作文一：
For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below.
You should start your essay with a briefaccount of the impact of the Internet on the way people communicate and thenexplain whether electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact.Youshould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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“Dear Andy-How are you? Your mother and I are fine.We both miss youand hope you are doing well.We look forward to seeing you again the nest timeyour computer crashes and you come down-stairs for something to eat,Love,Momand Dad.”
作文二： For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below. You should start your essay with a briefaccount of the impact of the Internet on learning and then explain why doesn’t simply mean learning to obtaininformation. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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“Once I learn how to use Google,isn’t thatall the education I really need?”
作文三： For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of theincreasin,use of the mobile phone in people’s life and explain the Consequence of overusing it. You should write at least 120 words butno more than 180 words.![]()
People are crossing the street looking at their cell phones andusing walking sticks in order to see.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section,you will hear 8short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of eachconversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each questionthere will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer,Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。 1.A)Go to a place he has visited B)Make her own arrangements C)Consult a travel agent D)Join in a package tour 2. A)They are on a long trip by car B)They are syuck in a traffic jam C)They are used to getting up early D)They are tired of eating out at night 3. A)He is a person difficult to deal with B)He dislikes any formal gathering C)He is unwilling to speak in public D)He often keeps a distance from others 4. A)Work in another deparment B)Pursue further education C)Recruit graduate students D)Take an administrative job 5. A)He would not be available to start thejob in time B)He is not quite qualified for the artdirector position C)He would like to leave some more time forhimself D)He will get his application letter readybefore May1 6. A)Cleaner B)porter C)Mechanic D)Salesman 7. A)Reqest one or two roommates to do thecleaning B)Help Laura with her term paper due thisweekend C)Get Laura to clean the apartment herselfthis time D)Ask Laura to put off the cleaning untilanother week 8. A) A problem caused by the construction B)An accident that occurred on the bridge C)The building project they are working on D)The public transportaion conditions
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you haveheard.
9 A) To look for a jobas a salesperson B) To have a talk with Miss Thompson. C) To place an order for some products. D) To complain about a faulty appliance.
10 A) The person incharge is not in the office. B) The supplies are out of stock for the moment. C) They failed to reach an agreement on the price. D) The company is re-cataloguing the items.
11 A) 0743,12536extension 15. B) 0734,38750 extension 15. C) 0734,21653 extension 51. D) 0734,62135 extension 51.
Questions 12 to 15are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12 A)Since he found a girlfriend B)Since he took to heavy smoking. C)Since he began to exercise regularly D)Since he started to live on his own. 13 A)He is getting too fat. B)He smokes too much C)He doesn’t eat vegetables. D)He doesn’t look well at all. 14 A)They are overweight for their age B)They are respectful to their parents C)They are still in their early twenties D)They dislike doing physical exercise.
15 A)To quit smoking. B)To find a girlfriend C)To reduce his weight D)To follow her advice.
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At theend of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and thequestions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。 Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you havejust heard.
16. A)They have destroyed several small towns. B)They will soon spread to San Francisco. C)They have injured many residents. D)They are burning out of control. 17. A) They have been hospitalized. B) They have got skin problems. C) They were choked by the thick smoke. D) They were poisoned by the burning chemicals. 18. A)It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion. B) It has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoff. C) It has been canceled due to technical problems. D) It was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes. 19. A)They made frequent long-distance calls to each other. B) They illegally used government computers in New Jersey. C) They were found to be smarter than computer specialists. D) They were arrested for stealing government information. Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. A)Peaceful B)Considerate C)Generous D)Cooperative 21. A)Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer. B)Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them. C)Mindy Lance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room. D)Mindy Lance’s threatened to take revenge on her neighbors. 22. A)Asking the neighborhood committee for help. B)Limiting the amount of laundry for each wash. C)Informing the building manager of the matter. D)Installing a few more washers and dryers. Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.A) She is both a popular and a highlyrespected author. B) She is the most loved African novelist ofall times. C) She is the most influential author sincethe 1930's. D) She is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves.
24. A) The Book Critics Circle Award. B) The Pulitzer Prize for fiction C) The Nobel Prize for literature. D) The National Book Award.
25. A)She is a relative of Morrison's. B) She is a skilled storyteller. C) She is a slave from Africa. D) She is a black woman
Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear apassage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefullyfor its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you havejust heard. Finally，when the passage is read for thethird time，you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。
Many collegestudents today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps%5,000 or more. (26)_________, it is not uncommon for them to purchase (27)_________costinganother several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago, computers were (28)___________, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any,(29)__________ purchased computers for home use. Over the years, the price of the “guts”of a computer---its memory—has declined to less than a thousandth of the priceper unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. This is the main reason whycomputers cost so much less today than they used to. Moreover, (30)_________improvements have made it possible to (31) ___________memory circuitrythat is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many ofus own and use. (32)___________, as the price of computation has declined theaverage consumer and business have spent more on purchasing computers. (33)___________,improvedagricultural technology, hybrid(雜交) seeds,(34)_________animal breeding, and soon have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. Theprices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to theprices of most other goods and services. As agricultural prices have fallen,many households have decreased their total expenses on food. Even though the (35)______________ofa product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses onit may decline.
PartIII Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A To get a sense of how women have progressedin science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley.This is a storied place the 36 of some of the mostimportant discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence'sinvention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.Ageneration ago female faces were 37 and.even today,visitors walkingthrough the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 allof there white males
But climb up to the third floor and you'llsee a 40 display.There,among the photos of current facnlty members andstudents are portraits of the 41 head of the department,Marjorie Shapiroand four other women whose reseaich 42 everything from the mecheanics ofthe universe to the smallest particles of matter.A sixth woman was hired justtwo weeks ago.Although they're Still only about 10 percent of the physicsfaculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real 43 may be in thesmaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.Everyyears Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's topuniversities.That makes Shapiro optimistic but also 44 "I believethings are getting bette "she says "but they're not getting better as 45 as i would like."
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答 A)circumstance B)confidence C)covers D)current E)deals F)different G)exposing H)fast I)honoring J)hope K)presently L)rare M)realistic N)site O)virtually
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2 上作答。 A) Why are we spending so much money oncollege? And why are we so unhappy about it. We all seem to agree that acollege education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedlyessential good. Maybe it’s time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious(大不敬的）；is allthis investment in college education really worth it? B)The answer, I fear, is no. For anincreasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a collegediploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot oncampus. C)For my entire adult life, a goodeducation has been the most important thing for middle-class households. Myparents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their bouse,and they’re not the only ones… and, ofcourse, for an increasing number of families , most of the cost oftheir house is actually the cost oftheir house is actually the cost of living in a good school district.Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning thevalue of happiness ,or fan. D)The average price of all goods andservices has risen about 50 percent. Butthe price of a college education has nearly doubled in that time. Is theeducation that today’s students are getting twice as good? Are new workers twice assmart? Have they become somebodymassively more expensive to educate? E)Perhaps a bit. Richard Vedder , an OhioUniversity economics professor , says, “I look at the data,and I see college costs rising faster than inflation up to the mid-1980s by Ipercent a year. Now I see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation.What has happened ? The federal government has started dropping money out ofairplanes,”Aid has increased ,subsidized (補(bǔ)貼的）loans have becomeavailable, and “the universities have gotten the money,” EconomistBryan Caplan , who is writing a book about education, agrees. “ It is agiant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue.” F) Promotional literature for colleges andstudent loans often speaks of debt as an “investment inyourself.” But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off theloans. More than half of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that donot require a degree, and the amount of student-loan debt carried by householdshas more than quintupled since 1999. These graduates were told that a diplomawas all they needed to succeed, but it won’t even get them outof the spare bedroom at Mom and Dad’s. For many, themost tangible result of their four years is the loan payments, which nowaverage hundreds of dollars a month on loan balances in the tens of thousands. G)It’s true about themoney—sort of. College graduates now make 80 percent more than people whohave only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, thewage premium for an elite school seems to be even higher. But that’s not trueof every student. It’s very easy to spend four years majoring in English literature andbeer pong and come out no more employable than you were before you went in.Conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make triple orquadruple the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate. H) James Heckman, the Nobel Prize–winningeconomist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individualswith different backgrounds and levels of ability. “Even withthese high prices, you’re still finding a high return for individuals who are bright andmotivated,” he says. On the other hand, “if you’re notcollege ready, then the answer is no, it’s not worth it.” Expertstend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today,but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and moreof the potential return. For borderline students, tuition hikes can push thosereturns into negative territory. I）Everyone seems toagree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest inhigher education—and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of collegedegrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t reallyrequire college skills. “Employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to filljobs are just tacking on that requirement,” says Vedder. “De facto, acollege degree becomes a job requirement for becoming a bartender.” J） We have started tosee some change on the finance side. A law passed in 2007 allows many studentsto cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their income and forgives anybalance after 25 years. But of course, that doesn’t control the costof education; it just shifts it to taxpayers. It also encourages graduates tochoose lower-paying careers, which diminishes the financial return to educationstill further. “You’re subsidizing people to become priests and poets and so forth,” saysHeckman. “You may think that’s a good thing, or you may not.” Either way it willbe expensive for the government. K）What might be a lotcheaper is putting more kids to work: not necessarily as burger flippers but aspart of an educational effort. Caplan notes that work also builds valuableskills—probably more valuable for kids who don’t naturallylove sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “People aredifferent, and those abilities can be shaped. That’s what we’ve learned,and public policy should recognize that.” L） Heckman would liketo see more apprenticeship-style programs, where kids can learn in theworkplace—learn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” likegetting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial forcareer success. “It’s about having mentors and having workplace-based education,” he says. “Time andagain I’ve seen examples of this kind of program working.” M）Ah, but how do weget there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by makingbetter individual decisions. “Historically markets have been able to handle these things,” saysVedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesn’t improvesoon, people are going to wake up and ask, ‘Why am I going tocollege?’?” 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2 上作答。 46.Caplan suggests that kids who don’t loveschool go to work. 47.An increasing number of families spendmore money on houses in a good school district. 49.More and more kids find they fare worsewith a college diploma. 50.For those who are not prepared forhigher education, going to college is not worth it . 51.Over the years the cost of a collegeeducation has increased almost by 100%. 52.A law passed recently allows manystudents to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans. 53.Middle-class Americans have highlyvalued a good education. 54.More kids should be encouraged toparticipate in programs where they can learn not only job skills but alsosocial skills . 55.Over fifty percent of recent collegegraduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitable job.
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Passage Two Question 61 to 65 are based on thefollowing passage.
When we talk about Americans barely intoadulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt.the conversation isalmost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of ?suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit card debt—and that many of them will take this debt to their graves. More than 20% overspont their income by more than $100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up theircredit historios yet,it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relativelyhigh interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答 61.What is the main ider of the first paragraph? A) Many young Americans will never be ableto pay on their debts. B) Credit cards play an increasinglyimportant role in college lift. C) Credit cards are doing more ? than studentloans. D) The American credit card system isunder cnticism.
62.Why do young people have to pay a higherinterest on their credit card debt? A) They tend to forget about the deadlines. B) They haven’t developed a ? history. C) They are often nabte to pay sack intime. D)They are ? in managing money.
63.What is said to be the consequence ofyoung adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet ? A) I will place an unnecessd on society. B) It will give their to work hard. C) It will exert psy pressure on them. D) It will affect their future spendingpower.
64 What will happen to young adults iftheir credit card debt keeps accurnufating a lucia dunn? A．They will have to pay anincreasthgly higher interest tate. B．They may experience a crisis intheir old age. C．Their quality of lift will toaffected. D．Their credit way be cancelled.
65 what does Lucia Dunn think might be diskfor the credit card issuing banks? A．They go bankrupt as aover-lending B．They lose la C．Their client D．Their interest ratcs have to bereduced now and then.
翻譯一 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 許多人喜歡中餐。在中國(guó)，烹飪不僅被視為一種技能，而且也被視為一種藝術(shù)。精心準(zhǔn)備的中餐既可口又好看。烹飪技藝和配料在中國(guó)各地差別很大。但好的烹飪都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，總是要考慮到顏色、味道、口感和營(yíng)養(yǎng)（nutrition）。由于食物對(duì)健康至關(guān)重要，好的廚師總是努力在谷物、肉類(lèi)和蔬菜之間取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
翻譯二 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 "你要茶還是咖啡？"是用餐人常被問(wèn)到的問(wèn)題，許多西方人會(huì)選咖啡，而中國(guó)人則會(huì)選茶，相傳，中國(guó)的一位帝王于五千年前發(fā)現(xiàn)了茶，并用來(lái)治病，在明清（the qing dynasties）期間，茶館遍布全國(guó)，飲茶在六世紀(jì)傳到日本，但直到18世紀(jì)才傳到歐美，如今，茶是世界上流行的飲料（beverage）之一，茶是中國(guó)的瑰寶。也是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)和文化的重要組成部分。
翻譯三 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 信息技術(shù)（Information Technology），正在飛速的發(fā)展，中國(guó)公民也越來(lái)越重視信息技術(shù)，有些學(xué)校甚至將信息技術(shù)作為必修課程，對(duì)這一現(xiàn)象大家持不同觀點(diǎn)。一部分人認(rèn)為這是沒(méi)有必要的，學(xué)生就應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)傳統(tǒng)的課程。另一部分人認(rèn)為這是應(yīng)該的，中國(guó)就應(yīng)該與時(shí)俱進(jìn)。不管怎樣，信息技術(shù)引起廣大人民的重視是一件好事。 翻譯四 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 中國(guó)結(jié)初是由手工藝人發(fā)明的，經(jīng)過(guò)數(shù)百年不斷的改進(jìn)，已經(jīng)成為一種優(yōu)雅多彩的藝 術(shù)和工藝。在古代，人們用它來(lái)記錄事件，但現(xiàn)在主要是用于裝飾的目的。“結(jié)”在中文里意味這愛(ài)情丶婚姻和團(tuán)聚，中國(guó)結(jié)常常作為禮物交換或作用飾品祈求好運(yùn)和辟邪。這種形式的手工藝代代相傳，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在中國(guó)和世界各地越來(lái)越受歡迎。
“Dear Andy-How are you? Your mother and I are fine.We both miss youand hope you are doing well.We look forward to seeing you again the nest timeyour computer crashes and you come down-stairs for something to eat,Love,Momand Dad.”
作文二： For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below. You should start your essay with a briefaccount of the impact of the Internet on learning and then explain why doesn’t simply mean learning to obtaininformation. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
“Once I learn how to use Google,isn’t thatall the education I really need?”
作文三： For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of theincreasin,use of the mobile phone in people’s life and explain the Consequence of overusing it. You should write at least 120 words butno more than 180 words.
People are crossing the street looking at their cell phones andusing walking sticks in order to see.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section,you will hear 8short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of eachconversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each questionthere will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer,Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。 1.A)Go to a place he has visited B)Make her own arrangements C)Consult a travel agent D)Join in a package tour 2. A)They are on a long trip by car B)They are syuck in a traffic jam C)They are used to getting up early D)They are tired of eating out at night 3. A)He is a person difficult to deal with B)He dislikes any formal gathering C)He is unwilling to speak in public D)He often keeps a distance from others 4. A)Work in another deparment B)Pursue further education C)Recruit graduate students D)Take an administrative job 5. A)He would not be available to start thejob in time B)He is not quite qualified for the artdirector position C)He would like to leave some more time forhimself D)He will get his application letter readybefore May1 6. A)Cleaner B)porter C)Mechanic D)Salesman 7. A)Reqest one or two roommates to do thecleaning B)Help Laura with her term paper due thisweekend C)Get Laura to clean the apartment herselfthis time D)Ask Laura to put off the cleaning untilanother week 8. A) A problem caused by the construction B)An accident that occurred on the bridge C)The building project they are working on D)The public transportaion conditions
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you haveheard.
9 A) To look for a jobas a salesperson B) To have a talk with Miss Thompson. C) To place an order for some products. D) To complain about a faulty appliance.
10 A) The person incharge is not in the office. B) The supplies are out of stock for the moment. C) They failed to reach an agreement on the price. D) The company is re-cataloguing the items.
11 A) 0743,12536extension 15. B) 0734,38750 extension 15. C) 0734,21653 extension 51. D) 0734,62135 extension 51.
Questions 12 to 15are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12 A)Since he found a girlfriend B)Since he took to heavy smoking. C)Since he began to exercise regularly D)Since he started to live on his own. 13 A)He is getting too fat. B)He smokes too much C)He doesn’t eat vegetables. D)He doesn’t look well at all. 14 A)They are overweight for their age B)They are respectful to their parents C)They are still in their early twenties D)They dislike doing physical exercise.
15 A)To quit smoking. B)To find a girlfriend C)To reduce his weight D)To follow her advice.
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At theend of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and thequestions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。 Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you havejust heard.
16. A)They have destroyed several small towns. B)They will soon spread to San Francisco. C)They have injured many residents. D)They are burning out of control. 17. A) They have been hospitalized. B) They have got skin problems. C) They were choked by the thick smoke. D) They were poisoned by the burning chemicals. 18. A)It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion. B) It has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoff. C) It has been canceled due to technical problems. D) It was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes. 19. A)They made frequent long-distance calls to each other. B) They illegally used government computers in New Jersey. C) They were found to be smarter than computer specialists. D) They were arrested for stealing government information. Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. A)Peaceful B)Considerate C)Generous D)Cooperative 21. A)Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer. B)Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them. C)Mindy Lance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room. D)Mindy Lance’s threatened to take revenge on her neighbors. 22. A)Asking the neighborhood committee for help. B)Limiting the amount of laundry for each wash. C)Informing the building manager of the matter. D)Installing a few more washers and dryers. Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.A) She is both a popular and a highlyrespected author. B) She is the most loved African novelist ofall times. C) She is the most influential author sincethe 1930's. D) She is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves.
24. A) The Book Critics Circle Award. B) The Pulitzer Prize for fiction C) The Nobel Prize for literature. D) The National Book Award.
25. A)She is a relative of Morrison's. B) She is a skilled storyteller. C) She is a slave from Africa. D) She is a black woman
Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear apassage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefullyfor its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you havejust heard. Finally，when the passage is read for thethird time，you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。
Many collegestudents today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps%5,000 or more. (26)_________, it is not uncommon for them to purchase (27)_________costinganother several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago, computers were (28)___________, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any,(29)__________ purchased computers for home use. Over the years, the price of the “guts”of a computer---its memory—has declined to less than a thousandth of the priceper unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. This is the main reason whycomputers cost so much less today than they used to. Moreover, (30)_________improvements have made it possible to (31) ___________memory circuitrythat is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many ofus own and use. (32)___________, as the price of computation has declined theaverage consumer and business have spent more on purchasing computers. (33)___________,improvedagricultural technology, hybrid(雜交) seeds,(34)_________animal breeding, and soon have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. Theprices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to theprices of most other goods and services. As agricultural prices have fallen,many households have decreased their total expenses on food. Even though the (35)______________ofa product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses onit may decline.
PartIII Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A To get a sense of how women have progressedin science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley.This is a storied place the 36 of some of the mostimportant discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence'sinvention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.Ageneration ago female faces were 37 and.even today,visitors walkingthrough the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 allof there white males
But climb up to the third floor and you'llsee a 40 display.There,among the photos of current facnlty members andstudents are portraits of the 41 head of the department,Marjorie Shapiroand four other women whose reseaich 42 everything from the mecheanics ofthe universe to the smallest particles of matter.A sixth woman was hired justtwo weeks ago.Although they're Still only about 10 percent of the physicsfaculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real 43 may be in thesmaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.Everyyears Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's topuniversities.That makes Shapiro optimistic but also 44 "I believethings are getting bette "she says "but they're not getting better as 45 as i would like."
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答 A)circumstance B)confidence C)covers D)current E)deals F)different G)exposing H)fast I)honoring J)hope K)presently L)rare M)realistic N)site O)virtually
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2 上作答。 A) Why are we spending so much money oncollege? And why are we so unhappy about it. We all seem to agree that acollege education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedlyessential good. Maybe it’s time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious(大不敬的）；is allthis investment in college education really worth it? B)The answer, I fear, is no. For anincreasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a collegediploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot oncampus. C)For my entire adult life, a goodeducation has been the most important thing for middle-class households. Myparents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their bouse,and they’re not the only ones… and, ofcourse, for an increasing number of families , most of the cost oftheir house is actually the cost oftheir house is actually the cost of living in a good school district.Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning thevalue of happiness ,or fan. D)The average price of all goods andservices has risen about 50 percent. Butthe price of a college education has nearly doubled in that time. Is theeducation that today’s students are getting twice as good? Are new workers twice assmart? Have they become somebodymassively more expensive to educate? E)Perhaps a bit. Richard Vedder , an OhioUniversity economics professor , says, “I look at the data,and I see college costs rising faster than inflation up to the mid-1980s by Ipercent a year. Now I see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation.What has happened ? The federal government has started dropping money out ofairplanes,”Aid has increased ,subsidized (補(bǔ)貼的）loans have becomeavailable, and “the universities have gotten the money,” EconomistBryan Caplan , who is writing a book about education, agrees. “ It is agiant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue.” F) Promotional literature for colleges andstudent loans often speaks of debt as an “investment inyourself.” But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off theloans. More than half of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that donot require a degree, and the amount of student-loan debt carried by householdshas more than quintupled since 1999. These graduates were told that a diplomawas all they needed to succeed, but it won’t even get them outof the spare bedroom at Mom and Dad’s. For many, themost tangible result of their four years is the loan payments, which nowaverage hundreds of dollars a month on loan balances in the tens of thousands. G)It’s true about themoney—sort of. College graduates now make 80 percent more than people whohave only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, thewage premium for an elite school seems to be even higher. But that’s not trueof every student. It’s very easy to spend four years majoring in English literature andbeer pong and come out no more employable than you were before you went in.Conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make triple orquadruple the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate. H) James Heckman, the Nobel Prize–winningeconomist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individualswith different backgrounds and levels of ability. “Even withthese high prices, you’re still finding a high return for individuals who are bright andmotivated,” he says. On the other hand, “if you’re notcollege ready, then the answer is no, it’s not worth it.” Expertstend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today,but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and moreof the potential return. For borderline students, tuition hikes can push thosereturns into negative territory. I）Everyone seems toagree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest inhigher education—and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of collegedegrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t reallyrequire college skills. “Employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to filljobs are just tacking on that requirement,” says Vedder. “De facto, acollege degree becomes a job requirement for becoming a bartender.” J） We have started tosee some change on the finance side. A law passed in 2007 allows many studentsto cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their income and forgives anybalance after 25 years. But of course, that doesn’t control the costof education; it just shifts it to taxpayers. It also encourages graduates tochoose lower-paying careers, which diminishes the financial return to educationstill further. “You’re subsidizing people to become priests and poets and so forth,” saysHeckman. “You may think that’s a good thing, or you may not.” Either way it willbe expensive for the government. K）What might be a lotcheaper is putting more kids to work: not necessarily as burger flippers but aspart of an educational effort. Caplan notes that work also builds valuableskills—probably more valuable for kids who don’t naturallylove sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “People aredifferent, and those abilities can be shaped. That’s what we’ve learned,and public policy should recognize that.” L） Heckman would liketo see more apprenticeship-style programs, where kids can learn in theworkplace—learn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” likegetting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial forcareer success. “It’s about having mentors and having workplace-based education,” he says. “Time andagain I’ve seen examples of this kind of program working.” M）Ah, but how do weget there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by makingbetter individual decisions. “Historically markets have been able to handle these things,” saysVedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesn’t improvesoon, people are going to wake up and ask, ‘Why am I going tocollege?’?” 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2 上作答。 46.Caplan suggests that kids who don’t loveschool go to work. 47.An increasing number of families spendmore money on houses in a good school district. 49.More and more kids find they fare worsewith a college diploma. 50.For those who are not prepared forhigher education, going to college is not worth it . 51.Over the years the cost of a collegeeducation has increased almost by 100%. 52.A law passed recently allows manystudents to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans. 53.Middle-class Americans have highlyvalued a good education. 54.More kids should be encouraged toparticipate in programs where they can learn not only job skills but alsosocial skills . 55.Over fifty percent of recent collegegraduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitable job.
Passage Two Question 61 to 65 are based on thefollowing passage.
When we talk about Americans barely intoadulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt.the conversation isalmost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of ?suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit card debt—and that many of them will take this debt to their graves. More than 20% overspont their income by more than $100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up theircredit historios yet,it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relativelyhigh interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答 61.What is the main ider of the first paragraph? A) Many young Americans will never be ableto pay on their debts. B) Credit cards play an increasinglyimportant role in college lift. C) Credit cards are doing more ? than studentloans. D) The American credit card system isunder cnticism.
62.Why do young people have to pay a higherinterest on their credit card debt? A) They tend to forget about the deadlines. B) They haven’t developed a ? history. C) They are often nabte to pay sack intime. D)They are ? in managing money.
63.What is said to be the consequence ofyoung adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet ? A) I will place an unnecessd on society. B) It will give their to work hard. C) It will exert psy pressure on them. D) It will affect their future spendingpower.
64 What will happen to young adults iftheir credit card debt keeps accurnufating a lucia dunn? A．They will have to pay anincreasthgly higher interest tate. B．They may experience a crisis intheir old age. C．Their quality of lift will toaffected. D．Their credit way be cancelled.
65 what does Lucia Dunn think might be diskfor the credit card issuing banks? A．They go bankrupt as aover-lending B．They lose la C．Their client D．Their interest ratcs have to bereduced now and then.
翻譯一 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 許多人喜歡中餐。在中國(guó)，烹飪不僅被視為一種技能，而且也被視為一種藝術(shù)。精心準(zhǔn)備的中餐既可口又好看。烹飪技藝和配料在中國(guó)各地差別很大。但好的烹飪都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，總是要考慮到顏色、味道、口感和營(yíng)養(yǎng)（nutrition）。由于食物對(duì)健康至關(guān)重要，好的廚師總是努力在谷物、肉類(lèi)和蔬菜之間取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
翻譯二 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 "你要茶還是咖啡？"是用餐人常被問(wèn)到的問(wèn)題，許多西方人會(huì)選咖啡，而中國(guó)人則會(huì)選茶，相傳，中國(guó)的一位帝王于五千年前發(fā)現(xiàn)了茶，并用來(lái)治病，在明清（the qing dynasties）期間，茶館遍布全國(guó)，飲茶在六世紀(jì)傳到日本，但直到18世紀(jì)才傳到歐美，如今，茶是世界上流行的飲料（beverage）之一，茶是中國(guó)的瑰寶。也是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)和文化的重要組成部分。
翻譯三 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 信息技術(shù)（Information Technology），正在飛速的發(fā)展，中國(guó)公民也越來(lái)越重視信息技術(shù)，有些學(xué)校甚至將信息技術(shù)作為必修課程，對(duì)這一現(xiàn)象大家持不同觀點(diǎn)。一部分人認(rèn)為這是沒(méi)有必要的，學(xué)生就應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)傳統(tǒng)的課程。另一部分人認(rèn)為這是應(yīng)該的，中國(guó)就應(yīng)該與時(shí)俱進(jìn)。不管怎樣，信息技術(shù)引起廣大人民的重視是一件好事。 翻譯四 Part IV Translation Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2 中國(guó)結(jié)初是由手工藝人發(fā)明的，經(jīng)過(guò)數(shù)百年不斷的改進(jìn)，已經(jīng)成為一種優(yōu)雅多彩的藝 術(shù)和工藝。在古代，人們用它來(lái)記錄事件，但現(xiàn)在主要是用于裝飾的目的。“結(jié)”在中文里意味這愛(ài)情丶婚姻和團(tuán)聚，中國(guó)結(jié)常常作為禮物交換或作用飾品祈求好運(yùn)和辟邪。這種形式的手工藝代代相傳，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在中國(guó)和世界各地越來(lái)越受歡迎。