Paper One
Part I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. The man is tired.                     B. The man feels cold.
C. The man is sick.D. The man is looking for his coat.
2. A. He asks the woman to leave a note for Mr. Jones.
  B. He asks the woman to wait for Mr. Jones.
  C. He asks the woman to leave immediately.
  D. He asks the woman to come back in a few minutes.
3. A. June 20th.   B. June 21st. 
   C. June 22nd.   D. June 23rd.
4. A. At a supermarket         B. In a classroom
C. At a library            D. At a bookstore
5. A. 65      B. 132            C. 130              D. 260
6. A. To help her carry something upstairs
  B. To hand her something
  C. To bring her something from upstairs
  D. To go upstairs to help her
7. A. To go jogging in the morning
  B. To buy an old sweater
  C. To wear a sweater while jogging in the morning
  D. To wear a sweater while she has a cold
8. A. An electricianB. A plumber
   C. A carpenter D. A repairman
9. A. The man cannot have these grapes.
  B. The woman will give the man some grapes.
  C. The woman will not have these grapes.
  D. These grapes are not mature yet.
10. A. The man care a lot about what George said about his book.
   B. The man couldnt understand why George said such things about his book.
   C. The man doesnt know what George means by his words.
   D. The man doesnt care what George said about his book at all.
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 question 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., and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. Because we have made up our mind to do so.
   B. Because we want to fulfil our desire for knowledge.
   C. Because we want to enjoy the ecstasy of achievement.
   D. Because we cannot help ourselves.
12. A. It lies in a sense of fulfillment.
   B. It lies in their rich imagination.
   C. It lies in the increase of their knowledge.
   D. It lies in the opportunity to continue the search.
13. A. It means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.
   B. It means great worldly achievements or accomplishments or wealth.
   C. It means being on the top of the social ladder.
   D. It means the search for truth.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A. radiation from the sun
   B. radiation from the Van Allen Belts
   C. radiation from the meteors
   D. both A and B
15. A. Between 12 and 21 miles           B. 1,000 miles
   C. 150 miles                          D. 1,500 miles
16. A. Because men on the Earth are protected by the atmosphere.
   B. Because radiation only have shortª²term effects on men on the Earth.
   C. Because there is a great distance between the Earth and the radiation areas.
   D. Because the Van Allen Belts absorb all radiation.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A. about 35,000                      B. about 250,000
   C. about 350,000                      D. about 25,000
18. A. Because they didnt understand their language.
     B. Because they saw them as a source of threat to their jobs.
     C. Because their culture was very different from theirs.
     D. Because they had very different appearances.
19. A. About five million of the population of the United States is of Asian origin.
   B. Most of the Chinese were employed in heavy industries when they first came to the United States.
   C. Chinese people retreated into Chinatowns out of their own choice.
   D. Chinese immigration was ended by law in 1882.
20. A. in california only.
 B.in hastily established camps.
 C. at Pearl Harbor.
 D. in California and the other Pacific states.
Section C (Compound Dictation)
Directions: In this section you will hear a passage three times. During the first reading, you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After listening to the second part of the passage, you are required to write down the main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read the third time you can check what you have written.
What will man be like in the future in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, . For man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, man is about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, .
Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so,. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more and  we shall need larger ones! This is likely to  too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow large.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a long period of time .
On the other hand, . These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow morebecause they are used a great deal in modern life.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: ¡°How do I get a good job? People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.
There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the inª²person, doorª²toª²door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. Take the young man who wanted to be a sailor. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad offered to take his place. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.
This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. If the lad had gone home to ponder his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.
Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land the plum jobs(ÃÀ²î). When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the companys faults. And within a year this person had become general manager of the company.
21£®According to the author, one can find a job .
A. in numerous ways
B. as long as one wants to
C. with the help of other people
D. only when one has a good education
22. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. its almost impossible to find a good job by answer advertisement in newspapers.
B. it is very hard for some people to obtain a satisfactory job.
C. no one believes that the inª²person, doorª²toª²door approach is the best way to get a job.
D. only those lucky people can find a good job.
23. The word take in the sentence ¡°Take the young man who wanted to be a sailor means.
A. to bring someone away from a certain place
B. to regard somebody as
C. to accept
D. to use as an example
24. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.
B. The young man in the story has never wanted to become a sailor.
C. Some people can get a good job without any effort.
D. Not everybody can take and use an opportunity well when it presents itself.
25. From the last paragraph of this passage we can learn that .
A. People can get a good job only if they say nice things about the company to which they are applying.
B. Sometimes it can be wise to pick out some of your potential employers faults in his/her operation of the company.
C. The mans boss likes all the employees who are critical of him.
D. Only when you can find out the bosss faults can you land an excellent job.
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Recent research has claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect on peoples physical or psychological health. What are positive ions? Well, the air is full of ions, electrically charged particles, and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and the negative charged. But sometimes this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion of positive ions are found. This happens naturally before thunderstorms, earthquakes or when winds such as the Mistral, Foehn, Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries. Or it can be caused by a buildª²up of static electricity indoors from carpets or clothing made of manª²made fibers, or from TV sets, duplicators or computer display screens.
When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experience unpleasant effects such as headaches, fatigue, irritability, and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea or even mental disturbance. Animals are also found to be affected, particularly before earthquakes; snakes have been observed to come out of hibernation, rats to flee from their burrow, dogs howl and cats jump about unaccountably. This has led the US Geographical Survey to fund a network of volunteers to watch animals in an effort to foresee such disasters before they hit vulnerable areas such as California.
Conversely, when large numbers of negative ions are present, then people have a feeling of wellª²being. Natural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea, close to waterfalls or fountains, or in any place where water is sprayed, or forms a spray. This probably accounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea, or in the mountains with tumbling streams or waterfalls.
To increase the supply of negative ions indoors, some scientists recommend the use of ionizers: small portable machines which generate negative ions. They claim that ionizers not only clean and refresh the air but also improve the health of people sensitive to excess positive ions. Of course, there are the detractors, other scientists who dismiss such claims and are skeptical about negative/positive ion research. Therefore, people can only make up their own minds by observing the effects on themselves, or on others, of a negative rich or poor environment. After all, it is debatable whether depending on seismic readings to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than watching the cat.
26. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Positive and Negative Ions
B. Methods of the Prediction of Earthquakes
C. Ionizer: Best Way to Improve Your Health
D. Fatigue and Headache: Plagues of Positive Ions
27. Positive Ions can be produced by all of the following except .
A. computer display screens
B. thunderstorms
C. manª²made fibers
D. duplicators
28. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. There is generally a rough balance between the positive and negative ions.
B. When winds such as the Mistral, Foehn, Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries, larger proportion of negative ions are found.
C. Some sensitive people feel sick or become mentally disturbed when a large number of positive ions are present.
D. Ionizers, according to some scientists, can generate negative ions that make people feel good.
29. The author will probably agree with which of the following statements?
A. Ionizers dont have a positive effect on peoples health.
B. A feeling of wellª²being is accounted for only by the presence of waterfalls or fountains.
C. Unusual animal behavior will predict the coming of a major earthquake.
D. Whether seismic readings are as effective as watching animal behavior in predicting an earthquake is not certain.
30. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the effects produced by an excess of positive ions?
A. headacheB. nauseaC. itchingD. tiredness
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
There is a new type of small advertisement becoming increasingly common in newspaper classified columns. It is sometimes placed among ¡°situations vacant, although it does not offer anyone a job, and sometimes it appears among situations wanted, although it is not placed by someone looking for a job either. What it does is to offer help in applying for a job.
Contact us before writing your application, or make use of our long experience in preparing your curriculum vitae or job history, is how it is usually expressed. The growth and apparent success of such a specialized service is, of course, a reflection on the current high levels of unemployment. It is also an indication of the growing importance of the curriculum vitae (or job history), with the suggestion that it may now qualify as an art form in its own right.
There was a time when job seekers simply wrote letters of application. Just put down your name, address, age and whether you have passed any exams, was about the average level of advice offered to young people applying for their first jobs when I left school. The letter was really just for openers, it was explained, everything else could and should be saved for the interview. And in those days of full employment the technique worked. The letter proved that you could write and were available for work.Your eager face and intelligent replies did the rest.
Later, as you moved up the ladder, something slightly more sophisticated was called for. The advice then was to put something in the letter which would distinguish you from the rest. It might be the aggressive approach. ¡°Your search is over. I am the person you are looking for¡±, was a widely used trick that occasionally succeeded. Or it might be some special feature specially designed for the job interview.
There is no doubt, however, that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.
31. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The new type of advertisement means to offer help in peoples applying for job vacancies.
B. ¡°Your search is over. I am the person you are looking for¡± is a frequently used trick to impress potential employers.
C. There was a time when an application letter and an interview were all that was needed to get a job.
D. The number of job hunters with a college degree has been on the rise all these years.
32. The new type of advertisement which is appearing in newspaper columns.
A. promises useful advice to those looking for employment
B. divides available jobs into various types
C. informs employers that people are available for their job vacancies
D. informs job hunters of the job vacancies
33. Nowadays a demand for this special advertisement has been created because.
A. unemployment rate has been climbing
B. there is a lack of jobs available for artists
C. the job history is considered to be a work of art
D. there is a shortage of top level jobs
34. The phrase ¡°be called for¡± in the last paragraph but one most probably means .
A. was neededB. was employed
C. was taken into considerationD. was done away with
35. Curriculum vitae has become very important because.
A. jobs are becoming very complicated nowadays
B. other means of job application are scarce
C. there has been an increase in the number of jobs advertised
D. There has been an increase in the number of applications with degrees
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
For anyone who is set on a career in fashion it is not enough to have succeeded in college. The real test is whether they can survive and become established during their early 20s making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can count for much as talent and creativity. Fashion is a hard business. There is a continuous amount of stress because work is at a constant breakneck speed to prepare for the next seasons collections. It is extremely competitive and there is the constant need to cultivate good coverage in newspapers and magazines. It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is insatiable. ¡°We try to warn people before they come to us about how tough it is¡±, says Lydia Kemeny, the head of fashion at St. Martins School of Arts in London,¡° and we point out that drive and determination are essential¡±.
This may seem far removed from the popular image of trendy and amateur young people spending their time designing pretty dresses. That may well be what they do in their first year of study but a good college wont be slow in introducing students to commercial realities. We dont stamp on the blossoming flower of creativity but in the second year we start introducing the constrains of price, manufacturability, marketing and so on.
Almost all fashion design is done to a brief. It is not a form of selfª²expression as such, although there is certainly room for imagination and innovation. Most young designers are going to end up as employees of a manufacturer or fashion house and they still need to be able to work within the characteristic style of their employer. Even those students who are most progressive in their own taste of clothes and image may need to adapt to produce designs which are right for the mainstream Marks and Spencer type of market. They also have to be able to work at both the exclusively expensive and the cheap end of the market and the challenge to produce good design inexpensively may well be more demanding than where money is no object.
36. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. To be a successful designer calls for many qualifications apart from good academic performance at college.
B. Originality and imagination of young designers are often suppressed by their employees.
C. Internal drive and determination are essential to fashion designers success.
D. Fashion designers must achieve fame in their early 20s to be successful.
37. What can be inferred from Lydia Kemenys words?
A. Young wouldª²bes should be determined to understand how tough fashion business is.
B. To pursue a career in fashion designing could be dangerous.
C. The realities of fashion designing business is very often far removed from young trendy and amateur designers illusions.
D. Most fashion designers lack the drive and determination needed to pursue a competitive fashion designing career.
38. The phrase¡° be set on¡± in the first line most probably means.
A. is fascinated withB. is determined on
C. is planning to beginD. is chained by
39. We can learn from the passage that.
A. Imagination and innovation are the key factors in the success of a fashion designer
B. All fashion designing schools start introducing courses in commercial realities, constrains of price, manufacturability and marketing in the second year of their program
C. Even the students with the most progressive tastes will have to tailor their designs to market demands
D. Employers of fashion houses are critical of their employees designs
40. Which of the following was not mentioned as a necessary quality of fashion designers?
A. determinationB. innovation
C. business skillsD. experience
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. You should know better than  your little sister at home by herself.
A. to leave B. leaving C. to have left         D. left
42. Years after the plane vanished in the Bermuda Triangle, the woman still clings  the belief that her son is alive.
A. with         B. on       C. up       D. to
43. She couldnt open the bottle, even by  all her strength.
A. exerting   B. extending   C. completing     D. enlisting
44. As the train will not leave until one hour later, we  grab a bite at the snack bar.
A. may well                               B. just as well
C. might as well                          D. as well
45. The doctors new discovery has had a  influence on the treatment of cancers.
A. prominent      B. profound C. productive       D. provocative
46. His parents used whatever  they could to dissuade him from marrying that woman.
A. way  B. means    C. method     D. force
47. She resorted to  when she had no money to buy foods for her children.
A. have stolen                                  B. steal
C. stole                                        D. stealing
48. your request for a refund, we have referred the matter to the sales director.
A. On regard to                           B. For regard to
C. As regard to                           D. With regard to
49. The famous banker has  influence with the President of the United States.
A. considerable                           B. considerate
C. considering                                  D. considered
50. Since the American Revolution, the right to ethical treatment has been  to include women and minority groups.
A. offered    B. extended   C. enlarged    D. given
51. The boy has admitted to  the window while playing football yesterday.
A. breaking                               B. having been broken
C. break                                        D. be breaking
52. How he always manages to score so high in exams without studying a lot is  me.
A. out of     B. up to C. against      D. beyond
53. You are permitted to see the film without buying a ticket, provided t hat you at the back.
A. sat     B. sit        C. are sitting    D. must sit
54. There is a  possibility that they might get away with deceiving the taxmen.
A. light  B. small     C. slim      D. least
55. The United Kingdom  Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A. consists of                               B. is consisted of
C. consists in                               D. is consisted in
56. Thanks to family planning, the population growth of China has leveled  in recent years.
A. up    B. along       C. off      D. on
57. The Internet has profoundly  the way people communicate with each other.
A. affected     B. effected     C. replaced     D. ruined
58. The flowers tend to  very quickly if you dont water them every day.
A. fail  B. wither       C. fall   D. decline
59. Purchasing that luxurious house is far beyond his .
A. ability      B. method   C. capability   D. means
60. I dont know how this place with such dreadful service can pass  a fiveª²star hotel!
A. by  B. for C. up     D. away
61. Maggie had difficulty with her assignment but her teacher managed to pull her.
A. through  B. over    C . on    D. along
62. The female deer died  the fawns.
A. gave birth to                          B. giving birth to
C. was giving birth to                    D. while gave birth to
63. Only after we have lost it  realize the preciousness of health.
A. we will   B. do we   C. we do    D. did we
64.  refrigeration has been used to cool beverages and edibles for hundreds of years.
A. Kind of                                B. Some kind of
C. Some kinds of                          D. Many kinds of
65. Foods can come from plants or animals, but now scientists manage to make them from  chemical substances.
A. variety                                B. a variety
C. varieties                                    D. a variety of
66.  native to North America, corn has now spread all over the world.
A. In spite of                                  B. That it is
C. It was                                       D. Although
67. She was such as absentª²minded typist that she  the entire paragraph of the article.
A. left out                                     B. left off
C. left away                                    D. left over
68. When the Civil War was over, James came back only  his hometown severely damaged.
A. finding                                B. to find
C. to be finding                          D. to have found
69. Our civilization cannot be thought of as  in a short period of time.
A. to have been created                 B. to be created
C. having been created                    D. being created
70. Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be  controlled and modified.
A. sufficiently                           B. absolutely
C. conceivably                            D. deliberately
Paper Two
Part I Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to add a word, cross out a word, or change a word. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (¡Ä) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you cross out a word, put a slash ( / ) in the blank. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods. Many of the arguments having used for the study of literaª²ture as a school subject are valid for¡Ästudy of television.
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3.   the  Early European colonist encountered Nativeª²American societies that in many ways were as advanced as their. Especially expressive were their political institutions. For example, the League of the Iroquois, a confederacy it ensured peace among its five member nations and was remarkable successful in warfare against hostile neighbors, was the model which Benjamin Franklin drew when he was planning the Federation of States.
The colonists and their descendants never really questioned the view that the land of the New World was theirs. They took land as they needed them¡ªfor agriculture, for mining, and later for industry¡ªand drove off the native groups. Some land was purchased, some acquired through political agreements, some through trickery and deceit, and some through violence. At the end, hundreds of thousands of Native Americans were exterminated by disease, starve, and deliberate massacre. By 1900 only some 250,000 Indians remained (perhaps oneª²eighth of their member in preª²Colonial times). In recent years, however, their numbers has grown dramatically.
For the whole, Native Americans are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Their family income is only 60 percent of which of whites, and their life expectancy twoª²thirds of the national average.
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Part II Translation from English to Chinese (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are five items, which you should translate into Chinese, each item consists of one or two sentence. These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in the Second Part of the Test Paper.
You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
81. (Lines 1ª²3, Para.2, Passage 1)
There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all.
82. (Lines 1ª²4, Para.2, Passage 2)
When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people
 experience unpleasant effects such as headaches, fatigue, irritability, and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea or even mental disturbance.
83. (Lines 1ª²5, Para.1, Passage 3)
There is a new type of small advertisement becoming increasingly common in newspaper classified columns. It is sometimes placed among situations vacant, although it does not offer anyone a job, and sometimes it appears among situations wanted, although it is not placed by someone looking for a job either.
84. (Lines 1ª²4, Para.1, Passage 4)
For anyone who is set on a career in fashion it is not enough to have succeeded in college. The real test is whether they can survive and become established during their early 20s making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can count for much as talent and creativity.
85. (Lines 8ª²11, Para.3, Passage 4)
They also have to be able to work at both the exclusively expensive and the cheap end of the market and the challenge to produce good design inexpensively may well be more demanding than where money is no object.
Part III Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).
Container gardening is especially adapted to contemporary living. Plants in containers display great variety of form and texture. They can be used to create instant indoor gardens; they can be moved from one home to another; and they can be moved outdoors in the summer and indoors during the cooler months.
Space is not a problem. Container gardening can be conducted in a single pot on a table or windowsill, in a more elaborate room divider, or in a builtª²in planter.
Just as there are many kinds of plants, there are many kinds of containers. Plants can be grown in any container that will hold a growing medium. The choice ranges from the common clay pot to cans, jars, boxes, baskets and tubs.
Most people select containers for both their practical and esthetic qualities. These include cost, availability, weight, strength, durability, attractiveness, and decorative and sentimental value.
The size and shape of the container should be consistent with the plants size and shape. Tall, tapering plants are more attractive in tall, relatively narrow containers. Short, compact plants appear more at home in shallow wide, containers.
Particularly important considerations for good plant growth are the volume and depth of the container, and some provision for drainage. Containers that have drainage holes in the bottom for removal of excess water are best. Waterª²tight containers are difficult to manage; excess water will accumulate at the bottom of the container and injure plant roots by excluding oxygen.
Container volume and depth become critical in relation to the quantity of available water and nutrients.
Besides the right kind of container, some fundamental requirements for plant growth must by provided. Plants need light, water, nutrients and a satisfactory temperature range.
Light is the most critical requirement. The levels of all the other requirements are adjusted in relation to the amount of light that plants receive. When plants dont have enough light, they grow slowly and become tall and thin; it becomes difficult to avoid overwatering them. Plants are easier to maintain in good condition when their light requirements are met.
Questions:
86. The article mainly discusses.
87. According to the author, if plants are grown in a waterª²tight container, .
88. According to the author, short, compact plants seem more attractive in .
89. It can be inferred from the passage that people believe tall and thin plants.
90. The expression esthetic qualities is closely related to the containers .
Part IV Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the following questions. Your part of writing should be no less than 120 words.
Do you find it difficult to say no to your friends? How do you manage to keep your own time and space without causing embarrassment to others?
Tapescripts for Model Test Two
Section A
Directions: (omitted)
1. W: Whats the matter with you today? You dont look very well.
  M: Im not sure. I think Im coming down with a cold.
  Q: What is wrong with the man?
2. M: Mr. Jones will be back in just a few minutes. You can wait for him if you want to.
  W: No thanks, Ill just leave this note for him.
  Q: What does the man ask the woman to do?
3. W: Did you know that Im leaving for Los Angeles on June 20th?
  M: So soon? I thought you were supposed to leave on the 22nd. What happened?
  Q: When is the woman leaving?
4. W: Excuse me, Im looking for the textbooks for Professor Johnsons biology course.
  M: Im afraid they are out of stock right now. Well have to order them and it will take three weeks for the publisher to mail them to us.
  Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?
5. W: How many students are there in your department?
  M: We used to have 130. But recently the number has doubled.
  Q: How many students are there in the mans department now?
6. W: This case is too heavy for me to carry upstairs. Will you come over and give me a hand, David?
  M: OK, Ill be there in a moment.
  Q: What did the woman ask the man to do?
7. M: If you dont wear a sweater when you go jogging in the early morning you will catch a cold.
  W: But my sweater is so old and ugly.
  Q: What does the man want the woman to do?
8. M: Oh no, the pipes seem to be blocked again.
  W: Well have to call Mr. Morris right away.
  Q: What job does Mr. Morris probably have?
9. M: May I try some of these grapes?
  W: Not yet. There are barely enough for lunch.
  Q: What can be inferred from their conversation?
10. W: Have you heard what George has been saying about your work?
   M: Yes, I have, but I couldnt care less.
   Q: What did the man mean by his remark?
Section B
Directions: (omitted)
Passage One
The sum total of our knowledge is very small compared to the size of our ignorance. Every advance on the frontier of knowledge opens up a great vista of the unknown. The scientist is not happy except when he finds something new. Science is an incomplete task just as life is incomplete. He can only be happy because he has the opportunity to continue the search. Fulfillment can never be there so long as knowledge is imperfect.
The search for truth is not a peaceful occupation. The happiest people I have known have not been the men of great worldly achievements or wealth. They have been the simple people who are happily married, enjoying good health and good family life.
I do not think we search for the stars or moon because we make up our minds to do so, but because we cant help ourselves. Imagination is not an attribute of happiness. A person can be very happy when he knows nothing.
While it is true you can get happiness. peace and serenity from being at the lower end of the ladder, it is also true that you cannot enjoy the ecstasy of achievement. Success in the general sense of the term means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. In the authors opinion, why do we search the stars or moon?
12. According to the author, where does the happiness of screntists lie?
13. What is the meaning of success in the general sense of the term?
Passage Two
Not long ago it was assumed that the dangers man would meet in space would be terrible, the main ones being radiation and the danger of being hit by meteors. It is perhaps worth remembering that less than two centuries ago the dangers of train travel seemed similarly terrible. A man would certainly die, it was thought, if carried along at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour.
There are two sorts of radiation man must fear in space. The first is radiation from the sun, and this is particularly dangerous when the sun is very active and explosions are occurring on its surface. The second, less harmful form comes from the soª²called Van Allen Belts. These are two areas of radiation about 1,500 miles away from the earth. Neither of these forms of radiation area danger to us on the earth, since we are protected by our atmosphere. Specifically, it is that part of our atmosphere known as the ozonosphere which protects us. This is a belt of the chemical ozone between 12 and 21 miles from the ground, which absorbs all the radiation.
Once outside the atmosphere, however, man is no longer protected, and radiation can be harmful in a number of ways. A distinction must be drawn between the shortª² and longª²term effects of radiation. The former are merely unpleasant, but just because an astronaut returning from a journey in space does not seem to have been greatly harmed, we cannot assume that he is safe. The longª²term effects can be extremely serious, even leading to death.
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. What forms of radiation are feared by astronauts?
15. What is the distance between the Earth and the two areas of radiation?
16. Why cant people on earth be harmed by radiation?
Passage Three
About two percent of the population of the United States is of Asian origin¡ªsome five million people. Chinese, Japanese, and Philippinec form the largest groups. However, there are also significant numbers of Asianª²Indians, Pakistanis, Koreans, and Vietnamese now living in America. As a result of the war in Vietnam, some 350,000 refugees from that country have entered the United States since the early 1970s.
Chinese and Japanese workers were imported into the United States by employers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of the Chinese settled in California, where they were employed mainly in heavy industries, such as mining and railroad construction. They were faced with intense prejudice and discrimination, especially from lowerª²class white people, who saw them as a source of threat to their jobs. The retreat of the Chinese into distinct Chinatowns was not primarily their choice, but was enforced by the hostility they faced. Since Chinese immigration was ended by law in 1882, the Chinese remained largely isolated from the wider society¡ªat least until recently.
Most of the Japanese immigrants also settled in California and the other Pacific states. During World War II, following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, all Japaneseª²Americans in the United States were made to report to ¡°relocation centers¡ªwhich were effectively concentration camps. In spite of the fact that most of the Japanese were American citizens, they were compelled to live in the hastily established camps for the duration of the war.
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. How many refugees came from Vietnam since the early 1970s?
18. Why did the lowerª²class white people in the United States treat Chinese immigrants with hostility?
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
20. Where did the first Japanese immigrants settle?
Section C (Compound Dictation)
Directions: (omitted)
What will man be like in the future¡ªin 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, man is about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller.
Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more¡ªand eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow large.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.