Conversation Two

　　M：You’ve worked in a university before, haven’t you?

　　W：Yes, in Britain, yes.

　　M：What, how do students go about getting jobs when they graduate?

　　W：Well, most universities have a Careers Advice Service. I used to know the people in the Careers Advice Service in Newcastle University and they, in fact, seem fairly successful in finding jobs for students. They are able to get jobs for 30%～40% of new graduates.

　　M：That seems a fairly low percentage.

　　W：Well...it’s not if you consider the various other options which people take up. For example, there are a fair number of people I don’know the exact number, who go into further study, who carry straight on into master’s degrees. Either at the same university or another university. So that’s fair chunk. Then there are others, a second group of people, who decide not to take a career job immediately after university. Instead, they decide to take time off, maybe see the world, and...and...well there is a third group, the people who can’t actually get the jobs they wait for， a job they really want. So when I say 30%～40% find jobs through the careers service, that doesn’t mean that only that number find jobs. A lot of other people find jobs through the newspapers.

　　M：So it is quite high really, yes.

　　W：Oh, I think so, relatively, yes. And quite a lot of other people of course look in newspapers and the particular journals or magazines which advertise jobs in the fields they’re interested in.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. What are the man and the woman talking about?

　　24. What is the percentage of college graduates getting jobs through university help?

　　25. What do most college graduates in Britain do when they graduate?

　　23. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】 兩個人討論的是關于大學生畢業后找工作的問題，通過什么渠道找工作。job hunting 即為找工作之意。

　　24. 【答案】B)

　　【解析】 女士介紹說大學里的介紹工作的服務機構可以幫助30%～40% 的畢業生找到工作。四個選項里只有三分之一在這個數字范圍之內。

　　25. 【答案】A)

　　【解析】 大多數畢業生畢業之后是去找工作，他們通過學校的工作介紹機構，或者通過報紙、雜志等找工作。

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　Is your family interested in buying a dog? A dog can be a happy addition to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dog, the consequences can cause you a lot of trouble.

　　Families should sit down and thoroughly discuss the problems involved before buying a dog. Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dogs, the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for. If you don’t know much about dogs, it’s a good idea to go to the library or the ASPCA for books about various kinds of dogs, as well as books about how to train a puppy. When a book describes a dog as an ideal hunting dog, it probably means that the dog won’t be happy living in a small apartment. Dog breeds vary in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular dogs these days is the German shepherd. This is because it provides protection as well as companionship. The family should be warned that these dogs grow up to be very big, and may be too powerful for children to handle. If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good choice. These dogs are very small and easy to train. They don’t need to be walked daily, since they can exercise in the space available in the home.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. What is the main topic of the talk?

　　27. According to the speaker who was really responsible for the dog’s welfare?

　　28. When is the toy dog a good choice?

　　26. 【答案】A)

　　【解析】 本文主要講了養小狗做家庭寵物要十分細心慎重。如果選擇不慎的話，會帶來許多問題。

　　27. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】 說話者認為父母才是最應該對小狗負責的人。從這句話中就可以看出來：the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for.

　　28. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】 當你的住房面積很小的時候，養一只小型狗是很好的選擇。文中有明確地指出：If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good choice.

　　Passage Two

　　Everywhere we look, we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of. They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit, and because it is the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Marathon, the best known long distance race in the United States. In recent years there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line.

　　You may have heard the story of the Greek runner, Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died of the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But at the finish line, we see what this race is about; not being first, but finishing. The real victory is not over one’s fellow runners, but over one’s own body. It is a victory of will-power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon, each person who crosses that finish line is a winner.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. How long does it take for the runners to cross the starting line in recent Marathon race?

　　30. Why did the Greek runner run from Marathon to Athens?

　　31. Why is a person who crosses the finish line a winner?

　　29. 【答案】A)

　　【解析】 細節題。第一段提到在最近的比賽中，選手們穿過起跑線都需要3分鐘的時間。

　　30. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】 細節題。見第二段， “He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago”，由此可知，是為了傳達勝利的消息。

　　31. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】推斷題。見第二段，“The real victory is not over one’s fellow runners, but over one’s own body”，可知真正的勝利不是戰勝對手，而是戰勝自己。

　　Passage Three

　　Of all the stars the sun is the nearest to the earth. Millions of other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun. They look small only because they are much father away. You can’t see them in the daytime. But if you go out at night, you’ll be able to see thousands of them.

　　The earth is one of the sun’s planets, and the moon is the nearest to the earth in space, and men have visited it already. No man has traveled farther than the moon, but spaceships without people have reached other planets.

　　Many countries have sent up man-made satellites to circle the earth. With their help, people have done much research in many fields of science. Our countries sometimes have sent up man�瞞ade satellites to send and receive TV programs. This has helped the people of China and other countries to understand each other better.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. What do we learn about the sun?

　　33. Which planet have some people reached?

　　34. What can we do because of the man�瞞ade satellites?

　　35. What do we learn from the passage?

　　32. 【答案】B)

　　【解析】細節題。見第一段第一句，所有的恒星中太陽是離地球最近的一個。

　　33. 【答案】A)

　　【解析】細節題。見第二段第二句，沒有人到達過比月球更遠的地方，但人造衛星到達了其他的星球。

　　34. 【答案】C)

　　【解析】 總結題。見第三段第二句和最后一句，由此可總結人造衛星既可以幫人們展開研究，也可以增進人們之間的了解。

　　35. 【答案】A)

　　【解析】 細節題。見第二段第一句，“The earth is one of the sun’s planets”，由此可知，地球是一個行星。

　　Section C

　　36. 【答案】fun

　　【解析】假期購物對許多人來說是件令人興奮而有趣的事，fun表示“有趣”。

　　37. 【答案】perfect

　　【解析】此處應填形容詞 perfect, 表示“極好的，完美的”。

　　38. 【答案】last�瞞inute

　　【解析】此處應填復合名詞 last�瞞inute, 表示“最后一刻”。

　　39. 【答案】entire

　　【解析】此處應填形容詞 entire, 表示“全部的，整個的”。

　　40. 【答案】stores

　　【解析】此處應填名詞 store 的復數形式 stores, 指“商店”。

　　41. 【答案】enthusiasm

　　【解析】此處應填名詞 enthusiasm。Full of enthusiasm 表示“充滿熱情的”，相當于 be enthusiastic。

　　42. 【答案】dozen

　　【解析】a dozen 意為“一打、很多”。

　　43. 【答案】Overall

　　【解析】該詞位于句首，首字母必須大寫，所以此處填首字母大寫的副詞Overall，表示“大致上，全部地”。

　　44. 【答案】 Roughly 60 million Americans will buy at least some of their gifts via their computers

　　【解析】大約六千萬美國人通過電腦購買部分禮品。

　　45. 【答案】Internet shopping is no longer new or unusual for people

　　【解析】網上購物對人們來說已不是新鮮事了。

　　46. 【答案】It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable.

　　【解析】此句是說：網上購物使得人們購物更高效、可靠和舒適。