Text 3
参考译文
在布鲁塞尔的欧洲委员会中流传着这样一个关于口译工作的笑话——他们打趣说：“语言本身与口译无关，而是口译帮助人们了解了语言的涵义。”任何想成为口译员的人都应该牢记这句话。翻译工作，尤其是在zz领域里做翻译，需要的绝不仅仅是语言能力而已。
要想在诸如联合国那样的国际组织里工作，你须得到众多国际性的笔译或口译组织之一的认可。要做到这一点，你必须选择或是在一家授权机构的培训学校或是一所 大学的硕士班里接受严格和长期的培训。然而，语言能力强并非是获得口译工作的唯一途径。在位于伦敦的威斯敏斯特大学里，申请者得证明他们“有点生活经历” ——这是一个演讲的原话，他们才有资格参加口译课程。刚刚大学毕业的年轻人往往缺少足够的生活经历。这所大学还录取那些有长期居住外国经历的申请者，而那 些国家所使用的语言必须正是他们所掌握的外语。他们还需要对文化有广泛的兴趣，并精通时事。这种广泛的兴趣是口译工作的必要条件。口译工作常常是周一翻译 裁军问题的商讨，周二翻译国际捕鱼权利问题的商讨，周三翻译跨国财政问题的商讨，周四翻译建筑和建筑业的问题的商讨。
口译人员需要依靠肾上腺素的支持才能完成苛刻的时间表所规定的工作，而肾上腺素的分泌是源于工作中的压力和挑战。许多口译人员说他们喜欢工作时肾上腺素分泌时嗡嗡作响的声音，而且口译人员在工作的时候心跳会加快。
口译工作是危险和刺激并存的。战争地区需要口译人员，像联合国那样的国际外交中心也需要口译人员。
答案及解析
56.C【解析】由第二段最后一句“Young people whohave just left university often lack adequate expe-fience of life.”可知威斯敏斯特大学不想招收缺乏生活经历的人进行口译培训，由此可推知，生活经历丰富的人会很受欢迎。所以“lived a bit”的意思是有足够的生活经历，故选C。
57.D【解析】由文章第三段第二句可知选项A、B是申请者的必备素质，由第二段可知选项C也是申请者的必备素质。
58.B【解析】由第四段第一句“Interpreters also relyon adrenaline-which is caused b the stress andchallenges of the job-to keep them goingthrough their demanding schedules.”以及下旬“and it’s known that their heart rates speed upwhile they are working.”可推知adrenaline的作用是使他们处于一种兴奋状态。
59.D【解析】选项A、B、C均与本文描述的细节相
违背。
60.A【解析】末段中“It’s also ajob with its own risksand excitement.”说明口译工作“dangeroussometimes and exciting”。B项intrepid意为“英勇的，大无畏的”。由上句话也可推出它是口译工作的特点之一。全文都没提到说口译工作是“有趣的”，故 选A。
Part B
参考译文
上周12000名电工工会成员举行了大罢工，从那时起就没有电。
麦克•史密斯先生：
我们并不是轻易决定要这么做的，这么多年来我们一直在要求一个合理的工资。现在终于有人开始注意听我们讲话了。我们仅仅希望能把工资提高25%，提高到每 周250美元，仅此而已。我们的罢工给这么多人带来不便，对此我们也很遗憾。但是请不要责怪我们，要怪就怪政府吧，是政府拒绝了我们的请求。汤姆•布朗先 生：
在我们正竭尽全力地控制通货膨胀的时候，他们却要这么多钱，真是不可理喻。工资提高了，物价也会跟着提高的。要是我们答应电厂工人的要求，其他工会就会要 得更多，无法避免的结果就是这次的危机会失控。我们想让大家都明白：通货膨胀会危害每一个人，尤其是穷人。我们同意给电厂工人加薪10%，这已经是很多 了。我主张通过这次会谈使工会的人理智地面对问题。
鲍勃•戴维斯先生：
这次罢工将会伤害每个人的利益，也包括那些电厂工人自己。国家经济会受到冲击，许多人将失业。现在就已经有人说各大工会拥有的权力过大，并且认为它们不该有罢工的权力。电厂工人想要更多的钱，谁不想呢?
贝克夫人：
我的意见是“动用军队”。所有的电厂都该由军队管理。把那些罢工者都投进监狱里，这才是这个国家需要的。为什么我们大家要因为几个贪婪的人受罪呢?要是他们不喜欢自己的工作，没人会强迫他们干活儿。他们应该试着像我一样每周靠50美元生活。没准儿那时候他们就会闭嘴了。
斯莱特小姐：
大家来面对问题吧!这是个无关紧要的事情。电厂工人处于强势地位，也许我们真的对此无能为力。我想说的是：给他们250美元吧，这样我们就可以回去工作 了。我的意思是，政府一直都在些微不足道的小事上浪费纳税人的钱。怎么能说250美元“太多”呢?流行歌手们赚的多些，护士们赚的少些，这不过是其中一例 而已。
答案及解析
61.G62.A63.F64.E65.D
61～65题解析略。
Section III Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour’ s flight, one of the scientists wrote in his book, "Look here for probable metal. " Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, "Gold possible. " Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported ,"This ground should be searched for metal. " From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: "Uranium. "
None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earth’ s surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground.., trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.
This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface.
At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory, the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested .Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.
Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.
46. Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for __________ in the ground.
[A] gold[B] silver[C] uranium[D] minerals
47. The study of trees, branches and roots shows that __________.
[A] there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds
[B] there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches
[C] there were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks
[D] there was more gold in the branches than in the roots
48. Which is the best title suggested below?
[A] Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power
[B] New Methods of Searching for Minerals
[C] Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants
[D] A New Method of Searching for Minerals--Using Trees and Plants
49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals?
[A] Leaves.[B] Roots.[C] Branches.[D] Seeds.
50. The scientists were searching for minerals by using __________.
[A] X-ray[B] magic power
[C] a special instrument[D] rained eyes
Text 2
The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down. " You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I’ m sorry, I can’ t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. "
"If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. "
"I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. "
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?"
"We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. "
"So when it goes down, you go down with it. ""That’ s good, sir. "
"How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know.
"I have no idea. Sometimes it’ s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’ s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’ s down it won’ t answer us. "
After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, "Let’ s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’ re still flying, aren’t they?""I couldn’ t tell without asking the computer. "
"Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’ s flying to Washington," I suggested.
"I wouldn’ t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’ t have a ticket. "
"Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?"
"I wouldn’ t know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only ’ IT’ knows. It can ’ t tell me. "
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
51. The best tide for the article is
[A] When the Computer Is Down[B] The Most Frightening Words
[C] The Computer of the Airport[D] Asking the Computer
52. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?
[A] She could sell a ticket.
[B] She could write out a ticket.
[C] She could answer the passengers’ questions.
[D] She could do nothing.
53. Why do you think they had not a" backup computer?
[A] Because it was easy down.
[B] Because it was very expensive.
[C] Because it was not advanced enough.
[D] Because it was not as big as the main computer.
54. The last paragraph suggests that
[A] a modern computer won’ t be down
[B] computers can take the place of humans
[C] sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people
[D] there will be great changes in computers
55. What did passengers do when the computer was down?
[A] They left home and went home.
[B] They drank coffee and stared at the black screen.
[C] They began to talk to each other.
[D] None above.
Text 3
Among characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his second wife, Eliza-beth McCourt. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. He went to Kansas in 1855. Perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. So a few years later he moved west to the small Colorad mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here. " he said.
As it turned out, it was silver that was to make Leadville’ s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store. It was his custom to "grubstake" prospective miners to supply them with food and supplies, or "grub", while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it for having lost too much money that way. They wer persistent, however ,and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’ t make any difference," he said and went on selling shoes and hats. The two miners took $17 worth of sup-plies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the"Pittsburgh Mine," made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for$117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $ 35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieu-tenant governor of the state.
56. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT
[A] because Tabor became its leading citizen
[B] because great deposits of lead is expected to be found there
[C] because it could bring good fortune to Tabor
[D] because it was renamed
57. The word "grubstake" in paragraph 2 means
[A] to supply miners with food and supplies
[B] to open a general store
[C] to do one’ s contribution to the development of the mine
[D] to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered
58. Tabor made his first fortune
[A] by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings
[B] because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying
[C] by buying the shares of the other
[D] as a land speculator
59. The underlying reason for Tabor’ s life career is
[A] purely accidental
[B] based on the analysis of miner’ s being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site
[C] through the help from his second wife
[D] he planned well and accomplished targets step by step
60. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part?
[A] Tabor’ s life.
[B] Tabor’ s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
[C] Other colorful characters.
[D] Tabor’ s other careers.
partB
Hadley:
If you smoke and you still don’t believe that there’s a definite link between smoking andbronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. Justhave a look at those people in hospital with these diseases and count how many of them do notsmoke, and then you may be surprised at the number. Even these few people might be passivesmokers without realizing it.
Randy:
Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It is almost like a tax on our daily bread. In taxrevenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so carefully that smoking may be harmful, itdoesn’t do to shout too loudly about it.
Sampson:
The advertising of tobacco is one of the problems. We are never shown pictures of real smok-ers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisements alwaysdepict handsome, clean shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positivelyhealthy! Smoking is associated with the great open air life, with beautiful girls, true love and to getherness. What utter nonsense!
Rowley:
Of course tobacco can help government to raise money. However, while money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enor-mous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease.Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be muchbetter off if smoking were banned altogether.
Bernice:
Smoking can provide constant consolation. When I feel worded or nervous, I just get a ciga-rette and everything seems to get right. After a day’s hard work, the thing I want to do most issmoking. It can be even better than a cup of coffee. It is so enjoyable and relaxing that it relievesstresses of every day life. So why bother to ban it and take the pleasure from us.
Now match each of the persons (61 to 65)to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
61. Hadley
62. Randy
63. Sampson
64. Rowley
65. Bernice
Statements
[A]Smoking brings many psychological benefits.
[B]Tobacco is an important source of income to the government.
[C]Smoking is sure to cause diseases.
[D]It’s a short sighted policy to depend on tobacco for money.
[E]The advertisement for it is dishonest and harmful.
[F]The tobacco industry makes high quality advertisement for smoking.
[G]It’s doubtful whether there is link between smoking and cancer.
Writing
66. You have made an appointment with Prof. Wang, but failed to keep it. Write a letter to
him. Your letter should include:
1)apologize for your failure to keep the appointment
2)explain your reason to your teacher
3)express your wish to make another appointment
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your name at the end of your letter.
Use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.
Part B
67. Below is a chart showing the lifetime earnings of people with different education and atdifferent ages. Look at the chart and write a composition of about 120 words making reference tothe following points:
1)the earnings of different ages
2)the earnings of different education
3)your own conclusion
第一部分听力(略)
第二部分 英语知识运用
参考译文
你在周围的人心里留下了什么印象?你说过的话甚至是你的信息都可能很快被人遗忘，但是，请相信我，不管是好是坏，这仍是你音乐般的旋律。
字典中将旋律定义为一系列的音符。正如音乐会影响人的心情和情绪一样，你的生活方式也会影响你的心情与情绪。
假设你的生活是一张白纸，上面的节奏由你自己创造，你自然会希望自己谱的曲子是成功的。但从何处着手呢?必须先从自身开始。
与其他人友好相处，并努力给别人的生活带来平静和快乐;避免产生嫉妒、愤怒、骄傲等负面情绪，它们都是和睦的敌人，会对和谐造成严重的破坏。
据说，要是人类忘记了这些情绪和感觉，世界将会永远和平。虽然让这些情绪在生活中完全消失的要求有点高，但要在我们的生活中摆脱它们，也并不太困难。
锻炼自己的机智和社交能力。你所做的每件事都会对周围人有影响。你能让一个人的生活充满阳光，但也能让他无比痛苦。花点时间去倾听其他人诉说。要是他们的生活不太和谐，那就鼓励他们要更加乐观。从一家人坐在一起吃饭到世界领导人聚在一起开会，他们都在玩一个追求和平的游戏。
答案及解析
26.C【解析】本题考查词语搭配。由句意可知，此处意为“无论好坏”，前面是good，那后面则为bad。其他选项不符。所以此题选择C。
27.A【解析】本题考查词义理解。字典对一个词的定义应用define，作“定义”讲，而regard是“认为”的意思。所以此题选择A。
28.C【解析】本题考查固定搭配。live one’s life为固定结构，意思是“过…的生活”。
29.A【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。由下句的“Only the rhythm is there”可知这一句的意思是说“假设你的生活是一张白纸”。blank空的，used旧的，full满的，deserted抛弃的。所以此题选择A。
30.D【解析】本题考查固定搭配。该句句意是“上面的节奏由你自己创造”。“be up to sb.”意为“取决于”。所以此题选择D。
31.B【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。该句句意是“当然你想让自己表现得很好”。表现得好，就是成功，故选择success。失败failure，模特model，一团糟mess，都不合适。所以此题选择B。
32.D【解析】本题考查上下文一致。后文出现begin，此处应与其保持一致。所以此题选择D。
33.A【解析】本题考查固定搭配。begin with意为“以…开始”。所以此题选择A。
34.C【解析】本题考查固定搭配。要与人交往就得对别人感兴趣，be interested in sb.意为对某人感兴趣，enthusiastic热情的，mild温和的，cau-tious小心的。所以此题选择C。
35.C【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。后面的骄傲、嫉妒等都是负面情绪，当然得避免(avoid)了，而不是选择(choose)。所以此题选择C。
36.A【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。该句句意是“上述的那些不良情绪都是你和人相处的大敌(enemy)”。朋友(friends)，条件(condi-don)，帮助(help)均不合句意。所以此题选择A。
37.B【解析】本题考查句型。该句句意是“据说，要是人类忘记了这些情绪和感觉，世界将会永远和平”。It be said that 主语从句，表示“据说…”。所以此题选择B。
38. C【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。由上句“让这些情绪在生活中完全消失的要求有点高”可知，此处是说在我们的生活中摆脱它们，也“并不太难”，以和上句形成对照。容易easy，自愿willing，令人害怕terrifying均不合题意。所以此题选择C。
39.D【解析】本题考查固定搭配。该句句意是“你所做的每件事都会对周围人有影响”。have alleffect on sb.表示“对某人有影响”。所以此题选择D。
40.A【解析】本题考查词汇。miserable表示“痛苦的”，用来形容人。dark和shadowy表示“阴暗的”，用来形容天气。所以此题选择A。
41.B【解析】本题考查词汇。该句句意是“花点时间去倾听(1isten to)其他人诉说”。攻击(attack)、改变(change)、采访(interview)显然不合题意。所以此题选择B。
42.A【解析】本题考查祈使句。该句句意是“鼓励(encourage)他们用更乐观的态度去面对”。主句须是个完整的句子，故不能用现在分词，否则缺少谓语。所以此题选择A。
43.A【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。由上半句可推知，此处意为鼓励他们更加乐观。brighteroutlook意为“更加乐观”。所以此题选择A。
44.C【解析】本题考查过去分词。seated表示“就座”，在此处作后置定语修饰the family unit，意思是“围坐在餐桌周围的一家人”。所以此题选择C。
45.A【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。句意是“从坐在一起吃饭的家庭到一起开会的世界领导人，他们都在玩一个追求和平的游戏。”thepursuit of peace意为“追求和平”，符合题意。所以此题选择A。
第三部分 阅读理解
Part A
Text 1
参考译文
坐着飞机飞过一片沙漠之地时，两位科学家用训 练有素的眼睛察看下面的树木和灌木丛。经过大致一小时的飞行观察后，其中一位科学家在他的本子上写下了这样一句话“这里可能有金属矿藏”。另一架飞机上的科学家们正飞过一座山区。他们给地面观察站的科学家们发了一条“可能有金矿”的信息。步行越过山地，四名科学家做出报告：“应该在此地寻找金属矿藏”。从飞过多山丘的荒原的飞机上，一位科学家用无线电发回一个字：“铀”。
没有一个科学家具有X射线那样的眼睛：他们并没有看透地球表面的魔力。他们仅仅使用了一个最新的技术来定位地下的矿藏…通过长在地上的树木和植被，可以定位某种埋藏在地下的矿物。
这项最新的寻找矿藏的技术依据的是这样一个事实，即处在地下的矿物会影响到地面上灌木和树木的生长。
沃森巴溪是加拿大英属哥伦比亚一座6，000英尺高的山上的一条小溪。一队矿藏搜索小组在那里收集了很多包树木的种子;盒子里盛满了小树枝。树根也被挖出来放进了盒子里。每个包和盒子都被仔细标记了。在科学实验室，树枝被烧成灰然后做检测。科学家检查了每个细小的部分，看里面是否含有矿藏。
对树根、树枝和种子的检测并没发现银元素，但却在树的根部发现了少量的金元素，同时在树枝和种子中也发现了一些金元素。长在最接近树干处的种子要比长在树枝根部的种子含金元素多一些。
答案及解析
46.D【解析】语义理解题。文章第一段的内容提到各种金属，而这些金属元素是包含在矿(miner-als)里的。故本题选择D。
47.C【解析】细节题。从文中最后一句“The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more goldthan those growing on the ends of the branches.”(长在最接近树干处的种子要比长在树枝根部的种子含金元素多一些)可知答案。故本题选择C。
48.D【解析】主旨题。通读全文可知文章的大部分(第二至五段)都在讲述通过植物来寻找矿藏。故本题选择D。
49.A【解析】细节题。从最后一段可知，通过研究roots，branches和seeds可判定地下是否有矿产，而leaves在文章中却没有提到。故本题选择A。
50.D【解析】细节题。从文章第一段的第一句“twoscientists looked down with trmned eyes at treesand bushes”(两位科学家用训练有素的眼睛察看下面的树木和灌木)可知答案。故本题选择D。
Text2
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英语中最令人恐惧的句子是“我们的电脑死机了”。在出差的时候，这样的话你听到的越来越多。前几天我在机场排队买去华盛顿的票。售票窗口的女孩说：“对不起，我们现在不能卖票。我们的电脑死机了。”
“要是电脑坏了，你就给我填一张票吧。”
“我无法给你填票。我们只能用电脑出票。”
我看着那台电脑，发现乘客们都站在那里，喝着咖啡，眼睛盯着那个已变黑的屏幕。然后我问她：“你们这些人都干些什么?”
“我们把你旅途的信息输入电脑，然后它就会显示是否有合适你的航班。”
“所以要是电脑死机了，你们就什么都不能干了。”
“是的，先生。”
“电脑死机要持续多久?”我问道。
“我不清楚。有时十分钟，有时两个小时。要是不问电脑我们什么信息都不知道。但既然现在它死机了，它就不会回应我们了。”
从女孩那里得知没有备用电脑后，我说：“我们先别管电脑这事。你们的飞机呢?它们还在飞，是吗?”“没有电脑，我就无法回答你。”
“或许我可以去大门那里问飞行员他是否要飞往华盛顿，”我说。
“我不知道让你去哪个门找他。即使飞行员飞往华盛顿，你没有机票，他也不会让你登机。”
“接下来的几个小时还有其他去华盛顿的航班吗? ”
“我无法回答你，”她说着，顺便指指那黑了的屏幕，“只有‘它’知道，而它现在无法告诉我。”
现在已经没多少人排队了。电脑死机的消息迅速传到了其他旅行者那里。一些人惊得脸都白了，一些人开始大气还有一些人愤怒地踢他们的行李。
答案及解析
51.A【解析】主旨题。根据文章第一句中的“Ourcomputer is down”(我们的电脑死机了)及后面关于机场电脑死机后的一些对话内容可知，文章主要讲述的是机场电脑死机后发生的一些事情，故本题选择A。
52.D【解析】细节题。根据文章中的对话“So whenit goes down，you go down with it.”(要是电脑死机了，你们就什么不能干了。)可知，没有电脑，机场售票员什么都不能做。故本题选择D。
53.B【解析】主观题。没有备用电脑，最有可能是因
为设备比较贵。故本题选择B。
54.C【解析】推断题。根据文章最后一段的描述：电脑死机，旅客们感到恐惧、忧郁、不安，可推知有时一台电脑也会给人们带来痛苦，故本题选择C。
55.B【解析】细节题。文中第四段第一句说“everypassenger Was just standing there drinking coffeeand staring at the black screen.”(乘客们都站在那里，喝着咖啡，眼睛盯着那个已变黑的屏幕)。故本题选择B。
Text 3
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H.A.W.塔波尔和他的第二任妻子伊丽莎白·麦考特是菜德维尔黄金时代的人物。他们的故事很快成为了古代西部的传奇之一。1855年，塔波尔去了堪萨斯州。或许他受到了科罗拉多矿山财富传言的诱惑。没几年之后他便搬到了西部，住在科罗拉多一个被称为加利福尼亚峡谷的小采矿场，后来他成为这个地区的领导人时将此地改名为菜德维尔。“这里肯定能发现巨大的铅矿”他说道。
然而事实证明，莱德维尔的巨大财富来源于银矿。由于塔波尔本身不懂得采矿，所以他开了一家综合商店。他希望能给那些矿工提供食物和必需品以资助他们开采银矿，这样他也可以分一杯羹。然而几年下来，他所资助的那些矿工却没有发现任何矿井。
最终，在1878年的某一天又有两个矿工来寻求资助。然而由于损失惨重，塔波尔已经决定不再资助了。“哎，你们自己拿吧，多一次少一次也没什么两样了。”最后塔波尔受不了这两个矿工的软磨硬泡，扔下一句话便去卖自己的鞋帽了。这两个矿工拿了他价值17美元的物品，却要把自己找到的财富的三分之一送给塔波尔作为回报。他们选了一块空地便开始挖.九天之后他们很幸运地挖到了一个丰富的银矿。塔波尔将银矿从两个矿工手中买下来据为己有。这座“匹兹堡
矿井”为塔波尔赚了130万美元，而他仅仅投资了17美元。
后来，塔波尔又花11.7万美元收购了位于镇边一个贫瘠山腰上的Matchless矿井。结果这一矿井比匹兹堡矿井更让人难以置信，一天就挖出了价值3.5万美元的银矿。莱德维尔逐步发展起来，塔波尔担任了第一任市长，后来还当上了副州长。
答案及解析
56.C【解析】细节题。文章第一、二段中讲到这～点时，提及了三个原因：A.因为塔波尔成为当地的居民代表人物;B.因为相信在Leadville有丰富的铅储量;D.因为Leadville是因为塔波尔重要而起的名，唯独C没有，因为到后来发现是银矿才给他带来巨富。故本题选择C。
57.D【解析】词汇题。由文中第二段第三句可知，grubstake的意思是“供给探矿者资金、衣物、食品以及其他物品作为回报，供给者可以获得矿中资源的一定份额”。故本题选择D。
58.A【解析】细节题。由文章第三段可知，塔波尔第一次真正发财是因为他为两名矿工提供资助，为此他获得了他们矿资源三分之一的股份。后来塔波尔又将两人的股份全买下，这样，银矿属于塔波尔一个人所有，这个矿就是后来著名的匹兹堡矿。塔波尔用17美元的投资换来了130万美元的收获。故本题选择A。
59.B【解析】推断题。由原文可知，塔波尔的财产来源是有一定偶然性的，但是毕竟也是基于他开创的“grubstake”模式，所以A、D都不对，C更是没有根据，因为文中并没有提到第二位夫人在投资矿井过程中给他的帮助。分析塔波尔的做法，会得出B选项所示的结论。故本题选择B。
60.B【解析】推断题。如果本文是一篇文章的第一部分，那么在文章的第二部分将介绍谁呢?答案可以从文章第一句分析出来。在Leadville的黄金年代，塔波尔及其第二任妻子伊丽莎白·麦考特是值得大书特书的，接着，文章讲述了塔波尔发家致富的历史，如先买下匹兹堡矿，后又买下Matchless矿，最后成为市长、副州长等，涉及的全是男主人公，因此下边再讲的话，应会讲女主人公即伊丽莎白·麦考特。故本题选择B。
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下面是5个人对吸烟问题的看法。
哈德利：
如果你吸烟，而且不相信抽烟和支气管疾患、心脏病以及肺癌之间存在确定的联系，那么，你肯定是在欺骗你自己。看一看医院里面那些罹患这些疾病的人.数一数他们中间有多少人不吸烟，得出的数字会让你感到惊讶。即使是这少数不吸烟的人，也可能是不自觉的被动吸烟者。
兰迪：
烟草是税额很高的商品。对它所征的税几乎相当于对我们每日消费的面包所征的税。仅税收一项，英国政府从烟民那里征收的税额，就足以满足全部教育设施之需。所以，虽然当局一向谨慎地指出吸烟可能有害，但它不会为此大声痰呼。
桑普森：
烟草广告是其中一个问题，我们从未在广告中看到在清晨咳得很厉害的吸烟者。那永远不会发生。广告总是展示一位英俊的、脸刮得很干净的青年。这在暗示吸烟给人增添男子气，甚至是有益健康的。他们把吸烟与宽敞的室外生活、漂亮的姑娘、真爱和团结等画面联系起来。真是一派胡言!
罗利：
当然，烟草可以替政府收敛钱财。然而，一手贪婪地揽大量的钱，另一手却付出的更多。大量的钱花费在癌症研究和治疗受癌症折磨者的努力上。无数的珍贵生命因此逝去。从长远看，全面禁烟无疑将会使每个人都受益。
伯尼斯：
吸烟能带来持续的慰藉。在我感到担忧或紧张时，我只需点上一根烟，一切似乎就恢复正常了。辛苦地工作了一天之后，我最想做的就是吸一根烟。它甚至比咖啡还管用。吸烟带来的愉悦和放松缓解了日常生活中的压力。所以何必劳神禁烟并剥夺我们的快乐呢。
答案及解析
61.C 62.B 63.E 64.D 65.A
61-65题解析略。
第四部分 写作
Part A
66.范文
Dear Prof. Wang,
First of all, please allow me to express my deepsorry for not being able to keep our appointment. I doknow that this is very impolite and must have caused youmuch trouble.
I do reckon that at present any explanation is paleand futile. However I do not want you to misunderstandme. On my way to your office, an old lady suddenlyfainted due to heart attack on the bus. I stopped a taxiand sent her into a nearby hospital. I stayed there untilher son came, which spoiled our appointment.
I am aware that our appointment is of importance. Ido hope that you would be kind enough to spare yourvaluable time to meet me. I am looking forward to hear-
ing from you.
Sincerely yours,Li Ming
Part B
67. 范文
This chart shows that one’s lifetime earnings areclosely linked with one’s physical condition and educa-tion. As a rule, the young make more money than theold. People at the age of 20 to 30 are in their prime oflife. When they are strong and energetic, they can workmore and, as a result, earn more. People at the age of40 to 50 earn less than those in their twenties and thir-ties.
It is also illustrated in the chart that the better one iseducated, the more his lifetime earnings are. A highschool graduate earns more than a middle school gradu-ate, but less than a college graduate. So one’s lifetimeearnings are in proportion to one’s education.
In my opinion, in this highly competitive society, I’d rather get good education before I work. If people on the average are satisfied with a Master’s degree, I’dlike to have a Doctor’s degree. Then I’ll be a cut aboveothers in income and in knowledge.
