PartⅠ
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
SectionA
Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example:You will hear: ?
M: When shall we start our work, Jane??
W: Tomorrow at 9 o’clock. But we must work quickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.?
Q: For how long can they work??
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)"5 hours" is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B][C] [D]?
1.A) The man should try to be more understanding.
B) The man’s wife should be more understanding.
C) The man’s negative attitude may be derived from his childhood.
D) The pessimism of man’s wife may be the result of her past experiences.
2.A) A snowstorm.B) An earthquake.?
C) A traffic accident.D) A hurricane.?
3.A) The two speakers are classmates.
B) The man is majoring in elementary education.
C) The woman is majoring in elementary education.
D) The two speakers got to know each other in a class.?
4.A) She’s got a stomachache.?B) She feels perfectly fine.
C) She’s going to get married.?D) She’s going to have a baby.?
5.A) It is the best city he’s ever visited.?
B) It was worse than he had expected.
C) It is difficult to get around in the city.?
D) The hotel service is terrible in the city.?6.A) To encourage them.?
B) To stop them immediately.
C) To give some explanation.?
D) To leave them alone.?
7.A) Unemployment.B) Family breakup.?
C) Mental problems.D) Drinking.
8.A) The woman is the man’s boss.?
B) The man is the woman’s husband.
C) The woman is the headmaster of a school.?
D) The woman wants to know something about a student.?
9.A) They are attending a concert.?
B) They are negotiating about a price.
C) They are planning to go for a date.?
D) They are buying something for their firm.?
10.A) The man is a football fan.?
B) The man needs the woman’s help.
C) The man didn’t watch TV last night.?
D) The man often has power failure at home.
SectionB
Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.;
Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and (11)____; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. (12)____ thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing (13)____ clothes?;
It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people (14)____. A person’s self?concept is (15)____ in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people’s (16)____. In general, the way people think about themselves has a (17)____ effect on all areas of their lives.;
Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. (18)____. A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one:"you’re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it’s not true."(19)____.;
Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? (20)____. People’s expectations of themselves must be realistic. Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.
Part Ⅱ
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One?
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
When Kathie Gifford’s face was splashed across the newspapers in 1996 after her lucrative line of Wal?mart clothing was exposed as the work of underpaid laborers in New York City’s Chinatown, the Department of Labor and the White House teamed up to condemn such practices. With much fanfare, President Clinton’s administration launched the "No Sweat" campaign, which pressured retailers and manufacturers to submit to periodic independent inspection of their workplace conditions.;
This campaign urged manufacturers to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct, a promise to self?regulate that has since been adopted by a handful of retailers and many of the nation’s largest manufacturers, including Nike and L.L. Bean. However, the Department of Defense, which has a $ 1 billion garment business that would make it the country’s 14th largest retail apparel outlet, has not signed the Code of Conduct. In addition, it has not agreed to demand that its contractors submit to periodic inspections.;
Because the Department of Defense has not agreed to adhere to the code, the job of stopping public?sector sweatshops falls to the Department of Labor. Federal contractors that persist in violating wage laws or safety and health codes can lose their lucrative taxpayer?financed contracts. But Suzanne Seiden, a deputy administrator at the Department of Labor, says that to her knowledge, the department has never applied that rule to government apparel manufacturers. "I just assume that they are adhering to safety and health requirements," she says. According to records obtained by Mother Jones, through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lion 32 times for safety and health violations in the past 12 years.
21.What is this passgage mainly concerned with?
A)The functions of the Department of Labor in America.
B)A serious problem threatening American economy.
C)The successful attempt of regulating sweatshops in America.
D)The seriousness of the problem of sweatshops in America.?
22.According to the passage, Kathie Gifford ____.
A) was one of the underpaid laborers in New York City’s Chinatown
B) was one of the well?paid laborers in New York City’s Chinatown
C) made much money from cheap laborers in New York City’s Chinatown
D) wrote a newspaper article exposing the practice of employing cheap laborers
23.The underlined phrase "to submit to" is closest in meaning to ____.
A) to accept unwillingly?
B) to refuse coldly
C) to welcome warm?heartedly
D) to blame strongly?
24.Which of the following statements about the Department of Defense is true?
A) It will become the country’s 14th largest retail apparel manufacturer.
B) It hasn’t acted according to the Workplace Code of Conduct.
C) It has demanded its contractors to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct.
D) It has teamed up with the Department of Labor to launch a campaign.?
25.What was the purpose of President Clinton’s administration launching the "No Sweat" campaign?
A) To urge manufacturers to obey the Workplace Code of Conduct.
B) To remind the manufacturers of the Workplace Code of Conduct.
C) To urge the Department of Labor to take its responsibility.
D) To urge the Department of Defense to inspect manufacturers.
Passage Two?
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The term investment portfolio conjures up visions of the truly rich-the Rockefellers, the Wal?Mart Waltons, Bill Gates. But today, everyone-from the Philadelphia firefighter, his part?time receptionist wife and their three children, to the single Los Angeles lawyer starting out on his own-needs a portfolio.;
A portfolio is simply a collection of financial assets. It may include real estate, rare stamps and coins, precious metals and even artworks. But those are for people with expertise. What most of us need to know about are stocks, bonds and cash (including such cash equivalents as money?market funds).;
How do you decide what part of your portfolio should go to each of the big three? Begin by understanding that stocks pay higher returns but are more risky; bonds and cash pay lower returns but are less risky.;
Research by Ibbotson Associates, for example, shows that large?company stocks, on average, have returned 11.2 percent annually since 1926. Over the same period, by comparison, bonds have returned an annual average of 5.3 percent and cash, 3.8 percent.;
But short?term risk is another matter. In 1974, a one?year $1000 investment in the stock market would have declined to $735.;
With bonds, there are two kinds of risk: that the borrower won’t pay you back and that the money you’ll get won’t be worth very much. The U.S. government stands behind treasury bonds, so the credit risk is almost nil. But the inflation risk remains. Say you buy a $1000 bond maturing in ten years. If inflation averages about seven percent over that time, then the $1000 you receive at maturity can only buy $500 worth of today’s goods.;
With cash, the inflation risk is lower, since over a long period you can keep rolling over your CDs every year (or more often). If inflation rises, interest rates rise to compensate.;
As a result, the single most imortant rule in building a portfolio is this: If you don’t need the money for a long time, then put it into stocks. If you need it soon, put it into bonds and cash.
26.This passage is intended to give advice on ____.
A) how to avoid inflation risks?
B) what kinds of bonds to buy
C) how to get rich by investing in stock market?
D) how to become richer by spreading the risk?
27.The author mentions such millionaires as the Rockefellers and Bill Gates to show that ____.
A) they are examples for us on our road to wealth?
B) a portfolio is essential to financial success
C) they are really rich people
D) they started out on their own?
28.Which of the following statements will the author support?
A) Everybody can get rich with some financial assets.
B) The credit risk for treasury bonds is extremely high.
C) It’s no use trying to know the advantages of stocks, bonds and cash.
D) Everybody should realize the importance of distribution of their financial assets.?
29.The word "returns" in paragraph three can be best replaced by "____."?
A) returning journeys?
B) profits?
C) savings?
D) investments?
30.The author of the passage points out that ____.
A) keeping cash is the only way to avoid risks
B) the longer you own a stock, the more you lost
C) the high rate of profit and high rate of risk coexist in stocks
D) the best way to accumulate wealth is by investing in stocks?
Passage Three?
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of governmental units (state and statistics come from the same Latin root, status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking of censuses-all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability.;
Descriptive statistics involves tabulating, depicting, and describing collections of data. These data may be either quantitative, such as measures of height, intelligence, or grade level-variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum-or the data many represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major, or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reducing to comprehensibly form the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data.;
Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great difficulties for the unaided human mind. This general class of problems characteristically involves attempts to make predictions using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine the proportion of children in a large school system who come to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficiency to question each child; the proportion for the entire district could be estimated fairly accurately from a sample of as few as 100 children. Thus, the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population.
31.What is the passage mainly concerned with?
A) Development and application of statistics.
B) Origin of descriptive statistics.
C) Limitations of inferential statistics.
D) Importance of statistics.?
32.Describing and tabulating are associated with ____.
A) inferential statistics?
B) descriptive statistics
C) theories of probability?
D) inefficiency of counting?
33.Which of the following statements is true about descriptive statistics?
A) It combines quantitative variables and qualitative variables.
B) It can be used to deal with only quantitative variables.
C) It helps to summarize properties of a group of data.
D) It helps to make predictions using a sample of observations.?
34.The word "unwieldy" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
A) difficult to collect B) difficult to tackle?
C) incomprehensiveD) uncontrollable?
35.A sample of a population is often examined for the following purposes except ____.
A) to make a more accurate prediction of trend
B) to improve efficiency and avoid unnecessary work
C) to save the trouble of approaching every members
D) to predict characteristics of the entire population
Passage Four?
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
The Japanese are fascinated by automata and new inventions. Japanese children are used to friendly robots in their comics, in toys, and in TV animated cartoons. When as adults they join the workforce,robots mean that there is no need to import cheap foreign labor, as happens in many other parts of the world. There is no need for humans to put up with dirty, mind?deadening mechanical work the robot does it all without complaint, around the clock. Robots don’t go on strike over tea breaks they don’t have tea, or any other kind of breaks:they work, day and night, without having to be paid overtime, without making mistakes. Human tasks are subject to human error: robot error seldom or never occurs except as a result of human error!;
In Japan, robots are almost respected for their virtues. When a new robot is introduced to a small suburban factory, a Shinto priest is invited to inaugurate it. He inaugurates the robot with words along the lines of "Welcome to our co?worker, we hope you’ll help him settle in." No one laughs.;
FANUC demonstrates the Japanese tendency to conform particularly strikingly. The founder of FANUC, Dr. Inaba, has created an army that makes no distinction between blue?collar, white?collar and steel?collar worker: everyone, including the warlord himself, is dressed in yellow clothing issued free by the company. Perh
aps to make up for the boring nature of the work, there are a number of other company perks. Company benefits, including pay, are much higher than in similar companies in Japan. Travel to and from work is provided free in the company’s yellow buses. However, workers are expected to put in demanding unpaid "overtime." There is a clock in the product development laboratory set to run at ten times the normal speed, the remind everyone that the company is on a war footing.;
As we watched Dr. Inaba’s yellow helicopter soar away to Narita airport, we couldn’t help thinking that his dream of world domination in robotics and allied applications might be more elegantly achieved if he had also thought to program his robots to whistle while they work.
36.According to the author, which of the following is not true to the Japanese?
A) Robots mean there is no need to import cheap foreign labor.
B) Robots mean that humans needn’t do dirty and noisy work.
C) Robots mean there are no strikes nor overtimes.
D) Robots mean there is no mistake in any form.?
37.What can be inferred form the words "He inaugurates the robot with words along the lines of ’Welcome to our co?worker, we hope you’ll help him settle in.’No one laughs."?
A) The Japanese has no sense of humor while at work.
B) The Japanese does not understand the words of the Shinto priest.
C) The Japanese shows a true respect for robots.
D) The Japanese goes too far in their respect for robots.?
38.Which of the following is not true about FANUC?
A) Workers receive higher pay for working overtime.
B) Workers enjoy free travel to and from work.
C) Workers are doing boring, sometimes demanding work.
D) Workers are reminded of being on a war footing.?
39.What is not implied in the following works "we couldn’t help thinking that his dream of world domination in robotics and allied applications might be more elegantly achieved if he had also thought to program his robots to whistle while they work."?
A) Our technology is not yet up to the needs of Dr. Inaba’s dream.
B) Dr. Inaba’s dream of world domination in robotics lacks humanity.
C) Dr. Inaba’s dream of allied applications is too practical.
D) The author is in favor of Dr. Inaba’s dream.?
40.What does "our co?worker" refer to in the sentence "Welcome to our co?worker, we hope you’ll help him settle in?"
A) Japanese workers who attend the inauguration.?
B) The introduced robot.
C) The people who have invented the robot.?
D) Japanese workers in general.
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked. A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41.Since the most commonly accepted test is the TOEFL exam, most institutions will expect a ____ TOEFL score for admission.
A) minimal B) maximal?
C) mimimumD) maximum?
42.It was believed that his death ____ with the robbery of the bank downtown.
A) accompaniedB) coincided?
C) correlatedD) conformed?
43.Does Emerson find his career full and ____ as a basketball player?
A) conflictingB) charming? C) rewardingD) awarding?
44.The local government gave the first ____ to education after the war.
A) projectionB) protection? C) professionD) priority?
45.The professor ____ his habit of getting up early in the morning to do writing all his life.
A) projectionB) retained? C) retailedD) revitalized?
46.The news of our team winning the match was really ____, and millions
of people came out to celebrate the victory.
A) overwhelmingB) accelerating? C) promptingD) preceding?
47.What the government should do urgently is to take actions to ____ the economy.
A) brookB) blush? C) boostD) brood?
48.The explosion in the mine was ____ by a careless miner who lit a match.
A) triggeredB) claimed? C) hamperedD) protested?
49.The mass newspaper depended significantly more on advertising ____ than did their predecessors.
A) revenuesB) incomes? C) avenuesD) outcomes?
50.Some minerals are quite common, others are regionally ____, and still others are rare on the earth.
A) attributedB) distributed? C) contributedD) scattered?
51.The most successful way to solve the language problem while a foreign
play is being performed is ____ translation.
A) instantaneousB) spontaneous? C) simultaneousD) homogeneous?
52.The hostess ____ in the contract that the rent should be paid in cash at the beginning of each month.
A) assumedB) submitted? C) exposedD) specified?
53.This year, the number of accidents has ____ that of last year.
A) overtakenB) overweighed? C) overcomeD) overshadowed?
54.You must ____ yourself or they will continue to bully you, so you will go on living in disgrace.
A) assessB) assert? C) maintainD) promote?
55.While both plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed ____ in China’s particular situation.
A) availableB) feasible? C)resolvableD) presumable?
56.A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas to the students, as generally agreed by educational experts.
A) transmitB) transfer? C) conveyD) communicate?
57.If you keep on taking on more work than you can do, your health will ____.
A) declineB) degrade? C) degenerateD) deteriorate?
58.The director tried to wave aside these issues as ____ details that would be settled later.
A) preliminaryB) primary? C) trivialD) alternative?
59.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ____ of a brilliant career.
A) endB) edge? C) thresholdD) course?
60.During the famine of 1943, millions of peasants ____ to the cities because they could not make a living in the countryside.
A) immigratedB) emigrated? C) migratedD) generated?
61.I’m sorry to inform you that you application has been declined. Our manager thought you were not ____ for the post.
A) legibleB) eligible? C) validD) literate?
62.Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large ____.
A) issueB) distribution? C) coverageD) circulation?
63.This line was carrying equal number of eastbound and westbound trains, and they ____ regularly.
A) alteredB) alternated? C) switchedD) exchanged?
64.The three astronauts have splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, only six
miles from the aircraft carrier that was ____ for the recovery mission.
A) dispatchedB) deposited? C) deployedD) delivered?
65.Pubs have fanciful names like "The Red Lion" or "The Pig and Whistle" and they often have picutre on a signboard outside to ____ the name.
A) justifyB) illustrate? C) modifyD) clarify?
66.There are two main requirements before the fifth?generation computer can become a reality and it is these that scientists are ____.
A) anticipatingB) tackling? C) manipulatingD) speculating?
67.College students in this city have set up "the Cleaner Air Society"
to help urban citizens become aware of the ____ to our environment.
A) conditionsB) situations ? C) dangersD) threats?
68.When you get a minor burn, pour some cold water on it, which will help
____ the pain of the burn.
A) relieveB) relax? C) revealD) release?
69.The library published a colletion of books recently made ____ to the public.
A) acceptableB) accessible? C) accommodableD) accountable?
70.For 14 years after her spouse’s death, she saw the ____ meaning of her life as nourishing her son and safeguarding her husband’s works.
A) dueB) lone? C) soleD) keen
Part Ⅳ
Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.?
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.Many of
1.time?
the arguments having used for the study of literature as a school subject
2.?
are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.the
Poverty exists because our society is an unequal one, and there are powerful
political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistributing wealth and in? 71.____
come in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper
class interests. People can be relatively rich only if you are relatively poor, and as 72.____
power is mainly in the hands of the rich, public policies reflect their interests than 73.____
those of the poor.
As Mr. Herbert Gans has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the
point of view of the non?poor. Poverty ensures that dirty work gets doing. If there 74.____
were no poor poeple to scrub floors and empty bedpans, there jobs will have to be 75.____
rewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs
for many of the non?poor, such as police officers, welfare workers, and government
bureaucrats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing them with cookers, 76.____
gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores when their employers enjoy 77.____
more pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for more inferior goods and 78.____
service, such as day?old bread, run?down automobiles, or the advice of competent 79.____
physicians and lawyers. Poverty also provides a group that can be made to absorb
the costs of change. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American
economic system, in which the poor are politically powerless to influence or change. 80.____
Part Ⅴ
Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: How to Cope with Personal Crisis.
You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
How to Deal with Personal Crisis
1.造成个人危机的起因。
2.应对个人危机的方法。
试卷答案解析
听力原文?
Section A?
1.M:I couldn’t put up with my wife any longer. I don’t know why she usually wants to look at everything in such a negative way.?
W:Maybe you should try to get to know something about her childhood.?
Q:What does the woman mean??
2.M:Lucy, could you describe what you were doing at the moment??
W:Well, I was still sleeping at 6 o’clock. Then there was this horrible sound and the floor was just bouncing and rolling like waves, all at the same time.?
Q:What are the speakers talking about??
3.W:Hi, Peter. I was surprised to see you in the class in ?children’s ? literature yesterday. Are you also majoring in elementary education??
M:No, I’m not. But as a psychology major I can use this to fulfill the requirement in developmental psychology.?
Q:What do you learn from the conversation??
4.W:Dr. Cassidy. I’m actually fine. It’s just that I’ve been a little tired the last few days, and my stomach is kind of upset.?
M:Well, that doesn’t surprise me. I have some news that you might find exciting.
You’re pregnant.?
Q:What do you know about the woman??
5.W:Mike, how did you enjoy your trip? What did you think of Los Angeles??
M:It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and they don’t have a subway.?
Q:What does the man think of Los Angeles??
6.W:Dr. Weinstein, should parents let their children watch television or read about the war??
M:If parents are going to let their kids read or watch television coverage of the war, it’s important for them to read along and help their kids interpret what they’re reading or seeing.?
Q:What should parents do if their children watch television or read about the war??
7.W:Tony, who are the street people? How did they get to be living in the street?
M:Well, some of them lost their jobs, some of them have mental problems, and some of them drink.?
Q:Which of the following factors is not mentioned as a cause of becoming street people?
8.M:Miss Hanson, thank you for sending me this note. I’m sorry to hear Mario is being a problem.?
W:I’m not sure what’s happening to Mario. He’s usually an excellent student. He completes all his work and he’s quiet in class. Then, last month, he just changed.?
Q:What can you infer from the conversation??
9.W:This is our rock?bottom price, Mr. Li. We can’t make any further concessions.
M:If that’s the case, there’s not much point in further discussion. We might as well can the whole deal off.?
Q:What are the man and the woman doing??
10.W:You don’t look smart this morning. I can see you’re not happy. Come on, what happened??
M:I had never expected this would have happened to me. We had a power failure at home last night and I missed most of football match.?
Q:What can we infer from the conversation??
Section B
Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and (11) self?conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. (12)Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing (13)unattractive clothes?
It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people (14)adversely. A person’s self?concept is (15)reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people’s (16)reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a (17)profound effect on all areas of their lives.;Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. (18)They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments because they believe they are unworthy of praise. A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one："You’re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it’s not true." (19)It is clear that, while self?awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? (20)Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self?esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths. People’s expectations of themselves must be realistic. Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.?
Part Ⅰ?
Section A?
1.【答 案】D。?
【试题分析】判断推理题。?
【详细解答】男士不明白其妻子为什么总是以否定的态度看待一切，女士说他应该了解一下其妻子孩童时代的事情。从这位女士的话中可以推断出，其妻子的悲观态度可能是自小形成的，即D。?
2.【答 案】B。?
【试题分析】判断推理题。?
【详细解答】男士让女士描述一下当时的情形，女士说当时她正在睡觉，突然听到一阵可怕的声音，地板掀了起来，并像波浪一样摇晃，而这一切都是同时发生的。这显然不会是发生了暴风雪(snowstorm)和交通事故(traffic accident)，飓风(hurricane)也不会掀起室内地板。所以四个选项中，地震(earthquake)是最符合这一情形的。?
3.【答 案】C。?
【试题分析】分析比较题。?
【详细解答】女士昨天在儿童文学班碰到彼德，感到很诧异;于是问彼德是不是也主修基础教育(这句话表明她自己主修基础教育，即C项)。彼德说不是(可以排除B项)，他主修心理学，因为学习发展心理学的需要而前来听课。再比较四个选项，他们显然不是同学(可以排除A)，因为女士碰到男士时感到吃惊;他们也不是在班上认识的(可以排除D)，因为他们并不在同一个班。?
4.【答 案】D。?
【试题分析】词义理解题。?
【详细解答】女士说自己最近几天感觉累，并且反胃;医生说她怀孕了，所以她将生小孩。关键词是pregnant(怀孕的)。
5.【答 案】C。?
【试题分析】归纳总结题。?
6.【答 案】C。?
【试题分析】词义理解题。?
【详细解答】女士问父母应不应该让孩子观看战争题材的电视或书籍，医生说如果让他们看的话，父母应该陪在旁边，并帮助他们理解所看或所读内容。关键词是along(而不是alone)和help sb. interpret(帮助某人理解，即"解释")。?
7.【答 案】B。?
【试题分析】获取信息题。?
【详细解答】女士问男士，在街上流浪的是哪些人?男士说，有失业的，有精神病患者，还有一些酒鬼。这些信息中没有"家庭破裂者"(选项B)。?
8.【答 案】D。?
【试题分析】判断推理题。?
【详细解答】女士送给男士一张便条，说玛里奥成了"问题"学生。男士对此感到难过。女士说她不能确定玛里奥到底出了什么事，他一直是个优秀的学生，能够完成所有作业，在课堂上很安静;但自上个月以来，他变了。这位女士将此事告之男士，说她不明白玛里奥变化的原因，说明她想了解这位学生的情况，即D。?
9.【答 案】B。?
【试题分析】获取信息题。?
【详细解答】女士说出她的最低价，并表示不能再让步;男士说如果是这样，就无需再讨论了，他们将取消整笔交易。关键词是rock-bottom price(最低价)，can the whole deal off(取消整笔交易，can在此为动词，表示解雇，取消)。?
10.【答 案】A。?
【试题分析】判断推理题。?
【详细解答】女士问男士为什么不高兴，男士说他昨晚家里停电，他错过了大半场足球比赛。可见这位男士是个足球迷。?
Section B?
内容概要:
本段听力材料讲的是羞怯的人常见的行为方式，他们给周围人所带来的不良影响以及这些人的内心想法。作者认为羞怯的人应该对自己有个正确而现实的认识，不要生活在一些不可能的假设之中。?
11.【答 案】self-conscious?
【详细解答】本空所在的这一句中，前面有anxious和and，可以肯定11是一个与anxious(忧虑的)相近的形容词。再看前面的主语是shy people，那么羞怯的人一般是忧虑和忸怩。结合音，可知此空应填self-conscious(不自然的;忸怩的)。?
12.【答 案】Worrisome?
【详细解答】从本句结构来看，空处应填一个形容词，而且修饰thoughts(想法)。羞怯的人心中常常会有什么样的想法呢?从录音中很容易听出worry这个词的音，但该词不能作形容词用。那么以worry的音开头的形容词有哪些呢?有worried， worrying， worrisome， worriless。从意思上看，worriless应该去掉。再结合该单词的后半部分发音，可知应该填worrisome(使人烦恼的)。?
13.【答 案】unattractive?
【详细解答】本空前面讲了一串使人烦恼的想法：我会给别人留下什么样的印象?他们喜欢我吗?我听起来很愚蠢吗?我穿的是____的衣服吗?所以空处应填一形容词，表示不受欢迎的或不引人注意的意思。再结合发音，很容易听出attractive的音，但意思反了;想到其义词并根据其前缀的发音，即可猜出是unattractive。?
14.【答 案】adversely?
【详细解答】从本句意思来看，说的是上述提及的一些不舒服的感觉会影响人们，所以这种影响肯定是负面的或不利的;再从句子结构来看，前半部分是完整的句子，所以空处应该是一个状语，只填一个词的话，那么应是一个副词。表示"负面的，不利的"含义的一个副词，再结合发音，可以得知是adversely，本词是典型的?adj.? ly构成的副词。?
15.【答 案】reflected?
【详细解答】从句子结构来看，空处是在系动词is之后，所以应填一个作表语的词或动词的过去分词表示被动语态;再看句子意思，一个人对自我的看法是通过其行为方式所____的，很明显，此处应填"反映出，表达出"含义的词;再听发音，可以得知reflected。事实上，该词的发音比较容易辨别。?
16.【答 案】reactions?
【详细解答】此句讲的是一个人的行为方式影响别人的____，所以空处应填一个表示"情绪，反应，看法"等含义的名词;再细听音，很容易辨别为reactions。需注意的是应用其复数形式。?
17.【答 案】profound?
【详细解答】此空前面是冠词a，后面是名词effect，所以空处应填一个辅音开头的形容词;再看句子意思，人们看待自己的方式对他们生活的各个方面产生____的影响，空处意思应为"深远的，重大的，较大的"等含义;再仔细听音，不难知道答 案。?
18.【答 案】They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliments because they believe they are unworthy of praise.?
【详细解答】本空要求填一个句子。填句子的基本要求是与前后句在意思上要连贯，没有语法和拼写错误。本空前面是讲羞怯的人对于批评很敏感，后面是说他们通常会说一些消极的话来回应别人的称赞，那么空处的意思应该是讲他们对待称赞的态度，而且这种态度肯定是不高兴的。其中有一个关键词compliment，后面已经出现了。再结合发音，可以得知该句是带有原因状语从句的一个复合句，从句中难点是unworthy of praise，也可以写成they don’t deserve praise。?
19.【答 案】It is clear that， while self-awareness is a healthy quality， overdoing it is harmful.?
【详细解答】从前后文来看，本句话应是作者对前面羞怯的人所说的一句话的评论。前面一句话为"你们这样说是为了让我感觉良好，但我知道这是不真实的"，那么作者对这句话的评价肯定是否定的，因为这些人的自知之明太过了。再听音，self-awareness是一个关键词，但前面出现过类似的词，如：self-conscious， self-concept;难点是overdoing，可以根据句子意思再结合音来猜测，而且要注意变为动名词形式。同时要注意本句中间插有一个比较状语从句，要注意断句。?
20. 【答 案】Since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self-esteem， it is important for people to accept their weakness as well as their strengths.?
【详细解答】本句话是回答前面的问句。前面问：羞怯感能否完全消除，或者减弱?作者紧接着侧面回答了如何来减弱。当听到since这个词引导从句时，应该想到本句又是一个带状语从句的复合句。有几个短语：hand in hand with(手拉手，紧紧相连)，as well as(也……，和……一起)，关键词有self-esteem(该词的形近词前面已经出现了几次)，weakness和strength一对反义词。在听第二遍和第三遍时应重点抓住这些短语和关键词，整个句子便可轻松写出来。
