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1、Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a comition on the topic:Salary orerest. You should writeeast 150 words following the outline given below:Salary orerest1.2.3.如今的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生你的觀點(diǎn)結(jié)論的職業(yè)選擇：重要還是工資重要Part II Reading Comprehen(Skimming and Scanning) (15 minu

2、tes)Directions:his part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answerthe questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the sement agrees withthe information givenhe passage; N (for NO) if the sement contradicts the information givenhe passage; NG (for NOT G

3、IVEN) if the information is not givenhe passage.For questions5-10, complete the sentenwith the information givenhe passage.April Fools Spel: Historys HoaxesHappy April Fools Day. To mark the occa, National Geographic News has compiled alist of some of the more memorable hoaxes in recent history. The

4、y are thes, darned(可恨的)s, and whoppers( 彌天大謊)t have been petrated on the gullible( 易受騙的)anduning to fulfillt age-old desire held by some to put the joke on others.ernet HoaxesTheernes given birth to a proliferation(增殖)of hoaxes.inboxes are bombardedonmost daily basis with messages warning of terribl

5、e computerest cause users todelete benign(良性)cnaive to give all their identity thieves. Otherks of data from their hard drives, or of credit card scamst entice theal information, including passwords and baccount details, tos give rise to wry(歪曲的)chuckles, which is where this list begins.Ban Dihydrog

6、en Monoxide(一氧化二氫)City offimonoxidels in Aliso Viejo, California, were so concerned about the dangers of dihydrogentthey scheduled a vote last month on whether to ban foam()cups fromcity-sponsored events after they learned the chemical was used in foam-cup production.Offils called off the vote after

7、 learningt dihydrogen monoxide is the scientific term forwater. Its embarrassing, city manager David J. Norman told the Assoparalegal(助手)who did bad research.ted Press. We had a, the paralegal had fallen victim to an offil-looking Web site touting the dangers ofdihydrogen monoxide. Anoriginally auth

8、ored in 1990 by Eric Lechner, then a graduatestudenthe University of California, Santa Cruz, claimedt dihydrogen monoxide is used asan industrial solvent and coolant, and is used in the production of Styrofoam(聚苯乙烯料).塑Other dangers prsters(愛開玩笑的人)assoted with the chemical included acceleratedcorroan

9、d rusting, severe burns, and death from inhalation.Vers of thecontinue to circulate today, and several Web sites, includingt of theCoalition to Ban DHMO, warn, tongue-in-cheek, of waters dangers. Alabama Changes Value of PiThe April 1998 newsletter put out by New Mexicans for science and Reason cont

10、ains an article titled Alabama Legislature Lays Siege to Pi. It was penned by April Holiday of the Associmated Press (sic) and told the story of how the Alabama s e legislature voted to changethe value of the mathematical constant Pi from 3.14159 to the round number of 3.The ersatz()news story was w

11、ritten by Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Marklough to parody(滑稽地模仿)legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of evolutionin New Mexico.AtReason,loughs suggestion, Dave Thomas, theof New Mexicans for science andted the article in itirety to theernet newsgroup Talk. Origins on Apr

12、il 1. (Thenewsgroup hosts a lively debate on creation vs. evolution.) Latert evening Thomasted afull confesBut to friends andto the hoax. He thought he hut all rumors to bed.Thomass surprise, however, several newsgroup readers forwarded the article toted it on other newsgroups.When Thomas checked in

13、 on the story a fewks later, he warprised to learnt idspread like wildfire. Theltale signs of the articles satiricalent, such as the April 1 date andmisspelled Associmated Press daine, had been replaced or deleted.Alabama legislators were bombarded with callsing the law. The legislators explainedt t

14、he news was a hoax. There was not and never had been such a law. TV and NewsprHoaxesBefore the advent of theernet, and even today, traditional media outlets such asnewsprs, radio, andevi, have sometimes hoaxed their audien. The deceptions run thegamut from purported natural disasters to wishful news

15、. Swiss Spaghetti (意大利式細(xì)面條)HarvestAlex Boese, curator of the Museum of Hoaxes, a regularly updated Web site appeared in book form in November 2002, said one of his favorite hoaxes remains one pby the British Broadcasting Company.t alsoetratedOn April 1, 1957, the BBC aired a report on thebumper spag

16、hetti harvest in southern Switzerland.evinews shonorama about theViewers watched Swiss farmers pull pasta off spaghetti trees as the shows anchor, RichardDimby, attributed the bountiful harvest to the mild wer and the disappearance of thespaghettivil.The broadcaster detailed the ins and outs of the

17、life of the spaghetti farmer andipatedquestions about how spaghetti grows on trees. Thousands of peopeved the report and calledthe BBC to inquire about growing their own spaghetti trees, to which the BBC repd, Place asprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best. It was a great s

18、atirical effectabout British society, Boese said. British society really was like have a tendency to be a bit insulated(絕緣的) and do not know Europe.Taco Liberty Bellt time. The Britisht much about the rest ofOn April 1, 1996, readers in five major U.S. cities opened their newsprs to learn from afull

19、 page announcementt the Taco Bell Corporation hurchased the Liberty Bell from theU.S.ernment. The announcement reportedt the company was relocating the historic bellfrom Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Irvine, California. The move, the corporation said in theadvertisement, was part of an effort to he

20、lp the national debt.dreds of other newsprs andevishows ran stories related to the press release onthe matter put out by Taco Bells public relations firm, PainePR. Outraged citizens called theLiberty Bell National Historic Park in Philadelphia to express their disgust. A few hours later thepublic re

21、lations firm released anothress announcement singt the stunt was a hoax.White House press secretary Mike McCurry goto the act when he remarkedt theernment would also be selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Company and renaming it the Lincoln-Mercury Memorial. Crop CirclesStrange, circular form

22、ations began to appear in the fields of southern England in the mid-1970s, bringing busloads of curious onlookers, media represen ives, and be vers in the paranormal out to the countryside for a look.A sometimes vitriolic(諷刺的)debate on their origins has since ensued(跟著發(fā)生), and thecurious formations

23、have spread around the world,go by.ing more and more elaborate as the yearsSome people consider the crop formations to be the greatest works of modern art to emerge from the 20th century, while others are convinced they are signs of extraterrestrial communications or landing sites of UFOs.The debate

24、 rages even today, although in 1991 Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, two elderlymen from Wiltshire County, came forward and claimed responsibility for the crop circlestappeared there over the preceding 20 years. The pair made the circles by pushing down nearly ripecrops wiwooden plsuspended from a rope.

25、 Moon Landinga HoaxEver since NASA sent astquestioned whether the Apollo misauts to the moon betn 1969 and 1972, skeptics haves were real or simply a ploy to one-up(領(lǐng)先)the SovietUnion during the Cold War. The debate resurfaced and reached crescendo levels in February 2001,when Foreviaired a program

26、called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the MoonGuests on the show arguedt NASA did not have the technology to land on the moon.Anxious to whe space race, NASA acted out the Apollo programovie studios, they said.The conspiracy theorists poed outt thctures transmitted from the moon do not includesta

27、rs andt the flag the Americans planted on the moon is waving, even though there is thoughto be no breeze on the moon.NASA quickly refuted these claims in a series of press releases, singt any photographerwould know it is difficult to capture something very bright and very dim on the samece of film.S

28、ince the photographers wanted to capture the astauts striding across thear surfaceheir t theade itsunlit spauits, the background stars were too fato see. As for the flag, NASA saidastwave.auts were turning it back and forth to get in firmly plantedhear soil, whi1. Some people have-old desire to put

29、the joke on others. 2. According to the passage,the only form ofernet hoaxes ishoax.3. Dihydrogen monoxide is a very dangerous chemical, which is often used as an industrialsolvent.4. Dihydrogen monoxide can accelerate corroeven death from inhalation.and rusting, and cause sever burns and5. The reas

30、on why the ersatz newst forwardedt Alabama changed the value of Pi spread wildly wasthe article to friends andted it on other newsgroups.6. Traditional media outletch as may still hoax their audiennowadays.7. According to Boese, many peopthe British did not know .eved the report of Swiss spaghetti h

31、arvest because8. According to a hoax announcement, the Taco Bell Corporation bough the Liberty Bell andmoved it to Irvine to help .9. The crop circles were thought to be the greatest works of modern art, the signs of or landing sites of UFOs.10. Some people thoughtt NASA acted out the Apollo program

32、ovie studios partiallybecause thctures transmitted from the moon do not include .Part IV Reading ComprehenSection A(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Directions:his section, there is a short passage with 5 questions orplete sements.Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the se

33、mentshe fewestsible words on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Wild ducks and other migratory(遷移的) birds could be important carriers of deadly bird flu, researchers say. Even so, the infectious-disease experts say there is no solid basis for killing wild birds to

34、protect poultry and minimize the risk of human infection.The European team investigating the global spread of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza(禽流感)says certain duck species may be infecting wild bird populations. Geese and wading birdsare alsosible vectors(帶菌者)of the, the team says.The teams study

35、 was led by Bjrn Olsen of Umea University in Sweden. Olsen runs Europeslargest wild-bird flu monitoring program.Studies have shownt influenzaes in lake water, generally passed via bird fe(糞),can stay infectious for up to 30 days. The migration or feeding behavior of dabbling ducks couldeast partiall

36、y explahe spread of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the researchers add.This group of duck species includes mallards, teal, pails, and otherst feed at or near thesurface, wherees in water are most likely to bcked up. Perhaps as a result, dabblers havethe highest known rates of avian influenza infection

37、, the study says. For instance, nearly 13percent of mallards testeditive for bird flu. Other species tested include the American blackduck (18.1 percent), blue-winged teal (11.5 percent), and northern pail (11.2 percent).However, bird flues appear to exist in ducks in a lothogenic form, meaninginfec

38、tion doesnt usually lead to severe illness and death.Dabbling ducks are for sure the prime hosts for low pathogenices, said studyco-authorFouchier, a virologisthe Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands.But the big question is, how much of our knowledge about thesees can we translate tohigh

39、-pathogenicech as the H5N1 strain of bird flues can mue(變異)o more virulent influenza strains, includingIn poultry avianH5N1. If this muedthen finds its way backo wild populations, the birds could thenspread the disease through migration.Some scientists have argued t wild birds infected with HN51 wou

40、ld be too ill to migrate. Swans, for instance, appear to be particularly vulnerable to the strain. Swans apparently drop dead quite easily, but they are unlikely to be the vector because they are not going to fly very far ifthey are dead, Fouchier said.But the study team sayst some birdsve been pure

41、ly infected for the sake ofresearch showt wild birds can survive H5N1. For some reason H5N1 has adapted so it nolonger kills dabbling ducks, Fouchier said. This means the ducks may be able to spread theover a wide area.The study team says migratory geese may also be vectors, because they often graze

42、 in hugeflocks, a practicet could encourage transmis.Migrating ducks, the researchers add, could provide anercontinental bridge for bird fluto Normerica, which has not yed any known cases of H5N1.47. According to the author, what may be thesible carriers of bird fluThe main sour infectious for up to

43、 30 days.By saying bird fluof influenzaes in lake water are , which may stayes appear to exist in ducks in a lothogenic form (Para. 6),the author suggestst infection .50. On what condition can the birds spread the influenza through migration51. According to the study team, is a practice the bird flu

44、.Section Bt can encourage transmisofDirections: There are 2 passageshis section. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished sements. For each of them there are four choimarked A, B, C and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding lette single line through the cen

45、ter. Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Answer Sheet 2 wiFor about three centuries we have beenng science, trying science out, using science forthe construction of what we call modern civilization. Every dispensable item of contemporarytechnology, from clocks to dialeph

46、ones to penicillin, was pieced together from theysisof data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments. Threedred years seems along time for testing a new approach to humaner-living, long enough to set back for criticalappraisal of the scientific method, maybe even long enough to vo

47、te on whether to go on with it ornot. There is an argument. Voihave been raised insince the beginning, rising in pitchandin the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolution,summoning urgent crowdso the streets on the ie of nuclear energy. Give it back, say someof the voi,

48、It doesnt really work, weve tried it and it doesnt work. Go back threedredyears and start again on something else less chancy for the race of man.The principle discoverieshis century, taking all in all, are the glimpses of the depth of our ignorance of nature. Things t used to seem clear and rationa

49、l, and matters of absolutecertay-Newtonian mechanics, for exle-have slipped through our fingers; and we are leftwith a new set of gigpuzzles, cosmic uncertaies, and ambiguities. Someof the laws ofphysics are amended every few years; some are canceled outright; some undergo revised versof legislative

50、ent as if they were acts of Congress.Just thirty years ago we call it a biological revolution when the fantastic geometry of theDNA molecule was exed to public view and the linear language of genetics was decoded. For awhile, things seemed simple and clear: the cell was a neat little machine, a mech

51、anical deviceready for taking to pieand reassembling, like a tiny watch. But justhe last few years ise almost unbevably complex, filled with strange parts whose functions aretodays imagining.It is not justt there is more to do, there is everything to do. Whies ahead, or what cann the conquest of hum

52、anahead if the efforts in basic research are continued, is muoredisease or the improvement of agricultural technology or the cultivation of nutrientshe sea. Aswe learn more about fundamental proourselves.ses of living things in general we will learn more about52. What CANNOT be inferred from theA Sc

53、ientific experiments in the past three items.paragraphdred years have produced many valuableB For threedred years there have been people holding a hostile attitude toward science.C Modern civilization depends on scieno man supports scientific progrenanimously.D Some people think three appraisal of s

54、cientific method.53. The principle discoverydred years is not long enough to set backforcriticalhis century shows .A man has overthrown Newtons laws of physicsB man has solved a new set of gigpuzzlesman has lost many scientific discoveriesman has given up some of the once accepted theories54. Now sc

55、ientists have foundhe past few years .A the exure of DNA to the public is unnesaryB the tiny cell in DNA is a neittle machineC mnows nothing about DNAD man has much to learn about DNA55. The writers main pure in writing the passage is to sayt .science is jusits beginningscience has grey improved man

56、s lifescience has made profound progressscience has done too little to human beings56. The writers attitude towards science is .A critical B approving C neutral D regretful Passage Two Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Here amid the steel and concrete canyons, green grass grows.

57、A hawthorn tree(山楂樹)stands in new soil, and freshly dug plants bendhe wind.Bhicago City Hall here seems an unlikely spot for a garden of any varietyespelly20,000 square feet of gardenson its roof.As one of a handful of similar projects around the country, the garden is part of a $1.5 million demonst

58、ration projected by the city to reduce its urban heat islands, said William Abolt, thecommiser of the Department of Enviment. Heat islands-dark surfain the city, likerooftops-soak up heat. The retention can bake a building, making it stubborn to cooling.The roof of City Hall, a 90-year-old gray ston

59、e landmark on LaSalle Streethe heart ofdowntown, has been known to reach temperature substantially hotteron the street below.n the actual temperatureThe garden will provide greenery and shade. Andt, said the city offils, will save thecity dollars on those blistering summer days. The project savings

60、from cooling is about $4,000 ayeaa new roof whose life span is about 50 percent longernt of a traditional roof.The sprawling open-air rooftop garden is being carefully built on a multi-tiered bed of spelsoil, polystyrene, egg-carton-shd cones and watroof membrane mall to keep the roof fromleaking, o