第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)(第1～15題，每題1分，共15分)
下面共有15個(gè)句子，每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語有底橫線，請(qǐng)從每個(gè)句子后面所給的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
1 Mary has blended the ingredients.
A mixed B made
C cooked D eaten
2 They agreed to modify their policy.
A clarify B change
C define D develop
3 The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.
A play B send
C show D tell
4 A notably short man, he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.
A practically B considerably
C remarkably D completely
5 The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.
A take out B repair
C push in D dig
6 It is absurd to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.
A ridiculous B funny
C odd D foolish
7 A lot of people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
A muddled B polluted
C mixed D troubled
8 The room is dim and quiet.
A tiny B pleasant
C dark D agreeable
9 The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
A measure B opinion
C evaluation D decision
10 It's prudent to start any exercise program gradually at first.
A workable B sensible
C possible D feasible
11 He is renowned for his skill.
A remembered B recommended
C praised D well-known
12 You have to be patient if you want to sustain your position.
A maintain B establish
C acquire D support
13 She stood there, trembling with fear.
A jumping B crying
C swaying D shaking
14 Medical facilities are being upgraded.
A renewed B repaired
C improved D increased
15 Mary looked pale and weary.
A gloomy B ugly
C silly D exhausted
參考答案
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A
6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D 第2部分：閱讀判斷(第16～22題，每題1分，共7分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出了7個(gè)句子，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對(duì)每個(gè)句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把A涂黑;如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把B涂黑;如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把C涂黑。
The Smog (煙霧)
For over a month， Indonesia was in crisis. Forest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 years. Smoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smog. This pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia， Singapore and Thailand.
When the smoke combined with pollution from factories and cars， it soon became poisonous(有毒的)。 Dangerous amounts of CO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rose. People wheezed(喘息)and coughed as they left the house and their eyes watered immediately.
The smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(煙灰)covered everything. In some areas， water was hosed (用膠管澆)from high-rise city buildings to try and break up the smog.
Finally， heavy rains， which came in November， put out the fires and cleared the air. But the environmental costs and health problems will remain. Many people from South-Eastern Asian cities already suffer from breathing huge amounts of car exhaust fumes(汽車排放的廢氣)and factory pollution. Breathing problems could well increase and many non-sufferers may have difficulties for the first time. Wildlife has suffered too. In lowland forests， elephants， deer， and tigers have been driven out of their homes by smog.
But smog is not just an Asian problem. In fact， the word was first used in London in 1905 to describe the mixture of smoke and thick fog. Fog often hung over the capital. Sometimes the smog was so thick and poisonous that people were killed by breathing problems or in accidents. About 4，000 Londoners died within five days as a result of thick smog in 1952.
1 Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
2 The smog spread to neighbouring countries.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
3 The air-pollution index went up to 300 within a few days.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
4 Water was used to try to break up the smog.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
5 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the drought.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
6 The forest animals haven't been affected by the smog.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
7 The word “smog” first appeared in 1952.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
【參考答案】1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 第3部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項(xiàng)測(cè)試任務(wù)：(1)第23～26題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第2～5段每段選擇1個(gè)正確的小標(biāo)題;(2)第27～30題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇4個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個(gè)句子。請(qǐng)將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上.
Ford
1 Ford's great strength was the manufacturing process——not invention. Long before he started a car company， he was a worker， known for picking up pieces of metal and wire and turning them into machines. He started putting cars together in 1891. Although it was by no means the first popular automobile， the Model T showed the world just how creative Ford was at combining technology and market.
2 The company's assembly line alone threw America's Industrial Revolution into overdrive (高速運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn))。 Instead of having workers put together the entire car， Ford's friends， who were great toolmakers from Scotland， organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line. By the time Ford's Highland Park plant was humming(嗡嗡作響) along in 1914， the world's first automatic conveyor belt could turn out a car every 93 minutes.
3 The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5-a-day minimum wage scheme， the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that， he also took an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime"， and critics everywhere laughed at Ford.
4 But as the wage increased later to daily $10， it proved a critical component of Ford's dream to make the automobile accessible (可及的)to all. The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car， the higher wages didn't matter except for making it possible for more people to buy cars.
1 Paragraph 1 .
2 Paragraph 2 .
3 Paragraph 3 .
4 Paragraph 4 .
A Ford's Followers
B The Assembly Line
C Ford's Great Dream
D The Establishment of the Company
E Ford's Biggest Contribution
F Ford's Great Talent
5 The assembly line made it possible to .
6 Ford was the first to adopt .
7 Higher wages enabled many people to .
8 Ford's higher-wage and lower-cost strategy was strongly .
A criticized by the media
B the low wage in the auto industry
C own a car
D produce cars in large numbers
E the 8-hour-shift'practice
F combined technology and market
【參考答案】
1. F 2. B 3. E 4. C 5. D 6. E 7. C 8. A 第4部分：閱讀理解(第31～45題，每題3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面都有4個(gè)選項(xiàng)。請(qǐng)仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
第一篇 Immigration and Problems
Hundreds of thousands of people supporting immigration rights in the US filled streets all over America in early 2006. Many held signs and American flags and asked to be treated as citizens - not criminals. Many of these supported legislation from Senator John McCain that would open a path to citizenship to immigrants who were already in the country illegally. Proposed legislation from other politicians called for stricter measures - including rounding up undocumented immigrants and sending them back to their home countries.
Canadian officials say that immigration applications continue to rise. Some want to keep the doors open. They need the labor. About 400，000 immigrants were allowed into the country in 2005， according to the Canadian Government statistics. However， all this growth means that cities need to adapt. Newcomers don‘t always make a smooth transition into jobs for which they are skilled. So industries are using mentoring programs to help new immigrants find proper jobs.
With the large numbers of undocumented African immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands and showing no sign of abating， the Spanish Government has decided to get tough. There will be no more mass amnesties for illegals， and anyone coming to Spain without permission will be sent back， the government has announced. About 23，000 migrants landed on the islands in 2006， and riots have erupted in some crowded reception centers. This has promoted local authorities to appeal to the United Nations for help.
France‘s new immigration and integration law gives the government new powers to encourage high-skilled migration. It takes effect in 2007. The new law authorizes the government to identify particular professions where France has a talent shortage. Then the government will help these identified employers find immigrant workers with needed skills or qualifications. The selected foreign employees will be granted “skills and talents” visas， valid for three years. But some concern that itll cause brain drain in developing countries.
31 Many immigrants swarmed into streets in the US in early 2006， demanding that they should be treated as
A animals
B citizens
C civilians
D criminals
32 Some Canadian officials want to keep the door open because
A Canada is in desperate need of talented people.
B Canada can feed a much larger population.
C Canada is suffering from labor shortage.
D Canada is a multicultural country.
33 What has the Spanish Government decided to do?
A Help immigrants find proper jobs.
B Let immigrants freely enter the country.
C Integrate immigrants into the Spanish culture.
D Take tough measures against illegal immigration.
34 After France‘s new immigration and integration law takes effect， it will
A lure overseas students back home
B undermine the unity of the country
C drain developing countries of talent
D induce resentment among the French workers
35 The phrasal verb rounding up in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
A capturing
B encircling
C separating
D frightening
第二篇 Mind-reading Machine
A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what‘s happening in their brains.
When you look at something， your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells in your brain called neurons are responsible for this processing.
The fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) brain scans could generally match electrical activity in the brain to the basic shape of a picture that someone was looking at.
Like cells anywhere else in your body， active neurons use oxygen. Blood brings oxygen to the neurons， and the more active a neuron is， the more oxygen it will consume. The more active a region of the brain， the more active its neurons， and in turn， the more blood will travel to that region. And by using fMRI， scientists can visualize which parts of the brain receive more oxygen-rich blood——and therefore， which parts are working to process information.
An fMRI machine is a device that scans the brain and measures changes in blood flow to the brain. The technology shows researchers how brain activity changes when a person thinks， looks at something， or carries out an activity like speaking or reading. By highlighting the areas of the brain at work when a person looks at different images， fMRI may help scientists determine specific patterns of brain activity associated with different kinds of images.
The California researchers tested brain activity by having two volunteers view hundreds of pictures of everyday objects， like people， animals， and fruits. The scientists used an fMRI machine to record the volunteer‘s brain activity with each photograph they looked at. Different objects caused different regions of the volunteers’ brains to light up on the scan， indicating activity. The scientists used this information to build a model to predict how the brain might respond to any image the eyes see.
In a second test， the scientists asked the volunteers to look at 120 new pictures. Like before， their brains were scanned every time they looked at a new image. This time， the scientists used their model to match the fMRI scans to the image. For example， if a scan in the second test showed the same pattern of brain activity that was strongly related to pictures of apples in the first test， their model would have predicted the volunteers were looking at apples.
36 What is responsible for processing the information sent by your eyes?
A A small region of the brain.
B The central part of the brain.
C Neurons in the brain.
D Oxygen-rich blood.
37 Which of the following statements is NOT meant by the writer?
A Cells in your brain are called neurons.
B The more oxygen a neuron consumes， the more blood it needs.
C fMRI helps scientists to discover which parts of the brain process information.
D fMRI helps scientists to discover how the brain develops intelligently.
38 “Highlighting the areas of the brain at work” means
A “marking the parts of the brain that are processing information”
B “giving light to the parts of the brain that are processing information”
C “putting the parts of the brain to work”
D “stopping the parts of the brain from working”
39 What did the researchers experiment on?
A Animals， objects， and fruits.
B Two volunteers.
C fMRI machines.
D Thousands of pictures.
40 Which of the following can be the best replacement of the title?
A The Recent Development in Science and Technology.
B Your Thoughts Can Be Scanned.
C A Technological Dream.
D A Device that can Help You Calculate.
第三篇 How to Interview People
Interviewing (采訪) is one of those skills that you can only get better at. You will never again feel so ill at ease as when you try it for the first time， and you‘ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she may be too shy to reveal. But at least half of the skill is mechanical. The rest is instinct， which can all be learned with experience.
The basic tool for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils. But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. There‘s nothing less likely to relax A person than the arrival of someone with A note-taking pad. Both sort of person you’re dealing with， getting him or her to trust you.
Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can. If you are interviewing A town official， know his voting record. If it‘s an actor， know what plays he has been in. You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.
Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. This fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed， he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him. Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting， and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.
This doesn‘t necessarily mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before， and they will get used to the process awkwardly， perhaps not giving you anything that you can use. Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it–proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn‘t really want to.
41 The word “reveal” (paragraph 1) could best be replaced by
A “ask”
B “question”
C “give”
D “seek”
42 According to the passage， during an interview notebooks or paper should
A never be used
B be used only when necessary
C be kept at home
D be given to the interviewee
43 The writer of the passage suggests that before interviewing A person， you should
A have A good rest
B visit A town official
C meet an actor
D make preparations
44 It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that most men and women
A are afraid to meet interviewers
B hate being interviewed
C like being interviewed
D fear to speak to outsiders
45 According to the passage， if A person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything useful， what should you do?
A Arrange another interview
B Give him or her A bad score
C Wait until he or she calms down
D Try to make him or her trust you
參考答案： B C D C A C D A B B C B D C A 第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
閱讀下面的短文，文章中有5處空白，文章后面有6組文字，請(qǐng)根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容選擇5組文字，將其分別放回文章原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。請(qǐng)將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Every Dog Has His Say
KIMIKO Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup， it would pull at her sleeve. (1) When the dog barks， she glances at a small electronic gadget. The following “human” translation appears on its screen： “Please take me with you.” “I realized that's how he was feeling，” says Fukuda.
The gadget is called Bowlingual， and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world's first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300，000 Japanese dog owners bought it. (2)
“Nobody else had thought about it，” said Masahiko Kajita， who works for Takara， “We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?”
Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
Based on animal behaviour research， these noises are divided into six categories： happiness， sadness， frustration， anger， declaration and desire. (4) In this way， the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion， which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.
When a visitor went to Fukuda's house recently， the dog barked a loud “bow wow” (5)。 It was followed by “I'm stronger than you” as the dog growled and sniffed at the visitor.
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks， even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.
A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar， which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
B Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
C This translated as “Don't come this way”。
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
E Now， the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
F Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like “Let's play，” “Look at me，” or “Spend more time with me.”
【參考答案】1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C 第6部分：完形填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出了4個(gè)選項(xiàng)，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Dark Forces Dominate Universe
The earth， moon， sun and all visible stars in the sky make up less than one percent of the universe. Almost all the rest is dark matter and dark energy， unknown forces that (1) astronomers.
Observations in recent years have changed the basic (2) of how the universe evolved and have indicated how little is known about the major forces and substances that (3) our world.
Astronomers now know that luminous (發(fā)光的) matter-stars， planets and hot gas - accounts (4) only about 0.4 percent of the universe. Non-luminous components， such as black holes and intergalactic (星系間的) gas， (5) up 3.6 percent. The rest is either dark matter， about 23 percent， or dark energy， about percent.
Dark matter， sometimes (6) “cold dark matter，” has been known for some time. Only recently have researchers come to understand the key role it (7) in the formation of stars， planets and even people.
“We (8) our very existence to dark matter，” said physicist Paul Steinhardt and a co-author of a review on dark matter which (9) not long ago in the journal Science.
“Dark matter dominated the structure (10) in the early universe，” Steinhardt said. “For the first few billion years dark matter contained most of the mass of the universe. You can think of ordinary matter (11) a froth (泡沬) of an ocean of dark matter. The dark matter clumps (結(jié)成塊) and the ordinary matter falls into it. That (12) to the formation of the stars and galaxies (星系)?！?BR> Without dark matter， “there would be virtually no structures in the universe.”
The nature of dark matter is (13)。 It cannot be seen or detected directly. Astronomers know it is there because of its (14) on celestial (天體的) objects that can be seen and measured.
But the most dominating force of all in the universe is called dark energy， a recently (15) power that astronomers say is causing the galaxies in the universe to separate at a faster and faster speed.
1 A worry B move C puzzle D reject
2 A understanding B value C pattern D structure
3 A changed B described C designed D shaped
4 A in B for C of D to
5 A make B keep C set D get
6 A written B called C identified D seen
7 A signed B stressed C acted D played
8 A believe B owe C feel D regard
9 A appeared B carried C published D contributed
10 A element B shape C formation D power
11 A with B as C from D beside
12 A turned B worked C led D attempted
13 A unknown B interesting C different D visible
14 A form B outcome C effect D source
15 A seized B proven C caught D grasped
【參考答案】
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B
下面共有15個(gè)句子，每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語有底橫線，請(qǐng)從每個(gè)句子后面所給的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
1 Mary has blended the ingredients.
A mixed B made
C cooked D eaten
2 They agreed to modify their policy.
A clarify B change
C define D develop
3 The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.
A play B send
C show D tell
4 A notably short man, he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.
A practically B considerably
C remarkably D completely
5 The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.
A take out B repair
C push in D dig
6 It is absurd to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.
A ridiculous B funny
C odd D foolish
7 A lot of people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
A muddled B polluted
C mixed D troubled
8 The room is dim and quiet.
A tiny B pleasant
C dark D agreeable
9 The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
A measure B opinion
C evaluation D decision
10 It's prudent to start any exercise program gradually at first.
A workable B sensible
C possible D feasible
11 He is renowned for his skill.
A remembered B recommended
C praised D well-known
12 You have to be patient if you want to sustain your position.
A maintain B establish
C acquire D support
13 She stood there, trembling with fear.
A jumping B crying
C swaying D shaking
14 Medical facilities are being upgraded.
A renewed B repaired
C improved D increased
15 Mary looked pale and weary.
A gloomy B ugly
C silly D exhausted
參考答案
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A
6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D 第2部分：閱讀判斷(第16～22題，每題1分，共7分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出了7個(gè)句子，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對(duì)每個(gè)句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把A涂黑;如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把B涂黑;如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上把C涂黑。
The Smog (煙霧)
For over a month， Indonesia was in crisis. Forest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 years. Smoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smog. This pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia， Singapore and Thailand.
When the smoke combined with pollution from factories and cars， it soon became poisonous(有毒的)。 Dangerous amounts of CO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rose. People wheezed(喘息)and coughed as they left the house and their eyes watered immediately.
The smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(煙灰)covered everything. In some areas， water was hosed (用膠管澆)from high-rise city buildings to try and break up the smog.
Finally， heavy rains， which came in November， put out the fires and cleared the air. But the environmental costs and health problems will remain. Many people from South-Eastern Asian cities already suffer from breathing huge amounts of car exhaust fumes(汽車排放的廢氣)and factory pollution. Breathing problems could well increase and many non-sufferers may have difficulties for the first time. Wildlife has suffered too. In lowland forests， elephants， deer， and tigers have been driven out of their homes by smog.
But smog is not just an Asian problem. In fact， the word was first used in London in 1905 to describe the mixture of smoke and thick fog. Fog often hung over the capital. Sometimes the smog was so thick and poisonous that people were killed by breathing problems or in accidents. About 4，000 Londoners died within five days as a result of thick smog in 1952.
1 Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
2 The smog spread to neighbouring countries.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
3 The air-pollution index went up to 300 within a few days.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
4 Water was used to try to break up the smog.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
5 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the drought.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
6 The forest animals haven't been affected by the smog.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
7 The word “smog” first appeared in 1952.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
【參考答案】1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 第3部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項(xiàng)測(cè)試任務(wù)：(1)第23～26題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第2～5段每段選擇1個(gè)正確的小標(biāo)題;(2)第27～30題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇4個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個(gè)句子。請(qǐng)將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上.
Ford
1 Ford's great strength was the manufacturing process——not invention. Long before he started a car company， he was a worker， known for picking up pieces of metal and wire and turning them into machines. He started putting cars together in 1891. Although it was by no means the first popular automobile， the Model T showed the world just how creative Ford was at combining technology and market.
2 The company's assembly line alone threw America's Industrial Revolution into overdrive (高速運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn))。 Instead of having workers put together the entire car， Ford's friends， who were great toolmakers from Scotland， organized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line. By the time Ford's Highland Park plant was humming(嗡嗡作響) along in 1914， the world's first automatic conveyor belt could turn out a car every 93 minutes.
3 The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with the $5-a-day minimum wage scheme， the greatest contribution he had ever made. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hour shift. Ford not only doubled that， he also took an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime"， and critics everywhere laughed at Ford.
4 But as the wage increased later to daily $10， it proved a critical component of Ford's dream to make the automobile accessible (可及的)to all. The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car， the higher wages didn't matter except for making it possible for more people to buy cars.
1 Paragraph 1 .
2 Paragraph 2 .
3 Paragraph 3 .
4 Paragraph 4 .
A Ford's Followers
B The Assembly Line
C Ford's Great Dream
D The Establishment of the Company
E Ford's Biggest Contribution
F Ford's Great Talent
5 The assembly line made it possible to .
6 Ford was the first to adopt .
7 Higher wages enabled many people to .
8 Ford's higher-wage and lower-cost strategy was strongly .
A criticized by the media
B the low wage in the auto industry
C own a car
D produce cars in large numbers
E the 8-hour-shift'practice
F combined technology and market
【參考答案】
1. F 2. B 3. E 4. C 5. D 6. E 7. C 8. A 第4部分：閱讀理解(第31～45題，每題3分，共45分)
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第一篇 Immigration and Problems
Hundreds of thousands of people supporting immigration rights in the US filled streets all over America in early 2006. Many held signs and American flags and asked to be treated as citizens - not criminals. Many of these supported legislation from Senator John McCain that would open a path to citizenship to immigrants who were already in the country illegally. Proposed legislation from other politicians called for stricter measures - including rounding up undocumented immigrants and sending them back to their home countries.
Canadian officials say that immigration applications continue to rise. Some want to keep the doors open. They need the labor. About 400，000 immigrants were allowed into the country in 2005， according to the Canadian Government statistics. However， all this growth means that cities need to adapt. Newcomers don‘t always make a smooth transition into jobs for which they are skilled. So industries are using mentoring programs to help new immigrants find proper jobs.
With the large numbers of undocumented African immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands and showing no sign of abating， the Spanish Government has decided to get tough. There will be no more mass amnesties for illegals， and anyone coming to Spain without permission will be sent back， the government has announced. About 23，000 migrants landed on the islands in 2006， and riots have erupted in some crowded reception centers. This has promoted local authorities to appeal to the United Nations for help.
France‘s new immigration and integration law gives the government new powers to encourage high-skilled migration. It takes effect in 2007. The new law authorizes the government to identify particular professions where France has a talent shortage. Then the government will help these identified employers find immigrant workers with needed skills or qualifications. The selected foreign employees will be granted “skills and talents” visas， valid for three years. But some concern that itll cause brain drain in developing countries.
31 Many immigrants swarmed into streets in the US in early 2006， demanding that they should be treated as
A animals
B citizens
C civilians
D criminals
32 Some Canadian officials want to keep the door open because
A Canada is in desperate need of talented people.
B Canada can feed a much larger population.
C Canada is suffering from labor shortage.
D Canada is a multicultural country.
33 What has the Spanish Government decided to do?
A Help immigrants find proper jobs.
B Let immigrants freely enter the country.
C Integrate immigrants into the Spanish culture.
D Take tough measures against illegal immigration.
34 After France‘s new immigration and integration law takes effect， it will
A lure overseas students back home
B undermine the unity of the country
C drain developing countries of talent
D induce resentment among the French workers
35 The phrasal verb rounding up in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
A capturing
B encircling
C separating
D frightening
第二篇 Mind-reading Machine
A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what‘s happening in their brains.
When you look at something， your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells in your brain called neurons are responsible for this processing.
The fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) brain scans could generally match electrical activity in the brain to the basic shape of a picture that someone was looking at.
Like cells anywhere else in your body， active neurons use oxygen. Blood brings oxygen to the neurons， and the more active a neuron is， the more oxygen it will consume. The more active a region of the brain， the more active its neurons， and in turn， the more blood will travel to that region. And by using fMRI， scientists can visualize which parts of the brain receive more oxygen-rich blood——and therefore， which parts are working to process information.
An fMRI machine is a device that scans the brain and measures changes in blood flow to the brain. The technology shows researchers how brain activity changes when a person thinks， looks at something， or carries out an activity like speaking or reading. By highlighting the areas of the brain at work when a person looks at different images， fMRI may help scientists determine specific patterns of brain activity associated with different kinds of images.
The California researchers tested brain activity by having two volunteers view hundreds of pictures of everyday objects， like people， animals， and fruits. The scientists used an fMRI machine to record the volunteer‘s brain activity with each photograph they looked at. Different objects caused different regions of the volunteers’ brains to light up on the scan， indicating activity. The scientists used this information to build a model to predict how the brain might respond to any image the eyes see.
In a second test， the scientists asked the volunteers to look at 120 new pictures. Like before， their brains were scanned every time they looked at a new image. This time， the scientists used their model to match the fMRI scans to the image. For example， if a scan in the second test showed the same pattern of brain activity that was strongly related to pictures of apples in the first test， their model would have predicted the volunteers were looking at apples.
36 What is responsible for processing the information sent by your eyes?
A A small region of the brain.
B The central part of the brain.
C Neurons in the brain.
D Oxygen-rich blood.
37 Which of the following statements is NOT meant by the writer?
A Cells in your brain are called neurons.
B The more oxygen a neuron consumes， the more blood it needs.
C fMRI helps scientists to discover which parts of the brain process information.
D fMRI helps scientists to discover how the brain develops intelligently.
38 “Highlighting the areas of the brain at work” means
A “marking the parts of the brain that are processing information”
B “giving light to the parts of the brain that are processing information”
C “putting the parts of the brain to work”
D “stopping the parts of the brain from working”
39 What did the researchers experiment on?
A Animals， objects， and fruits.
B Two volunteers.
C fMRI machines.
D Thousands of pictures.
40 Which of the following can be the best replacement of the title?
A The Recent Development in Science and Technology.
B Your Thoughts Can Be Scanned.
C A Technological Dream.
D A Device that can Help You Calculate.
第三篇 How to Interview People
Interviewing (采訪) is one of those skills that you can only get better at. You will never again feel so ill at ease as when you try it for the first time， and you‘ll probably never feel entirely comfortable trying to get from another person answers that he or she may be too shy to reveal. But at least half of the skill is mechanical. The rest is instinct， which can all be learned with experience.
The basic tool for an interview are paper and two or three well-sharpened pencils. But keep your notebook or paper out of sight until you need it. There‘s nothing less likely to relax A person than the arrival of someone with A note-taking pad. Both sort of person you’re dealing with， getting him or her to trust you.
Never go into an interview without doing whatever homework you can. If you are interviewing A town official， know his voting record. If it‘s an actor， know what plays he has been in. You will not be liked if you inquire about facts that you could have learned in advance.
Many beginning interviewers are afraid that they are forcing the other person to answer questions and have no right to inquire about his personal secrets. This fear is almost 100 percent unnecessary. Unless the person really hates being interviewed， he is delighted that somebody wants to interview him. Most men and women lead lives that are uninteresting， and they grasp any chance to talk to an outsider who seems eager to listen.
This doesn‘t necessarily mean that it will go well. In general you will be talking to people who have never been interviewed before， and they will get used to the process awkwardly， perhaps not giving you anything that you can use. Come back another day; it will go better. You will both even begin to enjoy it–proof that you aren’t forcing your victim to do something he doesn‘t really want to.
41 The word “reveal” (paragraph 1) could best be replaced by
A “ask”
B “question”
C “give”
D “seek”
42 According to the passage， during an interview notebooks or paper should
A never be used
B be used only when necessary
C be kept at home
D be given to the interviewee
43 The writer of the passage suggests that before interviewing A person， you should
A have A good rest
B visit A town official
C meet an actor
D make preparations
44 It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that most men and women
A are afraid to meet interviewers
B hate being interviewed
C like being interviewed
D fear to speak to outsiders
45 According to the passage， if A person being interviewed is too uneasy to give you anything useful， what should you do?
A Arrange another interview
B Give him or her A bad score
C Wait until he or she calms down
D Try to make him or her trust you
參考答案： B C D C A C D A B B C B D C A 第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
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Every Dog Has His Say
KIMIKO Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup， it would pull at her sleeve. (1) When the dog barks， she glances at a small electronic gadget. The following “human” translation appears on its screen： “Please take me with you.” “I realized that's how he was feeling，” says Fukuda.
The gadget is called Bowlingual， and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world's first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300，000 Japanese dog owners bought it. (2)
“Nobody else had thought about it，” said Masahiko Kajita， who works for Takara， “We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?”
Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.
Based on animal behaviour research， these noises are divided into six categories： happiness， sadness， frustration， anger， declaration and desire. (4) In this way， the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion， which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.
When a visitor went to Fukuda's house recently， the dog barked a loud “bow wow” (5)。 It was followed by “I'm stronger than you” as the dog growled and sniffed at the visitor.
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US$120. It can store up to 100 barks， even recording the dog's emotions when the owner is away.
A A wireless microphone is attached to the dog's collar， which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
B Nobody really knows how a dog feels.
C This translated as “Don't come this way”。
D More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.
E Now， the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
F Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like “Let's play，” “Look at me，” or “Spend more time with me.”
【參考答案】1. E 2. D 3. A 4. F 5. C 第6部分：完形填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
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Dark Forces Dominate Universe
The earth， moon， sun and all visible stars in the sky make up less than one percent of the universe. Almost all the rest is dark matter and dark energy， unknown forces that (1) astronomers.
Observations in recent years have changed the basic (2) of how the universe evolved and have indicated how little is known about the major forces and substances that (3) our world.
Astronomers now know that luminous (發(fā)光的) matter-stars， planets and hot gas - accounts (4) only about 0.4 percent of the universe. Non-luminous components， such as black holes and intergalactic (星系間的) gas， (5) up 3.6 percent. The rest is either dark matter， about 23 percent， or dark energy， about percent.
Dark matter， sometimes (6) “cold dark matter，” has been known for some time. Only recently have researchers come to understand the key role it (7) in the formation of stars， planets and even people.
“We (8) our very existence to dark matter，” said physicist Paul Steinhardt and a co-author of a review on dark matter which (9) not long ago in the journal Science.
“Dark matter dominated the structure (10) in the early universe，” Steinhardt said. “For the first few billion years dark matter contained most of the mass of the universe. You can think of ordinary matter (11) a froth (泡沬) of an ocean of dark matter. The dark matter clumps (結(jié)成塊) and the ordinary matter falls into it. That (12) to the formation of the stars and galaxies (星系)?！?BR> Without dark matter， “there would be virtually no structures in the universe.”
The nature of dark matter is (13)。 It cannot be seen or detected directly. Astronomers know it is there because of its (14) on celestial (天體的) objects that can be seen and measured.
But the most dominating force of all in the universe is called dark energy， a recently (15) power that astronomers say is causing the galaxies in the universe to separate at a faster and faster speed.
1 A worry B move C puzzle D reject
2 A understanding B value C pattern D structure
3 A changed B described C designed D shaped
4 A in B for C of D to
5 A make B keep C set D get
6 A written B called C identified D seen
7 A signed B stressed C acted D played
8 A believe B owe C feel D regard
9 A appeared B carried C published D contributed
10 A element B shape C formation D power
11 A with B as C from D beside
12 A turned B worked C led D attempted
13 A unknown B interesting C different D visible
14 A form B outcome C effect D source
15 A seized B proven C caught D grasped
【參考答案】
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B