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SECTION  I  Listening  Comprehension(25 minutes)

1～25略

SECTION  Ⅱ Use  of  English(15 minutes)

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

　　Text
　　After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a  26  for words? How can she  27  the names of a couple they met on  28  years ago? Now we know  29  to tell him: it's her brain.

　　Although there are obviously cultural   30   for the differences in emotions and behavior,  31   breakthrough research reveals that the   32   of many puzzling differences between men and women may  33  in the head. Men's and women's brains  34   much in common, but they are definitely not the same  35   size, structure or insight. Broadly speaking, a woman's brain, like her body, is ten to fifteen per cent smaller than a man's,  36   the regions dedicated to language may be more densely  37   with brain cells.

　　Girls generally speak earlier and read faster. The reason may be  38  females use both sides of the brain when they read. In  39  , males rely only on the left side.

　　At every age, women' s memories   40   men' s, They have a greater ability to   41___names with faces than men do, and they are  42   at recalling list. The events people remember best are those that an emotion is attached to.   43   women use more of their right brains, which   44   emotions, they may do this automatically.

　　While we don't yet know what all these findings imply, one thing is  45 : male and fe-male brains do the same things, but they do them differently.

　　26. [ A ] slip          [ B ] puzzle           [ C ] loss            [ D ] failure

　　27. [ A ] recall        [ B ] understand       [ C ] realize         [ D ] perceive

　　28. [ A ] festival      [ B ] event            [ C ] occasion        [ D ] holiday

　　29. [ A ] what          [ B ] how              [ C ] when            [ D ] where

　　30. [ A ] senses        [ B ] reasons          [ C ] purposes        [ D ] meanings

　　31. [ A ] present       [ B ] instant          [ C ] recent          [ D ] immediate

　　32. [ A ] bottom        [ B ] basis            [ C ] root            [ D ] stem

　　33. [ A ] hide          [ B ] set              [ C ] fix             [ D ] lie

　　34. [ A ] have          [ B ] share            [ C ] divide          [ D ] store

　　35. [ A ] in            [ B ] at               [ C ] with            [ D ] for

　　36. [ A ] yet           [ B ] hence            [ C ] thus            [ D ] then

　　57. [ A ] wrapped       [ B ] rested           [ C ] gathered        [ D ] packed

　　38. [ A ] which         [ B ] why              [ C ] that            [ D ] whether

　　39. [ A ] fact          [ B ] contrast         [ C ] addition        [ D ] consequence

　　40. [ A ] top           [ B ] match            [ C ] equal           [ D ] challenge

　　41. [ A ] mix           [ B ] combine          [ C ] join            [ D ] associate

　　42. [ A ] shier         [ B ] better           [ C ] keener          [ D ] easier

　　43. [ A ] Since         [ B ] While            [ C ] Although        [ D ] Unless

　　44. [ A ] process       [ B ] promote          [ C ] perceive        [ D ] produce

　　45. [ A ] important     [ B ] mysterious       [ C ] special         [ D ] clear

SECTION Ⅲ  Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)

　　Part A

　　Directions:
　　Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

　　Text 1
　　Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. “Angel money” it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.

With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.

　　As I was searching for “angel money”, I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.

　　Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology “guy” in-house.

　　Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.

　　We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.

　　Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no guarantees of success.

　　She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms had been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope. Inside was a check for $ 500,000.

　　I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.

　　“I have confidence in your plan,” she said. “You' 11 do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it' s satisfying when you build your own company.”

　　Who would have thought I'd find an angel so close to home? There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed.

　　46. For a newly-established business, bum rate refers to___________.
　　[ A ] the salary it pays to its staff
　　[ B ] the interest it pays to the bank
　　[ C ] the way in which it raises capital
　　[ D ] the speed at which it spends money

　　47. By "Angel money", the author refers to__________.
　　[ A ] the money borrowed from banks
　　[ B ] the money spent to promote sales
　　[ C ] the money raised from close friends
　　[ D ] the money needed to start a business

　　48. To get help from a venture-capital company, you may have to__________.
　　[ A ] put up with unfair terms
　　[ B ] change your business line
　　[ C ] enlarge your business scope
　　[ D ] let them operate your business

　　49. The author easily built a team for his company because__________.
　　[ A ] they were underpaid at their previous jobs
　　[ B ] they were turned down by other companies
　　[ C ] they were confident of the author and his business                 
　　[ D ] they were satisfied with the salaries in his company

　　50. Louise decided to lend money to the author because__________.
　　[ A ] she wanted to join his company
　　[ B ] she knew he would build a team
　　[ C ] she knew his plan would succeed
　　[ D ] she wanted to help promote his sales

　　Text 2
　　Nearly all “speed reading” courses have a “pacing” element--some timing device which lets the student know how many words a minute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check the average number of words per page for the particular book you are reading. How do you know when  5 minutes has passed on your watch if you are busy reading the book? Well, this is difficult at first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period, or you can read within hearing distance of a pub-lic clock which strikes the quarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the same kind of easy, general interest books. You should soon notice your accustomed w. p.m. rate creeping up.

　　Obviously there is little point in increasing your w. p. m. rate if you do not understand what you are reading. When you are consciously trying to increase your reading speed, stop after every chapter ( if you are reading a novel) or every section or group of ten or twelve pages ( if it is a text-book) and ask yourself a few questions about what you have been reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story, or you cannot remember clearly the details of what was said, reread the section or chapter.

　　You can also try “l(fā)ightning speed” exercise from time to time. Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading and read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not bother about whether you understand or not. Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your "normal" w. p. m. rate, the rate at which you can comfortably understand. After a ‘lightning speed' reading through (probably 600 w. p. m. ) you will usually find that your “normal” speed has increased-perhaps. by as much as 50-100 w. p.m. This is the technique sportsmen use when they usually run further in training than they will have to on the day of the big race.

　　51. According to the passage, a “pacing” device_________.
　　[ A ]is used to time student' s reading speed
　　[ B ]is. not used in most, speed reading courses
　　[ C ] is used as .an aid to vocabulary learning
　　[ D ] should be used whenever we read alone

　　52. In speed reading, looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes_________.
　　[ A ] avoids the need for reading faster
　　[ B ] is not the same as pacing
　　[ C ] may seem unworkable at first
　　[ D ] helps you to remember your page number

　　53. When you are reading a novel, you should check your understanding of the content after_______.
　　[ A ] every chapter
　　[ B ] every section
　　[ C ] every four or five pages
　　[ D ] every ten or twelve pages           

　　54. The purpose of the “l(fā)ightning speed” exercise is to_________.
　　[ A ] increase your speed by scanning the text first
　　[ B ] test your maximum reading speed
　　[ C ] help you understand more of the content of the book
　　[ D ] enable you to win reading races against your friends

　　55. The best title for this passage would be_________.
　　[ A ] Hints for Successful Reading
　　[ B ] Hints for Speed Reading
　　[ C ] Effective Reading
　　[ D ] Lightning Speed Exercises

        Text 3
　　There is one difference between the sexes on which virtually every expert and study agree: men are more aggressive than women. It shows up in 2-year-olds. It continues through school days and persists into adulthood. It is even constant across cultures. And there is little doubt that it is rooted in biology in the male sex hormone testosterone.

If there's a feminine trait that's the counterpart of male aggressiveness, it's what social scien-tists awkwardly refer to as "nurturance". Feminists have argued that the nurturing nature of women is not biological in origin, but rather has been drummed into women by a society that wanted to keep them in the home. But the signs that it is at least partly inborn are too numerous to ignore. Just as tiny infant girls respond more readily to human faces, female toddlers learn much faster than males how to pick up nonverbal cues from others. And grown women are far more adept than men at interpreting facial expressions: A recent study by University of Pennsylvania brain researcher Ru-ben Gur showed that they easily read emotions such as anger, sadness and fear. The only such e-motion men could pick up was disgust.

　　What difference do such differences make in the real world? Among other things, women  appear to be somewhat less competitive--or at least competitive in different ways--than men. At the Harvard Law School, for instance, female students enter with credentials just as outstanding as those of their male peers. But they don' t qualify for the prestigious Law Review in proportionate numbers, a fact some school officials attribute to women' s discomfort in the incredibly competitive atmosphere.

　　Students of management styles have found fewer differences than they expected between men and women who reach leadership positions, perhaps because many successful women deliberately imitate masculine ways. But an analysis by Purdue social psychologist Alice Eagly of 166 studies of leadership style did find one consistent difference: Men tend to be more “autocratic”-making decisions on their own--while women tend to consult colleagues and subordinates more often.     Studies of behavior in small groups turn up even more differences. Men will typically domi-nate the discussion, says University of Toronto psychologist Kenneth Dion, spending more time talking and less time listening.

　　56. The passage mainly discusses__________.
　　[ A ] how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations
　　[ B ] how hormone determines sex differences
　　[ C ] why there are differences between males and females
　　[ D ] why men and women have different social roles

　　57. Which of the following is true of women's nurturing nature according to the passage?
　　[ A ] It is not inborn in any sense.
　　[ B ] It is inspired by women' s families.
　　[ C ] It is caused by social prejudice.
　　[ D ] It is partly biological in origin.

　　58. The Harvard Law School example in paragraph 3 suggests that_________.
　　[ A ] women are not as competitive as men
　　[ B ] law is not the fight profession for women
　　[ C ] women are as excellent as men when they are young
　　[ D ] academic credentials are disproportionate to performance

　　59. Which of the following statement is tree according to paragraph 4?
　　[ A ] Men leaders should consult colleagues and subordinates more often.
　　[ B ] Female leaders' success is due to their imitating male leaders.
　　[ C ] Men and women are different in their leadership style.
　　[ D ] Decisiveness is an important quality for a successful politician.

　　60. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer_________.
　　[ A ] denies the difference sexes make in real life
　　[ B ] is prejudiced against men
　　[ C ] discourages women to be competitive
　　[ D ] treats sex difference objectively

　　Part B
　　Directions:
　　Read the texts from an article in which five people talked about energy and making use of it. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each speaker to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.

　　Jackson:
　　Viewed from a scientist's standpoint, all of the energy contained in fuel either now or in the future becomes heat. Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work. The rest is lost or rejected. That is to say, it is radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, furnaces, power lines, television sets, boilers and all the other energy-consuming machinery that makes our wheels go around.

　　Browning:
　　It is necessary to improve the efficiency with. which we use energy in order to do more work. But improvement cannot come overnight, and there are limits beyond which not even science can help. According to the Center for Strategic and International studies, about three quarters of the energy we use to move things, including ourselves, accomplishes no useful work.

　　Jeffrey:
　　In terms of efficiency, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation may be using en-ergy more efficiently than private automobiles. Unless private automobiles can operate at near capacity, their overall efficiency is poor. For example, an urban bus carrying 36 passengers may achieve an efficiency of around 120 passenger-miles per gallon of gasoline. But buses are not al-ways fully loaded, and sometimes they carry no passengers at all.

　　Vandenberg:
　　It is true that buses can sometimes run without passengers. City trains seem to be very effi-cient, but they suffer the same shortcomings as buses and cost more. Except for rush hours, com-muter trains seldom run at full capacity. This wastes even more energy and is more than the management can afford. As a result, commuter trains are truly practical only in places where there are a lot of people.

　　Nathan:
　　For some people, mass transportation may serve their needs. For others, a combination of mass transportation and private transportation may be preferable. Better design and wise use of both mass transportation systems and private vehicles will play an important part in helping us make full-er use of energy for transportation.
　　Now match each of the persons (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
　　Note: there are two extra statements.

　　Statements
　　61. Jackson        [ A ] City trains and buses have different faults to overcome.
　　62. Browning      [ B ] The efficiency of the city train depends on the size of population.
　　63. Jeffrey          [ C ] Public transportation is usually more energy-efficient.
　　64. Vandenberg  [ D ] Private cars usually run at full capacity.
　　65. Nathan         [ E ] No fuel energy is fully used.
　　                          [ F ] A combined means of transport can help increase energy efficiency.
　　                          [ G ] Problems of energy loss can never be completely solved.

SECTION IV  Writing(40 minutes)

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

　　Part A
　　66. You have read the job advertisement below in a newspaper and you want to apply for the job. Write a letter of application to the manager of the company, Mr. Meed, giving all the necessary personal information. You should write approximately 100 words.
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　　Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use “Wang Lin” instead. You do not need to write the address.

　　Part B
　　67. Here is a picture of a traffic accident caused by a man crossing the street in a hurry.Write an essay of approximately 120 words describing the accident and giving your comment on it.

THIS IS THE END OF THE TEST.

第一部分  聽力

　　1～25略

第二部分  英語知識運用

　　參考譯文

　結婚二十多年后，一個丈夫也許仍然不能理解他的妻子. 她怎么能從來不會語塞呢?她是如何記得數年前度假時遇到的夫妻的名字的?現在我們知道該怎么告訴他了：那是因為她的大腦.

　　盡管情緒和行為上的差異明顯有文化上的原因，但最近有一項重大突破性的研究表明男女間令人迷惑的差異可能源于大腦. 男性和女性的大腦大部分都一樣，但是他們大腦的大小、結構和觀察力絕對不一樣.大體上說，女人的大腦，就像她們的身體一樣，比男人的大腦小10％-15％．因此她們大腦里用于語言的區(qū)域里腦細胞要比男人的密集.

　　女孩子一般說話比較早，讀書比較快. 原因可能在于女性在閱讀的時候左右腦都用上了. 相反，男人在閱讀的時候只用左腦.

　　在任何年齡女人的記憶力都比男人好. 她們將名字與人物對應起來的能力比男人強，并且她們記清單的能力也比男人強. 人們所記的最清楚的事件是與情感聯(lián)系在一起的. 因為女人用產生情緒的右腦比男人用的多，所以她們會自動記憶。盡管我們還不知道這些發(fā)現預示了什么，但有一點是清楚的：男人和女人的大腦做的是同樣的事情，但是他們做的方式不一樣.

　　26．C 【精析】本題考查固定搭配. at a loss for words茫然而語塞. 故選C.

　　27．A 【精析】本題考查動詞的用法. recall 回憶；understand 理解；rca-lizc意識到；perceive認識，理解；從文章來看，這里顯然是指女人能記得多年前遇到的人的名字. 故選A.

　　28．D 【精析】本題考查對文意的理解. 從四個選項來看，只有holiday符合文意. on holiday在休假中(在度假). 故選D.

　　29．A 【精析】本題考查引導詞的用法. 從后面的it’s her brain可知，空格處應填的詞引導的是名詞性短語，選項中可以引導名詞性短語或從句的是what. how引導方式狀語從句；when引導時間狀語從句；where引導地點狀語或定語從句. 故選A.

　　30．B 【精析】本題考查上下文語義的銜接. 從上下文及表原因的介詞“for”可知，這里說的是“男女行為與情緒不同的原因”，故選B.

　　31．C  【精析】本題考查詞語的辨析. present現在的，出席的；instant 立即的；recent最近的；immediate立即的，即刻的. 這里是講“最近的一項突破性研究”. 故選C.

　　32. C 【精析】本題考查詞語的辨析. bottom底部，底面；basis根本，基礎；root根，起源；stem莖. 此處指的是“根源”，故選C.

　　33．D 【精析】本題考查固定搭配. lie有“存在，在于”的意思，在表達“原因在于…”的時候經常用lie in. 故選D.

　　34．A 【精析】本題考查固定搭配. have sth．in common有共同點，此處指的是男女的大腦大部分都一樣.故選A.

　　35．A 【精析】本題考查介詞的用法. in多指“在某點上，就某一點來說”；at多指“在某一程度上”；with一般表示伴隨的狀態(tài)；for表原因. 這里顯然指的是“就男女大腦的大小、結構和觀察力來說絕對不同”，故選A.

　　36．C 【精析】本題考查連詞的用法。hence表示“因此，從此”，為副詞不能引導句子，故排除；yet仍，至今；then當時，在那時，然后；thus有“因此，于是”的意思，表結果。從上文來看，這里是由上文得出的結論，故選C.   

　　37．D 【精析】本題考查動詞短語的用法。wrap with用…包裹；rest和gather不與with搭配；pack with塞滿，充滿. 這里指的是該區(qū)域內腦細胞更加密集，故選D. 
 
　　38．C 【精析】本題考查表語從句的引導詞. 名詞reason作主語時，后面的表語從句表示原因時要用that引導，不宜用because或why. 故選C.

　　39．B 【精析】本題考查固定詞組. in contrast相反；in fact實際上；in addition此外；in consequence因而，由于…的緣故. 這里是把男女進行比較，且前后文所述情況相反. 故選B.

　　40．A 【精析】本題考查上下文語義的銜接. 由下文的闡述可知女性的記憶力優(yōu)于男性. top作動詞講表示“超越，比…高”的意思.

　　41． D  【精析】本題考查動賓短語. mix with和…混合；combine with與…結合；join with參與；associate with聯(lián)合，聯(lián)系. 這里指的是女人比較善于將人的長相和名字聯(lián)系起來. 故選D.

　　42．B  【精析】本題考查對文章的理解. 這里是在對男女的記憶力進行比較，前文已經說過女人在記名字方面比男人強，這句話承接上文，我們可以推測說的還是女人的記憶力比男人強. 故選B.

　　43．A  【精析】本題考查連接詞的用法. since有“因為”的意思；while盡管，雖然；although盡管；unless除非. 從后面“they may do this automatically”可知，空格處連接詞所引導的分句是后面結論的原因. 故選A.

　　44．A 【精析】本題考查動詞的意義. process產生；promote提升；perceive理解，認識；produce生產.這里指的是右腦產生情緒. 故選A.

　　45．D 【精析】本題考查文意. while含有“對比，相反”之義，因此此處所填詞含義應該與前面的“尚不清楚”相反. 故選D.

第三部分  閱讀理解   

　　Pan A
　　Textl

　　參考譯文

“燃燒速率”是指一家剛起步的公司花錢的速度. 當我的新媒體公司剛創(chuàng)立的時候燃燒速率是每個月50，000美元. 因此，我開始四下尋找可能成為我的第一批投資者，得到的投資被稱為“贊助資金”. 但是當我考慮在我認識的人中有誰能幫我時，我發(fā)現寥寥無幾.

　　在別無選擇的情況下. 我開始接觸風險投資公司. 但是有人警告我說這類投資公司會因為他們投入的資金而抽走公司的很大一部分股份. 而且如果你表示反對，他們會立刻把你扔在一邊不予理睬.

　　在我尋找“贊助資金”的同時我開始建立自己的團隊. 團隊里的每一個人都信任我，即使是我沒錢給他們發(fā)薪水.

　　比爾?貝克是麻省理工一個非常出名的媒體實驗室的電腦程序和圖像處理專家. 他的到來使公司內部一下子便有了一名技術骨干.

　　凱瑟琳—漢德森是一個電影制片人，曾是一名地產商. 她也加入了我們的團隊，成為公司的市場研發(fā)主管. 史蒂芬—懷特也加入進來成為執(zhí)行官. 他之前一直為家庭財務軟件開發(fā)商Quicken工作. 我們把他挖了過來.

　　我們有很棒的員工，但是我們的錢不夠. 一天晚上，我的鄰居露易絲?強森來訪. 她和我只有點頭之交，但是她的兒子和我的兒子卻是天天在一起的伙伴. 那時她的事業(yè)正如火如荼.

　　露易絲很聰明，并且不會錯過任何機會. 她一直在密切關注我的公司. 她知道我非常需要錢，而且還知道我很有希望，但是不能保證一定能成功.

　　她告訴我說她的律師已經和我的律師談過了，并且達成了共識. 她遞給我一個信封，里面是一張50萬美元的支票.

　　我差點倒下，我聽著她講話，那聲音就像來自天堂.

　　“我對你的計劃有信心，”她說.“你會做得很好. 你得為之努力奮斗，但是建立自己的公司是一件很令人滿足的事情.”

　　誰會想到我會在家門口找到贊助人? 此刻，說什么都顯得不足. 我們只是道了晚安. 她離開之后我站在那里，充滿了謙卑和誠懇.

　　46．D 【精析】細節(jié)題. 本題答案在文章第一段第一句話.

　　47．D 【精析】推理題.“angel money”出現在文章第一段第四句. 由其前面的一句話可知這筆錢是第一批投資商投入的資金，此時公司剛剛成立，從而可判斷“angel money”是用來創(chuàng)業(yè)的. 故選D.

　　48．A 【精析】推理題. 從文章第二段第二句話“…they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in．”可知，投資公司會拿走公司相當大的一部分股份，這種交易當然是不公平的. 故選A.

　　49．C 【精析】推理題. 本題答案在第三段. 作者說團隊里每一個人都很信任他，即使自己沒有錢可以付給他們工資. 由此可見，團隊成員都對作者及其創(chuàng)辦的公司很有信心，不然不會不計后果地給他做事. 故選C.

　　50．C 【精析】細節(jié)題. 文章倒數第五段說“She knew 1 was dying for money and I had prospects．．．
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　　可知，露易絲認為作者的公司很有希望. 故選C.

　　Text 2
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　　幾乎所有的“快速閱讀”課程都有“計劃進度”這一部分—一指設定時間以使學生知道自己每分鐘看了多少字. 你自己也可以做到這點，只需要每隔5分鐘或10分鐘看一下手表，然后記下你讀到的頁碼. 查一下你所讀的書平均每頁有多少字. 在你忙于看書的時候怎么知道5分鐘已經過去了呢? 開始是很難. 你可以叫一個朋友在設定的時間提醒你，有些公共大鐘每到整刻都會敲響，你可在能夠聽到鐘聲的范圍內看書. 每三、四天給自己定一個“進度計劃”，每次都看同種類的通俗易懂的書. 你很快會發(fā)現自己慣常的字／每分鐘速率在不斷上升.

　　顯然，如果你不明白自己在讀什么的話，提高閱讀速度也就沒有意義. 當你有意識地試著提高閱讀速度的時候，讀完一章(如果你讀的是小說)，一節(jié)或者10到20頁(如果你讀的是課本)停下來問自己幾個關于所讀內容的問題. 如果你發(fā)現自己已經忘記了故事的主線或者不能清楚記得細節(jié)，那么把這一章或這一節(jié)再讀一遍.

　　你還可以時不時地嘗試一下“閃電速度”練習. 在你正在看的符合大眾趣味的書中選四或五頁來看，能看多快就看多快. 不要在乎是否看得懂. 現在回過頭去以你認為“正常”的速度來看那幾頁書，也就是以你能易于看懂的速度. 在一次“閃電速度”閱讀之后(大概每分鐘600字)，你通常會發(fā)現你的“正常速度”提高了——可能每分鐘要提高50-100字. 運動員們也是用這種方法，他們通常在訓練的時候跑的比參加大賽時跑的距離要遠一些.

　　51．A 【精析】釋義題. 本題答案可由文章第一句話得出. 破折號后面的句子解釋了pacing device是用來測試學生閱讀速度的. 故選A.

　　52．C 【精析】細節(jié)題. 由文章第一段第四句“How do you know when 5 minutes has passed on your watch if you ale busying reading the book? Well，this is difficult at first．”可知，剛開始的時候每5分鐘或者lO分鐘看一下表似乎不太現實. 故選C.

　　53．A 【精析】細節(jié)題. 由文章第二段第二句“．．．stop after every chap-ter(if you ale reading a novel)”可知，如果讀的是小說的話應該在讀完每一章后停一下. 故選A.

　　54．A 【精析】推理題. 解答本題關鍵在于理解文章第三段. 本段首先介紹了如何進行閃電閱讀練習——首先速讀，而后指出了其效果——正常閱讀速度得到提高. 并提到運動員也常用類似方法來提高成績.可見“l(fā)ightning speed”是通過首先快速瀏覽文章來提高閱讀速度.

　　55．B 【精析】主旨題.本文的主旨是“提高閱讀速度”，文章談論了“快速閱讀”中時間設定及內容理解方面的問題，并推薦了一種練習方法——“閃電速度”，主要是圍繞快速閱讀而談.與此有關的選項是B.

         Text 3
　　參考譯文

　　性別之間存在的差異有一點是基本上所有專家和研究都承認的：男性的攻擊力比女性強.這一點在2歲時就表現出來了，并且貫穿于學齡時期且持續(xù)到成年時期.這種區(qū)別甚至超越了文化的限制.毫無疑問．這種區(qū)別的根本在于生理——男人體內的男性激素.

如果女性有一種和男性的攻擊性相對立的特征的話，那就是社會學家指的“照顧別人”.女權主義者說女性具有照顧別人的天性從根本上來說并非源于生理因素，而是想要女性待在家里的社會所強行賦予女性的.但是太多跡象表明，女人具有“照顧別人的特征”至少有部分是天生的，此類跡象多得不容忽視.就像女嬰根據人長相來認人的能力比男嬰強；剛學會走路的小女孩在理解別人的非語言性暗示方面比同齡的小男孩學習得快；成年女人比成年男人更擅長理解面部表情：賓夕法尼亞大學的大腦研究家魯本?戈爾最近所作的一項研究表明女人很容易就能從別人臉上解讀出生氣，悲傷和害怕之類的情感.而男人唯一可以解讀的情感就是惡心.

　　這種差異對現實世界有什么意義呢? 在很多其他事情中，女性顯得稍微比男性缺少競爭力——或者至少她們是以一種不同的方式在競爭. 例如，在哈佛法學院，女生以和男生同樣優(yōu)異的成績入校.但是她們有相當一部分人在權威性的《法律評論》這門課程上都不舍格，一些學校領導把這個事實歸于女生不適應非常激烈的競爭環(huán)境.

　　研究管理模式的學生發(fā)現管理層的男性和女性之間差異比預想的要小，或許是因為很多成功的女性都刻意模仿男性做事的方式. 但是Purdue的社會心理學家艾麗絲?伊格利在研究了166名管理人員的工作方式后分析發(fā)現了一個一致的區(qū)別：男性比較專斷獨行——獨自做決定——而女性則更多地傾向于與同事和下級商量. 對一小組人的行為進行研究發(fā)現的差異更多. 多倫多大學的心理學家肯尼斯?迪昂說男性典型地主導討論，他們發(fā)言的時間很多，聽別人發(fā)言的時間相對較少.

　　56．A 【精析】主旨題.本文在前兩段論述了男女性別的差異，在第三段第一句提出問題“這種差異在現實中有什么意義”，緊接著后面開始闡述這種差別所導致的男女在競爭及工作中的不同表現. 故選A.

　　57．D 【精析】細節(jié)題. 由第二段第三句“But the signs that it is at least partly inborn are too numerous to ignore．”可知，女性的這個特征有先天方面的原因. 故選D.

　　58．A 【精析】主旨題.該段的主旨句是第二句“…women appear to be somewhat less competitive…”, 該句提出了“女性在競爭力方面不如男性”的觀點，后文所舉例證即是為了證明這一觀點.故選A.

　　59．C 【精析】判斷題. 由文章第四段最后一句“Men tend to more…mote often．”可知，男性比較專斷而女性則喜歡和同事商量再做決定. 從而看出男女在管理方式上的差異. 故選C.

　　60．D 【精析】推理題.作者在說男女之間差異時并無偏袒任何一方，而是通過研究結果來分析說明男女的差異，因此是客觀的表達，故選D.

　　Part B
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　　下面五個人在談論能源及其利用. 注意每個人觀點有何不同.

　　杰克遜：以科學家的立場來看，不管是現在還是將來，燃料里所含的全部能量都會轉變?yōu)闊崃? 有些熱量會被直接使用或用于有用的生產. 其余的不是丟失了就是被遺棄了，也就是說，這些熱量從引擎、汽車、熔爐、電線、電視機、鍋爐、以及所有其他消耗能量的機器上散發(fā)到大氣中，正是這些機器使我們生活的齒輪得以運轉.

　　布洛林：為了做更多的工作而提高能源使用的效率是很必要的. 但是這種提高不是一夜之間能實現的，而且其中有些限制就連科學也無能為力. 根據國際研究與戰(zhàn)略中心發(fā)布的報告，我們用來使用東西，包括我們自己，運轉的能量中有四分之三做的是無用功.

　　杰弗里：說到效率，公交車、火車和其他公共交通設施對能源的利用可能比私家車更高效. 除非私家車的容量能被最大限度的使用，否則它們的總效率很低. 比如說，一輛載有36名乘客的市區(qū)公交車，它的效率能達到120乘客．英里／加侖汽油.但是公交車不總是滿載，有時車上一名乘客也沒有.

　　文登博格：公車上有時確實一個人也沒有. 城鐵看上去效率很高，但是它們也有和公車相同的缺點，而且成本更高. 除了交通高峰期，載上下班乘客的列車很少滿載運行.這浪費了更多的能源，而且造成出資方負擔不起的結果. 載上下班乘客的列車只有在人很多的地方才真正實用.

　　南森：對有些人來說，公共交通設施滿足了他們的需求，而其他人比較傾向于把公共交通設施和私人交通工具結合起來. 更好的設計和更明智的使用兩者對我們在交通設施上充分利用能源來說至關重要.

　　61．E 【精析】推理題.在第一段第一句話作者說燃料里的能源轉化為熱量. 第二、三句緊接著說一部分能量被使用，其余的丟失或遺棄了，由此可推出燃料里的能量沒有被完全利用. 故選E.

　　62．G 【精析】推理題. 第二段第二句話說提高能源不是一夜之間能實現的，而且其中有些限制就連科學也無能為力，說明能源浪費是不可避免的，故選G.

　　63．C 【精析】主旨題.第三段的主旨句是第一句話，意思是“公共交通設施對能源的利用比私家車更高效”，與此一致的是C.

　　64．B 【精析】細節(jié)題. 由第四段短文最后一句“…commuter trains are truly practical only in places where there are a lot of people．”可知城鐵是否實用取決于人口的多少. 故選B.

　　65．F 【精析】主旨題. Nathan明確提出更好的設計和更明智的使用兩者至關重要，主張把公共交通設施和私人交通工具結合起來. 故選F.

第四部分  寫作

　　Part A

　　66. 【高分范圍】

　　Dear Mr. Meed
　　I read the job advertisement of your company in a newspaper. And I think the job suits me very much. Now I' d like to introduce myself to you.

My name is Wang Lin. I' m 24. I was awarded B.A. degree as an English major student in Beijing Foreign Studies University in 2002Dur-ing my college time, my marks range among top 5 of my peers in my school. After graduating from college, I worked as an interpreter in a trade company for three years. My boss gave me very high remarks about my work. And my easy-going personality made me build a broad network with  my colleagues and customers. I think three years is enough to do the same work, and I want to try something new. So I write to apply for the position offered by your company. Hope I can hear from you soon. Thanks for paying attention. Wish everything goes 6n well.

　　Yours sincerely,
　　Wang Lin

　　【寫作點金】

　　求職信是一種比較正式的文體. 在申請中要寫清楚自己的概況，并闡述自己有哪些條件符合該職位的要求. 在表述中要讓對方感覺你已經很認真的看過他們公司的職位描述和要求. 如果職位要求里沒有對工作經驗作出要求，我們在寫申請的時候也要申明自己有相關的工作經驗，因為用人單位都很注重應聘者的工作經驗. 求職申請開頭的稱呼和最后的署名一定要寫.

　　【高頻詞句】

　　1. I read the job advertisement of your company in a newspaper And I think the job suits me very much. 求職信的第一句可以套用這句話.
　　2. I was awarded B.A. degree. 我被授予文學學士學位.
　　3. My boss gave me very high remarks about my work. 我的老板對我的工作評價很高.
　　4. So I write to apply for the position offered by your company. 所以我寫信來申請你們公司的空缺職位.
　　5. Thanks for paying attention. 結尾表述這句話是很必要的，這樣會顯得你很有禮貌.

　　Part B

　　67.【高文范文】

　　Life Is Precious
　　From the c picture below, we can a man Js crossing the street in a hurry. And he is not walking on the pavement, instead, he is running in  front of cars which are moving on the street. And to avoid hitting him, the  car makes a sudden stop. The following car hits that car on its back. Thus an accident is caused.

　　The man who is crossing the street doesn' t take life seriously, both  his and others. Running across a street is very dangerous because the run-ning person can be easily hurt by cars. And if the car which is about to hit the person makes a sudden break, there may be a car accident, just the picture, thus the people in the cars might be hurt.

　　Life is precious, and also vulnerable. We should not put ourselves  in  danger by any improper behavior.

　　【寫作點金】

　　這篇看圖作文是一篇警示性的圖畫文章. 第一步是向讀者描述這張圖片說的是什么事情. 第二步是自己的評論. 警示性的文章在評論中要向讀者闡明圖片中所示的危險性. 最后在文章結尾可以加入號召性的話語.

　　【高頻詞句】

　　1．in a hurry 急急忙忙地
　　2．m man who is crossing the street doesn’t take life seriously．這個人對待生命的態(tài)度很不嚴肅.
　　3．be about to 將要
　　4．Life is precious，and also vulnerable．生命是珍貴的，也很脆弱.
　　5．We should not put ourselves in danger by any improper behavior．我們不應因任何不適當的行為而把自己置于危險中.