also killed for ivory and skin. In July 1990, a British wildlife group uncover d a black market for elephant skin. Elephants are shot in the forest along the b order between Thailand and Burma, and their skin was sold to factories in bangko k heir skin is made into shoes, belts, suitcases, wallets, etc, to sell to tourist 14. What's the difference between the Asian elephant and the African elephant? 15. Where does most knowledge of Asian elephants come from? 16. What's the ma jor cause in the decline of Asian elephants? Passage Three After the early period of settlements, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830s and 1840s. This brought to America flocks of people om northern Europe who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution, and then a great number of Irish people who fled from far German political refugees arr ived shortly after. Many immigrants from northern and western Europe settled on farms in the middle-west. The Irish became construction laborers on roads, bridg es, and railroads. n the 1880.s, a tremendous flood of immigrants began corming in, this time lar g ely from southern and eastern Europe. To most Americans, these newcomers seemed far more strange than the early settlers Their languages, customs, and ways of life were very different from those of Americans. The newcomers moved into the p oorest nei ghborhood of the large cities. They tended to stay together and cling to their old wasys. as they were accus tomed to poverty they were willing to wo rk for very low wages. This made other workers, especially those in labor unions afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage level would take jobs away from hem. Indeed, organized labor became one of the key opponents of continued immi gration This opposition finally lead to the posting of immigration law in the 1920s,w h ch restricted further immigration. In 1965, these unfair laws were replaced b a new immigration act, which granted equal opportunities to forei gners, regardles of their place of origin. Asians, like Koreans and Vietnamese, soon began to ar rive. Many of these newcomers have worked very hard to establish themselves in t heir new land 17. Why did northern European people come to settle down in the United States? 18. What did the labor unions worry about?
also killed for ivory and skin. In July 1990, a British wildlife group uncovere d a black market for elephant skin. Elephants are shot in the forest along the b order between Thailand and Burma, and their skin was sold to factories in Bangko k. T heir skin is made into shoes, belts, suitcases, wallets, etc, to sell to tourist s. 14. What’s the difference between the Asian elephant and the African elephant? 15. Where does most knowledge of Asian elephants come from? 16. What’s the major cause in the decline of Asian elephants? Passage Three After the early period of settlements, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830’s and 1840’s. This brought to America flocks of people fr om northern Europe who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution, and then a great number of Irish people who fled from famine. German political refugees arr ived shortly after. Many immigrants from northern and western Europe settled on farms in the Middle-west. The Irish became construction laborers on roads, bridg es, and railroads. In the 1880’s, a tremendous flood of immigrants began corming in, this time lar g ely from southern and eastern Europe. To most Americans, these newcomers seemed far more strange than the early settlers. Their languages, customs, and ways of life were very different from those of Americans. The newcomers moved into the p oorest neighborhood of the large cities. They tended to stay together and cling to their old wasys. As they were accustomed to poverty, they were willing to wo rk for very low wages. This made other workers, especially those in labor unions , afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage level would take jobs away from them. Indeed, organized labor became one of the key opponents of continued immi gration. This opposition finally lead to the posting of immigration law in the 1920’s, w h ich restricted further immigration. In 1965, these unfair laws were replaced by a new immigration act, which granted equal opportunities to foreigners, regardles s of their place of origin. Asians, like Koreans and Vietnamese, soon began to ar rive. Many of these newcomers have worked very hard to establish themselves in t heir new land. 17. Why did northern European people come to settle down in the United States? 18. What did the labor unions worry about?
19. What was the purpose of the immigration law passed in the 1920s? 20. What do we know from the passage about Asian immigrants? Section a 这是一个推断题。对话中女士遗憾没能出席上周一的演讲,并且还了解到那是一个 精彩的演讲。男士就说你可以弥补( you can make it up)。而且还补充道“ Another pres entation on the same topic is scheduled for the same time next Monday”。从而可 以推断出答案D。 这是一个虚拟语气的推理题。女士说她想买她在商店里看见的毛皮大衣,但却没有 足够的钱。男士就说要是你过去对钱更好地进行计划的话,现在就肯定可以买得起了;言下 之意显然是指该女士以前对花销没进行计划,就是答案D。 这也是一个推断题。女士说她新公寓的洗涤槽漏水。男士说那是小事一桩,“I’11 have a maintenance man come over and fix it right away”。显然答案为B。 4.B 这是一个细节理解题。男士谈到ⅫMo这款相机镜头好、闪光灯也不错,但“don'ty ou think the price is a little steep?"。下文也提到“ The price includes the le ather case, you know”,可得出答案 这是一个理解题。男士对女士说你相信在 Sadermale这个地方一次剪发要花30美元 吗。女士就建议他试试她常去的地方,只要15美元,不过要预约罢了。显然C是正确答案。 6.A 这是一个语意推理题。女士说自己太累了,建议出去吃,还说好久没在外面就餐了 男士赞同。根据女士的话可以推断出她不想做饭 这也是一个语意推理题。男士问周末是否去参加约翰的家庭联谊会。女士对男士说 你知道约翰家的聚会什么样子吗,你以为我会再去吗,言下之意显然是不想再去了。 8.A 这也是一个语意推理题。男土说大学里要举行一个有趣的计算机编程比赛,他的好 多朋友都报了名,并问女士是否参加。女士说自己参加又能赢得什么好处呢。显然是对自己 缺乏信心。故答案为A。不过B也有一定迷惑性 这还是一个语意推理题。女士对男士说你工作太辛苦了,应该休息休息。男士幽默 地说你把这话对我桌子上那对文件说吧,言下之意就是工作太多,身不由己。故答案A
19. What was the purpose of the immigration law passed in the 1920’s? 20. What do we know from the passage about Asian immigrants? Section A 1．D 这是一个推断题。对话中女士遗憾没能出席上周一的演讲，并且还了解到那是一个 精彩的演讲。男士就说你可以弥补（you can make it up）。而且还补充道“Another pres entation on the same topic is scheduled for the same time next Monday”。从而可 以推断出答案 D。 2．D 这是一个虚拟语气的推理题。女士说她想买她在商店里看见的毛皮大衣，但却没有 足够的钱。男士就说要是你过去对钱更好地进行计划的话，现在就肯定可以买得起了；言下 之意显然是指该女士以前对花销没进行计划，就是答案 D。 3．B 这也是一个推断题。女士说她新公寓的洗涤槽漏水。男士说那是小事一桩，“I’ll have a maintenance man come over and fix it right away”。显然答案为 B。 4．B 这是一个细节理解题。男士谈到 XMO 这款相机镜头好、闪光灯也不错，但“don’t y ou think the price is a little steep？”。下文也提到“The price includes the le ather case, you know”，可得出答案 B。 5．C 这是一个理解题。男士对女士说你相信在 Sadermale 这个地方一次剪发要花 30 美元 吗。女士就建议他试试她常去的地方，只要 15 美元，不过要预约罢了。显然 C 是正确答案。 6．A 这是一个语意推理题。女士说自己太累了，建议出去吃，还说好久没在外面就餐了 。男士赞同。根据女士的话可以推断出她不想做饭。 7．B 这也是一个语意推理题。男士问周末是否去参加约翰的家庭联谊会。女士对男士说 你知道约翰家的聚会什么样子吗，你以为我会再去吗，言下之意显然是不想再去了。 8．A 这也是一个语意推理题。男士说大学里要举行一个有趣的计算机编程比赛，他的好 多朋友都报了名，并问女士是否参加。女士说自己参加又能赢得什么好处呢。显然是对自己 缺乏信心。故答案为 A。不过 B 也有一定迷惑性。 9．A 这还是一个语意推理题。女士对男士说你工作太辛苦了，应该休息休息。男士幽默 地说你把这话对我桌子上那对文件说吧，言下之意就是工作太多，身不由己。故答案 A
10.C 这是一个语意理解题。“ a fish out of water”意为“英雄无用武之地”。文中 男士问女士工作得怎样,女士用这一短语回答,就是答案C所表达的意思。 Section B \= Passage One\ 【短文大意】本文主要介绍粗糙雕刻或墙上乱画( Graffiti)这样一种艺术形式以及不同时 期不同地方不同的人们和它的联系、对它的看法以及它带来的危害等。 11.D 这是一个细节理解题。文中提到“ Writing on walls is a way to comment on th e world we live in”,并举例说明( Women’ s liberation groups in Britain, for exam ple, have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex discrimination of many ad vertisements where women’ s bodies are used to sell goods),就是答案D的意思 这也是一个细节理解题。文中提到“ Graffiti is also a popular art form”, 也举例说明( In New york, graffiti pictures have been sold for hundreds of thousa nds of dollars),所以B是正确答案 这还是一个细节理解题。文章提到“ But graffiti can bring us trouble”,同 样举例说明( The london underground authority has spent about2 million pounds a year on removing graffiti for trains and stations),就是C表达的内容 Passage Two\F 【短文大意】本文讲述的是有关亚洲象的情况。亚洲象和非洲象一样,同属世界珍稀动物, 但是它悲惨的生存环境不如非洲象那样被引起重视。接着还谈到了两种象的差异、我们了解 亚洲象的渠道以及亚洲象减少的原因等。 14.A 这是一个细节题。文中虽然谈到人们对他们生存环境了解的差异,但涉及到两种象 之间的差异,作者还是说到了“ Asian elephants are easier to tame than African elep hants”这样一个细节。所以答案为A 这也是一个细节题。文中谈到我们对亚洲象了解的渠道时说“ In fact, we know v ery little about the Asian elephant. They live in the remote forests of southern Asia and it is therefore very difficult to study them”。但是接着谈到“ Most kno wledge of Asian elephants is from those that have been captured, or tamed". i 就是A表达的内容 这还是一个细节理解题。谈到亚洲象减少的主要原因,作者说“ The ma jor reason for the decline of Asian elephants is the harm to their forests", "forests
10．C 这是一个语意理解题。“a fish out of water”意为“英雄无用武之地”。文中 男士问女士工作得怎样，女士用这一短语回答，就是答案 C 所表达的意思。 Section B \= Passage One\= 【短文大意】本文主要介绍粗糙雕刻或墙上乱画（Graffiti）这样一种艺术形式以及不同时 期不同地方不同的人们和它的联系、对它的看法以及它带来的危害等。\= 11．D 这是一个细节理解题。文中提到“Writing on walls is a way to comment on th e world we live in”，并举例说明（Women’s liberation groups in Britain, for exam ple, have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex discrimination of many ad vertisements where women’s bodies are used to sell goods），就是答案 D 的意思。 12．B 这也是一个细节理解题。文中提到“Graffiti is also a popular art form”， 也举例说明（In New York, graffiti pictures have been sold for hundreds of thousa nds of dollars），所以 B 是正确答案。 13．C 这还是一个细节理解题。文章提到“But graffiti can bring us trouble”，同 样举例说明（The London underground authority has spent about 2 million pounds a year on removing graffiti for trains and stations），就是 C 表达的内容。 Passage Two\= 【短文大意】本文讲述的是有关亚洲象的情况。亚洲象和非洲象一样，同属世界珍稀动物， 但是它悲惨的生存环境不如非洲象那样被引起重视。接着还谈到了两种象的差异、我们了解 亚洲象的渠道以及亚洲象减少的原因等。\= 14．A 这是一个细节题。文中虽然谈到人们对他们生存环境了解的差异，但涉及到两种象 之间的差异，作者还是说到了“Asian elephants are easier to tame than African elep hants”这样一个细节。所以答案为 A。 15．A 这也是一个细节题。文中谈到我们对亚洲象了解的渠道时说“In fact, we know v ery little about the Asian elephant. They live in the remote forests of southern Asia and it is therefore very difficult to study them”。但是接着谈到“Most kno wledge of Asian elephants is from those that have been captured, or tamed”。这 就是 A 表达的内容。 16．B 这还是一个细节理解题。谈到亚洲象减少的主要原因，作者说“The major reason for the decline of Asian elephants is the harm to their forests”，而“forests
”是他们自然生存的家。所以B是正确答案。 Passage Three\ 【短文大意】本文介绍的是有关美国移民增长的原因及移民增长带来的问题、对移民增长问 题的对策以及亚裔移民主要状况等。\= 这是一个细节题。在描述美国早期移民情况时,作者谈到“ This brought to Amer ica flocks of people from northern Europe who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution”,这就是早期北欧人移民美国定居的原因。即答案A所描述的内容。 18 这也是一个细节题。随着大量移民的涌入,而且他们一向趋于贫困,所以“ they w ere willing to work for very low wages"。因此“ This made other workers, especia y those in labor unions, afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage leve would take jobs away from them”。故答案D正确 这还是一个细节题。上文提到大量移民的涌入,引起国内一些人(比如工会)的担 忧甚至反对,接下来只要听出这个句子“ This opposition finally led to the posting o f immigration law in the 1920’s, which restricted further immigration”,就可以 得出答案A 这同样是一个细节题。只要听出文章最后两句话“ Asians, like Koreans and vie tnamese, soon began to arrive. Many of these newcomers have worked very hard to establish themselves in their new land”,就可以得出答案C了。 Part II Reading Comprehension Passage One 【短文大意】本文谈到日美商业文化的差异:美国的企业管理者会把责任和职权都交给员工 而日本的企业管理者会把职权交给员工,责任自己负。日本的这种做法有助于增强集体感以 及员工对公司的忠诚 21.C细节题。从第三段的第二句可得知答案。美国主管将责任和权力同 时给雇员 ,而日本主管只是将权力下放给雇员,责任仍然留给自己。这一句的 delegate意思是授权 把……委托给别人。故在日本,即使子公司出错,公司总经理也要承担责任。 22.A推理题。美国和日本的公司围绕 delegation(授权,委托)的解释 ,形成了不同的企业文化,而日本人无论是在公司还是学校,下属有错,第一负责人首先难 辞其咎。 23.C细节题。根据第五段的第一句可得知答案。哈佛商学院的这名教授称 这种老一套接受他人责备的方法为封建式洗刷集体耻辱的方法。故选C(苛评的)。 24.B从第三段的第二句可得知答案。“ US executives give both respon
”是他们自然生存的家。所以 B 是正确答案。 Passage Three\= 【短文大意】本文介绍的是有关美国移民增长的原因及移民增长带来的问题、对移民增长问 题的对策以及亚裔移民主要状况等。\= 17．A 这是一个细节题。在描述美国早期移民情况时，作者谈到“This brought to Amer ica flocks of people from northern Europe who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution”，这就是早期北欧人移民美国定居的原因。即答案 A 所描述的内容。 18．D 这也是一个细节题。随着大量移民的涌入，而且他们一向趋于贫困，所以“they w ere willing to work for very low wages”。因此“This made other workers, especia lly those in labor unions, afraid that the immigrants with the lower wage level would take jobs away from them”。故答案 D 正确。 19．A 这还是一个细节题。上文提到大量移民的涌入，引起国内一些人（比如工会）的担 忧甚至反对，接下来只要听出这个句子“This opposition finally led to the posting o f immigration law in the 1920’s, which restricted further immigration”，就可以 得出答案 A。 20．C 这同样是一个细节题。只要听出文章最后两句话“Asians, like Koreans and Vie tnamese, soon began to arrive. Many of these newcomers have worked very hard to establish themselves in their new land”，就可以得出答案 C 了。 Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Passage One 【短文大意】本文谈到日美商业文化的差异：美国的企业管理者会把责任和职权都交给员工， 而日本的企业管理者会把职权交给员工，责任自己负。日本的这种做法有助于增强集体感以 及员工对公司的忠诚。 21. C 细节题。从第三段的第二句可得知答案。美国主管将责任和权力同 时给雇员 ，而日本主管只是将权力下放给雇员，责任仍然留给自己。这一句的 delegate 意思是授权 ，把……委托给别人。故在日本，即使子公司出错，公司总经理也要承担责任。 22．A 推理题。美国和日本的公司围绕 delegation （授权，委托）的解释 ，形成了不同的企业文化，而日本人无论是在公司还是学校，下属有错，第一负责人首先难 辞其咎。 23． C 细节题。根据第五段的第一句可得知答案。哈佛商学院的这名教授称 这种老一套接受他人责备的方法为封建式洗刷集体耻辱的方法。故选 C（苛评的）。 24. B 从第三段的第二句可得知答案。“US executives give both respon
abilit y and authority to their employees”,美国的企业管理者会把责任和职权都交给员工 说明他们认为责任和职权是一体的。其他选项A)见第二段第二句“ No one at boeing res gned after the JAL crash, which may have been caused by a faul eing repair ”C)错在 legal,校长不负法律责任;D)与文中意思刚好相反,见最后一句。 25.D考察对文章主旨的理解,只要理解全文就不难选对。 【短文大意】本文谈到了汽车的发展:汽车产生之前,主要交通工具是马车。但马产生的排 泄物造 成很大污染、交通堵塞。电车的出现解决了马车的污染问题和交通堵塞。尽管使用起来很麻 烦、昂贵,汽车还是发展起来了,而且在全球飞速发展。 26.B第一段的第二句话:汽车的主要问题是普及以及随之而来的社会的费 用。故选B,养车很花钱 27.C推理题。第二段:纽约能生产发出玫瑰气味的轿车,人们不用闻马排 出的屎、尿的恶臭 28.B推理题。第三段:汽车可以从A地到B地,使得城镇朝各个方向发展, 减少人口的稠密度。low- density housing低稠密居住条件。 29.D细节题。第四段的最后一句:环境问题和减少的石油储藏会阻碍世界 上任何其他地方汽车的普及 30.A推理题。第五段:用具体的数字说明Mr. Flink的预测错误. assage 【短文大意】研究表明,眼泪对健康是有好处的:感情宣泄时流的眼泪中有两种独特的化学 质可以间接减轻压力;而且还可以通过眼泪诊断病情、追踪药物反映等。 31.A细节题。第一段的第二句:眼泪,无论是出于悲伤,生气还是高兴 总是让美国人感到不舒服和尴尬。Be…or…无论……还是(引导让步状语从句)。 typically 典 型地;一直,往往 32.C推理题。根据上下文,对眼泪的那两个反映:当毁灭性的悲剧发生时 一方面流泪者可能要表示歉意;另一方面看到人流泪者会尽一切可能终止此情感的宣泄。 33. D counterproductive产生相反结果的。根据上下文,对眼泪的那两个 反映时常是不恰当。人们常常说哭多了会伤身体,实情未必如此 34.B细节题。第二段的第二句。既然进化很少会导致无目的的生理反映 我们可以逻辑性地认为:哭泣有一到多个功能-增强生存性。Few… purposeless很少…… 无目的,双重否定表示肯定 35.A第四段的第一句:确实,新的研究表明,情绪激动流下的眼泪对减轻 压力起着直接的作用。 ssa 【短文大意】体育训练中劳逸结合是很重要的,休息可以改善身体机能、缓解压力。如果运 员超负荷训练、休息不好,会引起“超负荷训练综合症”,症状表现为疲惫、情绪化、易怒 、沮丧、失去斗志、食欲不振、体重下降等。最好的治疗方法是休息,而且要尽早发现病情
sibilit y and authority to their employees ”，美国的企业管理者会把责任和职权都交给员工 ，说明他们认为责任和职权是一体的。其他选项 A)见第二段第二句“No one at Boeing res igned after the JAL crash, which may have been caused by a faulty Boeing repair. ”C) 错在 legal，校长不负法律责任；D)与文中意思刚好相反，见最后一句。 25．D 考察对文章主旨的理解，只要理解全文就不难选对。 Passage Two 【短文大意】本文谈到了汽车的发展：汽车产生之前，主要交通工具是马车。但马产生的排 泄物造 成很大污染、交通堵塞。电车的出现解决了马车的污染问题和交通堵塞。尽管使用起来很麻 烦、昂贵，汽车还是发展起来了，而且在全球飞速发展。 26．B 第一段的第二句话：汽车的主要问题是普及以及随之而来的社会的费 用。故选 B，养车很花钱。 27．C 推理题。第二段：纽约能生产发出玫瑰气味的轿车，人们不用闻马排 出的屎、尿的恶臭。 28．B 推理题。第三段：汽车可以从 A 地到 B 地，使得城镇朝各个方向发展， 减少人口的稠密度。low-density housing 低稠密居住条件。 29．D 细节题。第四段的最后一句：环境问题和减少的石油储藏会阻碍世界 上任何其他地方汽车的普及。 30．A 推理题。第五段：用具体的数字说明 Mr. Flink 的预测错误. Passage Three 【短文大意】研究表明，眼泪对健康是有好处的：感情宣泄时流的眼泪中有两种独特的化学 物 质可以间接减轻压力；而且还可以通过眼泪诊断病情、追踪药物反映等。 31．A 细节题。第一段的第二句：眼泪，无论是出于悲伤，生气还是高兴， 总是让美国人感到不舒服和尴尬。Be…or…无论……还是（引导让步状语从句）。typically 典 型地；一直，往往。 32．C 推理题。根据上下文，对眼泪的那两个反映：当毁灭性的悲剧发生时 ，一方面流泪者可能要表示歉意；另一方面看到人流泪者会尽一切可能终止此情感的宣泄。 33．D counterproductive 产生相反结果的。根据上下文，对眼泪的那两个 反映时常是不恰当。人们常常说哭多了会伤身体，实情未必如此。 34．B 细节题。第二段的第二句。既然进化很少会导致无目的的生理反映， 我们可以逻辑性地认为：哭泣有一到多个功能---增强生存性。Few…purposeless 很少…… 无目的,双重否定表示肯定。 35．A 第四段的第一句：确实，新的研究表明，情绪激动流下的眼泪对减轻 压力起着直接的作用。 Passage Four 【短文大意】体育训练中劳逸结合是很重要的，休息可以改善身体机能、缓解压力。如果运 动 员超负荷训练、休息不好，会引起“超负荷训练综合症”，症状表现为疲惫、情绪化、易怒 、沮丧、失去斗志、食欲不振、体重下降等。最好的治疗方法是休息，而且要尽早发现病情