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■ Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage.
U.S. fourth- and eighth-graders improved their math scores in a closely watched international test, but continued to lag well behind peers from top-performing Asian countries.
The U.S. and other governments on Tuesday 11 the results of the test, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the world’s largest assessment of international achievement. Some 425,000 students in almost 60 countries took the exam, administered every four years, starting in 1995.
The test results come as businesses have warned that poor performance in math is eroding U.S. 12 , and as lawmakers in Washington prepare for a key battle over education policy.
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and some experts said the 13 suggest a victory for tougher teaching standards, increased rigor in math instruction, and the frequent standardized testing 14 by President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law. Critics of the law found little evidence to support that conclusion.
In math, U.S. fourth-graders ranked No. 11 on the international test, 15 surpassed by eight countries, led by China, Singapore and Japan, researchers said.
U.S. fourth-graders on average scored 529 in 2007, up from 518 in both 2003 and 1995. The results are reported on a zero to 1,000-point scale, with 500 16 the international average. Top-performing China scored 607. U.S. eighth-graders ranked No. 9 in math with a score of 508, behind many of the 17 Asian countries atop the fourth-grade chart.
“In math, the U.S. is making 18 progress,” says Michael O. Martin, one of the directors of the study at Boston College, which 19_ the test. But Mr. Martin said he worried about the huge gap between the U.S. and Asian countries, which aren’t 20 on their laurels.
A) management I) representing
B) truly J) takes
C) steady K) promoted
D) resting L) same
E) released M) administers
F) rapid N) words
G) roughly O) competitiveness
H) results
■ Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motorcar. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer that is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.
What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldn’t hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to program tasks that are largely unpredictable.
21. According to the author, the rate of change in technology _________.
A) will remain the same B) will slow down C) will speed up D) cannot be predicted
22. The author expects that by 2010 new technology will have revolutionized communications and _______.
A) bookshops will not exist B) the present postal system will disappear
C) people will no longer write letters D) postmen will have been replaced by the motorcar
23. From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A) professionals won’t be affected by new technology
B) doctors won’t be as efficient as computers
C) computers cannot replace lawyers
D) experts will know less in the future
24. The passage tells us that in the future ______.
A) children will not be taught in schools B) no teachers will be needed
C) teachers will be less knowledgeable D) children will learn social skills at school
25. In the writer’s view, ______.
A) people should be prepared for the future B) there exists no threat of unemployment
C) unions can stop the unfavorable changes D) people had better become cleaners
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
When it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives, you cannot overlook Henry Ford. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing, everywhere, even to this day, by introducing a new way to make cars — one, strange to say, that originated in slaughterhouses.
Back in the early 1900’s, slaughterhouses used what could have been called a “disassembly line”. Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto (磁发电机). Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto, one of its elements was placed on a conveyer, and each worker, as it passed, added another component to it, the same one each time. Professor David Hounshell of the University of Delaware, an expert on industrial development, tells what happened:
“The previous day, workers carrying out the entire process averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day, on the line, the assembly team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person.”
Within a year, the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913, Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes, partially assembled vehicles were towed past workers who completed them one piece at a time. It wasn’t long before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then. And so efficient and economical was this new system that he cut the price of his cars in half, to $260, putting them within reach of all those who, up until that time, could not afford them. Soon, auto makers all over the world copied him. In fact, he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations, entitled Today and Tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile had arrived. Today, aided by robots and other forms of automation, everything from toasters to perfumes is made on assembly lines.
26. In Paragraph 1, the author gives a historian’s statement about Henry Ford to show _________.
A) Henry Ford is quite popular with historians
B) historians are quite interested in Henry Ford
C) Henry Ford’s influence on history can hardly be ignored
D) manufacturing is among the subjects of historians’ study
27. The underlined word “disassembly” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ______.
A) putting together B) establishing C) manufacturing D) taking apart
28. All of the following statements are true, EXCEPT that ________.
A) the invention of the assembly line has changed our lives
B) Henry Ford influenced virtually all manufacturing
C) Henry Ford’s experiment on the magneto was an immediate success
D) cars were originally manufactured in slaughterhouses
29. It can be inferred from this passage that _________.
A) more people could afford a car thanks to the assembly line
B) Henry Ford was forced to cut the price of the cars because of market competition
C) Henry Ford cut the production of his cars by 50% to reduce costs
D) Henry Ford was reluctant to share his invention with others
30. This passage mainly tells us ________.
A) the history of car manufacturing
B) the origin and influence of the assembly line on all manufacturing
C) the process of car manufacturing
D) the role of technology in raising production
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with 31 despite working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My parents and five-year-old son were in the 32 when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and proud to be starting a 33 career and contributing more to my family’s well-being.
But when I got home that evening, there was a note from my husband, 34 ,“I’ve come to get my clothes and won’t be back.” We’d been having trouble, 35 the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had emptied our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had quit my 36 jobs in anticipation of interviewing for a teaching position. 37 , I was eight months pregnant.
The reality was so merciless that I was embarrassed, 38 , and angry and felt I 39 . But I had my son, and I was about to 40 a new life into the world, so 41 my deep sadness, I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up (literally and figuratively), put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, fixed breakfast, and 42 did everything I always did. I used my routine to keep me moving.
And in the seven years 43 , I’ve continued moving forward. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and watched my babies grow to 12 and 44 . I certainly would never have 45 to put them through this, but in retrospect (回顾), I’m glad it
46 to me when it did. It helped me grow 47 , confident, and strong — things I’m hopefully instilling now in my children. 48 life throws you a curve ball, hands you a lemon, or knocks you for a loop. But knowing 49 failure can be the first step to success. This is my latest belief and strategy on 50 to win in the end.
31. A) joys B) anxieties C) excitements D) honors
32. A) emergence B) absence C) audience D) presence
33. A) gardening B) teaching C) nursing D) repairing
34. A) saying B) meaning C) expressing D) talking
35. A) but B) and C) though D) so
36. A) precautious B) previous C) present D) precious
37. A) Although B) Yet C) Plus D) Even
38. A) exciting B) disturbed C) interested D) scared
39. A) had failed B) failed C) attempted D) had attempted
40. A) take B) bring C) give D) get
41. A) regardless of B) except C) despite D) instead of
42. A) sadly B) terribly C) safely D) basically
43. A) since B) ago C) before D) after
44. A) seven B) eight C) nine D) ten
45. A) preferred B) chosen C) turned D) waited
46. A) have happened B) happens C) happened D) had happened
47. A) indifferent B) careful C) helpful D) independent
48. A) Some time B) Sometimes C) Any time D) Some times
49. A) to approach B) what to defeat C) how to approach D) to defeat
50. A) what B) where C) why D) how
Part V Translation
(5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
51. More than five million children have gotten health insurance in the last 4 years, and _________________ (超过三百万的家庭已经摆脱贫困).
52. The appearance of e-business and the fast-growing Internet economy are ________________ (为中国的进出口贸易提供了新的增长机遇).
53. We have many reasons to believe ______________ (一个更加光明美好的未来在等着我们).
54. ___________________________ (除董事长之外的所有董事会成员都投票赞成我的建议) to set up a branch office on the outskirts of town.
55. _______________ (孩子们没有去滑雪)，the children went skating last Sunday.
Part I Writing
One possible version:
Talent Is More than a Certificate
With the increase of students in China’s higher education institutions, there is a striking trend of more and more graduates flooding into the market to hunt for a job. Confronted with fierce and cold competition, they must use everything they have to take advantage of the rare opportunities they are given. Sometimes, whether or not they have a certain educational certificate is enough to leave them a success or failure.
This practice is not particularly fair or justified. For one thing, the certificate is only a piece of paper that does not reveal one’s actual ability. Sometimes a person’s qualities and capabilities may be hidden inside his or her mind. For another, just as a Chinese saying puts it: “In every art, there is a good master.” It is generally recognized that one’s genuine ability and knowledge are measurable through social practice and not his or her grades on tests. What’s more, the over-emphasis on the certificate will inevitably result in side effects, for example, the widespread manufacture of fake graduate certificates.
As far as I’m concerned, what you have done in your spare time may be a criterion on which to judge whether you are talented, creative, sympathetic and cooperative or not. An individual’s personal ethical quality, sometimes, is more important than his or her brilliant academic record.
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning)
1. B)。根据文章第二段，可以判断B)为正确选项。
2. D)。根据文章第三段最后两句“To make ... the Forbes ... the richest Americans ... billionaire ... $1.3 billion.”可以判断只有D)表达正确。A)、B)和C)分别出现在第六段、第十三段和第十九段。
3. B)。根据文章第五段第一句“Twenty years ago ...”和第四句“Now he’s a 49-year-old ...”可以计算出B)是正确的。
4. C)。根据文章第十段第三句“so I read books and magazines about money management and investing ...”判断C)符合原文的表达，这也符合“Educate yourself”这一部分表达的主题。
5. C)。根据文章倒数第二段第一句“The positive attitude worked: Jill’s ...”，可以判断C)是正确答案。A)、B)和D)分别出现在第七段、第十段和第二段。
6. A)。根据文章倒数第四段第一句“Jill started packaging gourmet foods ...”和倒数第二段“... backyard company ... direct-sales business ... top 25 female business owners ...”，可以判断出A)是正确选项。
7. D)。根据文章的小标题，很容易排除A)、B)和C)，从而判断D)为正确答案。
8. fear。参见文章第七段第二句“Eker says, ‘The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear.’”。
9. the care for their vocation。参见文章最后一段可知,根据《百万富翁之心灵》作者托马斯??J??斯坦利的调查研究，百分之八十以上的百万富翁说，如果他们的职业不是他们所喜欢的，那么他们就永远不会成功。
10. three / 3。从文章三个小标题“Set your sights on where you’re going”, “Educate yourself”和“Passion pays off”内容中，作者以三个成功者“Jeff Harris”, “Steve Maxwell”和“Jill Blashack Strahan”为例，向我们说明如何成就百万富翁。
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