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Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points) Directions: In this section, you wil hear 6 short conversations. At the end of eachconversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation andthe question will be read only once. After each question, there wil be a pause. Duringthe pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which isthe best answer. Then mark the corresponding let er on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the centre.
4. A. To clean Mrs. Johnson蒺s house.
B. To wash his plate after the meal.
C. To eat every bit of food he is given.
5. A. She蒺s been working in the office.
B. She蒺s been entertaining a lot of guests.
C. She蒺s been preparing for a party.
Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation willbe read only once. At the end of the conversation, there wil be a one-minute pause.
During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, Band C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
7. What was the price of the van Gogh painting at the auction? 8. Which of the following about van Gogh is true? A. He led a prosperous life as an artist.
B. He was famous when he was alive.
C. People now think highly of his art work.
A. The effects of supply and demand.
B. The price buyers should pay for a painting.
C. What caused the death of an artist.
10. What does the man say motivates people to buy famous paintings? A. The desire to acquire material goods.
B. The pleasure of showing them to others.
C. The beauty of such works of art.
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, therewill be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choicesmarked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the correspondinglet er on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
12. Who have been allowed to visit Guantanamo? 13. When did the media report say the air strike occurred? 14. In what direction is the wave of freezing cold air moving now? 15. What蒺s the current life expectancy in Mali? 16. Which countries did President Bush seriously criticize in his Iraq policy address? 17. What蒺s the purpose of the campaign British scientists are launching? A. To calculate the number of endangered creatures in British wildlife conservation.
B. To save some of the most unusual creatures ignored by other conservation programs.
C. To raise public awareness about the protection of highly endangered species.
18. What caused the one-month delay of the Southeast Asian Nations summit? 19. What reports have the U.N. Children蒺s Fund received? A. The situation in war-torn Somalia is stabilized now.
B. Lots of children below age 15 are abused and neglected.
C. Many Somalian children are being recruited as soldiers.
20. How many Vietnamese joined the parades in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City? Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are ten missing words orphrases in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape. Remember towrite the answers on the Answer Sheet.
thought of as being distinct, whether as industrial practices or as viewing experiences. In fact, the two have been quite closely interwoven,ever since television first emerged as a possible (22) industrial scale. This was particularly true in the United States, where a crossover betweenradio and cinema interests began in the 1920s, (23) start of commercial broadcasting in 1939. In European countries, where broadcasting was(24) state monopolies, they remained separate for longer, but since the 1950s, there has been a growing convergence at al levels. By the 1980s, with the advent of large-screen television, on the one hand, and home video, on the other, al the (25)had become blurred.
Before television, in the United States, broadcasting developed as a system of privately owned, commercial stations, tied together by two great networks and (26)regulated by the federal government. The Hollywood Studios were the first to (27)an alternative programming structure, which would have supported broadcasting frombox-office profits. Paramount and MGM (28) radio networks in the late 1920s, using film talent under contract to provide entertainmentwith publicity value in promoting films. However, a combination of exhibitors蒺 objections,together with an inability to obtain necessary connecting land lines, blocked these efforts.
In (29) , the studios turned to station ownership and the advertising agencies and sponsors who produced the bulk of radio programming in the 1930s and 1940s.
Hol ywood stars and properties figured large in radio蒺s golden age. Paramount purchasedan interest in CBS in 1928, which it was forced to (30) Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points) Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there arefour choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
Then mark the corresponding let er on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.
31. Mary sent me a gift and wished me many happy leaving the store without paying for the goods.
33. She has to work hard to keep the house thought possible during World War II.
35. The building looks deserted but there蒺s 36. As the plane flew off towards the mountains in the distance the sound of its engines because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but dollars, please? I蒺m off to the USA shortly.
won gold medals in the Olympic Games.
to ten years in prison for robbing a jewel ery shop.
42. We must firmly follow the path of development that is to see my butterfly collection, I蒺l be glad to show you.
44. — I蒺d like to fix an appointment with the principal. Would ten o蒺clock tomorrow — Could I see him some time in the afternoon?— Sorry again, but I蒺l ring you if somebody cancels.
A. I蒺m afraid so. He蒺s got a meeting thenB. I蒺m sorry. He can蒺t see you tomorrowC. Don蒺t bother. He蒺l have a visitor at that timeD. I蒺m afraid not. He蒺s got rather a ful day tomorrow 45. — Thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving my little girl蒺s life.
— But I can蒺t tel you how much I appreciate what you蒺ve done.
— I蒺m just happy I could help.
A. Anybody would have done the same B. I蒺m real y fond of doing thatC. There蒺s nothing to be afraid of Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.
46. What are the missing numbers in the last diamond in the sequence below? 47. Which letter can fill in the bracket? 48. If 13 P 15 O is the code for M O O N, what is the code for S H O E? 49. A train travelling at a speed of 75 m.p.h. enters a tunnel 2讓 讈 mile. How long does it take for al of the train to pass through the tunnel, from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges? Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points) Directions: There is one passage in this section with 6 questions. For each question,there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Thenmark the corresponding let er on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 51-56 are based on the fol owing passage.
When important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditionalmedia sources, such as CNN and BBC, for their news. However, during the invasion ofIraq by the United States and its al ies in early 2003, a significant number of peoplefollowed the war from the point of view of an anonymous Iraqi citizen who called himself “Salam Pax”(salam means“peace”in Arabic, and pax means“peace”in Latin).
Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his web site. Pax蒺s online diary was a kind of web site known as a“blog.”Blogs, shortfor“web-logs,”are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companiesand other groups of people. They are the fastest growing type of web site on the Internet.
In 2003, there were estimated to be several hundred thousand blogs on the Internet, andthe number was growing by tens of thousands a month.
A blog differs from a traditional web site in several ways. Most importantly, it is updated much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updatedseveral times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or web sites which are specificallyaimed at bloggers, so you don蒺t need to be a computer expert to create your own blog.
This means that ordinary people who may find computers difficult to use can easily set upand start writing their own blog. In 2003, the Internet company AOL introduced theirown blogging service, enabling its 35 million members to quickly and easily start blogging.
There are many different kinds of blogs. The most popular type is an online diary of links, where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articlesthat they find interesting, with a few comments about each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings. Sometimes these blogs can bevery personal.
There is another kind of blogging, cal ed“moblogging,”short for“mobile blogging.” Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which are posted instantly tothe Internet. In 2003, the first international mobloggers conference was held in Tokyo.
The use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines in Singapore when a highschool student posted on the Internet a movie he had taken of a teacher shouting atanother student, and tearing up the student蒺s homework. Many people were shocked bythe student posting a video of the incident on the Internet, and wanted phones withcameras to be banned from schools.
Many people think that as blogs become more common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the Internet. Theythink that then the news wil be less like a lecture, and more like a conversation, whereanyone can join in.
51. What is this passage mainly about? C. New types of media.
D. The increase in popularity of computers.
52. Which statement about Salam Pax is true? D. He used a mobile phone for his blog.
53. To start your own blog, what do you need most? 54. Which of the following is the most popular kind of blog? 55. What is the most significant difference between blogs and traditional web sites? A. Blogs are updated much more often. B. Blogs use special software.
C. Blogs contain links to other web sites. D. Blogs contain personal information.
56. According to the passage, which statement about the future is most likely? A. Everyone will have a blog.
B. Large media companies will be unnecessary.
C. People will be able to learn the news from alternative points of view.
D. Blogging technology will be banned.
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 7 statements. Go over thepassage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 57 - 63, markY (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 Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.
Questions 57-63 are based on the fol owing passage.
The Official Residences of the Sovereign and the Royal Collection Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are the officialresidences of the Sovereign and, as such, serve as both home and office for The Queen,whose personal standard flies whenever Her Majesty is in residence.
These buildings are used extensively for State ceremonies and official entertaining and are opened to the public as much as these commitments al ow.
Al are furnished with fine pictures and works of art from the Royal Collection, which has been assembled over four centuries by successive sovereigns. Many of the StateApartments and rooms at the official residences have been in continuous use since theirconception and many of the works of art are displayed in the rooms for which they wereoriginal y intended.
The official residences are in regular use and the style and manner in which they are shown to visitors reflects their working status. Rooms are kept as close to their normalappearance as possible. Inevitably, opening times are subject to change at short notice,depending on circumstances.
The Royal Collection, which is owned by The Queen as Sovereign in trust for her successors and the Nation, is administered by the Royal Collection Trust, to which aproportion of admission fees and other income from visitors is directed.
The remainder of this income funds the majority of the cost of restoring Windsor Castle, which was badly damaged by fire in November 1992.
In 1993 the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace were opened to the public for the first time. The income generated funds the majority of thecost of the restoration of Windsor Castle, a part of which was badly damaged by fireduring the previous year. It has recently been announced that the Summer Opening willcontinue beyond the completion of this restoration in 1998 and the State Rooms will,therefore, be open during August and September each year.
During this time visitors are able to tour many of the grandest rooms in the Palace.
These are furnished with some of the most important pictures and works of art from theRoyal Collection, one of the finest art collections in the world. These rooms, which formthe nucleus of the working Palace today, are regularly used by The Queen and the RoyalFamily for official entertaining, Court ceremonial and State functions.
Entering the Palace via the Ambassadors蒺 Entrance and the Quadrangle, visitors arrive at the Guard Room, the traditional entrance to the rooms of the Sovereign. Here thegreat suite of rooms starts with the Green Drawing Room and includes the Throne Roomwhere loyal addresses are delivered, the Picture Gal ery with its outstanding collection ofpaintings including works by Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt, van Dyck and Canaletto, theState Dining Room, the magnificent Blue and White Drawing Rooms, which overlookthe gardens, the Marble Hal and the Bow Room.
Visitors then leave via the garden where The Queen蒺s garden parties are held each To ensure visitors enjoy their tour to the full,a comprehensive Official Guide to the StateRooms is available in English, French, German,Italian and Japanese languages for purchase.
Admission TicketsAdmission tickets may be purchased in advance by telephone, subject to availability.
During the Summer Opening, tickets are available on the day or in advance, from 9:00am, at the Ticket Office in Green Park.
Day tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with each ticket indicating a specific time to enter Buckingham Palace.
For further information, please contact the Visitor Office at Buckingham Palace.
Visitors with DisabilitiesVisitors with disabilities are welcome. Due to certain architectural limitations, wheelchair users and those requiring a wheelchair to complete their visit should write fordetails to the Visitor Office and ask for an Application Form for Special Arrangement.
57. We know in which of the three palaces the Queen is staying.
58. The Royal Collection Trust is responsible for looking after the famous art collection.
59. The upkeep of works of art is partly paid for by the admission charges.
60. Initially, admission charges were used to pay for the restoration of Buckingham Palace.
61. Visitors can purchase refreshments in the palace.
62. Guides free of charge are available for visitors.
63. Al public areas of the Palace are accessible to wheelchair users.
Directions: You are going to read an article from a consumer magazine about theLondon underground railway. Choose the most suitable heading (A -H) for each part (64-70) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Mark youranswers on the Answer Sheet.
The world蒺s first underground railway (the Tube) opened in London in January 1863.
Today there are 11 lines serving 272 stations, the busiest of which, King蒺s Cross, sees thestart and finish of around 70 million journeys a year. But the system is in crisis - mainly asa result of underinvestment. Overcrowding combined with poor reliability can lead toproblems for travel ers, particularly those who use the Tube during its busiest hours.
This report looks at service and safety on the Underground. It蒺s based on the findings of our survey of passengers. Last June we interviewed 1,698 Tube travellers outside 46Underground stations in London; 517 regular travellers (those using the Tube throughoutthe year on three or more days each week) were contacted again and asked more detailedquestions by phone.
Since 1981 the number of passengers using the Tube has increased by almost half.
The increase in passengers has not been matched by an expansion of the Undergroundsystem and there is widespread congestion, particularly during the six peak hours whenover 60 per cent of al journeys are made. London Underground Limited (LU) states thatover the busiest rush hour no more than one person should have to stand for each seatedpassenger. But LU蒺s own statistics show that this standard is often not met over large areasof track on a daily basis.
Forty-three per cent of regular travel ers had missed an appointment or been late for something in the two weeks before the survey because of delays on the Underground.
Forty -three per cent of regular travel ers mentioned graffiti, rubbish and generally dirty conditions as one of the aspects of the Underground蒺s service they disliked. The aimset by Government for train cleaning is that carriages should be cleaned internal y everyday they are in use. LU蒺s figures show it has come very close to achieving this. But thereare no standards to define or measure how wel trains have been cleaned. LU has madeprogress in dealing with rubbish at major stations but graffiti, old coaches andunmodernised stations remain serious problems.
Wel over half of the regular travel ers said they were dissatisfied with the information provided when something goes wrong on the system; 72 per cent of those who weredissatisfied complained that the information was wrong or given too late; 49 per centcouldn蒺t hear or understand what was said. LU told us that a new system has beeninstal ed, which should mean clearer messages. However, the new system applies only tomessages broadcast within stations; those coming from a central control room may notimprove for some time to come.
Most of this report reflects the experiences of regular Tube travellers but we also asked those who do not travel every day for their views. The most popular type of ticketbought by these travellers was a one-day pass. Few appeared to have had problems findingtheir way around the system - 89 per cent said finding their way around was“easy”.
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read thepassage careful y, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 71-75 are based on the fol owing passage.
Many people today are worried about bird flu. They are afraid that it will pass from birdsto humans and that thousands of people will die in a pandemic. In 1918 a flu virus killedabout 50 million people around the world. The virus was cal ed Spanish influenza (orSpanish flu, for short) because Spanish newspapers first described the disease. Now, after nine years of work, scientists in an American laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia, haveproduced a copy of the Spanish flu virus. They are also going to publish the geneticsequence of the virus on the Internet and some experts are afraid that other laboratoriescould copy the virus.
Scientists have copied the virus because they want to understand why the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed so many people. In a report in the journal Science, Dr. JefferyTaubenberger and a team of scientists in the USA show that the copied virus is extremelypowerful. The scientists injected the virus into mice and the mice began to lose weightvery quickly. They lost 13% of their weight in two days and al of the mice died withinsix days.
“I didn蒺t expect it to be as lethal as it was,”Dr. Terrence Tumpey, one of the scientists in the team, told the journal Nature. In another experiment, they injected moremice with a normal type of flu. The mice lost weight at first but then they got better anddid not die. The experiments showed that the mice with the Spanish flu virus had 39,000times more flu virus in their bodies than the second group of mice.
The scientists who copied the virus say their work has already provided important information about the virus and helps to explain why it is so lethal. But other experts areworried that the virus could escape from the laboratory.“Some people will think that theyhave real y created a biological weapon,”said Professor Ronald Atlas of the University ofLouisville in Kentucky. “I am even more worried now than I was before about thepossibility of a flu pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic started with bird flu and that mighthappen again today with Asian bird flu.” Some scientists are worried about the publication of the genetic sequence on the Internet. They are afraid that biologists could copy the virus using the information on theInternet. This could be very dangerous.
It took a long time to copy the virus. Scientists used material taken from the lungs of people who died from the flu virus in 1918. In a second report in Nature, Taubenbergerand his col eagues analyzed the genetic make-up of the virus. They were surprised to findthat it was completely different from al the normal human flu viruses. This probablymeans that Spanish flu jumped from birds to humans and did not mix with a human virusfirst. This is very worrying for scientists because in the past everyone believed that apandemic was only possible if a bird flu virus mixed with a human flu virus.
Taubenberger says it is very important to know what changes in the virus caused the 1918 Spanish flu virus. This will help scientists to work out which viruses might cause a pandemic. The H5N1 bird flu in Asia is already changing and it could infect humans, hesaid.
Viruses have escaped from high-security labs before. The SARS virus escaped at least twice, once in Taiwan and once in Singapore. But some scientists believe a pandemic willnot happen even if the virus escapes, because most people are natural y immune and thereare now a lot of drugs which protect people from flu.
71. When was the Spanish flu pandemic?72. How many people died in the Spanish flu pandemic?73. Where did the scientists produce a copy of the Spanish flu virus?74. How quickly did the laboratory mice die?75. What is H5N1? Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read thepassage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of threewords from the passage to fill in the spaces 76-80. Remember to write the answers on theAnswer Sheet.
Questions 76-80 are based on the fol owing passage.
Headaches are a big problem. But they are not just a problem for the person sufferingfrom the headache. They are a problem for society as wel . Each year, millions of peoplesuffer from severe headaches that keep them from doing their jobs. In fact, according toone estimate, headaches cost individuals and businesses more than $50 billion each year!This is one of the reasons research into headaches has become a worldwide effort.
Although he did not know much about how headaches work, Hippocrates was the first doctor to find a way to treat them. Before 400 B.C., Hippocrates discovered that thebark from willow trees was useful in treating pain. He made a white powder from thetree蒺s bark and gave it to his patients.
Hippocrates did not know it, but he was actual y prescribing a natural chemical in willow bark called salicin. When a person eats salicin, the chemical is changed inside heror his body into salicylic acid. It turns out that salicylic acid is good for stopping pain,including headache, but it is bad for a person蒺s stomach. In the 1800s, a chemist inGermany changed the acid蒺s form a little to make it easier for people to take. This newform of the chemical was cal ed acetylsalicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin today.
Aspirin was used throughout most of the 1900s to treat headaches, but doctors had little idea about what really caused headaches. When doctors know the cause of a disease,they can find better ways to treat it. Therefore, as medical technology developed, doctorsbegan to use the technology to learn more about the human brain and about headaches.
Currently, doctors classify headaches into two general types: primary and secondary. A primary headache is a condition suffered as only the headache itself. On the other hand, asecondary headache is one caused by another condition. For example, someone whocatches the flu may suffer from headaches along with other symptoms of the illness. Fluheadaches are thus secondary headaches.
For primary headaches, doctors have determined three possible causes. One kind of primary headache is caused by stress. Doctors usually cal these tension headaches. Suchheadaches are characteristically felt on both sides of the head as a dull, steady pain.
Another kind of primary headache is the migraine headache. Doctors believe these headaches are caused by reduced flow of blood to certain parts of the brain. A migrainesufferer usually feels intense pain on one side of the head. The sufferer also becomessensitive to light and noise. If the migraine is severe, the sufferer may vomit repeatedly.
The third kind of primary headache is known as the cluster headache. Cluster headaches typically occur around the same time each day for weeks or months at a time.
The person suffering from this kind of headache usual y feels pain on one side of her or hishead, and the pain is centered around one of the person蒺s eyes. Doctors do not knowmuch at present about cluster headaches, but they seem more common among men andcould be related to alcohol or other things that affect a person蒺s blood flow.
Using computers and more advanced medical equipment, doctors continue to learn more about what happens in the brain before and during headaches. Especially in the caseof migraines, some doctors believe they have found the part of the brain that sets off thereaction for severe attacks. With this new insight into brain processes, doctors hope newways will be discovered for stopping disabling headaches before they begin.
Doctors knew a long time ago that the (76) could help people who felt pain. Hippocrates was the first doctor to change organicmaterial into a powder and give it to his patients. But it was not until the 1800s thatthis natural drug was altered and became known as (77) With the help of technology, doctors have now gained detailed insight into how the brain works and what happens when a person suffers from a headache. Throughthis research, headaches have been (78) There are three types of primary headaches: tension, migraine, and cluster headaches.
Although not much is known about cluster headaches, doctors have been able todetermine some of the things that (79) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the boxto fill in the blanks, changing the form where necessary. Use only one word (phrase) in eachblank. There are two extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. Remember to writethe answers on the Answer Sheet.
resent, calm, obvious, in detail, resolve, satisfy, involve, prefer, al ow for, outcome, according to, inspire Psychologists agree that conflicts are inevitable in almost any long -term relationship;however, what matters most is the way in which they are (81) sources of the disagreements themselves. (82) couples use to settle their differences are crucial to the success of the (83) One of the interesting findings is that although excessively aggressive behaviour undesirable, what must be avoided at al costs is the suppression can lead a relationship to break down irretrievably.
It is essential for couples to communicate when things start going wrong, and a three -stage process. Firstly, one partner should explain precisely what the problem is and should try and remain as (87)and unemotional as possible. Secondly, the couple should discuss the specific problem(88) , taking care not to rake up old grievances. Final y, and perhaps most importantly, there should be negotiation until a (89) may not mean that their problem wil be solved, but even this is (90) Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points) Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese.
Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
My mother蒺s wedding band may not have been fancy or expensive, but to me, it was apriceless jewel.
When I was growing up, my mother had a ring she never took off. It was the only ring I ever saw her wear during my childhood. (91) It was a silvery copper ring with anoblong metallic piece upon which two hearts were attached in the center.
She wore it when she swept, when she mopped, when she made her large mound of golden flour tortillas, when she sewed on her treadle Singer sewing machine and when shewashed clothes on the rubboard.
She didn蒺t really have any other jewelry, and, in fact, I remember my father saying that he didn蒺t even buy her a ring when they were married. He hadn蒺t thought about it,and during the ceremony, they had borrowed her brother Charlie蒺s ring.
The years passed. (92) My father, who had come from Mexico in 1920 to try to earn a living, worked long, long hours at the service station he operated. And my mother, whowas also from Mexico, toiled at home, keeping house for her husband and eight young原sters. With his hard work and her thriftiness, they sent their first son off to college, thenanother child and then another.
The older children helped with the expenses of the younger ones.
Just as the last two children were graduating from col ege, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, but my mother lived on for another twenty-three years. Their children hadbecome lawyers, businessmen and teachers. (93) In the last years of her life, my mother wasfinally able to enjoy the luxuries that had always been denied her. She was even able tobuy some jewelry, which, I was surprised to learn, she real y loved.
A few years before she died, she told me that she wanted her jewelry to go to her granddaughters. And when she died, it was done. A diamond ring to this one, a pearl ringto that one, an opal ring to another, and so it went.
Then I discovered it: her first ring. Now I could identify the metal. The ring was a thin, fragile thing by now, a smal strip of stainless steel attached to two hearts on eitherside of an oblong-shaped piece of copper. It had been worn so long that the copper hadbecome unattached to the circle. Its value was naught.
I took the ring, polished it with a cloth and carried it to the bank to place in a safety- deposit box. (94) To me, it was a gem that symbolized the sacrifices my mother had madefor us and the values of her life. How many years had she worn it? How many times hadshe denied herself so that we might succeed? Why did she save this ring when it seemedworthless? Was it a symbol to her, too? The rest of my family doesn蒺t quite understand this, but (95) when I look at that ring, I see the brilliance of the love that my mother showed us every day of her life.
Directions: Translate the fol owing sentences into English, using the words given in thebrackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
96. 这个城市过去曾经有一些低矮、破旧的房屋。(used to)97. 有些人不愿承认自己失败，也不会从失败中汲取教训。(admit to)98. 他们在长年战争期间所遭受的痛苦是无法形容的。(beyond)99. 工地的嘈杂声使我不能专心读书。(distract)100. 科学家们在探索的就是如何揭示生命的奥秘。（reveal） Directions: Your English teacher is starting a club to help students practice English intheir free time. You have been asked to write an advertisement (100-120 words) about thenew club for the school newsletter. Please write it on the Answer Sheet.
In your advertisement:誗tel students about the club 誗give details of the meeting place and time Directions: You have read the extract below as part of a newspaper article on the loss ofnational and cultural identity. Please write an essay (130-150 words) on the Answer Sheetresponding to the points raised and expressing your own views.
“We are losing our national and cultural identities. Because of recent advances in technology and the easy availability and speed of air travel, different countries arecommunicating more often and are therefore becoming more and more alike. Thesame shopping malls and fast food outlets can be found almost everywhere. So can thesame types of office blocks, motorways, TV programmes and even lifestyles. How canwe maintain the traditions that make each nation unique?”

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