[1] 作文
Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Get Prepared for a Job. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 求職之前必須準(zhǔn)備充分；
2. 你認(rèn)為大學(xué)生在校期間應(yīng)該如何為將來求職作準(zhǔn)備？
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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Unemployment ‘Blessings’
Community Involvement
For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadn’t been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment.
Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign.
The work bolstered her self-confidence. "Volunteering takes the focus off of you. One thing you have that’s still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life that’s much worse than yours," she says.
Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months.
Continuing Education
Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for hard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time.
When laid off from the position of executive in a steel company near Cleveland, Mr. Bellavance, single and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didn’t need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, "I signed up for every benefit I could find."
But he wasn’t just waiting out the year. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database, project-management software and other related areas.
"People should not feel guilty about accepting government aid," he says, "I saw this in a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits. My advice is: Get all you can. You’ve been paying for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them."
Family Matters
In addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some displaced careerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help their parents.
Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid off from the high-tech job last year, he knew it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area.
Mr. Rappaport’s remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didn’t pay enough to support him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. "My plan," he says, "was to get out of an expensive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U.S. or overseas, for those two years." Mr. Rappaport, who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before.
Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, and he was called into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using a San Francisco mail drop and cell phone. "I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark., helping my mother through this crisis."
Mr. Rappaport’s stay in Arkansas lasted six months. "It’s amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. I’m very thankful that I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it," he says.
One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. He’d been feeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer after returning to San Francisco and remains a part-time faculty member.
Discovery and Exploration
Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yourself: "Is there something I’ve always wanted to do but haven’t because of the demands of my job?"
Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif., recently spent his 10 months of unemployment playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. "After 18 years at my former employer and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to recover, to get restored," he says, "I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about clearing space for me."
At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to spend that time in an enriching and productive manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How you’ll look back on a period of unemployment depends on what you do with it.
1. This passage mainly tells that being unemployed is actually lucky.
2. Lisa Perez found a new interest in homemaking during the period of unemployment.
3. Lisa Perez was always idle during the period of her unemployment.
3. Being a volunteer is helpful because volunteer assignments can provide you with chances to meet powerful and well-connected people.
4. After she got a new job, Lisa Perez regretted that she had done volunteering work.
5. Unemployment means a lot of time, especially for those hard-charging executives who are not used to having any free time.
6. Mr. Bellavance spent the rest of his search updating his skills such as computing.
7. When unemployed, in addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some careerists take the opportunity to be in charge of all the domestic affairs.
8. After staying with his sick mother as caregiver in Arkansas for six months, Mr. Rappaport unexpectedly gained
9. Michael Ross resigned and spent part of his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in
10. During the off-work period, the unemployed people can pursue service, continuing education and
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Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line though the centre.
11. A) Two blocks. B) Five blocks.
C) Three blocks. D) Four blocks.
12. A) He suggests that she buy the sweater in another color.
B) He suggests that she buy a jacket instead of the sweater.
C) He suggests that she buy the sweater at its original price.
D) He suggests that she buy the sweater on Friday.
13. A) It was cleaned. B) There was a large sale.
C) The employees had to work very late. D) There was a robbery.
14. A) Be a bad boy. B) Eat too fast.
C) Go to a game. D) Skip his lunch.
15. A) A salesman. B) A telephone repairman.
C) A plumber. D) An electrician.
16. A) She didn’t understand what Eva was saying.
B) Eva should have been more active.
C) Eva didn’t seem to be nervous at all during her presentation.
D) Eva needs training in public speaking lessons.
17. A) Whether to change his job.
B) Asking for a higher salary.
C) Accepting a new secretary.
D) Getting a better position.
18. A) He could help her with the problems.
B) He could go out together with her.
C) She should go out for a while.
D) She should do the problems herself.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) In an apartment complex.
B) In a hotel.
C) At a friend’s house.
D) He just arrived today and does not have a place to sleep yet.
20. A) The size does not matter to him.
B) He needs a place with two bedrooms.
C) He just wants to share a place with other students.
D) He needs a very large apartment.
21. A) Proximity to the university.
B) Benefits that his wife and child would enjoy.
C) Cost.
D) Size.
22. A) Lack of air conditioning.
B) Distance from the university.
C) Cost.
D) Lack of laundry facilities close by.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) It needs cleaning.
B) It needs regular servicing.
C) It needs a new battery.
D) It was ruined by water.
24. A) $3.99. B) $5.50. C) $6.99. D) $9.50.
25. A) The shop guarantees the battery for a year.
B) The man will clean it at no extra.
C) The man can repair watches very quickly.
D) The shop is offering a special discount.
Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, 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.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) It ruined many houses. B) The truck killed it.
C) It was stuck in the middle of the road. D) It bit the lorry.
27. A) The cat owner. B) The cat. C) The truck driver. D) A farmer.
28. A) In the house. B) In the kitchen. C) Beside a river. D) In a river.
29. A) A nice apple. B) A good-looking toy.
C) A meal. D) A coat.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) People cannot live without automobiles.
B) Many cars violate the regulations.
C) Cars cause health problems.
D) Many American people work in cars.
31. A) Because of the air pollution. B) Because of the heavy traffic.
C) Because of the accidents. D) Because of the less walk.
32. A) Reduce the population. B) Solve the man-made problems.
C) Smooth the heavy traffic. D) Limit the number of automobiles.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) Natural changes in four seasons.
B) The effect of season on human thinking.
C) How to improve our mental ability.
D) If it is reasonable to spend holidays in summer.
34. A) Warm. B) Hot. C) Cold. D) Moderate.
35. A) People are least clever in spring.
B) Temperature has some effect on human thinking.
C) People tend to be intelligent in summer.
D) People’s intelligence does not vary with seasons.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage 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 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 either use 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.
American learn sports as part of their education. They learn two or more ball （36） , such as football or basketball. At high school, they choose groups of boys or girls to make （37） . They choose those who are best at that sport. These teams （38） against teams from other schools. In many schools, students learn wrestling, running, tennis, golf and swimming. They have teams for some of these sports, too.
The games between schools are often very （39） . Other students, the ones not on the team, love to watch them. They let everyone know this by shouting and （40） , when their team plays well.
There is a special （41） , of girls and boys, mostly girls, who jump up and down and shout for their football team. They call themselves （42） , because they lead everyone in shouts and cheers. They wear clothes of a （43） color-the color of their school’s team. The football players wear that color, too. Each school has a team color and a team name. Cheerleaders call out the team name in their cheers. （44） . Cheerleading is almost sport itself. Every classroom has an American flag, in it. (45) . They put their hands over their hearts and say "the Pledge of Allegiance". (46) .By standing and showing respect to the flag, people think about the United States and its freedoms.
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Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Undoubtedly the globe is getting hotter and hotter. The unavoidable questions are: How much responsibility shall we take for warming, and are we 47 to stop the destruction by limiting our insatiable 48 for natural fuels?
It seems that global warming is too 49 to be worried about, or too unpredictable. The computer 50 cannot define what the weather is like next week. In cold winter day it might be considered that a little warming would be a fair thing. And doubtlessly: Alarming about 51 alteration may sound like an environmentalist frightening strategy, aiming to urge humans to walk and keep the world cleaner.
However, based on the data collected by scientists, bad news are brought to our living media.
From California to the snowy peaks of China, the air is heating up right now, and the globe is being fast warmed, the 52 has increased by 1 ℉ compared with the past century. In addition, some parts like remote places have been in a much hotter state. The results aren’t satisfactory, ice being 53 , rivers running dry, and coasts being 54 , threatening villages and cottages.
The 55 are gradually occurring without any obvious phenomenon. But they shouldn’t slip our mind, because they can pose as a great potential threat to the 56 world.
A) remote
B) technology
C) composing
D) whole
E) voluntary
F) climate
G) skill
H) desire
I) melting
J) vanishing
K) eroded
L) temperature
M) amazement
N) changes
O) clever
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It is 4 o’clock in the early morning.Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell. In the computing room, 30 students crumpled with blurred eyes, sit still at their desk, thumping the dirty and worn keys. Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours. For the other parts in the world, it might be in the midst of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing. It is an utterly enclosed field. These young computer "hackers" are tracing a sort of stimulus; a drive so exciting and absorbing it downplays nearly anything else in their lives and founds as the focus their being. They are compelled computer programmers. Some of these students have been glued to the console for no less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest. Some have been sleeping on sofas and lounge chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments’rest but hate to get too far away from their addicted machines.
It is no necessary for most of these students to be at the computing room in the middle of the night. What they are working belong to no assignments. They remain there because they desire to be-they can not resist the attraction of the computers.
Furthermore they are in groups instead of alone. There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country. In the unimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer. They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another. They may even abandon personal health.
"There is one hacker in my memory. We actually had to lift him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep. We truly worried about his health," says a computing science professor at California University.
Professors of computer science are nowadays shedding more light on this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for latent hackers and more and more severe computer addictives. They are sober that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine. It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal.
57. We can learn from the passage that those at the computing room in the middle of the night are .
A) students working on a program
B) students using computers to amuse themselves
C) hard-working computer science majors
D) students deeply fascinated by the computer
58. Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer "hackers"?
A) Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming.
B) For them, computer programming is the sole purpose for their life.
C) They can stay with the computer at the centre for nearly two days on end.
D) Their "love" for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep.
59. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that .
A) the"hacker"phenomenon exists only at university computing rooms
B) university computing rooms are open to almost everyone
C) university computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the"hackers"
D) the"hacker"phenomenon is partly attributable to the deficiency of the computing rooms
60.The author’s attitude towards the "hacker" phenomenon can be described as .
A) affirmative B) contemptuous C) anxious D) disgusted
61. Which of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage?
A) The Charm of Computer Science
B) A New Type of Electronic Toys
C) Compulsive Computer Programmers
D) Computer Addicts
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon, the CEO of E-mail management company Talk Labs. Moon examines a network that deals with 5.0 million letters everyday. The servers run and fixed by Talk Labs manage mail delivery and routing for many companies, including Security Company of England and Malshef Business.
As a matter of fact, all of Talk Labs’customers are madeup of companies whose daily E-mail outflow and inflow have substantially increased with the expansion of the Web. "E-mail usage has significantly risen recently," he says. Indeed, Talk Labs estimates that it has risen from 20 a day each employee as lately as three years ago to 30 or 40 at present.
The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. As E-mail researcher and consultant Jack Blour believes, companies can be in the expectation of the volume of E-mail rising through their servers to grow 70% to 90% in 2002. And as individual messages soar it is most likely that they contain memory-companies could finally pay 100% to 150% more simply this year on systems in the store and management of those messages. That’s the reason why tech consultancy Tadigul Group predicts demand for software manageing E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005.
Controlling pure junk will cost too much money. About 20% of the E-mail Talk Labs manages is uninvited, according to Moon-who further states that about 1.25% of all the E-mail his company cancels includes useless files.
It is estimated that handling spam（垃圾郵件） costs $8.6 billion throughout the world, according to a 2001 Japanese study. And some companies has been worried that the jam of pornographic spam may urge employees to sue on grounds of disturbance due to brought discomfort.
62. The first sentence of this passage "Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon..."most probably means .
A) John Moon clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources
B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but John Moon
C) John Moon does not know anything about the E-mail
D) the John Moon always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail
63. Which of the following is NOT true about Talk Labs?
A) It is an E-mail management company.
B) All of Talk Labs’customers are corporations.
C) John Moon is the chief technology officer of Talk Labs.
D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail.
64. The word "that" in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly means .
A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005
B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet
C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff
D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage
65.The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT .
A) Moon examines a network that processes 5.0 million letters each day
B) according to Jack Blour, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002
C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail
D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources.
66. What is the best title for the passage?
A) The E-mail Monster
B) Talk Labs Business Introduction
C) To Avoid E-mail Surge
D) E-mail Destroys Everything
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Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Given you were going to hunt for a job, you were doomed to be endowed with some strengths and weaknesses. Success or 67 in job-hunting would rely, to 68 great extent, 69 your capability of exerting your strengths and weaknesses to the best scope. 70 the most significance is the attitude. A person 71 begins to work believing that he won’t like it or is 72 what he is going to suffer is showing a disadvantage which can only forbid his success. In another word, a person who is firm 73 his mind that he is most likely as capable 74 doing the job as others and who is voluntary to make a ready attempt 75 it owns some strength of will. It is most likely that he will perform well. 76 the essential skills for a specific job is merit. A weakness is obviously short of those skills. A book-keeper who can’t develop new understandings or a carpenter who is unable to make a straight line 77 in a hopeless dilemma. This book has been designed to help you draw 78 the strength and conquer the 79 that you maybe reveal in your working process. But in order to weigh your development, you must first 80 stock of the position you are reaching now. 81 we go further into the book, we’ll be 82 in detail with particular issues for developing and enhancing 83 skills. Nevertheless, 84 begin with, you ought to pause 85 look into your current strengths and weaknesses in three areas that play significant roles in your success or failure in school: your 86, your communication skills and strategies, and your learning habits.
67. A) improvement B) victory
C) failure D)achievement
68. A) a B) the
C) some D) certain
69. A) in B) on C) of D) to
70. A) Out of B) Of
C) To D) Into
71. A) who B) what
C) when D) which
72. A) ensure B) certain
C) sure D) surely
73. A) onto B) on C) off D) in
74. A) to B) at C) of D) for
75. A) near B) on C) by D) at
76. A) Have B) Had
C) Having D) Had been
77. A) being B) been C) are D) is
78. A) except B) but C) for D) on
79. A) idea B) weakness
C) strength D) advantage
80. A) make B) take C) do D) give
81. A) As B) Till C) Over D) Out
82. A) deal B) dealt
C) be dealt D) dealing
83. A) learnt B) learned
C) learning D) learn
84. A) around B) to
C) from D) beside
85. A) to B) onto C) into D) with
86. A) intelligence B) work
C) attitude D) weakness
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Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentence on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87. The author of the report ?。▽?duì)醫(yī)院的問題非常了解），because he has been working there for many years.
88. The father pleaded with his son (少帶點(diǎn)麻煩)to his mother.
89. The murderer ?。ɑ煸谌巳寒?dāng)中）with an attempt to shoot at the Prime Minister whenever he seized a chance.
90. ?。榱讼薅葴p少竊案發(fā)生的可能性）,we install a good alarm system.
91. Scientists will have to (提出增加世界糧食供應(yīng)量的新方法).
Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Get Prepared for a Job. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 求職之前必須準(zhǔn)備充分；
2. 你認(rèn)為大學(xué)生在校期間應(yīng)該如何為將來求職作準(zhǔn)備？
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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Unemployment ‘Blessings’
Community Involvement
For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadn’t been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment.
Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign.
The work bolstered her self-confidence. "Volunteering takes the focus off of you. One thing you have that’s still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life that’s much worse than yours," she says.
Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months.
Continuing Education
Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for hard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time.
When laid off from the position of executive in a steel company near Cleveland, Mr. Bellavance, single and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didn’t need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, "I signed up for every benefit I could find."
But he wasn’t just waiting out the year. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database, project-management software and other related areas.
"People should not feel guilty about accepting government aid," he says, "I saw this in a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits. My advice is: Get all you can. You’ve been paying for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them."
Family Matters
In addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some displaced careerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help their parents.
Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid off from the high-tech job last year, he knew it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area.
Mr. Rappaport’s remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didn’t pay enough to support him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. "My plan," he says, "was to get out of an expensive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U.S. or overseas, for those two years." Mr. Rappaport, who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before.
Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, and he was called into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using a San Francisco mail drop and cell phone. "I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark., helping my mother through this crisis."
Mr. Rappaport’s stay in Arkansas lasted six months. "It’s amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. I’m very thankful that I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it," he says.
One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. He’d been feeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer after returning to San Francisco and remains a part-time faculty member.
Discovery and Exploration
Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yourself: "Is there something I’ve always wanted to do but haven’t because of the demands of my job?"
Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif., recently spent his 10 months of unemployment playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. "After 18 years at my former employer and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to recover, to get restored," he says, "I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about clearing space for me."
At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to spend that time in an enriching and productive manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How you’ll look back on a period of unemployment depends on what you do with it.
1. This passage mainly tells that being unemployed is actually lucky.
2. Lisa Perez found a new interest in homemaking during the period of unemployment.
3. Lisa Perez was always idle during the period of her unemployment.
3. Being a volunteer is helpful because volunteer assignments can provide you with chances to meet powerful and well-connected people.
4. After she got a new job, Lisa Perez regretted that she had done volunteering work.
5. Unemployment means a lot of time, especially for those hard-charging executives who are not used to having any free time.
6. Mr. Bellavance spent the rest of his search updating his skills such as computing.
7. When unemployed, in addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some careerists take the opportunity to be in charge of all the domestic affairs.
8. After staying with his sick mother as caregiver in Arkansas for six months, Mr. Rappaport unexpectedly gained
9. Michael Ross resigned and spent part of his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in
10. During the off-work period, the unemployed people can pursue service, continuing education and
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Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line though the centre.
11. A) Two blocks. B) Five blocks.
C) Three blocks. D) Four blocks.
12. A) He suggests that she buy the sweater in another color.
B) He suggests that she buy a jacket instead of the sweater.
C) He suggests that she buy the sweater at its original price.
D) He suggests that she buy the sweater on Friday.
13. A) It was cleaned. B) There was a large sale.
C) The employees had to work very late. D) There was a robbery.
14. A) Be a bad boy. B) Eat too fast.
C) Go to a game. D) Skip his lunch.
15. A) A salesman. B) A telephone repairman.
C) A plumber. D) An electrician.
16. A) She didn’t understand what Eva was saying.
B) Eva should have been more active.
C) Eva didn’t seem to be nervous at all during her presentation.
D) Eva needs training in public speaking lessons.
17. A) Whether to change his job.
B) Asking for a higher salary.
C) Accepting a new secretary.
D) Getting a better position.
18. A) He could help her with the problems.
B) He could go out together with her.
C) She should go out for a while.
D) She should do the problems herself.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) In an apartment complex.
B) In a hotel.
C) At a friend’s house.
D) He just arrived today and does not have a place to sleep yet.
20. A) The size does not matter to him.
B) He needs a place with two bedrooms.
C) He just wants to share a place with other students.
D) He needs a very large apartment.
21. A) Proximity to the university.
B) Benefits that his wife and child would enjoy.
C) Cost.
D) Size.
22. A) Lack of air conditioning.
B) Distance from the university.
C) Cost.
D) Lack of laundry facilities close by.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) It needs cleaning.
B) It needs regular servicing.
C) It needs a new battery.
D) It was ruined by water.
24. A) $3.99. B) $5.50. C) $6.99. D) $9.50.
25. A) The shop guarantees the battery for a year.
B) The man will clean it at no extra.
C) The man can repair watches very quickly.
D) The shop is offering a special discount.
Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, 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.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) It ruined many houses. B) The truck killed it.
C) It was stuck in the middle of the road. D) It bit the lorry.
27. A) The cat owner. B) The cat. C) The truck driver. D) A farmer.
28. A) In the house. B) In the kitchen. C) Beside a river. D) In a river.
29. A) A nice apple. B) A good-looking toy.
C) A meal. D) A coat.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) People cannot live without automobiles.
B) Many cars violate the regulations.
C) Cars cause health problems.
D) Many American people work in cars.
31. A) Because of the air pollution. B) Because of the heavy traffic.
C) Because of the accidents. D) Because of the less walk.
32. A) Reduce the population. B) Solve the man-made problems.
C) Smooth the heavy traffic. D) Limit the number of automobiles.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) Natural changes in four seasons.
B) The effect of season on human thinking.
C) How to improve our mental ability.
D) If it is reasonable to spend holidays in summer.
34. A) Warm. B) Hot. C) Cold. D) Moderate.
35. A) People are least clever in spring.
B) Temperature has some effect on human thinking.
C) People tend to be intelligent in summer.
D) People’s intelligence does not vary with seasons.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage 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 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 either use 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.
American learn sports as part of their education. They learn two or more ball （36） , such as football or basketball. At high school, they choose groups of boys or girls to make （37） . They choose those who are best at that sport. These teams （38） against teams from other schools. In many schools, students learn wrestling, running, tennis, golf and swimming. They have teams for some of these sports, too.
The games between schools are often very （39） . Other students, the ones not on the team, love to watch them. They let everyone know this by shouting and （40） , when their team plays well.
There is a special （41） , of girls and boys, mostly girls, who jump up and down and shout for their football team. They call themselves （42） , because they lead everyone in shouts and cheers. They wear clothes of a （43） color-the color of their school’s team. The football players wear that color, too. Each school has a team color and a team name. Cheerleaders call out the team name in their cheers. （44） . Cheerleading is almost sport itself. Every classroom has an American flag, in it. (45) . They put their hands over their hearts and say "the Pledge of Allegiance". (46) .By standing and showing respect to the flag, people think about the United States and its freedoms.
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Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Undoubtedly the globe is getting hotter and hotter. The unavoidable questions are: How much responsibility shall we take for warming, and are we 47 to stop the destruction by limiting our insatiable 48 for natural fuels?
It seems that global warming is too 49 to be worried about, or too unpredictable. The computer 50 cannot define what the weather is like next week. In cold winter day it might be considered that a little warming would be a fair thing. And doubtlessly: Alarming about 51 alteration may sound like an environmentalist frightening strategy, aiming to urge humans to walk and keep the world cleaner.
However, based on the data collected by scientists, bad news are brought to our living media.
From California to the snowy peaks of China, the air is heating up right now, and the globe is being fast warmed, the 52 has increased by 1 ℉ compared with the past century. In addition, some parts like remote places have been in a much hotter state. The results aren’t satisfactory, ice being 53 , rivers running dry, and coasts being 54 , threatening villages and cottages.
The 55 are gradually occurring without any obvious phenomenon. But they shouldn’t slip our mind, because they can pose as a great potential threat to the 56 world.
A) remote
B) technology
C) composing
D) whole
E) voluntary
F) climate
G) skill
H) desire
I) melting
J) vanishing
K) eroded
L) temperature
M) amazement
N) changes
O) clever
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It is 4 o’clock in the early morning.Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell. In the computing room, 30 students crumpled with blurred eyes, sit still at their desk, thumping the dirty and worn keys. Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours. For the other parts in the world, it might be in the midst of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing. It is an utterly enclosed field. These young computer "hackers" are tracing a sort of stimulus; a drive so exciting and absorbing it downplays nearly anything else in their lives and founds as the focus their being. They are compelled computer programmers. Some of these students have been glued to the console for no less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest. Some have been sleeping on sofas and lounge chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments’rest but hate to get too far away from their addicted machines.
It is no necessary for most of these students to be at the computing room in the middle of the night. What they are working belong to no assignments. They remain there because they desire to be-they can not resist the attraction of the computers.
Furthermore they are in groups instead of alone. There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country. In the unimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer. They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another. They may even abandon personal health.
"There is one hacker in my memory. We actually had to lift him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep. We truly worried about his health," says a computing science professor at California University.
Professors of computer science are nowadays shedding more light on this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for latent hackers and more and more severe computer addictives. They are sober that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine. It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal.
57. We can learn from the passage that those at the computing room in the middle of the night are .
A) students working on a program
B) students using computers to amuse themselves
C) hard-working computer science majors
D) students deeply fascinated by the computer
58. Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer "hackers"?
A) Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming.
B) For them, computer programming is the sole purpose for their life.
C) They can stay with the computer at the centre for nearly two days on end.
D) Their "love" for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep.
59. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that .
A) the"hacker"phenomenon exists only at university computing rooms
B) university computing rooms are open to almost everyone
C) university computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the"hackers"
D) the"hacker"phenomenon is partly attributable to the deficiency of the computing rooms
60.The author’s attitude towards the "hacker" phenomenon can be described as .
A) affirmative B) contemptuous C) anxious D) disgusted
61. Which of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage?
A) The Charm of Computer Science
B) A New Type of Electronic Toys
C) Compulsive Computer Programmers
D) Computer Addicts
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon, the CEO of E-mail management company Talk Labs. Moon examines a network that deals with 5.0 million letters everyday. The servers run and fixed by Talk Labs manage mail delivery and routing for many companies, including Security Company of England and Malshef Business.
As a matter of fact, all of Talk Labs’customers are madeup of companies whose daily E-mail outflow and inflow have substantially increased with the expansion of the Web. "E-mail usage has significantly risen recently," he says. Indeed, Talk Labs estimates that it has risen from 20 a day each employee as lately as three years ago to 30 or 40 at present.
The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. As E-mail researcher and consultant Jack Blour believes, companies can be in the expectation of the volume of E-mail rising through their servers to grow 70% to 90% in 2002. And as individual messages soar it is most likely that they contain memory-companies could finally pay 100% to 150% more simply this year on systems in the store and management of those messages. That’s the reason why tech consultancy Tadigul Group predicts demand for software manageing E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005.
Controlling pure junk will cost too much money. About 20% of the E-mail Talk Labs manages is uninvited, according to Moon-who further states that about 1.25% of all the E-mail his company cancels includes useless files.
It is estimated that handling spam（垃圾郵件） costs $8.6 billion throughout the world, according to a 2001 Japanese study. And some companies has been worried that the jam of pornographic spam may urge employees to sue on grounds of disturbance due to brought discomfort.
62. The first sentence of this passage "Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon..."most probably means .
A) John Moon clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources
B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but John Moon
C) John Moon does not know anything about the E-mail
D) the John Moon always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail
63. Which of the following is NOT true about Talk Labs?
A) It is an E-mail management company.
B) All of Talk Labs’customers are corporations.
C) John Moon is the chief technology officer of Talk Labs.
D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail.
64. The word "that" in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly means .
A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005
B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet
C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff
D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage
65.The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT .
A) Moon examines a network that processes 5.0 million letters each day
B) according to Jack Blour, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002
C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail
D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources.
66. What is the best title for the passage?
A) The E-mail Monster
B) Talk Labs Business Introduction
C) To Avoid E-mail Surge
D) E-mail Destroys Everything
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Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Given you were going to hunt for a job, you were doomed to be endowed with some strengths and weaknesses. Success or 67 in job-hunting would rely, to 68 great extent, 69 your capability of exerting your strengths and weaknesses to the best scope. 70 the most significance is the attitude. A person 71 begins to work believing that he won’t like it or is 72 what he is going to suffer is showing a disadvantage which can only forbid his success. In another word, a person who is firm 73 his mind that he is most likely as capable 74 doing the job as others and who is voluntary to make a ready attempt 75 it owns some strength of will. It is most likely that he will perform well. 76 the essential skills for a specific job is merit. A weakness is obviously short of those skills. A book-keeper who can’t develop new understandings or a carpenter who is unable to make a straight line 77 in a hopeless dilemma. This book has been designed to help you draw 78 the strength and conquer the 79 that you maybe reveal in your working process. But in order to weigh your development, you must first 80 stock of the position you are reaching now. 81 we go further into the book, we’ll be 82 in detail with particular issues for developing and enhancing 83 skills. Nevertheless, 84 begin with, you ought to pause 85 look into your current strengths and weaknesses in three areas that play significant roles in your success or failure in school: your 86, your communication skills and strategies, and your learning habits.
67. A) improvement B) victory
C) failure D)achievement
68. A) a B) the
C) some D) certain
69. A) in B) on C) of D) to
70. A) Out of B) Of
C) To D) Into
71. A) who B) what
C) when D) which
72. A) ensure B) certain
C) sure D) surely
73. A) onto B) on C) off D) in
74. A) to B) at C) of D) for
75. A) near B) on C) by D) at
76. A) Have B) Had
C) Having D) Had been
77. A) being B) been C) are D) is
78. A) except B) but C) for D) on
79. A) idea B) weakness
C) strength D) advantage
80. A) make B) take C) do D) give
81. A) As B) Till C) Over D) Out
82. A) deal B) dealt
C) be dealt D) dealing
83. A) learnt B) learned
C) learning D) learn
84. A) around B) to
C) from D) beside
85. A) to B) onto C) into D) with
86. A) intelligence B) work
C) attitude D) weakness
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Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentence on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87. The author of the report ?。▽?duì)醫(yī)院的問題非常了解），because he has been working there for many years.
88. The father pleaded with his son (少帶點(diǎn)麻煩)to his mother.
89. The murderer ?。ɑ煸谌巳寒?dāng)中）with an attempt to shoot at the Prime Minister whenever he seized a chance.
90. ?。榱讼薅葴p少竊案發(fā)生的可能性）,we install a good alarm system.
91. Scientists will have to (提出增加世界糧食供應(yīng)量的新方法).