrate the strong will of some gifted childrenC)to explain ho

41、w dull students can also be successfulD)to show how poor Olivers performance was at school28.Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who.A)paid no attention to their teachers in classB)contradicted their teachers much too oftenC)could not cope with their studies at school successfully

42、D)behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers29.Many gifted people attributed their success.A)mainly to parental help and their education at homeB)both to school instruction and to their parents1 coachingC)more to their parents1 encouragement than to school trainingD)less to

43、their systematic education than to their talent30.The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their schoolyears is that.A)their nonconformity brought them a lot of troubleB)they were seldom praised by their teachersC)school courses failed to inspire or motivate themD)teachers were

44、usually far strictPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives,we usually think about theFederal agents.But the private sector outdoes the government every time.It*s Linda Tripp,not theFBI,who is facing charges under

45、Maryland*s laws against secret telephone taping.Its our banks,not the Internal Revenue Service(IRS),that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far.Thelegislators lean toward letting business peop

46、le track our financial habits virtually at will.As anexample of whats going on,consider U.S.Bancorp,which was recently sued for deceptivepractices by the state of Minnesota.According to the lawsuit,the bank supplied a telemarketercalled MemberWorks with sensitive customer data such as names,phone nu

47、mbers,bank-accountand credit-card numbers,Social Security numbers,account balances and credit limits.With these customer lists in hand,MemberWorks started dialing for dollars-selling dental plans,videogames,computer software and other products and services.Customers who accepted a freetrial offer ha

48、d,30 days to cancel.If the deadline passed,they were charged automatically throughtheir bank or credit-card accounts.U.S.Bancorp collected a share of the revenues.Customerswere doubly deceived,the lawsuit claims.They didnt know that the bank was giving accountnumbers to MemberWorks.And if customers

49、asked,they were led to think the answer was no.The state sued MemberWorks separately for deceptive selling.The company defends that it didanything wrong.For its part,U.S.Bancorp settled without admit ting any mistakes.But it agreedto stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outsi

50、de firms.A few top banksdecided to do the same.Many other banks will still do business with MemberWorks and similarfirms.And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products,including things of little value,such as credit insurance and credit-card protection