Section II Use of English

(15 minutes)

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text

If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, tossing and 26 in bed until the early hours of the morning when you eventually 27 asleep. When you wake up, you don’ t feel 28 , but tired and worn out and 29 to face a new day.

Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article 30 Stress and Sleep, 31 that stress and lack of sleep are directly 32 . Dr. Winkle says, "the more we worry, the 33 we sleep, the more we are unable to deal with 34 If we can find a way to get a good night’ s sleep," he 35 ,"we can often find the 36 to deal with what’ s worrying us. "

So, what is a good night’ s sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order to keep healthy 37 a lot. Seven hours is about the average amount, 38 strangely enough, sleeping longer often gives you a headache 39 of making you feel more refreshed.

Dr. Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give themselves a short 40 and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or listening to music. Doing some exercise 41 in the day should help you to feel physically as well as 42 tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain caffeine(咖啡因) and will keep you. 43 . "When you put the light 44 ," Dr.Winkle says, "concentrate on relaxing your muscles. Working slowly up from your feet, and you’ll be asleep 45 you know it. "

26. [A] turning[B]rolling[C]twisting[D]rotating

27. [A] find[B]feel[C]drop[D]all

28. [A] relieved　[B]renewed[C]refreshed[D]released

29. [A] impossible[B]unable[C]powerless[D]incapable

30.[A] titled[B]libeled[C]entitled[D]named

31. [A] implies[B]suggests[C]proposes[D]indicates

32. [A] related[B]tied[C]combined[D] put together

33. [A] more[B]less[C]shorter[D]later

34. [A] nervousness[B]anxiety[C]stress[D]tension

35. [A] enhances[B]attaches[C]inserts[D]adds

36. [A] power[B]energy[C]vigor[D]force

37. [A] varies[B]differs[C]alters[D]contrasts

38. [A] nevertheless[B] since[C]though[D] however

39. [A] because[B]spite[C]despite[C]instead

40. [A] pause[B] break[C]vacation[D]interruption

41. [A] earlier[B]early[C]previously[D]sooner

42. [A] spiritually[B]consciously[C]mentally[D]emotionally

43. [A] asleep[B]awake[C]alert[D]active

44. [A] out[B]on[C]away[D]off

45. [A] as soon as[B]when[C]before[D]after

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

An embarrassing experience

It was the small hours of the morning when we reached London Airport. I had cabled London from Amsterdam, and there was a hired car to meet, but there was one more unfortunate happening before I reached my flat. In all my travels I have never, but for that once, been required by the British customs to open a single bag or to do more than state that I carried no goods liable to duty. It was, of course, my fault; the extreme tiredness and nervous tension of the journey had destroyed my diplomacy. I was, for whichever reason, so tired that I could hardly stand, and to the question ,"have you read this?" I replied with extreme foolishness, "Yes, hundreds of times. "

"And you have nothing to declare?""Nothing. "

"How long have you been out of this country?""About three months. "

"And during that time you have acquired nothing?""Nothing but what is on the list I have given you. "He seemed momentarily at a loss, but then he attacked. The attack, when it came, was utterly unexpected.

"Where did you get that watch?"

I could have kicked myself. Two days before, when playing water games with a friend in the bath, I had forgotten to take off my ROLEX OYSTER, and it had, not unnaturally, stopped. I had gone into the market and bought, for twelve shillings and six pence, an ugly time piece that made a strange noise. It had stopped twice, without any reason, during the journey.

I explained, but I had already lost face. I produced my own watch from a pocket, and added that I should be grateful if he would confiscate the replacement.

"It is not a question of confiscation," he said, "there is a fine for failing to declare dutiable goods. And now may I please examine that Rolex?"

It took another quarter of an hour to persuade him that the Rolex was not contraband; then he began to search my luggage.

46. When did the writer arrive at London airport?

[A] In the early morning.[B] Late at night.[C] At noon.[D] Late in the morning.

47. What can we conclude from the questions asked by the customs officer?

[A] He was just doing his duty by asking the passenger some usual questions.

[B] He must have noticed the writer’s ugly watch.

[C] He wanted to embarrass the writer.

[D] He must have noticed the writer’s tiredness.

48. What did the writer think of the watch he bought in the market?

[A] He was fond of the watch because it was a Rolex.

[B] He found the watch useful though it was very cheap.

[C] He didn’t like the watch at all.

[D] He was indifferent to the watch.

49. What must have happened to the writer in the end?

[A] He must have spent a long time at the customs and must have been let go without any punishment.

[B] He must have been given a fine as a punishment.

[C] His Rolex must have been confiscated.

[D] His cheap watch must have been confiscated.

50. What do you think is the tone of the story?

[A] Humorous.[B] Sarcastic.[C] Solemn.[D] Matter-of-fact.

Text 2

You must have been troubled by when to say "I love you" because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.

What if you say it first and your partner doesn’ t love you back? Or if they do say it but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be nerve-racking(紧张) and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’ t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand first?

"A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal," says psychologist Sidney Crown. "But love is seldom equal. " All relationships go through power struggles but, he says ,if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. "That feeling of ’ I’ ve always loved you more’ may be subverted(颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling(大声争吵). In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. "The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings," says educational psychologist lngrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. "The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says ’ I love you’ first may also be the one who says ’ I’ m bored with you’ first. " Hall believes that much depends on how "I love you" is said and the motivation of the person saying it."Is it said when they’ re drunk? Is it said before their partner flies off on holiday, and what it really means is ’ Please don’ t be unfaithful to me’ ? By saying I love you’ ,they really say’ Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’ t it just be more honest to say that?" Collins agrees that intention is everything."It’ s not what is said, but how it’ s said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker. "

51. What is the main idea of this passage?

[A]The importance of "I love you"[B]The meaning of "I love you"

[C]The time of saying "I love you"[D]The place of saying "I love you"

52. In the first sentence the author means that__________.

[A]it is easy to say "I love you"[B]it is hard to say "I love you"

[C]we have many troubles in our life[D]people usually do not know when to say "I love you"

53. According to the expert, a good relationship should be__________.

[A]fair and equal[B]fair and kind

[C]powerful and equal[D]confident and fair

54. In the third paragraph, the phrase "with the upper hand" means__________.

[A]being low in spirit[B]having only one hand

[C]being active[D]being passive

55. What is the most important for you to consider when somebody says "I love you" to you?

[A]The intention.[B]The place.[C]The time.[D]The determination.

Text 3

At the European Commission in Brussels, they have a joke about the work interpreters do-"Languages", they say, "have nothing to do with interpretation, it helps to know them. "Anyone thinking of becoming an interpreter would bear this so well in mind. Translating languages, especially in a political context, involves far more than mere linguistic ability.

To work in an international organization, such as the United Nations, you need to be approved by one of the various international translators or interpreters’ associations. To achieve this, you must experience rigorous and lengthy training, either at an accrediting organization’ s own school, or on a post graduate course at university. But a qualification in languages is not the only route into the job .At London’ s University of Westminster, candidates get offered a place on the interpreter’ s course if they can show that they have "lived a bit", in the words of one lecture. Young people who have just left university often lack adequate experience of life.

The University also looks for candidates who have lived for long time in the countries where their acquired languages are spoken. They are also expected to have wide cultural interests and a good knowledge of current affairs. This broad range of interests are essential in a job which can require interpreting discussions of disarmament (裁军) on Monday, international fishing rights on Tuesday ,multinational finance on Wednesday, and the building and construction industry on Thursday.

Interpreters also rely on adrenaline(肾上腺素)--which is caused by the stress and challenges of the job--to keep them going through their demanding schedules. Many admit that they enjoy the buzz of adrenaline they get from the job, and it’ s known that their heart rates speed up while they are working.

It’ s also a job with its own risks and excitement. Interpreters are needed in war zones as well as in centers of international diplomacy, like the U. N.

56. According to the passage, what does the underlined phrase "lived a bit "mean?

[A]To be older than others.[B]To travel to more countries.

[C]To have abundant life experience.[D]To have longer training in interpreting.

57. Candidates for the training course in London’ s University of Westminster need the following qualifications EXCEPT

[A]having wide cultural interests[B]having a good knowledge of current affairs

[C]being familiar with the languages they translate[D]being eloquent lecturers

58. The interpreters rely on adrenaline because

[A]it can help finish their work quickly[B]it can make them excited

[C]it can prevent them from heart disease[D]it can make them work harder

59. According to the passage, we can infer that

[A]language has nothing to do with interpreting

[B]only those postgraduates from the foreign language universities can work as interpreters

[C]interpreters must live in the country where the required language is spoken

[D]interpreters build the bridge for international communication

60. The job as an interpreter has the following characteristics EXCEPT

[A]funny[B]intrepid[C]dangerous sometimes[D]exciting

Part B

Directions:The 12,000 members of the Electricity Workers’ Union went on strike last week and since then there has been no electricity. For questions 61 - 65, match the names with the statements below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Mr. Mike Smith:

It wasn’ t an easy decision, but we’ ve been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at last people are beginning to listen to us. We’ re only asking for a 25 percent increase in our wages. 250dollars a week, that’ s all. It’ s a pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by our strike. But please don’t blame us. Blame the government for refusing our claim.

Mr. Tom Brown:

It’ s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up, so do prices. If we gave in to the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What we’re trying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer the electricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that’ s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Union to see reason.

Mr. Bob Davis:

Everybody will be hurt by this strike, including the electricity workers themselves. The economy will be destroyed and many people will lose their jobs. Already people are saying that the big union shave too much power and shouldn’ t be allowed to strike. Of course the electricity workers want to get more money. Don’t we all?

Mrs. Baker:

My opinion is "Get the Army in". All the power stations should be managed by the army. The strikers should be thrown into prison. That’ s what this country needs. Why must we all suffer just because a few men are greedy? If they don’ t like their jobs, nobody’ s forcing them to work. They should try and live on 50 dollars a week like I have to. Perhaps they’ d keep their mouths shut then .Miss Siater:

Let’ s face it. It’ s neither here nor there. The electricity workers are in a strong position. Per-haps we can’ t do anything about it. What I say is: let them have their 250 dollars so we can return to work. I mean, the government wastes the taxpayers’ money all the time on trivial things. How can anyone say 250 dollars is "too much" ? Pop singers get more. Nurses get less. It’ s just one of those things.

Now match each of the persons (61 to 65)to the appropriate statement .Note: there are two extra statements.

Statements

61. Mr. Mike Smith

62. Mr. Tom Brown

63. Mr. Bob Davis

64. Mrs. Baker

65. Miss Slater

[A] A 10% increase is already too much, and I’ m here to persuade the Union to see reason.

[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation’s security and stability.

[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.

[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity workers’ demands.

[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.

[F] I must make you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.

[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.

Section IV Writing

(40 minutes)

Directions:You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.

Part A

66. You have read the following magazine advertisement in which an American girl is looking for pen-friends and you want to get in touch with her.

Write a letter to her (Andy Lewis), telling her about:1 ) your family

2) your schooling or work3) your hobbies

You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use "Li Ping" instead. You needn’ t write the address.

Part B

67. You are given a picture and required to describe the scene you can see in it with the title

Inside and Outside. Make reference to the following points:

1) a description of the picture

2) your comment on this phenomenon

3) your composition should be no less than 120 words

第一部分　听力(略)

第二部分　英语知识运用

参考译文

如果你正为某些事情担心或是在工作上、学业中承受着很大的压力，你极有可能睡得不好。忧虑使你无法入睡，使你在床上辗转反侧，直到清晨时分才能睡得着觉。醒来的时候，你并不会觉得精神焕发神清气爽，而是会精疲力竭，无法迎接新一天的来临。

近期的报纸上刊登了一篇亨利•温可尔博士的文章，题目是《压力与睡眠》。温可尔博士认为压力和睡眠不足有直接的联系。他说：“我们越是忧心忡忡，睡得就越少，也就越没有办法对抗忧虑。”他还补充说：“如果能找到使自己睡个好觉的方法，我们就能有足够的精力解决我们的问题。”

那么，究竟什么是良好的睡眠呢?研究表明，为了保持健康所需要的睡眠时间是因人而异的。7小时是平均数。然而令人不解的是，延长睡眠时间，非但不能让人精神焕发，反而会引起头痛。

温可尔博士认为睡前的准备工作是很重要的。工作到很晚的人临睡前应该稍稍休息一下，做点有助于放松的事，可以看看电视或听听音乐。早晨做运动也会使人在身体土和精神上有疲劳感。睡前喝点饮料也有助于睡眠，但不要喝茶或咖啡，因为它们含有的咖啡因会使你无法入眠。温可尔博士指出：“关灯之后，你就该集中精神放松你的肌肉。慢慢地从脚开始放松，就会不知不觉地进入梦乡了。”

答案及解析

26.A【解析】本题考查词语搭配。toss and turn是固定用法，表示“辗转反侧”。

27.D【解析】本题考查词语搭配。fall asleep意为“入睡”，是固定用法，符合题意。

28.C【解析】本题考查词语辨析和对文意的理解。A项relieve意为“减轻，安慰”;B 项renew意为“恢复，重新开始”;C项refresh，意为“恢复精力”;D项release意为“释放”。根据题意，入睡觉醒来应该觉得神清气爽，所以选择C。

29.B【解析】本题考查词义辨析。B项unable意为“没有能力的”，常与to搭配，人做主语。

30.C【解析】本题考查词义辨析和对文意的理解。表示“文章等的标题是…”，一般用entitle，为固定用法。

31.D【解析】本题考查词义辨析。A项imply意为“暗示”;B项suggest、C项propose均为“建议”;只有D项indicate意为“表明，明确指出”符合文意。

32.A【解析】本题考查词义辨析。根据文章可知，这里的意思是“压力和缺乏睡眠有关系”。A项relate意为“联系，使有联系”，符合文章，故选A。

33.B【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。第一段已经提到，如果人承受很大的压力就睡不好，“忧虑使你无法入睡”。由此可知，越忧虑，睡得越少，the more/less…，the…是固定搭配，意为“越…，越…”。

34.C【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。这一段第一句话已提到亨利博士的文章讲的是压力与睡眠的关系，前文中出现了stress and sleep，根据此细节可推断出此处应选C。

35.D【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。根据文章可知，此处是说“博士又补充了一点”，D项add意为“补充”。

36.B【解析】本题考查词文辨析。这里的意思是说只有保证好的睡眠，我们才能有精力去解决所忧虑的问题，此处指的是人的精力，只有B项energy有此意。

37.A【解析】本题考查词义辨析。这里指的是人们睡眠的时间各不相同，vary和differ都有“不同”的意思。但前者强调各式各样的、种类的多样性，而后者强调事物本质上根本的不同。

38.C【解析】本题考查关联词的用法。此处意思是说，一般人们会认为睡得越多人越精神，但恰恰相反，睡多了会使人头疼，这里是转折的意思，A、D项都有转折的意思，但是作插入语在句中前后均要用逗号隔开。所以选择C。

39.D【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。此句的意思是“睡多了会使人头疼而不是更加体力充沛”，要选择表转折的选项。instead of意为“代替，作为…的替换”，符合文意。

40.B【解析】本题考查词义辨析。B项break符合文意，意为“短暂休息”;A项pause意为“中止”;C项vacation意为“假期”;D项interruption意为“打扰”。

41.B【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。此处是说早晨做运动也会使人在身体上和精神上有疲劳感。early意为“早早地”，符合文意。

42.C【解析】本题考查词语搭配。physically andmentally是固定搭配的副词短语，表示“身心地”。

43.B【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。茶和咖啡因含咖啡因会使人清醒，B项awake意为“清醒的”。

44.A【解析】本题考查动词词组搭配。put out意为“熄灭”;put on意为“穿上”;put away意为“把…收起来”;put off意为“推迟”。根据文意选A。

45.C【解析】本题考查对上下文的理解。这句话的意思是“在不知不觉中你就睡着了”，即在你知晓之前就已入睡了。

第三部分　阅读理解

PartA

Text1

参考译文

一次尴尬的经历

当我们到达伦敦机场的时候还是凌晨，我已经从阿姆斯特丹往伦敦发过电报了，预租了一辆车等我们.但是在我到达公寓之前又发生了一件倒霉的事。在我所有的旅 行经历中，英国海关从来没有要求过我打开一个包，我仅仅需要申明我没有携带需交关税的商品就可以了，只有这一次例外。当然，这是我的错，旅途的极度疲劳和 神经紧张已经使我与人交涉的能力衰退了。不管出于什么原因，我太累了，累得几乎站不稳，对于海关人员提出的问题，“你看过这个吗?”我极其愚蠢地回答说 “看过几百次了。”

“你没有什么要申报的吗?”“没有。”

“你离开这个国家多久了?”“大概3个月了。”

“在这段时间里你什么也没购置吗?”

“除了我给你的清单上的东西，什么也没有。”

他似乎有片刻的疑惑，但是过后他发起进攻了，那进攻完全出乎我的意料。

“那块手表从哪里来的?”

我懊恼极了，两天前和朋友在浴室打水仗的时候，我忘记把我的劳力士伊司特表摘下来了，后来它不走了，我就去一家商店花12先令6便士买了这块丑陋的表，它还总是发出很奇怪的声音。在旅程中它莫名其妙地停了两次。

我解释了，但是我已经丢了面子，我从口袋里拿出自己的手表给他看，并且补充说如果他没收那件替代品我会很感激。

“这不是没收的问题，”他说，“不申报关税商品要罚款，现在可以把那块劳力士给我检查吗?”

我又花了15分钟说服他这块劳力士不是走私品，然后他又开始搜查我的行李。

答案及解析

46.A【解析】细节题。文章第一句话说“It was thesmall hours of the morning when we reached　London Airport.”，这里的“small hours”意思是“凌晨”，可知作者是在凌晨到达伦敦机场的。故选A。

47.B【解析】推理题。文中海关官员问作者的表是从哪里来的，而且是非常突然地发问，可推测他之前已经注意到那块表了。故选B。

48.C【解析】推理题。从作者描述这块手表时所用的语言，如“ugly…‘made a strange noise”可以看出作者并不喜欢这块表。

49.B【解析】推理题。从海关官员说“这不是没收的问题”，“不申报关税商品要罚款”可见作者最后被罚款了。fine有“罚款”的意思。

50.A【解析】推理题。作者在文中用了很多对话，说明语气是轻松的，且从作者叙述的方式可以看出写作手法很幽默。故选A。

Text 2

参考译文

你曾经一定为何时说“我爱你”而烦恼过，因为这是我们生活中的一大难题。

如果你先说“我爱你”而对方却不回应，或者对方也这么说但你觉得他或她并非当真，那该怎么办?先说爱一个人，会让人紧张，而且也很冒险，它会让你觉得自己 像没了硬壳的海龟那样容易受到伤害。但先说出口的人真的是处于劣势吗?隐而不宣，冷静地等待，让对方采取主动会更好吗?

“真正良好的两性关系应该是公平平等的，”心理学家悉德尼•克朗说，“但爱情很少是平等的。”他说，“所有的两性关系都会有权力的斗争，但是，如果爱情在 数年之间都是不平衡的，那就会开始出现问题。‘我对你的爱更多’这种感觉暂时可能会被颠覆，但它不会消失，且常常会在争吵中出现。”至少在爱情上，沉默含 蓄的一方并不总是最强有力的。“两性关系中最强大的一方常常是能自信地说出自己的感受的人。”教育心理学家因格瑞•柯林斯说。性心理治疗学家波拉•霍尔赞 同说：“占上风的常常是采取主动的人。实际上.先说‘我爱你’的人往往也是先说‘我讨厌你’的人。”霍尔认为，这很大程度上取决于说“我爱你”的方式和说 话人的动机。“他们是在喝醉时说的吗?是在对方乘飞机度假前说的吗?其真正的含义是‘请一定要对我忠诚’?是不是表面上说‘我爱你’，而真正想说的却是 ‘你爱我吗?’如果是这样，直截了当地说不是更诚实吗?”柯林斯也认为动机决定一切。“重要的不在于说话的内容而在于说话的方式。归根到底是说话人的真 诚。”

答案及解析

51.C【解析】主旨题。这篇文章主要讲述的是说“我爱你”的时机，文章的第一句话即显示了这一点。

52.D【解析】细节题。由文章第一句话可知，作者认为人们肯定为何时说“我爱你”而烦恼过，即人们不知道何时说“我爱你”。

53.A【解析】细节题。由第三段的“A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal”可知本题应选A。

54.C【解析】词义解析，“with the upper hand”意思是“占了上风”，即处于主动地位。

55.A【解析】从第三段末柯林斯的话语中可以得知你的动机决定一切。“重要的不在于说话的内容而在于说话的方式。归根到底是说话人的真诚。”

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。

第四部分　写作

Part A

66.范文

Dear Andy,

I have read the advertisement and I am very glad tobecome your pen-friend.

I am a girl of 25 years old. I live with my parents inBeijing.I have a brother working in a computercompany. I’m a history teacher in a junior middleschool. I share the same hobbies with you, and I alsolike traveling and hiking very much. I usually go camp-ing with my friends on weekends.

I like to make friends, not only friends in Beijing, butalso friends in other countries. It’s a great pleasure to knowyou. And I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,Li Ping

Part B

67. 范文

Inside and Outside

There are two birds in the picture. One is in a cage,while the other stays outside. Both of them are admiringthe other’s life.

The bird locked in the cage lives an unhappy life.Although it is given a full bowl of rice every day, it isbored to death. It dreams one day it can fly happily inthe sky. On the other hand, the bird outside has a strongdesire to get into the cage. It completely forgets the ad-vantage of being free, because it has to look for food byitself beng outside, and now it is hungry.

The message conveyed by the picture is instructive.Everything has two sides. When a person is in unfavor-able condition, he should have positive attitude towardslife and never lose sight of his own advantages.