Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this pari, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage: NG(for SOT GIVES) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5- 1O. complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. . Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job Man\ people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job. according to the recent "Plans for 2004" survey, Their career path may be financially rewarding, bui it doesn't meet their emotional, social or creative needs. They're stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it. except move to another job. Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says thai when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead. Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book. & Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work. Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one really is. Miller encour­ages job seekers and those dissatisfied with work or life to examine their beliefs about work and recognize that "in many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today." You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and. therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that's what you did. Or. perhaps you were brought up to believe that you should do what your father did. so you have taken over the family business, or become a dentist "just like dad." If this sounds familiar, it's probably time to look at the new possibilities for your future. Miller developed a 7-step process to help potential job seekers assess their current situation and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a journey that allows them to pursue their passion through work. Step 1: Willingness to do something different. Breaking the cycle of doing what you have always done is one of the most difficult tasks for job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path or make a change, even if it doesn't feel right. Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to other possibilities bevond what they are currently doing. Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone wants you to be. Look at the gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to pursue those things that you love most. If you love the social aspects of your job, but arc stuck inside an office or "'chained to your desk" most of the lime, vow to follow your instinct and investigate alternative careers and work that allow you more time to interact with others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail clothing store for several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt frustrated and longed to be involved with nature and the outdoors. She decided to go to school nights and weekends to pursue her true passion by earning her master's degree in forestry. She now works in the biotcch forestry division of a major paper company. Step 3: Self-definition. Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need to know how to sell themselves. "In the job market, you arc a product. And just like z product, you must know the features and benefits that you have to offer a potential client, or employer." Examine the skills and knowledge that you have and identify how they can apply to your desired occupation. Your quali­ties will exhibit to employers why they should hire you over other candidates. Step 4: Attain a level of self-honoring. Self-honoring or self-love may seem like an odd step for job hunters, but being able to accept yourself, without judgment, helps eliminate insecurities and will make you more self-assured. By accepting who you are - all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique way of being - you' 11 project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers. The power of self-honoring can help to break all the falsehoods you were programmed to believe -those that made you feel that you were not good enough, or strong enough, or intelligent enough to do what you truly desire. Step 5: Vision. Miller suggests that job seekers develop a vision that embraces the answer to "What do I realty want to do?" One should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they see their life related to work. For instance, the secretary who longs to be an actress describes a life that allows her to express her love of Shakespeare on stage. A real estate agent, attracted to his current job because he loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that need a little tender loving care to make them more saleable.
Step 6: Appropriate risk. Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment conies through facing obstacles and difficulties. Once people discover their passion, many arc too scared to do anything about it. Instead. they do nothing. With this step, job seekers should assess what they axe willing to give up. or risk, in pursuit of their dream. Tor one working mom. that meant taking night classes to learn new computer-aided design skills, while still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone else, it may mean quitting his or her job. taking out a loan and going back to school full time. You'll move one step closer to your ideal work life if you identify how much risk you arc willing to take and the sacrifices you arc willing to make. Step 7: Action. Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way. "If one wants to get to the top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about it will not bring one there. It is by making the effort of climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventualy the summit is reached." All 100 often, it is the lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attaining iheir ideals. Creating a plan and taking it one step at a time can lead to new and different job opportunities. Job-huntim: taste gain added meaning as you sense their importance in your quest for a more meaningful work life. The plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your desired area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your targeted field. Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more rewarding work life. After all. it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important. 1. According to the recent "Plans for 2004" survey, most people are unhappy with the:: currenl jobs. 2. Mary Lyn Miller's job is to advise people on their life and career. 3. Mary Lyn Miller herself was once quite dissatisfied with her own work. 4. Many people find it difficult jo make up their minds whether to change their career path 5. According to Man Lyn Miller, people considering changing their careers should commii them­selves to the pursuit of________. 6. In the job market, job seekers need to know how to sell themselves like 7. During an interview with potential employers, self-honoring or self-love may help a job seeker to show —_______. 8. Mary Lyn Miller suggests that a job seeker develop a vision that answers the question"_______" 9. Many people are too scared to pursue their dreams because they are unwilling to________. 10. What ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals is ______. 1. N 2. Y 3. NG 4. Y 5. those things that they love most 6. products 7. more confidence 8. What do I really want to do? 9. give up, or risk 10. the lack of action PartIII Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) 11.A) Surfing the net. B) Watching a talk show. C) Packing a birthday gift. D) Shopping at a jewelry store. 本題答案:A 12. A) Me enjoys finding fault with exams. B) He is sure of his success in the exam. C) He doesn't know if he can do well in the exam. D) He used to get straight A's in the exams he took. 本題答案:B 13. A) The man is generous with his good comments on people. B) The woman is unsure if there will be peace in the world. C) The woman is doubtful about newspaper stories. D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature. 本題答案:D 14. A) Study for some profession. B) Attend a medical school. C) Stay in business. D) Sell his shop. 本題答案:C 15. A) More money. B) Fair treatment. C) A college education. D) Shorter work hours. 本題答案:A 16. A) She was exhausted from her trip. B) She missed the comforts of home. C) She was impressed by Mexican food. D) She will not go to Mexico again. 本題答案:B 17. A)Cheer herself up a bit. B) Find a more suitable job. C) Seek professional advice. D) Take a psychology course. 本題答案:C 18. A) He dresses more formally now. B) What he wears docs not maich his position. C) He has ignored his friends since graduation. D) He failed to do well at college. 本題答案:A Questions 19 to 22 arc based on the conversation yon have just heard. 19. A) To go sightseeing. B) To have meetings. C) To promote a new champagne. D) To join in a training program. 本題答案:B 20. A) It can reduce the number of passenger complaints. B) It can make air travel more entertaining. C) It can cut down the expenses for air travel. D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel. 本題答案:D 21. A) Took balanced meals with champagne. B) Ate vegetables and fruit only. C) Refrained from fish or meat. D) Avoided eating rich food. 本題答案:D 22. A) Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a plane B) Many of them were concerned with their well-being. C) Not many of them chose to do what she did. D) Not many of them understood the program. 本題答案:C Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) At a fair. B)At a cafeteria. C) In a computer lab. D) In a shopping mall. 本題答案:A 24. A) The latest computer technology. B) The organizing of an exhibition. C) The purchasing of some equipment. D)The dramatic changes in the job market. 本題答案:C 25. A) Data collection. B) Training consultancy. C) Corporate management. D) Information processing. 本題答案:B Section B Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) Improve themselves. B) Get rid of empty dreams. C) Follow the cultural tradition. D) Attempt something impossible 本題答案:A 27. A) By finding sufficient support for implementation. B) By taking into account their own ability to change. C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals. D) By making detailed plans and carrvinc them out. 本題答案:D 28. A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal. B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight. C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags. D)To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals. 本題答案:D Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) Michael's parents got divorced. B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson. C) Karen's mother died in a car accident. D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision. 本題答案:B 30. A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck. B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl. C) He was killed instantly in a burning car. D) He got married to Karer's mother. 本題答案:B 31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father. B) He did not understand his father till too late. C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him. D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood. 本題答案:A Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Germany. B)Japan. C)The U.S. D) The U.K. 本題答案:D 33. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends. B) By working long hours every day. C) By putting in more hours each week. D) By taking shorter vacations each year. 本題答案:D 34. A) To combat competition and raise productivity. B)To provide them with more job opportunities. C) To help them maintain their living standard. D) To prevent them from holding a second job. 本題答案:A 35. A J Change their jobs. B) Earn more money. C) Reduce their working hours. D) Strengthen the government's role. 本題答案:C Section C Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36)________io provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral (37)________to any physician. We provide healih teaching. (38)________physical as well as emotional problems. (39)________patient-related services. and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If. in any(40)_________. we feel that a physician's order is (41)________or unsafe, we have a legal(42) ______ to question that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd working hours is a (43)________reason for a lor of the career dissatisfaction. (44)______________That disturbs our persona! lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits. and isolates us from everything except job-related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. (45) _____________________________Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, (46)__________________________________________ 36.licensed 37.obligation 38.assess 39. coordinate 40. circumstance 41.inappropriate 42.resposbility 43. prime 44.lt is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. 45.Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. 46.they will find that most critical hospital cares will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes inadequately rrtrained nurses. Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) section A Questions 47 to 51 arc based on the following passage. Google is a world-famous company, with its, headquarters in Mountain View, California. It was set up in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998. and inflated(膨脹) with the Interact bubble. Even when even-thing around it collapsed the company kept on inflating. Google's search engine is so wide­spread across the world thai search became Google, and google became a verb. The world fell in love with the effective, fascinatingly fast technology, Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L Pace, but also to a series of fortunate events. It was Page who. at Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that eventu­ally became Google's search engine. Brin. who had met Page at a studem orientation a year earlier. joined the project early on. They were both Ph.D. candidates when thej devised the search engine which was better than the rest and. without any marketing, spread by word of mouth from cartv adopters to. eventually, your grandmother. Their breakthrough, simply put. was that when their search engine crawled the Web. it did more than just look for word matches: it also tallied (統計) 2nd ranked c host of other critical factors like how websites link to one another. That delivered far better results than anything else. Brin and Page meant to name their creation Googol (the mathematical term for the number I followed bv 100 zeroes), but someone misspelled the word so it stuck as Google. They raised money from prescient (有先見之明的)professors and venture capitalists and moved off campus to turn Google into a business. Perhaps their biggest stroke of luck came early on when they tried to sell their technology to other search engines, but no one met their price, and they built it up on their own. The next breakthrough came in 2000. when Google figured out how to make money with its invention. It had lots of users, but almost no one was paying. The solution turned out to be advertising, and it's not an exaggeration to say that Google is now essential!} an advertising company, given that that's the source of nearly all its revenue. Today it is a giant advertising company, worth $ 100 billion. 47. Apart from a series of fortunate evems. what is it that has made Google so successful? 48. Google's search engine originated from________ started by L. Page. 49. How did Google's search engine spread all over the world? 50. Brin and Page decided to set up their own business because no one would 51. The revenue of the Google company is largely generated from____ 答案 47. The brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page 48. the academic project 49. By word of mouth 50. meet their price 51. advertising Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. You hear the refrain all the lime: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but il doesn't feel good. Why doesn't ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent {富裕的) Society by John Kenneth Galbraith. who died recently at 97. The Affluent Society is a modem classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, "hunger, sickness, and cold" threatened nearly everyone. Galbraith wrote. "Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously ii is not of ours." After World War II. the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemploy­ment had averaged I8.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent. To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising. companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn't really want or need. Because so math spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone belter off was being cut down because people Instinctively—and wrongly—labeled gov­ernment only as "a necessary evil." It's often said that only the rich are yetting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people's incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004. inflation-adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent, to $43.200. People feel "squeezed" because their rising incomes often don't satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more education. The other great frustration is thai ii has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that pan has eroded. More workers fear they've become "the disposable American." as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name. Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence Suggested Utopian (烏托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, affluence succeeds. There is much less physical misery than before. People are better off. Unfortunately. affluence also creates new complaints and contradictions. The other great frustration is that i! has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that pan has eroded. More workers fear they've become "The disposable American;' as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book bv the same name. Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. Bui the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique wa) to self-fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and some­times inspires choices that have ami-social consequences, including family breakdown and obesity (肥胖癥). Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes. Should we be surprised? Not really. We've simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit o(afflu­ence does not always end with happiness. 52 What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society? A) Why statistics don't tell the truth aboui the- economy. B) Why affluence doesn't guarantee happiness C) How happiness can be promoted today. D) What lies behind an economic boom. 本題答案:B 53. Acording to Galbraith. people feel discontented because________. A) public spending hasn't been cut down as expected B) the government has proved to be a necessary evil C) they are in fear of another Great Depression D) materialism has run wild in modem society 本題答案:D 54. Why do people fee! squeezed when their average income rises considerably? A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings. B) Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation. C) The distribution of wealth is uneven between tiie rich and the poor. D) Health care and educational costs have somehow gone out of control. 本題答案:A 55. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by -the disposable American" (Line 3, Para. 5)? A) Those who see job stability as pan of their living standard. B) People full of Utopian ideas resulting from affluence. C) People who have little say in American politics. D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs. 本題答案:D 56. What has affluence brought to American society A) Renewed economic security. B) A sense of self-fulfillment. C) New conflicts and complaints. D)Misery and anti-social behavior. 本題答案:C Questions 57 to 61 art based on the following passage. The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her famiK and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japa­nese woman excels in modesty and delicacy: she "treads softly (謹言慎行) in the world," elevating feminine beauty and grace to an an form. Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic (語言的) ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential "women's" forms, and even using the few strong forms that are known as "men's." This, of course, attracts considerable atten­tion and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women's language. Indeed, we didn't hear about "men's language" until people began to respond to girls* appropria­tion of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the "cor­ruption" of w'omen's language—wrhich of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out bv the media. Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly deferebtial forms as older woman.This highly polite style id no doubt something that young woman have been expected to "grow into"—after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one's social rela­tions as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceeding!; polite forms when playine house or imitating older women—in a fashion analogous to little girls' use of a high-pitched voice to do "teacher talk" or "mother talk" in role play.
The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change— of social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the "masculiniza-tion" of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim to author!:? as boys and men. but that is very different from saying that they are trying to be "•masculine." Kalsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays arc using more assertive language strateg c order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not simplj. different positions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolcscer.: girls are participating in neM Subculture! forms. Thus what may. to an older speaker, seem like "maseliJ^ line" speech ma seem to an adolescent tike "liberated" or "hip" speech. 57. The first paragraph describes in detail . A» the standards set for contemporary Japanese women B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan C) the stereotyped roic of women in Japanese families D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow 本題答案: B 58. What change has been observed in today's young Japanese women? A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior. B) They use fewer of the deferential linguistic form. C)confuse male and female forms of language. D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions. 本題答案: B 59. How do some people react to women's appropriation of men's language forms as reported in the Japanese media? A) They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization. B) They sec it as an expression of women's sentiment. C) They accept it as a modem trend. D) They express strong disapproval. 本題答案: D 60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto. the linguistic behavior observed in today's young women______________ A) may lead to changes in social relations B) has been true of all past generations C) is viewed as a sign of their maturity D) is a result of rapid social progress ' 本題答案: A 61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is________ A) a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation B) an indication of their defiance against social change C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society D) an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today 本題答案: C PartV Cloze (15 minutes) Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. 62 that logic. 2006 should have been a break­through year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still 63 in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina. the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on 64 TV. Anyone who didn't know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made 65 worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our 66 to work together before everything goes to hell. Granted, some amount of delusion (錯覺) is probably pan of the 67 condition. In A.D. 63. Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work 68 . in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a 69 of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at 70 themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we 71 did about the dangers we face. But it turns _72_that in limes of crisis, our greatest enemy is _73_ the storm,the quake or the _74_itself More often ,it is ourselves. So what has happened in the year lhal_75_the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to _76_ they were before Katrina, more or less. That's not_77_. we can now say with confidence. But it may be all_78_can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌). Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to_79_the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15.000 people will need a _80_ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The_81_with neighboring communities are ongo­ing and difficult. 62.A)To B) By C) On D)For 本題答案: B 63.A)fresh B)obvious C) apparent D)evident 本題答案: A 64.A)visual B)vivid C)live D)lively 本題答案: C 65.A)little B)less C) more D)much 本題答案: D 66.A)reluctance B)rejection C)denial D)decline 本題答案: A 67.A)natural B) world C) social D)human 本題答案: D 68.A)revising B)refining C)rebuilding D)retrieving 本題答案: C 69.A)review B)reminder C) concept D)prospect 本題答案:A 70.A)preparing B)potesting C)protecting D)prevailing 本題答案: D 71.A)never B)everC)then D)before 本題答案: B 72.A)up B)down C) overD)out 本題答案: D 73.A)merely B)rarely C)incidentally D)accidentally 本題答案: B 74.A)surgeB)spur C) surf D)splash 本題答案: A 75.A) ensued B) tracedC) followedD) occurred 本題答案: C 76.A) which B) whereC) what D) when 本題答案: B 77.A) enough B) cenainC) conclusiveD) final 本題答案: A 78.A) but B)asC) that D) those 本題答案: C 79.A) exileB) evacuateC) dismissD) displace 本題答案: B 80.A) ride B) trailC) pathD) track 本題答案: A 81.A) conventions B) notificationsC) communicationsD) negotiations 本題答案: D 82. The auto manufacturers found themselves____________(正在同外國公司競爭市場的份額) 83. Only in the small town_____________(他才感到安全和放松) 84. It is absolutely unfair thai these children_________(被剝奪了受教育的權利) 85. Our years of hard work are all in vain, ____________(更別提我們所花費的大量金錢了) 86 The problems of blacks and women_____________(最近幾十年受到公眾相當大的關注) 82. competing with foreign firms for market share 83. does he feel secure and relaxed 84. are deprived of the rights to receive education 85. not to mention / let alone the large amount of money we have spent 86. have gained / caused considerable public concern in recent decades |