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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [ A ], [ B ], [ C ] and [ D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
The Earth
Power and Light
Compared to the rest of the universe, the Earth is very small. Our planet and seven others orbit the Sun, which is only one of about 200 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the universe, which includes millions of other
galaxies and their stars and planets. By comparison, the Earth is microscopic.
Compared to a person, on the other hand, the Earth is enormous. It has a diameter of 7,926 miles ( 12,756 kilometers) at the equator, and it has a mass of about 6 x 1024 kilograms. The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 66,638 miles per hour (29.79 kilometers per second). Don’t dwell on those numbers too long, though; to a lot of people, the Earth is inconceivably, mind-bogglingly big. And it’s just a fraction of the size of the Sun.
From our perspective on Earth, the Sun looks very small. This is because it’s about 93 million miles away from us. The Sun’s diameter at its equator is about 100 times bigger than Earth’s, and about a million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The
Sun is inconceivably, mind-bogglingly bigger.
But without the Sun, the Earth could not exist. In a sense, the Earth is a giant machine, full of moving parts and complex systems. All those systems need power, and that power comes from the Sun.
The Sun is an enormous nuclear power source--through complex reactions, it transforms hydrogen into helium, releasing light and heat. Because of these reactions, every square meter of our planet’s surface gets about 342 Watts of energy from the Sun every year. This is about 1.7 ~ 1017 Watts total, or as much as 1.7 billion large power plants could generate. You can learn about how the Sun creates energy in How the Sun Works.
When this energy reaches the Earth, it provides power for a variety of reactions, cycles and systems. It drives the circulation of the atmosphere and the oceans. It makes food for plants, which many people and animals eat. Life on Earth could not exist without the Sun, and the planet itself would not have developed without it.
To a casual observer, the Sun’s most visible contributions to life are light, heat and weather.
Night and Day
Some of the Sun’s biggest impacts on our planet are also its most obvious. As the Earth spins on its axis, parts of the planet are in the Sun while others are in the shade. In other words, the Sun appears to rise and set. The parts of the world that are in daylight get warmer while the parts that are dark gradually lose the heat they absorbed during the day.
You can get a sense of how much the Sun affects the Earth’s temperature by standing outside on a partly cloudy day.
When the Sun is behind a cloud, you feel noticeably cooler than when it isn’t. The surface of our planet absorbs this heat from the Sun and emits it the same way that pavement continues to give off heat in the summer after the Sun goes down. Our
atmosphere does the same thing-it absorbs the heat that the ground emits and sends some of it back to the Earth.
The Earth’s relationship with the Sun also creates seasons. The Earth’s axis tips a little-about 23.5 degrees. One hemisphere points toward the Sun as the other points away. The hemisphere that points toward the Sun is warmer and gets more light--it’s summer there, and in the other hemisphere it’s winter. This effect is less dramatic near the equator than at the poles, since the equator receives about the same amount of sunlight all year. The poles, on the other hand, receive no sunlight at all during their winter months, which is part of the reason why they’re frozen.
Most people are so used to the differences between night and day (or summer and winter) that they take them for granted.
But these changes in light and temperature have an enormous impact on other systems on our planet. One is the circulation of air through our atmosphere. For example:
The Sun shines brightly over the equator. The air gets very warm because the equator faces the Sun directly and because the ozone layer is thinner there.
As the air warms, it begins to rise, creating a low pressure system. The higher it rises, the more the air cools. Water condenses as the air cools, creating clouds and rainfall. The air dries out as the rain falls. The result is warm, dry air, relatively high in our atmosphere.
Because of the lower air pressure, air rushes toward the equator from the north and south. As it warms, it rises, pushing the dry air away to the north and the south.
The dry air sinks as it cools, creating high-pressure areas and deserts to the north and south of the equator.
This is just one piece of how the Sun circulates air around the world--ocean currents, weather patterns and other factors also play a part. But in general, air moves from high-pressure to low-pressure areas, much the way that high-pressure air rushes from the mouth of an inflated balloon when you let go. Heat also generally moves from the warmer equator to the cooler poles.
Imagine a warm drink sitting on your desk--the air around the drink gets warmer as the drink gets colder. This happens on Earth on an enormous scale.
The Coriolis Effect, a product of the Earth’s rotation, affects this system as well. It causes large weather systems, like hurricanes, to rotate. It helps create westward-running trade winds near the equator and eastward-running jet streams in the northem and southem hemispheres. These wind patterns move moisture and air from one place to another, creating weather patterns. (The Coriolis Effect works on a large scale--it doesn’t really affect the water draining from the sink like some people suppose. )
The Sun gets much of the credit for creating both wind and rain. When the Sun warms air in a specific location, that air rises, creating an area of low pressure. More air rushes in from surrounding areas to fill the void, creating wind. Without the Sun, there wouldn’t be wind. There also might not be breathable air at all.
Water and Fire
The Sun has a huge effect’on our water. It warms the oceans around the tropics, and its absence cools the water around the poles. Because of this, ocean currents move large amounts of warm and cold water, drastically affecting the weather and
climate around the world. The Sun also drives the water cycle, which moves about 18,757 cubic miles (495,000 cubic kilometers) of water vapor through the atmosphere every year.
If you’ve ever gotten out of a swimming pool on a hot day and realized a few minutes later that you were dry again, you have firsthand experience with evaporation. If you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink, you’ve seen condensation in
action. These are primary components of the water cycle, also called the hydrologic cycle, which exchanges moisture between bodies of water and land masses. The water cycle is responsible for clouds and rain as well as our supply of drinking water.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答；8-10題在答題卡1上。
1. How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?
[A] One million.
[B] 93 million.
[C] Two million.
[D] 100 million.
2. Earth would not have developed without __
[A] water
[B] fertilizer
[C] soil
[D] the Sun
3. What does our atmosphere do?
[A] It absorbs the heat from the ground and sends it to the Sun.
[B] It absorbs the heat from the Sun and emits it back to the Earth.
[C] It absorbs the heat from the Sun and emits it the same way.
[D] It absorbs the heat the ground emits and sends some of it back to the Earth.
4. __ receives about the same amount of sunlight all year.
[A] The poles
[B] The equator
[C] The north temperate zone
[D] The south temperate zone
5. Air rushes toward the equator from the north and south
[A] because of the dry air
[B] because of the cool air
[C] because of the lower air pressure
[D] because of the higher air pressure
6. What doesn’t the Corolis Effect cause’?
[A] Westward-running trade winds.
[B] Hurricanes.
[C] The water draining from the sink.
[D] Eastward-running jet streams.
7. The Sun has closely relation to create__
[A] wind
[B] the air
[C] soil
[D] fire
8. The Sun has a huge effect on___________.
9. If you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink, you’ve seen___________
10. The water cycle is responsible for clouds, rain and___________
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming anti Scanning)
文章精要
太陽對地球上萬物的生命起著不可缺少的作用，這種作用主要表現(xiàn)在：為地球提供能量與光；地球自轉(zhuǎn)與繞日公轉(zhuǎn)形成晝夜交替與四季交替．同時(shí)出現(xiàn)相應(yīng)的氣候與天氣變化；對地球上的水、海洋以及與之相關(guān)的循環(huán)起著至關(guān)重要的作用。
1．A根據(jù)題干信息詞fit inside the Sun定位到第一個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第三段第三句…and about a million Earths could fit inside the Sun。本題問，多少個(gè)地球才能把一個(gè)太陽填滿，根據(jù)原文表述，100萬個(gè)(one million)地球才能填滿一個(gè)太陽，故本題選A。
2．D根據(jù)題干信息詞developed without定位到第一個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的倒數(shù)第：二段末句Life On Earth could not exist without the Sun，and the planet itself would not have developed without it，根據(jù)文章表述，如果沒有太 陽，地球上的生命將不會存在，地球本身也不會發(fā)展到現(xiàn)在，太陽是地球存在發(fā)展的條件，題干中的 Earth即指原文中的the planet itself，故本題選D。
3．D根據(jù)題干信息詞our atmosphere定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第二段末句0ur atmosphere does the same thing-it absorbs the heat that the ground emits and sends some ofit back to the Earth。本題問，大氣的作用是什么?根據(jù)文章表述，地球吸收來自太陽的熱量然后釋放，就像夏天里太陽落山后路面還持續(xù)放熱一樣，大氣也在做同樣的事——吸收地面的熱量，然后再把一部分返回到地面，故本題選D。
4．B根據(jù)題干信息詞the same amount of sunlight定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第三段倒數(shù)第二句This effect is... at the poles．since the equator receives about the same amount of sunlight all year，根據(jù)文章表述，赤道附近季節(jié)交替的變化不如兩極那樣顯著，這是因?yàn)橐荒戤?dāng)中無論何時(shí)赤道所接收的太陽光都是沒有變化的，與此相反，兩極地區(qū)在冬季根本接收不到一點(diǎn)陽光，這也是那里為什么冰凍的原因，故本題選B。
5．C根據(jù)題干信息詞air rushes和the equator定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第七段首句Because of the lower air pressure, air rushes toward the equator from the north and south。根據(jù)文章表述，由于氣壓較低，空氣從南 北部涌向赤道，在變暖的過程中上升，把干燥的空氣推向南部和北部，故本題選C。
6．C根據(jù)題干信息詞the Coriolis Effect定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的倒數(shù)第二段，根據(jù)文章表述，科里奧利效應(yīng)作為地球上循環(huán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的產(chǎn)物，也影響著該系統(tǒng)，它能導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模的天氣變化，如颶風(fēng)、赤道附近的向西信風(fēng)、南北半球的向東高速氣流，由此可以排除A、B、D三項(xiàng)，故本題選C。
7．A根據(jù)題干信息詞the Sun和create定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的最后一段首句The Sun gets much of the credit for creating both wind and rain。根據(jù)文章表述，太陽的一個(gè)重要作用是制造風(fēng)和雨，has closely relation與gets much of the credit屬同義轉(zhuǎn)換，選項(xiàng)中沒有rain，符合題干的只有wind，故本題選A。
8．our water。根據(jù)題干信息詞a huge effect定位到第三個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第一段首句The Sun has a huge effect on our water。根據(jù)文章表述，太陽對我們地球上的水(our water)發(fā)揮著巨大作用，它溫暖熱帶地區(qū)的海洋，又降低見不到太陽的兩極地區(qū)的水溫，在全球氣候形成方面起著重要作用。
9．condensation in action。根據(jù)題干信息詞water form，cold drink定位到第三個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第二段第二句It you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink， you’ve seen condensation in action。根據(jù)文章表述，如果你看到了冰冷的飲料旁邊有一些水，事實(shí)上你看到的就是冷凝現(xiàn)象在發(fā)揮作用(condensation in action)，這也是水循環(huán)的一個(gè)組成部分。in action意為“在起作用、在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)”。
10．Our supply of drinking water。根據(jù)題干信息詞water cycle定位到文章最后一句The water cycle is responsible for clouds and rain as well as Our supply of drinking water。根據(jù)文章表述，水循環(huán)是云的形成及降雨的根源，還有我們的飲用水(our supply of drinking water)。
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes}
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
11.
[A] At the department store.
[B] At the office.
[C] In the restaurant.
[D] In the drug store.
12.
[A] The man shouldn’t expect her to go along.
[B] She doesn’t think she has enough money.
[C] She’ll go even though the movie is bad.
[D] The man should count the number of people going.
13.
[A] She wasn’t really studying.
[B] She hadn’t finished writing her articles.
[C] She had furnished her house.
[D] She could write beautifully.
14.
[A] The problem may have been a very complicated one.
[B] No one can do it.
[C] The woman thinks that the problem is too easy.
[D] The man can solve the problem himself.
15.
[A] The janitor is too busy to do his work.
[B] The sanitary conditions of an apartment.
[C] The relationship between the janitor and the two speakers.
[D] The architecture of a building.
16.
[A] He can’t tear either piece of cloth.
[B] He wants part of each piece of cloth.
[C] The pieces of cloth are made by a secret process.
[D] The pieces of cloth seem identical to him.
17.
[A] Tuesday.
[B] Wednesday.
[C] Thursday.
[D] Friday.
18.
[A] A photographer’s camera.
[B] A television camera.
[C] A movie camera.
[D] The man’s own camera.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] Memories of a recent storm.
[B] How strong winds develop into a hurricane.
[C] Weather patterns that can affect Florida.
[D] Planning a summer vacation.
20. [A] Late summer is sunny season.
[B] Late summer is hurricane season.
[C] Late summer is rainy season.
[D] Late summer is cloudy season.
21. [A] Wind speed.
[B] Rainfall.
[C] Water temperature.
[D] Direction of approach.
22. [A] By name.
[B] By number.
[C] By location.
[D] By month.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] Her professor did not like her story.
[B] She had trouble finishing her assignment.
[C] She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.
[D] She was taking too many courses.
24. [A] Take some extra time.
[B] Do a writing exercise.
[C] Do some work for another course.
[D] Write the story ending first,
25. [A] To go shopping.
[B] To do research for her story.
[C] To meet with her professor.
[D] To take a break from her work.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [ A], [B], [ C] and [ D ]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
[A] Given by the local government.
[B] Born by a large number of bitches.
[C] Bought from different cities and villages.
[D] Captured over grassland.
27.
[A] 11-week course for control duty.
[B] 11-week course for patrol duty.
[C] 9-week course for control duty.
[D] 9-week course for patrol duty.
28.
[A] Catching runaway criminals.
[B] Scratching the hidden bombs.
[C] Patrolling the dangerous town.
[D] Drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.
[A] Gold was discovered.
[B] The transcontinental railroad was completed.
[C] The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed.
[D] Telegraph communications were established with the East.
30.
[A] About two million.
[B] About three million.
[C] About five million.
[D] About six million.
31.
[A] 19 million dollars.
[B] 32 million dollars.
[C] 37 million dollars.
[D] 42 million dollars.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.
[A] Computers have become part of our daily lives.
[B] Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.
[C] People have different attitudes to computers.
[D] More and more families will own computers.
33.
[A] Computers can bring financial problems.
[B] Computers can bring unemployment.
[C] Computers can be very useful in families.
[D] Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs.
34.
[A] Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to.
[B] Spending too much time on computers may spoil people’s relationship.
[C] Buying computers may cost a lot of money.
[D] Computers may take over human beings altogether.
35.
[A] Affectionate.
[B] Disapproving.
[C] Approving.
[D] Neutral.
Section C
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 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, 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.
注意：此部分試題在答題卡2上；請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
Part IlI Section C
Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social (36) __. They arc not part of the World Bank, the International (37) Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member countries and borrowing on world markets.
Development banks provide long-term loans at market (38)____. They provide even longer-term loans at below-market interest rates. These banks also provide technical (39) __ and (40) __
There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil had (41) __ a bank to aid economic growth in the Americas. The (42) __ of American States agreed. Today the bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The other money is (43) __ by its members. (44)__. 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank.
The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
(45)The country, with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the United States, Japan and Egypt.
The Asian Development Bank started in 1966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly in Asia. ( 46 )
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11．C綜合推斷題。對話中的Here is the menu．Would you like to order now?是餐廳服務(wù)員接待客人的常用語，因此對話應(yīng)該發(fā)生在餐廳里，所以C正確。
12．A信息明示題。男士建議大家一起去城里看電影，女士認(rèn)為看電影物非所值，讓他不要把自己算在內(nèi)，所以A正確。
*考點(diǎn)
●count有“計(jì)算；認(rèn)為”等含義，相關(guān)短語有：count out不把……算入；countin把……算入；counton依靠，依賴，如：You can count on my help．你可以依靠我的幫助。
13．B綜合推斷題。女士說簡已經(jīng)為她的研究項(xiàng)目寫了一些文章，男士說看來她已經(jīng)寫完了。言外之意，男士原以為筒并沒寫完，所以B正確。
14．A綜合推斷題。男士不知道琳達(dá)能否解決這類問題，女士回答說如果琳達(dá)解決不了，就沒人能解決了。言
外之意，琳達(dá)能力很強(qiáng)，要她才能解決的問題應(yīng)該比較復(fù)雜，只有A最符合題意。
15．B綜合推斷題。女士準(zhǔn)備請門衛(wèi)打掃大廳，男士說能否讓他也清洗一下樓梯，由此可知，他們對大樓的衛(wèi)生狀況不滿，即在談?wù)摯髽堑男l(wèi)生狀況，故選B。
*考點(diǎn)
●as well相當(dāng)于too或also(也，又)，一般置于句末，起副詞的作用，如：I like classical music and I like pop music as well．我喜歡古典音樂，也喜歡流行音樂。
●as well as意為“既……又……；另外；不僅……而且……；和……一樣好”，如：His children as well as his wife were invited to the party．他的孩子們連同他的妻子都被邀請去參加聚會。
16．D信息明示題。女士說兩塊面料一塊是純羊毛的，另一塊是合成纖維的；男士對此表示驚訝，說自己無法區(qū)分它們，所以D正確。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [ A ], [ B ], [ C ] and [ D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
The Earth
Power and Light
Compared to the rest of the universe, the Earth is very small. Our planet and seven others orbit the Sun, which is only one of about 200 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the universe, which includes millions of other
galaxies and their stars and planets. By comparison, the Earth is microscopic.
Compared to a person, on the other hand, the Earth is enormous. It has a diameter of 7,926 miles ( 12,756 kilometers) at the equator, and it has a mass of about 6 x 1024 kilograms. The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 66,638 miles per hour (29.79 kilometers per second). Don’t dwell on those numbers too long, though; to a lot of people, the Earth is inconceivably, mind-bogglingly big. And it’s just a fraction of the size of the Sun.
From our perspective on Earth, the Sun looks very small. This is because it’s about 93 million miles away from us. The Sun’s diameter at its equator is about 100 times bigger than Earth’s, and about a million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The
Sun is inconceivably, mind-bogglingly bigger.
But without the Sun, the Earth could not exist. In a sense, the Earth is a giant machine, full of moving parts and complex systems. All those systems need power, and that power comes from the Sun.
The Sun is an enormous nuclear power source--through complex reactions, it transforms hydrogen into helium, releasing light and heat. Because of these reactions, every square meter of our planet’s surface gets about 342 Watts of energy from the Sun every year. This is about 1.7 ~ 1017 Watts total, or as much as 1.7 billion large power plants could generate. You can learn about how the Sun creates energy in How the Sun Works.
When this energy reaches the Earth, it provides power for a variety of reactions, cycles and systems. It drives the circulation of the atmosphere and the oceans. It makes food for plants, which many people and animals eat. Life on Earth could not exist without the Sun, and the planet itself would not have developed without it.
To a casual observer, the Sun’s most visible contributions to life are light, heat and weather.
Night and Day
Some of the Sun’s biggest impacts on our planet are also its most obvious. As the Earth spins on its axis, parts of the planet are in the Sun while others are in the shade. In other words, the Sun appears to rise and set. The parts of the world that are in daylight get warmer while the parts that are dark gradually lose the heat they absorbed during the day.
You can get a sense of how much the Sun affects the Earth’s temperature by standing outside on a partly cloudy day.
When the Sun is behind a cloud, you feel noticeably cooler than when it isn’t. The surface of our planet absorbs this heat from the Sun and emits it the same way that pavement continues to give off heat in the summer after the Sun goes down. Our
atmosphere does the same thing-it absorbs the heat that the ground emits and sends some of it back to the Earth.
The Earth’s relationship with the Sun also creates seasons. The Earth’s axis tips a little-about 23.5 degrees. One hemisphere points toward the Sun as the other points away. The hemisphere that points toward the Sun is warmer and gets more light--it’s summer there, and in the other hemisphere it’s winter. This effect is less dramatic near the equator than at the poles, since the equator receives about the same amount of sunlight all year. The poles, on the other hand, receive no sunlight at all during their winter months, which is part of the reason why they’re frozen.
Most people are so used to the differences between night and day (or summer and winter) that they take them for granted.
But these changes in light and temperature have an enormous impact on other systems on our planet. One is the circulation of air through our atmosphere. For example:
The Sun shines brightly over the equator. The air gets very warm because the equator faces the Sun directly and because the ozone layer is thinner there.
As the air warms, it begins to rise, creating a low pressure system. The higher it rises, the more the air cools. Water condenses as the air cools, creating clouds and rainfall. The air dries out as the rain falls. The result is warm, dry air, relatively high in our atmosphere.
Because of the lower air pressure, air rushes toward the equator from the north and south. As it warms, it rises, pushing the dry air away to the north and the south.
The dry air sinks as it cools, creating high-pressure areas and deserts to the north and south of the equator.
This is just one piece of how the Sun circulates air around the world--ocean currents, weather patterns and other factors also play a part. But in general, air moves from high-pressure to low-pressure areas, much the way that high-pressure air rushes from the mouth of an inflated balloon when you let go. Heat also generally moves from the warmer equator to the cooler poles.
Imagine a warm drink sitting on your desk--the air around the drink gets warmer as the drink gets colder. This happens on Earth on an enormous scale.
The Coriolis Effect, a product of the Earth’s rotation, affects this system as well. It causes large weather systems, like hurricanes, to rotate. It helps create westward-running trade winds near the equator and eastward-running jet streams in the northem and southem hemispheres. These wind patterns move moisture and air from one place to another, creating weather patterns. (The Coriolis Effect works on a large scale--it doesn’t really affect the water draining from the sink like some people suppose. )
The Sun gets much of the credit for creating both wind and rain. When the Sun warms air in a specific location, that air rises, creating an area of low pressure. More air rushes in from surrounding areas to fill the void, creating wind. Without the Sun, there wouldn’t be wind. There also might not be breathable air at all.
Water and Fire
The Sun has a huge effect’on our water. It warms the oceans around the tropics, and its absence cools the water around the poles. Because of this, ocean currents move large amounts of warm and cold water, drastically affecting the weather and
climate around the world. The Sun also drives the water cycle, which moves about 18,757 cubic miles (495,000 cubic kilometers) of water vapor through the atmosphere every year.
If you’ve ever gotten out of a swimming pool on a hot day and realized a few minutes later that you were dry again, you have firsthand experience with evaporation. If you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink, you’ve seen condensation in
action. These are primary components of the water cycle, also called the hydrologic cycle, which exchanges moisture between bodies of water and land masses. The water cycle is responsible for clouds and rain as well as our supply of drinking water.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答；8-10題在答題卡1上。
1. How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?
[A] One million.
[B] 93 million.
[C] Two million.
[D] 100 million.
2. Earth would not have developed without __
[A] water
[B] fertilizer
[C] soil
[D] the Sun
3. What does our atmosphere do?
[A] It absorbs the heat from the ground and sends it to the Sun.
[B] It absorbs the heat from the Sun and emits it back to the Earth.
[C] It absorbs the heat from the Sun and emits it the same way.
[D] It absorbs the heat the ground emits and sends some of it back to the Earth.
4. __ receives about the same amount of sunlight all year.
[A] The poles
[B] The equator
[C] The north temperate zone
[D] The south temperate zone
5. Air rushes toward the equator from the north and south
[A] because of the dry air
[B] because of the cool air
[C] because of the lower air pressure
[D] because of the higher air pressure
6. What doesn’t the Corolis Effect cause’?
[A] Westward-running trade winds.
[B] Hurricanes.
[C] The water draining from the sink.
[D] Eastward-running jet streams.
7. The Sun has closely relation to create__
[A] wind
[B] the air
[C] soil
[D] fire
8. The Sun has a huge effect on___________.
9. If you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink, you’ve seen___________
10. The water cycle is responsible for clouds, rain and___________
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming anti Scanning)
文章精要
太陽對地球上萬物的生命起著不可缺少的作用，這種作用主要表現(xiàn)在：為地球提供能量與光；地球自轉(zhuǎn)與繞日公轉(zhuǎn)形成晝夜交替與四季交替．同時(shí)出現(xiàn)相應(yīng)的氣候與天氣變化；對地球上的水、海洋以及與之相關(guān)的循環(huán)起著至關(guān)重要的作用。
1．A根據(jù)題干信息詞fit inside the Sun定位到第一個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第三段第三句…and about a million Earths could fit inside the Sun。本題問，多少個(gè)地球才能把一個(gè)太陽填滿，根據(jù)原文表述，100萬個(gè)(one million)地球才能填滿一個(gè)太陽，故本題選A。
2．D根據(jù)題干信息詞developed without定位到第一個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的倒數(shù)第：二段末句Life On Earth could not exist without the Sun，and the planet itself would not have developed without it，根據(jù)文章表述，如果沒有太 陽，地球上的生命將不會存在，地球本身也不會發(fā)展到現(xiàn)在，太陽是地球存在發(fā)展的條件，題干中的 Earth即指原文中的the planet itself，故本題選D。
3．D根據(jù)題干信息詞our atmosphere定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第二段末句0ur atmosphere does the same thing-it absorbs the heat that the ground emits and sends some ofit back to the Earth。本題問，大氣的作用是什么?根據(jù)文章表述，地球吸收來自太陽的熱量然后釋放，就像夏天里太陽落山后路面還持續(xù)放熱一樣，大氣也在做同樣的事——吸收地面的熱量，然后再把一部分返回到地面，故本題選D。
4．B根據(jù)題干信息詞the same amount of sunlight定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第三段倒數(shù)第二句This effect is... at the poles．since the equator receives about the same amount of sunlight all year，根據(jù)文章表述，赤道附近季節(jié)交替的變化不如兩極那樣顯著，這是因?yàn)橐荒戤?dāng)中無論何時(shí)赤道所接收的太陽光都是沒有變化的，與此相反，兩極地區(qū)在冬季根本接收不到一點(diǎn)陽光，這也是那里為什么冰凍的原因，故本題選B。
5．C根據(jù)題干信息詞air rushes和the equator定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第七段首句Because of the lower air pressure, air rushes toward the equator from the north and south。根據(jù)文章表述，由于氣壓較低，空氣從南 北部涌向赤道，在變暖的過程中上升，把干燥的空氣推向南部和北部，故本題選C。
6．C根據(jù)題干信息詞the Coriolis Effect定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的倒數(shù)第二段，根據(jù)文章表述，科里奧利效應(yīng)作為地球上循環(huán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的產(chǎn)物，也影響著該系統(tǒng)，它能導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模的天氣變化，如颶風(fēng)、赤道附近的向西信風(fēng)、南北半球的向東高速氣流，由此可以排除A、B、D三項(xiàng)，故本題選C。
7．A根據(jù)題干信息詞the Sun和create定位到第二個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的最后一段首句The Sun gets much of the credit for creating both wind and rain。根據(jù)文章表述，太陽的一個(gè)重要作用是制造風(fēng)和雨，has closely relation與gets much of the credit屬同義轉(zhuǎn)換，選項(xiàng)中沒有rain，符合題干的只有wind，故本題選A。
8．our water。根據(jù)題干信息詞a huge effect定位到第三個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第一段首句The Sun has a huge effect on our water。根據(jù)文章表述，太陽對我們地球上的水(our water)發(fā)揮著巨大作用，它溫暖熱帶地區(qū)的海洋，又降低見不到太陽的兩極地區(qū)的水溫，在全球氣候形成方面起著重要作用。
9．condensation in action。根據(jù)題干信息詞water form，cold drink定位到第三個(gè)小標(biāo)題下的第二段第二句It you’ve seen water form on the side of a cold drink， you’ve seen condensation in action。根據(jù)文章表述，如果你看到了冰冷的飲料旁邊有一些水，事實(shí)上你看到的就是冷凝現(xiàn)象在發(fā)揮作用(condensation in action)，這也是水循環(huán)的一個(gè)組成部分。in action意為“在起作用、在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)”。
10．Our supply of drinking water。根據(jù)題干信息詞water cycle定位到文章最后一句The water cycle is responsible for clouds and rain as well as Our supply of drinking water。根據(jù)文章表述，水循環(huán)是云的形成及降雨的根源，還有我們的飲用水(our supply of drinking water)。
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes}
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
11.
[A] At the department store.
[B] At the office.
[C] In the restaurant.
[D] In the drug store.
12.
[A] The man shouldn’t expect her to go along.
[B] She doesn’t think she has enough money.
[C] She’ll go even though the movie is bad.
[D] The man should count the number of people going.
13.
[A] She wasn’t really studying.
[B] She hadn’t finished writing her articles.
[C] She had furnished her house.
[D] She could write beautifully.
14.
[A] The problem may have been a very complicated one.
[B] No one can do it.
[C] The woman thinks that the problem is too easy.
[D] The man can solve the problem himself.
15.
[A] The janitor is too busy to do his work.
[B] The sanitary conditions of an apartment.
[C] The relationship between the janitor and the two speakers.
[D] The architecture of a building.
16.
[A] He can’t tear either piece of cloth.
[B] He wants part of each piece of cloth.
[C] The pieces of cloth are made by a secret process.
[D] The pieces of cloth seem identical to him.
17.
[A] Tuesday.
[B] Wednesday.
[C] Thursday.
[D] Friday.
18.
[A] A photographer’s camera.
[B] A television camera.
[C] A movie camera.
[D] The man’s own camera.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] Memories of a recent storm.
[B] How strong winds develop into a hurricane.
[C] Weather patterns that can affect Florida.
[D] Planning a summer vacation.
20. [A] Late summer is sunny season.
[B] Late summer is hurricane season.
[C] Late summer is rainy season.
[D] Late summer is cloudy season.
21. [A] Wind speed.
[B] Rainfall.
[C] Water temperature.
[D] Direction of approach.
22. [A] By name.
[B] By number.
[C] By location.
[D] By month.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] Her professor did not like her story.
[B] She had trouble finishing her assignment.
[C] She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.
[D] She was taking too many courses.
24. [A] Take some extra time.
[B] Do a writing exercise.
[C] Do some work for another course.
[D] Write the story ending first,
25. [A] To go shopping.
[B] To do research for her story.
[C] To meet with her professor.
[D] To take a break from her work.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [ A], [B], [ C] and [ D ]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
[A] Given by the local government.
[B] Born by a large number of bitches.
[C] Bought from different cities and villages.
[D] Captured over grassland.
27.
[A] 11-week course for control duty.
[B] 11-week course for patrol duty.
[C] 9-week course for control duty.
[D] 9-week course for patrol duty.
28.
[A] Catching runaway criminals.
[B] Scratching the hidden bombs.
[C] Patrolling the dangerous town.
[D] Drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.
[A] Gold was discovered.
[B] The transcontinental railroad was completed.
[C] The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed.
[D] Telegraph communications were established with the East.
30.
[A] About two million.
[B] About three million.
[C] About five million.
[D] About six million.
31.
[A] 19 million dollars.
[B] 32 million dollars.
[C] 37 million dollars.
[D] 42 million dollars.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.
[A] Computers have become part of our daily lives.
[B] Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.
[C] People have different attitudes to computers.
[D] More and more families will own computers.
33.
[A] Computers can bring financial problems.
[B] Computers can bring unemployment.
[C] Computers can be very useful in families.
[D] Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs.
34.
[A] Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to.
[B] Spending too much time on computers may spoil people’s relationship.
[C] Buying computers may cost a lot of money.
[D] Computers may take over human beings altogether.
35.
[A] Affectionate.
[B] Disapproving.
[C] Approving.
[D] Neutral.
Section C
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 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, 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.
注意：此部分試題在答題卡2上；請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
Part IlI Section C
Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social (36) __. They arc not part of the World Bank, the International (37) Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member countries and borrowing on world markets.
Development banks provide long-term loans at market (38)____. They provide even longer-term loans at below-market interest rates. These banks also provide technical (39) __ and (40) __
There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil had (41) __ a bank to aid economic growth in the Americas. The (42) __ of American States agreed. Today the bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The other money is (43) __ by its members. (44)__. 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank.
The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
(45)The country, with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the United States, Japan and Egypt.
The Asian Development Bank started in 1966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly in Asia. ( 46 )
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11．C綜合推斷題。對話中的Here is the menu．Would you like to order now?是餐廳服務(wù)員接待客人的常用語，因此對話應(yīng)該發(fā)生在餐廳里，所以C正確。
12．A信息明示題。男士建議大家一起去城里看電影，女士認(rèn)為看電影物非所值，讓他不要把自己算在內(nèi)，所以A正確。
*考點(diǎn)
●count有“計(jì)算；認(rèn)為”等含義，相關(guān)短語有：count out不把……算入；countin把……算入；counton依靠，依賴，如：You can count on my help．你可以依靠我的幫助。
13．B綜合推斷題。女士說簡已經(jīng)為她的研究項(xiàng)目寫了一些文章，男士說看來她已經(jīng)寫完了。言外之意，男士原以為筒并沒寫完，所以B正確。
14．A綜合推斷題。男士不知道琳達(dá)能否解決這類問題，女士回答說如果琳達(dá)解決不了，就沒人能解決了。言
外之意，琳達(dá)能力很強(qiáng)，要她才能解決的問題應(yīng)該比較復(fù)雜，只有A最符合題意。
15．B綜合推斷題。女士準(zhǔn)備請門衛(wèi)打掃大廳，男士說能否讓他也清洗一下樓梯，由此可知，他們對大樓的衛(wèi)生狀況不滿，即在談?wù)摯髽堑男l(wèi)生狀況，故選B。
*考點(diǎn)
●as well相當(dāng)于too或also(也，又)，一般置于句末，起副詞的作用，如：I like classical music and I like pop music as well．我喜歡古典音樂，也喜歡流行音樂。
●as well as意為“既……又……；另外；不僅……而且……；和……一樣好”，如：His children as well as his wife were invited to the party．他的孩子們連同他的妻子都被邀請去參加聚會。
16．D信息明示題。女士說兩塊面料一塊是純羊毛的，另一塊是合成纖維的；男士對此表示驚訝，說自己無法區(qū)分它們，所以D正確。