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17、ameto, for IsawsmokefromtheA.toarrive;toC.toarrive;B.arriving;D.havingarrived;Part Section A: There is one (25minutes,40his section with 5 questions. For each of them, there are marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark correspondingletterontheAnswerSheetsinglelinethrough

18、thecentre.(5Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingRon Barrister awoke once again slight ringing in his ears. After he showered and the condition got worse. He was also short of breath. When he he mirror to see if tonguewerecoatedorifthere weresome othersigns ofacoldcomingon,hethislooked peculiar. He

19、turned sideways and looked again. Sure enough, his eyes seemed to bulgingout.He decidedtoexplainhissymptomsDr.n,theeye,ear,nose,andDr. n examined Ron very carefully. After complete examination he was Everythingappeared normal andtests showednosigns ofdisorder.“Ron,” he said,“Ireallyfindanythingwrong

20、,andImatalosstoexplainyourstrangesymptoms.Howeverifyoudanotherion,Dr.Brownisnextdoor.ShemightbeabletodiscoversomethingIAfteranotherfullexamination,evenDr.Brownwasstumped.“Icanthinkofnothingfindanythingwrong,andImatalosstoexplainyourstrangesymptoms.Howeverifyoudanotherion,Dr.Brownisnextdoor.Shemightb

21、eabletodiscoversomethingIAfteranotherfullexamination,evenDr.Brownwasstumped.“IcanthinkofnothinglyoutyoushouldbeadmittedtothehospitalforacloserWhen Ron was being admitted to the hospital, the nurse asked him, “What size pajamas you“Ireallydontknow,”he“Well,doyouknowyourshirtsize?”sheaskedasshereached

22、forameasuring.“Yes,”answeredRon,“IwearcollarThe nurse measured his neckandsaid,“You meana 16.5,dont you?” “No,”answeredRon,“Ivealwaysworna 15.5collaronallmy“O.K.butifyouweara 15.5collarwithyournecksize,soonerorlateryoure surelygoingto have a ringing in your ears, bulging eyes, and youll be short of

23、breath.”46.WhichofthefollowingementsisNOTA.HisearswereC.HefeltB.HewasshortofD.Hiseyesseemedtobebulging47.InhandlingRonBarristerscase,bothDr.KleinandDr.BrownwereA.lessB.WhosolvedMr.BarristersC.Mr.BarristerC.D.veryB.Dr.D.The49.WhatwasthecauseofMr.BarristersA.HisHowmanyB.HisC.HisD.HislistsdidRonBarrist

24、ervisitbeforehewasadmittedtotheB.C.D. Section his section, there is one passage followed by 5 ements. Go over the quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 51-55, mark T (for TRUE) the ement agrees with the information he passage; F (for FALSE) if the contradictstheinformationh

25、epassage.(5Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingThere are thousands of volcanoes all over the Whatmakesvolcanoes?The inside of the earth is very hot. Because it is hot, the rock has melted like ice. se liquid, a kettle. If water. It is always boiling, like water have seen a kettle boiling, you t boi

26、ling water try to get out. The very hot melted inside the becausetheoutsideoftheearthistoothickandlso tries to get out. Usually it But in some the outside of the earth is thin and weak. Sometimes a crack （a opening）appears.Thehotmeltedrock,whichwecall“lava”,pushesupthroughthecrackburststhroughand ga

27、s shoot othe air andthe hot meltedlava pours out. Big ofrockmaybethrownotheAfter a while the es quiet again. The melted es hard. Later same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold and es hiswayakindofmountainisbuiltup,holedowntheofrockmaybethrownotheAfter

28、a while the es quiet again. The melted es hard. Later same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold and es hiswayakindofmountainisbuiltup,holedowntheAlthough there are thousands of he world, most of them are dead. Only 500 sometimes start to throw out lava

29、again. A famous volcano which is now dead is Mount Fujiyama in Japan. It is covered with snow on wVesuviusisthenameofaveryfamousvolcanoinItaly.cametolifemany,manyago. It was quiet dreds of years. he year 79 it suddenly burst. This has any times t year. Sometimes no damage was caused or only little d

30、amage. therewasseriousheyears472,1631,1794,1861,1872andInsidevolcanoesthereismeltedIfthereisacrackinavolcanothelava mayburstsout,thisisAfamousvolcanowhichisnowdeadisMountFujiyamainAccordingtothepassage,Vesuviushascausedseriousdamage6Thereare twokindsofvolcanoes,deadvolcanoandactivesvolcano,butmostvo

31、lcanoesstay Section C: Read the passage carefully to find the answers for Questions 56 to 63. Answer question in um of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions56to63arebasedonthefollowingany businesses, computers have largely replaced rwork, because they are fast, anddo

32、notmake mistakes.Asoneersaid,“Unlikehumans,computersneverhaveabadAnd they are honest. Many s t their ions are “untouched by tosteal money.Buttheyalsohave noconscience （良知）andthegrowingnumber ofcomputer crimes shows they can be used to steal.Computer criminals dont use guns. And even if they are caug

33、ht, it is hard to punish because there are no witness and often no evidence. A computer cannot remember who used it: simply doeswhatitistold.The ler ata NewYork usedacomputertostealnone and a half billion dollars in just four years. No one noticed this theft because he moved money from one account t

34、o another. Each time a customer he had robbed questioned the in hisaccount,lerclaimedacomputererror,thenreplacedthemissingmoneyfromelsesaccount. This man was caught only because he wasa gambler.When broke upillegalgamblingoperation,hisnameSomeemployees use the heer to get revenge ）ontheir employersc

35、onsider unfair. Recently, a large insurance company fired its computer-librarian for t involved ersonal n al life. She was given thirty days notice. thosethirtydays,sheerasedallthefirmscomputerizedMostcomputer criminals have been minor employees. wonder if this is “the of the iceberg”.As one l says,

36、“I have the tthere is more crime out n are catching. What we are seeing now is all so poorly done. I wonder what the real experts ngtheoneswhoknowhowa computer56.WhatisthepassagemainlyWhydidmanyHowdidthetheionstobelercoveruphis59.Whatmustthelibrariandothirtydaysaftershereceivedthe60.ngtheoneswhoknow

37、howa computer56.WhatisthepassagemainlyWhydidmanyHowdidthetheionstobelercoveruphis59.Whatmustthelibrariandothirtydaysaftershereceivedthe60.Thecomputertunabletocatchare61.WhatisthedifferencencomputercriminalsandordinarySometimesanunfairly-treatedemployeecanusethecomputertoonhisThephrase“thetipoftheice

38、berg”roughlymeansSectionhissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.ForQuestions64topleasereadthepassagecarefullyandcompleteeachhesummaryusingumthreewordsfromthepassage.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.(14Questions64to70arebasedonthefollowingstep in drug abuse is knowing people start to

39、use drugs. The reasons people abuse drugs are as different (as people are) from one another. But it seems to be one common threat. People seem to take drugs to change the waytheyfeel.Theywanttofeelbetter or tofeelhappy ortofeel nothing. Sometimes they want to f et or to remember.People often feel be

40、tter about themselves when they are under influence of drugs. But the effects dont last long. Drugs solve problems. They tpone them. No matter how drugs may take you, its always a round trip. After a while people who misuse drugs may feel worse about themselves andthen they will use more and more dr

41、ugs. If someone youknow is using or abusing drugs, you help. The most important part you can play is to be there. You can let your friends t care;you can listen and try to solve problems behind your friends need to use drugs. Two together can often solve a users in the United es tseems too big for a

42、lone.Studies of heavy t they felt unloved and unwanted. They didnt have friendstotalk to.When you or your friendtake time tocare for eachother you willallhelptostop drug users.Each drug user has his or her own . By taking drugs, they are able to theyfeel.Theywanttofeelbetteror tofeel. Most drug user

43、s tnobodylove themandtheyare(67)hesociety.Butthefriends isthemostimportantfactorfortheusersto drugs. You can let your friend knowyoucare for himorher,youcanhelptothePartIVCloze(15minutes,15SectionA: Readthefollowing passageand hes withthe proper formofthegivenontheright.Remembertowritetheanswersonth

44、eAnswerSheet.(5Radioisntoutofdate,anda lotofpeoplelistentoiteveryMarconi,theItalianwhogaveustheradio,probablyrealize what (72)his great invention would have on the world inyearstocome.Radiohas,perhaps,hadasmuchinfluenceontheworldasanyother device.Eventsoferestcanreportedtotheentireglobeafewsecondaft

45、ertheyhappen,inremoteareas,shipsatsea,evenastronautsthe abletontouchwithcivilizationbymeansofSection B: There are 10 sheMarconi,theItalianwhogaveustheradio,probablyrealize what (72)his great invention would have on the world inyearstocome.Radiohas,perhaps,hadasmuchinfluenceontheworldasanyother devic

46、e.Eventsoferestcanreportedtotheentireglobeafewsecondaftertheyhappen,inremoteareas,shipsatsea,evenastronautsthe abletontouchwithcivilizationbymeansofSection B: There are 10 she passage. For each , some letters of the missing havebeengiven(notexceeding3 letters).Readthepassage belowanddecidewhichwordb

47、esteach . Use ord in each . Remember to write the answers on the Sheet.(10po Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. He was the most (76) fwesternerto visit China during the Middle Ages. He wrote a (77) babout his travels. He described all thethingshesawandheard.Manypeople readthe book,but(78)be ved w

48、hat said.Hespokeofand theknewtHis father, Nicolo Polo, and his uncle were (79) weatraders,whoregularlytraveled to parts of the East. They visited China and became friends with Kublai Khan, the great Mongol(80).Itwasonlywhenthey(81)to Italy from t Marco, wasnow15yearsMarco decided sawhispany them for

49、 their next trip. It took them n three years travelthe toShangtu,(82)of the Mongol Empire. Kublai Khan hadmanyandShangtu wastheonehe hesummer.Itwas(83)mountainssouthoftheGobidesert.Everyyearwhen(84)was over, he and hisfriends moved down fromShangtutoanditisnowcalledhe lowlands. This was his er (85)

50、PartVTranslation(15minutes,15Section A: Translate the underlined senten writetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.(8pohefollowingo .RememberLondonTaxidrivers know the Capital likethe back of their hands.(86) No matterhow and indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any troubl

51、e. The London taxi drivers are so efficient t they have all gone through a very tough training to get a l taxi driving license（執照）. During this period which can take from two to years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in

52、 London. (87) To achieve this, most learners go around the city on motor bikes practicing how to move to and from different s of the city. Learner taxi are tested several times during their training period ernment officers. Their exams are terrible experience. (88) The officers ask you: “How do you

53、get from alace to TowerofLondon?”Andyouhaveto take themhe direct line.Whenyouget tothethey wont say “Well done.” They will quickly move to the next question. After five or questionstheywouldjustsay: “See womonths time.”Andthen youknow theexamover.Learnerdriversarenotallowedtoworkandearnmoneyasdrivers.(89)Therefore，manythem keep their pre