写作

　　Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
　　1. 简单说明目前大学生在外租房情况
　　2. 对这种情况进行利弊分析
　　3. 根据利弊分析得出结论，表明观点

快速阅读

　　Part ⅡReading Comprehension (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 1-4,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 5-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
　　Reading for Life
　　Today is the first day of the rest of your life. How can reading fill it to overflowing with adventure, richness, and fullness?
　　Your Pleasure-giving Skill
　　Skills are skills. Pleasures are pleasures. But some skills are lasting pleasures. Such is reading. Listen to Hazilitt---"The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading." Or Macauly--- "I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading." To them and countless others all over the world, reading is a source of the deepest and fullest enjoyment. That's true from early school days to days of leisure and retirement.
　　Your Fountain of Youth
　　Reading is more than that. It can be your fountain of youth. Virginia Woolf said, "The true reader is essentially young." One of your major problems is how to stay alive as long as you live. Some die at 30 but are not buried until they're 70. With some, youth slips away before being properly savored. Reading provides a spring of living water, refreshing and life-giving. Stay young for life with reading.
　　Your Dream-fulfillment Aid
　　Part of youth lies in dreaming---dreaming impossible dreams that you can sometimes make possible. Robert F. Kennedy said this, “Some men see things as they are and say ‘Why?' I dream things that never were and say ‘Why not?'" Certain books push the boundaries of the human mind out beyond belief. After all, a little bit of greatness hides in everyone. Let books bring it into full bloom.
　　Your Know-thyself Aid
　　What's your most important quest? Finding yourself. Finding your own identity. The Greeks epitomized that problem in two words: Know yourself. Well, articles and books help in that all-important search. They supply assurance of the power and worth of your own life, a measure of your possibilities.
　　To see yourself in proper perspective, you need detailed picture of real people in real situations. We need to see three-dimensional characters, with all the typical human fears and limitations. Then, and only then, can you begin to see and know yourself as you should.
　　Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant
　　What about practical questions, such as those about your vocation? Will reading help you decide more intelligently what to do, how to prepare yourself and how to succeed on the job?
　　To answer the first question, you have to know your own talents, abilities, and interests well. You must also, however, know the opportunities in the world around you. Some Bureau of Labor Statistics, for example, predicted a surplus of approximately two million school teachers. Still another source indicated that right now "the health fields are the only fields in which we have shortages." Balance such information with self-knowledge and you have some of the ingredients needed to make intelligent, perceptive choices.
　　Second, you've decided on a career. How and where do you get the required preparation? Again, turn to reading. You'll probably find a listing of school programs to choose from. You may even find them rated. If so, you'll know exactly where to go for the best possible preparation.
　　Third, don't stop yet. You've selected a career and trained yourself. Learn on reading now to help you succeed on the job. A variety of magazines and books will provide guidance and help.
　　But that's not all. The day of only one lifetime career may be almost over. All too often, change throws hundreds out of work. Change hits the aircraft industry, for example. Result? Hundreds of well-qualified engineers suddenly out on the street.
　　If you manage things well, keeping a close eye on changing conditions. You can avoid the pain of waking up to find yourself out of a job. Through reading develop some new skills and interests. Then if conditions change, you can slip with comparative ease from one field into another, hardly breaking stride.
　　Most of the things taught in school-typing, shorthand, key punching, language, farming, business management-are readily available in interesting self-help articles and books. Let them smooth your path in any new direction you decide to take.
　　Your Experience Extender
　　What's the best teacher? Experience, of course! It's priceless. It comes from what you yourself have seen, heard, tasted, smelled, and felt --- what you yourself have lived through.
　　Take a closer look. Look at our limitations. No wonder experience is so precious. We can't begin to get enough of it. We can't even experience again what we just lived through. We're not born with instant replay. We can't actually relive any moment. And, obviously, we're limited to one lifetime.
　　Space and time! How they limit us. Who has a time machine to carry him back into history? No one. It's the same with space. We can't literally be in two places at the same time. Right now you can't be sitting where you are and at the same time be strolling down the famed Champs Elysees in Paris.
　　Here's where reading fits. It can bring us almost unlimited additional experience. To be sure, it's secondhand experience. But it's often so vivid that it seems firsthand, just as if we're living through it ourselves, being moved to tears, laughter, or suspense. That rich range of experience provides the ideal supplement to our own limited experience. In this way, reading becomes one of our most profound mind-shaping activities.
　　Furthermore, all this experience is available when we want it. Books never impose on us. When we want them, we reach out and pull them off the shelf or table. At our convenience we invite them to share their unbelievable wealth with us.
　　Carlyle sums this all up nicely, "All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." Help yourself! Make reading your experience-extender for the rest of your life.

　　1. According to the passage, reading is the lasting pleasure.
　　2. Reading provides all the people in the world with a source of deepest and fullest enjoyment.
　　3. Reading is a fountain of youth in that one can always learn something new from books and never cease to be young in spirit.
　　4. The passage explains how books help fulfill your long-cherished dreams.
　　5. To find your own identity simply means__________________.
　　6. To make an intelligent decision on what to do, you should have an adequate knowledge of your own _________________________.
　　7. According to the author, reading is even ________________ after you have selected a career and trained yourself.
　　8. You should develop some new skills and interests with the help of books in order to prepare for _____________________.
　　9. Though our experience is limited by __________________, reading can bring us unlimited additional secondhand experience.
　　10. Carlyle calls on people to make reading their _________ for the rest of their life.

深度阅读

　　Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
　　Section A
　　Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
　　America is a country that now sits atop the cherished myth that work provides rewards, that working people can support their families. It's a myth that has become so divorced from reality that it might as well begin with the words "Once upon a time." Today 1.6 million New Yorkers suffer from "food insecurity," which is a fancy way of saying they don't have enough to eat. Some are the people who come in at night and clean the skyscrapers that glitter along the river. Some pour coffee and take care of the aged parents of the people who live in those buildings. The American Dream for the well-to-do grows from the bowed backs of the working poor, who too often have to choose between groceries and rent.
　　In a new book called "The Betrayal of Work", Beth Schulman says that even in the booming 1990s one out of every four American workers made less than $8.70 an hour, an income equal to the government's poverty level for a family of four. Many, if not most, of these workers had no health care, sick pay or retirement provisions.
　　We ease our consciences, Schulman writes, by describing these people as "low skilled," as though they're not important or intelligent enough to deserve more. But low-skilled workers today are better educated than ever before, and they constitute the linchpin (关键) of American industry. When politicians crow (得意洋洋地说) that happy days are here again because jobs are on the rise, it's these jobs they're really talking about. Five of the 10 occupations expected to grow big in the next decade are in the lowest-paying job groups. And before we sit back and decide that's just the way it is, it's instructive to consider the rest of the world. While the bottom 10 percent of American workers earn just 37 percent of our average wage, their counterparts in other industrialized countries earn upwards of 60 percent. And those are countries that provide health care and child care, which eases the economic pinch considerably.
　　Almost 40 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, a family with a car and a house in the suburbs felt prosperous. Today that same family may well feel poor, overwhelmed by credit card debt, a second mortgage and the cost of the stuff that has become the backbone of American life. When the middle class feels poor, the poor have little chance for change, or even recognition.

　　47. By saying "it might as well begin with the words ‘Once upon a time'" (Line 3, Para.1), the author suggests that the American myth is ________.
　　48. What is the American Dream of the well-to-do built upon?
　　49. Some Americans try to make themselves feel less guilty by attributing the poverty of the working people to ________.
　　50. We learn from the passage that the difference in pay between the lowest paid and the average worker in America is ________ than that in other industrialized countries.
　　51. According to the author, how would an American family with a car and a house in the suburbs probably feel about themselves today?

　　Section B
　　Passage One
　　Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
　　As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isn't the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europe's new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, real-estate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the "irresistible momentum of individualism" over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce have greatly wreaked havoc on (扰乱) Europeans' private lives.
　　Europe's new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence. The current generation of home-aloners came of age during Europe's shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American-style capitalism. Raised in an era of privatization and increased consumer choice, today's tech-savvy (精通技术的) workers have embraced a free market in love as well as economics. Modern Europeans are rich enough to afford to live alone, and temperamentally independent enough to want to do so.
　　Once upon a time, people who lived alone tended to be those on either side of marriage-twenty something professionals or widowed senior citizens. While pensioners, particularly elderly women, make up a large proportion of those living alone, the newest crop of singles are high earners in their 30s and 40s who increasingly view living alone as a lifestyle choice. Living alone was conceived to be negative-dark and cold, while being together suggested warmth and light. But then came along the idea of singles. They were young, beautiful, strong! Now, young people want to live alone.
　　The booming economy means people are working harder than ever. And that doesn't leave much room for relationships. Pimpi Arroyo, a 35-year-old composer who lives alone in a house in Paris, says he hasn't got time to get lonely because he has too much work. "I have deadlines which would make life with someone else fairly difficult." Only an Ideal Woman would make him change his lifestyle, he says. Kaufmann, author of a recent book called "The Single Woman and Prince Charming," thinks this fierce new individualism means that people expect more and more of mates, so relationships don't last long-if they start at all. Eppendorf, a blond Berliner with a deep tan, teaches grade school in the mornings. In the afternoon she sunbathes or sleeps, resting up for going dancing. Just shy of 50, she says she'd never have wanted to do what her mother did-give up a career to raise a family. Instead, "I've always done what I wanted to do：live a self-determined life."

　　52. More and more young Europeans remain single because ________.
　　A) they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism
　　B) they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age
　　C) they have embraced a business culture of stability
　　D) they are pessimistic about their economic future
　　53. What is said about European society in the passage?
　　A) It has fostered the trend towards small families.
　　B) It is getting closer to American style capitalism.
　　C) It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.
　　D) It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.
　　54. According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are ________.
　　A) warm and light hearted C) negative and gloomy
　　B) on either side of marriage D) healthy and wealthy
　　55. The author quotes Eppendorf to show that ________.
　　A) some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom
　　B) the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe
　　C) some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely
　　D) most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable
　　56. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?
　　A) To review the impact of women becoming high earners.
　　B) To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.
　　C) To examine the trend of young people living alone.
　　D) To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.

　　Passage Two
　　Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
　　Supporters of the biotech industry have accused an American scientist of misconduct after she testified to the New Zealand government that a genetically modified (GM) bacterium could cause serious damage if released.
　　The New Zealand Life Sciences Network, an association of pro-GM scientists and organizations, says the view expressed by Elaine Ingham, a soil biologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, was exaggerated and irresponsible. It has asked her university to discipline her.
　　But Ingham stands by her comments and says the complaints are an attempt to silence her. "They're trying to cause trouble with my university and get me fired," Ingham told New Scientist.
　　The controversy began on 1 February, when Ingham testified before New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, which will determine how to regulate GM organisms. Ingham claimed that a GM version of a common soil bacterium could spread and destroy plants if released into the wild. Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from organic waste. But Ingham says that when she put it in soil with wheat plants, all of the plants died within a week.
　　"We would lose terrestrial (陆生的) plants...this is an organism that is potentially deadly to the continued survival of human beings," she told the commission. She added that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) canceled its approval for field tests using the organism once she had told them about her research in 1999.
　　But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of "presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information" and "generating speculative doomsday scenarios (世界末日的局面) that are not scientifically supportable". They say that her study doesn't even show that the bacteria would survive in the wild, much less kill massive numbers of plants. What's more, the network says that contrary to Ingham's claims, the EPA was never asked to consider the organism for field trials.
　　The EPA has not commented on the dispute. But an e-mail to the network from Janet Anderson, director of the EPA's bio-pesticides (生物杀虫剂) division, says "there is no record of a review and/or clearance to field test" the organism.
　　Ingham says EPA officials had told her that the organism was approved for field tests, but says she has few details. It's also not clear whether the organism, first engineered by a German institute for biotechnology, is still in use.
　　Whether Ingham is right or wrong, her supporters say opponents are trying unfairly to silence her.
　　"I think her concerns should be taken seriously. She shouldn't be harassed in this way," says Ann Clarke, a plant biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who also testified before the commission. "It's an attempt to silence the opposition."

　　57. The passage centers on the controversy ________.
　　A) between American and New Zealand biologists over genetic modification
　　B) as to whether the study of genetic modification should be continued
　　C) over the possible adverse effect of a GM bacterium on plants
　　D) about whether Elaine Ingham should be fired by her university
　　58. Ingham insists that her testimony is based on ________.
　　A) evidence provided by the EPA of the United States
　　B) the results of an experiment she conducted herself
　　C) evidence from her collaborative research with German biologists
　　D) the results of extensive field tests in Corvallis, Oregon
　　59. According to Janet Anderson, the EPA ________.
　　A) has canceled its approval for field tests of the GM organism
　　B) hasn't reviewed the findings of Ingham's research
　　C) has approved field tests using the GM organism
　　D) hasn't given permission to field test the GM organism
　　60. According to Ann Clarke, the New Zealand Life Sciences Network ________.
　　A) should gather evidence to discredit Ingham's claims
　　B) should require that the research by their biologists be regulated
　　C) shouldn't demand that Ingham be disciplined for voicing her views
　　D) shouldn't appease the opposition in such a quiet way
　　61. Which of the following statements about Ingham is TRUE?
　　A) Her testimony hasn't been supported by the EPA.
　　B) Her credibility as a scientist hasn't been undermined.
　　C) She is firmly supported by her university.
　　D) She has made great contributions to the study of GM bacteria.

改错

　　Part Ⅴ Error Correction (15 minutes)
　　The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that
　　has recognized the need for change and done something
　　about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the
　　diversity of the communities to which they provide
　　information. It must reflect that diversity with their news _____________ 62
　　coverage or risk losing their readers' interest and their
　　advertisers' support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20
　　percents racial minorities, the paper has put into place _____________ 63
　　policies and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse _____________ 64
　　workforce. The underlying reason for the change is that for
　　information to be fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should _____________ 65
　　be reported by the same kind of population that reads it.
　　A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors,
　　and photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle _____________ 66
　　Times' content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff
　　about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a _____________ 67
　　content audit(审查)that evaluates the frequency and
　　manner of representation of woman and people of color in _____________ 68
　　photographs. Early audits showed that minorities were
　　pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a
　　disproportionate number of negative articles. The audit has
　　resulted from improvement in the frequency of majority _____________ 69
　　representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive _____________ 70
　　situations. And, with a result, the Seattle Times has __________ 71
　　improved as a newspaper. The diversity training and content
　　audits helped the Seattle Times Company to win the
　　Personnel Journal Optima’s Award for excellence in
　　managing change.

翻译

Part ⅥTranslation(5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
72. If I had _______________________________________________________(足够的钱,我会毫不犹豫地买一辆名牌车).
73. With tears in her eyes, the mother ___________________________________(看着吸毒成瘾的女儿被带上了警车).
74. After the outbreak of the infectious disease, all the citizens _____________________________________(被警告暂时取消任何旅行计划).
75. Nowadays, the young people prefer to correspond with each other ________________________________________(通过发电子邮件而不是写信).
87终身学习才能在这个竞争激烈的社会中生存).

写作范文及解析

　　Part ⅠWriting
　　Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus?
　　Nowadays, many university students do not like to live in a dorm in the campus, but choose to rent apartments outside. If we want to know whether it is appropriate to do so, we should analyze its advantages and disadvantages.
　　The advantages of living outside campus are obvious. Students who live outside can enjoy more freedom and have more independence. For senior students, they may also have more opportunities for jobs. But there are also many disadvantages. For instance, they may have less time to know other students, they have to spend time traveling forth and back, their life may be less interesting, and it is obviously more expensive and less safe to live outside.
　　Considering the advantages and disadvantages, I think students should decide according to their own situations. If they want to save money and have more time to study and more contacts with other students, it is better for them to live inside the campus. But if they value freedom and independence more than anything else and do not have to worry about the costs, it is also appropriate for them to rent a room or an apartment outside the campus. Whatever they decide, their decisions should be appropriate for themselves.

快速阅读答案

　　Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
　　1. Y本题的判断依据为文章第一个小标题下的第三、四句"But some skills are lasting pleasures. Such is reading.(阅读能给人以持久的快乐。)"由此我们可判定本句与原文所述之意相符。
　　2. N本题的判断依据为文章第一个小标题下倒数第二句"To them and countless others all over the world, reading is a source of deepest and fullest enjoyment.(对于他们和世界上无数其他的人来说,阅读是带给他们最大限度享受和快乐的源泉。)"据此我们可知并非指世界上所有的人。
　　3. Y本题判断依据为文章第二个小标题下面的一段。该段讲述了阅读犹如一泉活水,使我们精神振奋,给予我们生命,阅读能使我们终身保持年轻,由此我们可判定本 题的表述与原文所述之意相符。
　　4. NG本题解题依据为第三个小标题下面一段。该段讲述了我们要敢于梦想不可能实现的梦想,因为我们阅读的某些书籍能引领我们去实现,但本段并未提及阅读的书 籍如何帮助我们去实现心存已久的梦想。
　　5. to know yourself 本题有关认识自我的问题，定位于小标题Your Know-thyself Aid第一段。答案是古希腊人给的两个字：Know thyself，意即know yourself。
　　6. talents, abilities and interests 本题有关职业问题，定位于小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant中。解题依据为该部分的第一段以及第二段第一句。
　　7. indispensable 本题有关找到工作和经过训练之后的读书问题，解题的主要依据是小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant的第四段，该段之后的段落谈的都是读书对变换工作的重要性。另外本题的答案也可以是important, useful等。
　　8. unexpected change 本题有关工作变化问题，定位于小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant下的第五、六、七段，通读这几段，即可确定答案。
　　9. time and space 本题有关读书有助于扩充阅历的问题，定位于小标题Your Experience Extender的第三段，该段的第一、二句就是答案的依据"Space and time! How they limit us."
　　10. experience-extender本题提到的Carlyle出现在文章最后一段，根据该段的最后一句"Make reading your experience-extender for the rest of your life."即可得出答案。

深度阅读答案

　　Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
　　Section A
　　47. divorced from reality/unrealistic
　　48. The backbreaking labor of the working poor. /The bowed backs of the working poor.
　　49. (their)lack of skill/(their)low skill
　　50. much greater
　　51. Poor.

　　Section B
　　52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. C
　　57. C 58. B 59. D 60. C 61. A

改错答案

　　Part ⅤError Correction
　　62. it---they
　　63.percents—percent
　　64.maintain—maintaining
　　65.subjective—objective
　　66.value—evaluate
　　67.an--/
　　68.woman--women
　　69.from—in
　　70.majority—minority
　　71.with--as

翻译答案

Part ⅥTranslation
72. If I had enough money, I would not hesitate a moment to purchase a famous-brand car/I would buy a famous-brand car without any hesitation (足够的钱,我会毫不犹豫地买一辆名牌车).
73.With tears in her eyes, the mother saw/watched her drug-addicted daughter sent into the police car (看着吸毒成瘾的女儿被带上了警车).
74. After the outbreak of the infectious disease, all the citizens were warned to cancel any travel plans for the time being (被警告暂时取消任何旅行计划).
75. Nowadays, the young people prefer to correspond with each other by/via e-mail instead of writing letters(通过发电子邮件而不是写信).
76. It must be kept in mind that only through lifelong study can you survive in the highly competitive society(你只有通过终身学习才能在这个竞争激烈地社会中生存).