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2006年6月大学英语四级最新模拟试题 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions：In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A)“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］ 1. A) The fourth floor. B) The fifth floor. C) The sixth floor. D) The seventh floor. 2. A) John bought a cheap computer. B) John bought Morris a computer. C) Morris bought a computer from John. D) Morris bought a new computer. 3. A) Recognize Jane first. B) Tell the woman why. C) Go on a diet. D) Feel at ease. 4. A) The white one. B) The brick one. C) The prettier one. D) The better one. 5. A) The summer this year is terribly hot. B) Last summer was even hotter. C) Hot weather helps lose weight. D) Light was stronger this morning. 6. A) No one on the bus was injured. B) Everyone on the bus was injured. C) Only one student on the bus was injured. D) More than one student on the bus was injured. 7. A) Drawing some money. B) Opening a deposit account. C) Saving much money. D) Putting money in the bank. 8. A) They have too little patience. B) They are not strict with students. C) They are very hard on students. D) They are more hardworking than before. 9. A) The woman is very worried. B) The man doesn’t like thinking. C) The man has done something wrong. D) The woman can do nothing for the man. 10. A) Because the waist was a bit too tight. B) Because there wasn’t any of her size. C) Because she didn’t look good in the dress. D) Because the style was not what she liked. Section B Compound Dictation 注意：听力理解的B节（Section B）为复合式听写（Compound Dictation），题目在试卷二上。现在请取出试卷二。 A supermarket club card is a new way for people to save money on items they buy. People used to cut out coupons (赠券)to(S1) save money. Now they use a card that looks like a(S2)credit card when they pay for items. Only people with cards can get the(S3)lower price. To get a card, people must give out their name, address, and other(S4)personal information. Everything club card-users buy is (S5)stored on a computer in a file with their name on it. In the coupon days, no one kept (S6)track of the things people bought. Now, computers allow huge(S7)amounts of information to be saved. In order to save money with the cards, people could lose privacy. So far, the information, or data, is private. But that could change. There are many companies who might be interested in knowing what people buy. For instance, (S8)an insurance company might want to know if their clients buy healthy food, or if people buy a lot of medicine from the store. A California Senator, Debra Bowen, wants to make sure there are laws to protect data kept on computers. She says,“(S9)The laws that govern privacy really haven’t caught up with technology. ” Stores that use club cards have promised to keep the information private. (S10)Some people are afraid the stores might change their minds if companies offered enough money. Some people say the information is worth as much as treasure. Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. The predictability of our mortality rates is something that has long puzzled social scientists. After all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. No one establishes a quota for each type of death. It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year. A few years ago a Canadian psychologist named Gerald Wilde became interested in this phenomenon. He noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the Western world have remained oddly static throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. Wilde developed an intriguing theory called “risk homeostasis”. According to this theory, people instinctively live with a certain level of risk. When something is made safer, people will get around the measure in some way to reassert the original level of danger. If, for instance, they are required to wear seat belts, they will feel safer and thus will drive a little faster and a little more recklessly, thereby statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers. Other studies have shown that where an intersection is made safer, the accident rate invariably falls there but rises to a compensating level elsewhere along the same stretch of road. It appears, then, that we have an innate need for danger. In all events, it is becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the factors influencing our lifespan are far more subtle and complex than had been previously thought. It now appears that if you wish to live a long life, it isn’t simply a matter of adhering to certain precautions … eating the right foods, not smoking, driving with care. You must also have the right attitude. Scientists at the persons personalities and found, somewhat to their surprise, that people with a suspicious or mistrustful nature die prematurely far more often than people with a sunny disposition. Looking on the bright side, it seems, can add years to your life span. 11. What social scientists have long felt puzzled about is why . A) the mortality rate can not be predicted B) the death toll remained stable year after year C) a quota for each type of death has not come into being D) people lost their lives every year for this or that reason 12. In his research, Gerald Wilde finds that technological advances and increases in safety standards . A) have helped solve the problem of so high death rate B) have oddly accounted for mortality rates in the past century C) have reduced mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths D) have achieved no effect in bringing down the number of deaths 13. According to the theory of “risk homeostasis”, some traffic accidents result from . A) our innate desire for risk B) our fast and reckless driving C) our ignorance of seat belt benefits D) our instinctive interest in speeding 14. By saying “…statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers” (Para. 2),the author means . A) wearing seat belts does not have any benefits from the statistic point of view B) deaths from wearing seat belts are the same as those from not wearing them C) deaths from other reasons counterbalance the benefits of wearing seat belts D) wearing seat belts does not necessarily reduce deaths from traffic accidents 15. Which of the following may contribute to a longer life span? A) Showing adequate trust instead of suspicion of others B) Eating the food low in fat and driving with great care C) Cultivating an optimistic personality and never losing heart D) Looking on the bright side and developing a balanced level of risk Passage Two Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. In Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to cap spot (现货的) market prices. The Californians claim it will rein in outrageous prices. Federal regulators have refused. The battle is on. Governor Gray Davis says,“I’m not happy with the Federal Regulatory Commission at all. They’re living in an ivory tower. If their bills were going up like the people in world.” As part of deregulation, price caps were removed to allow for a free market. Timing is everything; natural gas prices had already skyrocketed. Demand was high from in ten years, and power producers had the right to hike prices along with demand. And hike them they did. Loretta Lynch of the Public Utilities Commission says,” This commission and all of impose reasonable price caps to help to keep our market stable.” Federal regulators did ask for longer-term contracts between power producers and the utilities to stabilize prices. The federal commission, unavailable for comment on this story, released a recent statement defending its position not to re-regulate. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dec. 15,2000: “The commissions intention is to enable the markets to catch up to current supply and demand problems and not to reintroduce command and control regulation that has helped to produce the current crisis.” Some energy experts believe that, without temporary price caps, the crisis will continue. Severin Borenstein of the U.C. Energy Institute says,“Some federal regulators have a blind commitment to making the market work and I think part of the problem is they really dont understand whats going on.” Gary Ackerman of the Western Power Trading Forum says,“He’s dead wrong about that. The federal regulators understand far better than any individual state that, though it might be painful and it certainly is painful in price caps don’t work. They never work.” 16. The battle between Californians and federal regulators is about . A) control over the price of power B) necessity of removing price caps C) hiking the energy prices in D) a regulation concerning power supply 17. Governor Gray Davis was dissatisfied with the Federal Regulatory Commission because . A) they did not know what the real problem was B) they were living an easy life in an ivory tower C) they could not experience the life in D) they turned a blind eye to the situation in 18. The Federal Commission uncapped the energy price with the intention to . A) help B) prevent power price from going up any further C) enable the market to deal with supply and demand problems D) have contracts signed between power producers and the utilities 19. To help keep prices from going higher, people and groups in A) imposed reasonable price caps B) beat down the door of federal regulators C) urged the federal authorities to take action D) struggled against federal policy to hike prices 20. Energy experts against price caps believe that . A) the present situation in control B) the current crisis is partly attributed to previous command and control policy C) price caps can temporarily solve energy problems an individual state meets with D) they do understand what is going on in measures Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about: space. Every person perceives himself to have a sort of invisible shield surrounding his physical body. When someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. When he bumps onto someone, he feels obligated to apologize. But the size of a person’s “comfort zone” depends on his cultural ethnic origin. For example, in casual conversation, many Americans stand about four feet apart. In other words, they like to keep each other “at arms length”,people in Latin or Arab cultures, in contrast, stand very close to each other, and touch each other often. If someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an American while in conversation, the American may feel uncomfortable and back away. When Americans are talking, they expect others to respond to what they are saying. To Americans, polite conversationalists empathize by displaying expressions of excitement or disgust, shock or sadness. People with a “poker face”, whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan expression, are looked upon with suspicion. Americans also indicate their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows, nodding, smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact. Whereas some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening, Americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty. If a person doesn’t look you in the eye, American might say, you should question his motives—or assume that he doesn’t like you. Yet with all the concern for eye contact, Americans still consider staring—especially at strangers—to be rude. 21. What the author discussed in the previous section is most probably about . A) classification of nonverbal communication B) the reasons why people should think about space C) the relationship between communication and space D) some other cultural aspects of nonverbal communication 22. How far people keep to each other while talking is closely associated with their . A) origin B) culture C) custom D) nationality 23. When an Italian talks to an Arabian on informal occasions,. A) he stands about four feet away B) “comfort zone” does not exist C) keeping close enough is preferred D) communication barriers may emerge 24. A “poker face” (Line 3,Para. 2) refers to a face which is . A) attentive B) emotional C) suspicious D) expressionless 25. In a conversation between friends, Americans regard it as sincere and truthful to . A) maintain direct eye contact B) hide emotions with a deadpan expression C) display excitement or disgust, shock or sadness D) raise their eyebrows,nod and smile politely Passage Four Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. We all know that DNA has the ability to identify individuals but, because it is inherited, there are also regions of the DNA strand which can relate an individual to his or her family (immediate and extended), tribal group and even an entire population. Molecular Genealogy (宗谱学) can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together into family trees. Pedigrees (家谱) based on such genetic markers can mean a breakthrough for family trees where information is incomplete or missing due to adoption, illegitimacy or lack of records. There are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as the fire in the Irish courts during Civil War in 1921 or American slaves for whom many records were never kept in the first place. The main objective of the Molecular Genealogy Research Group is to build a database containing over 100,000 DNA samples from individuals all over the world. These individuals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small blood sample. Once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written records. Theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or her family origins through this database. In the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “For example, if two men sharing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of DNA from both and looking for common markers (in this case we can look primarily at the Y chromosome (染色体)),” explains Ugo A. Perego, a member of the BYU Molecular Genealogy research team. 26. People in a large area may possess the same DNA thread because . A) DNA is characteristic of a region B) they are beyond doubt of common ancestry C) DNA strand has the ability to identify individuals D) their unique identification can be provided via DNA 27. The possible research of family trees is based on the fact that . A) genetics has achieved a breakthrough B) genetic information contained in DNA can be revealed now C) each individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others D) we can use DNA to prove how distant an individual is to a family, a group or a population 28. The Molecular Genealogy Research Group is building a database for the purpose of . A) offering assistance in working out genealogy-related problems B) solving many issues without relying on traditional written records C) providing a pedigree chart of at least four generations in the world D) confirming the assumption that all individuals are of the same origin 29. If two men suspected for some reason they have a common ancestor, . A) we can decide according to their family tree B) we can find the truth from their genetic markers C) we can compare the differences in their Y chromosome D) we can look for written records to prove their relationship 30. Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the passage? A) We are a walking,living,breathing record of our ancestors B) Many American slaves did not know who their ancestors were. C) An adopted child generally lacks enough information to prove his identity. D) Molecular genealogy can be used to prove a relationship between individuals. Part ⅢVocabulary(20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. WTO is regarded by some countries as an access to foreign markets rather than as a for opening up the home market. A) commerce B) committee C) commitment D) commission 32. We should recognize that every company and every person is part of a long of customers and suppliers. A) pool B) line C) stream D) chain 33. Today the small town is better against flood than it was 20 years ago. A) protected B) prevented C) preserved D) prepared 34. Did you mean I should keep the receipt? Im afraid I have . A) run it over B) torn it up C) taken it apart D) shaken it off 35. Unlike photocopies of books, the digital copies are virtually in quality to the original. A) similar B) identical C) resembling D) alike 36. The price of fresh vegetables according to the weather. A) fluctuates B) increases C) soars D) maintains 37. Your proposal looks good ,but I am not convinced it can be put into effect. A) on paper B) at sight C) under cover D) in bulk 38. The government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must bear the . A) results B) outcomes C) effects D) consequences 39. The elderly people in this country are entitled to a special heating allowance from the government when they pass the age of sixty. A) claim B) declare C) inquire D) apply 40. The snow has been steadily for hours and the ground is completely covered. A) showering B) dropping C) descending D) falling 41. The hostess went to great to make the child comfortable and feel at home. A) efforts B) lengths C) heights D) details 42. You said the post office is on this block, can you be a bit more ? A) particular B) specific C) abstract D) especial 43. His composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any of it whatsoever. A) meaning B) message C) information D) sense 44. I am afraid that you have to alter your views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived. A) optimistic B) distressing C) indifferent D) pessimistic 45. As the saying goes, reading without reflecting is like eating without . A) chewing B) tasting C) digesting D) releasing 46. All of us did quite a good job but the teacher only him out for praise. A) yelled B) singled C) selected D) pulled 47. Without a sure supply of water, farming in that area remains at the of the weather. A) disposal B) risk C) cost D) mercy 48. Industrial communities should be close enough to crowded centers but enough to reduce potential dangers. A) advanced B) reliable C) distant D) sophisticated 49. She had a guilty about not telling the police what had actually happened. A) consciousness B) conscience C) consequence D) confusion 50. There is a beautiful of pine forest near my country house. A) extension B) length C) spell D) stretch 51. We’ve all our time and effort in this plan, and we don’t want it to fail. A) invested B) exhausted C) devoted D) assigned 52. The workers demands were，they only asked for a small raise in their wages. A) general B) moderate C) partial D) numerous 53. You should know to spend all your money on those impractical fancy goods. A) other than B) rather than C) more than D) better than 54. Everybody seemed to have known about his scandal, only his wife was kept in the . A) dark B) ignorance C) shade D) shadow 55. All students in the class a loud laugh when the professor told them a joke. A) let up B) let down C) let off D) let out 56. It can be safely that there is no living beings on that planet. A) resumed B) assessed C) assumed D) assured 57. There are certain when you have to interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something. A) chances B) situations C) occasions D) opportunities 58. Mother into the room and kissed her sleeping baby. A) crept B) staggered C) rushed D) marched 59. The building started with a steel which was later filled in with bricks and concrete. A) institution B) terminal C) sightseeing D) framework 60. This book does not have an structure. Some parts are even contradictory . A) integrated B) informed C) intensive D) inward Part ⅣCloze(15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D)on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet with a single line through the centre. A food bank is the center of food collection and distribution in a community. This food usually 61 from grocery stores or manufacturers that have thousands of pounds of food to give 62 . Food banks operate intricate and advanced warehousing operations, 63 food is collected, 64 and re-distributed to the community. Traditionally, a food bank does not distribute food 65 to those in 66 . 67 ,food banks serve an 68 network of organizations in their 69 communities. These organizations serve one part of the 70 and know the needs of the people there. 71 ,working together, the food bank and the community organization can serve a greater 72 of people in the most efficient way. Many food banks provide 73 services. They 74 from after school feeding programs, 75 Kids Cafe,to community agriculture projects. In the aftermath (其后的一段时期) of welfare reform, food banks throughout the country are raising private 76 to operate innovative programs and to 77 those who are hungry. Every food bank strives to be a hunger advocate,producing 78 studies and tracking statistics, while lending their hands-on expertise to get legislation passed and ensuring that the 79 of domestic hunger is not lost in the shadow of an “ 80 boom”. 61. A) results B) collects C) comes D) gathers 62. A) away B) out C) over D) off 63. A) which B) where C) what D) how 64. A) accepted B) offered C) processed D) sorted 65. A) instantly B) directly C) voluntarily D) readily 66. A) need B) haste C) debt D) order 67. A) However B) Otherwise C) Instead D) Certainly 68. A) abnormal B) optional C) imaginary D) extensive 69. A) individual B) respective C) special D) widespread 70. A) organization B) bank C) operation D) community 71. A) Therefore B) Nevertheless C) Still D) Conversely 72. A) amount B) deal C) number D) quantity 73. A) regular B) other C) daily D) depositing 74. A) change B) alter C) differ D) range 75. A) including B) providing C) managing D) distributing 76. A) demands B) properties C) funds D) plans 77. A) shelter B) feed C) clothe D) finance 78. A) poverty B) welfare C) hunger D) food 79. A) issue B) policy C) reform D) project 80. A) economical B) economics C) economy D) economic Part ⅤWriting(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write A Letter Applying for a Bank Loan. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1． 你的基本情况 2． 你申请贷款的原因、数额及用途 3． 你如何保证专款专用以及你的还款打算 Part ⅠListening Comprehension 1. B2. A3. C4. B5. A6. B7. D8. B9. C10. D S1-S10见NOTES中听力原文 Part ⅡReading Comprehension 11. B12. D13. A14. C15. C16. A17. D18. C19. C20. B 21. D22. B23. C24. D25. A26. B27. C28. A29. B30. C Part Ⅲ Vocabulary 31. C32. D33. A34. B35. B36. A37. A38. D39. A40. D 41. B42. B43. D44. A45. C46. B47. D48. C49. B50. D 51. A52. B53. D54. A55. D56. C57. C58. A59. D60. A Part Ⅳ Cloze 61. C62. A63. B64. D65. B66. A67. C68. D69. B70. D 71. A72. C73. B74. D75. A76. C77. B78. C79. A80. D 2006年6月英语四级最新模拟试题答案详细讲解 Part ⅠTapescript of Listening Comprehension Section A 1. M: Excuse me, could you tell me where Dr. Brown’s office is? W: The doctor’s office is on the fifth floor, but the elevator can only go to the fourth. So you’ll have to use the stairs to reach there. It’s the seventh room on the left. Q: On which floor is the doctor’s office? 2. M: Did you hear about the computer that John bought from Morris? W: He got a bargain（便宜货）,didn’t he? Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 3. W: Your sister Jane didn’t recognize me at first. M: I’m not surprised. Why on earth don’t you lose some weight? Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 4. M: Between the two houses we saw yesterday, which one do you prefer? W: I think the white one is prettier, but the brick one has a bigger yard, so I like it better. Q: Which house does the woman prefer? 5. M: It sure is hot today. This must be the hottest summer in years. W: Well, it’s certainly hotter than last summer. I was out in the sun today, and I think I’m five pounds lighter than I was this morning. Q: What does the woman mean? 6. M: I heard the student bus was overturned（翻倒）in a traffic accident. W: Yes, and what’s more, no one on the bus was not injured. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 7. W: Hello, Robert. What are you doing here? Drawing money? M: No. I only want to put some money in my deposit account（储蓄账户）. Not very much, but I’m trying to save. Q: What is the man doing? 8. M: Oh, no, I am not lazy. You should have seen my school report! They said I was reliable, industrious and conscientious. W: Well, teachers nowadays expect too little. Q: What does the woman think of teachers nowadays? 9. W: Don’t worry about it, M: I can’t help it, Stella. If I’d been thinking, this wouldn’t have happened. Q: What can we learn from the conversation? 10. M: You look very nice in this dress. Perhaps the waist is little too tight. Would you like to try a size larger? W: Well, the style isn’t quite what I had in mind. Thank you anyway. Q: Why didn’t the woman buy the dress? Part ⅡReading Comprehension Passage One 这是一篇人文类说明文。 第一段中作者提出长期困扰社会科学家的问题，即死亡率遵循一种一成不变的模式。在第二段中作者引用加拿大心理学家Gerald Wilde的risk homeostasis（体内风险平衡）理论分析了原因，并以交通事故为例，指出如果驾驶时系了安全带，这方面原因导致的车祸会降低，但另一方面驾车人因为感到安全可能会开快车，开鲁莽车，从而发生死亡事故。第三段讨论了影响寿命的因素，文中提到，保持长寿，不仅要注意饮食、不抽烟、谨慎驾驶，更要有乐观的生活态度。 11. B) 语义理解题 问的是长期困扰社会科学家的问题是什么，本题依据是第一段最后一句“It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year”，与选项B)“死亡人数年复一年保持稳定”相吻合。 12. D) 细节推论题 本题题干出现在第二段第二句，意思说：虽然有技术进步和安全标准的提高，西方世界的暴力和意外死亡率在整个世纪中保持着奇怪的恒定（static），由此判断，技术进步和安全标准的提高并未降低各种原因的死亡人数，D项正确。 13. A) 细节理解题 问题是“根据体内风险平衡理论，某些交通事故是由于什么原因”，A)“我们天生的冒险欲望”；B)“开快车，开鲁莽车”；C)“无视安全带的好处”；D)“对超速行驶的本能兴趣”。在第二段靠后，作者先列举交通事故例子，然后在最后一句得出结论：It appears, then, that we have an innate need for danger. 符合A项意思。 14. C) 句意理解题 本句大体意思是：从数字统计的角度说，（开快车开鲁莽车导致的死亡人数的增加）抵消了系保险带（引起的死亡人数减少）的好处。cancel out解释为“抵消，对消”。所以C项“因为其他原因引起的死亡对消了系保险带的好处”符合题意。A和D都包含系保险带没有好处，不对，系保险带有benefits，会降低这方面原因导致的死亡事故。B)“系安全带与不系安全带的死亡人数一样”，无此意。 15. C) 语义理解题 问什么有助于长寿，依据最后一段。A)“对别人信任不要怀疑”，不对，倒数第二句是说疑惑心重的人比乐观豁达的人早逝；B项不对，文中说“eating the right foods”，并不等于低脂食物；C项正确，“an optimistic personality and never losing heart”都是“a sunny disposition”的特征；D项后半部分不对。 Passage Two 这是一篇新闻报道类议论文。 文章报道了美国加州就是否对能源价格进行控制这一问题进行的辩论，一方面，加州管理者、公用事业公司和州长都强烈要求对加州的能源价格实施限制，另一方面，联邦能源管理委员会坚决反对，认为以前取消价格限制的目的是为了让市场来调节供求，不会再人为干预价格（not to re-regulate）。文中许多地方采用直接引语，反映各自观点。 16. A) 细节理解题 题目是“加州人和联邦管理者之间的斗争是关于什么”，依据第一段，加州人要求“to cap spot market prices(控制现货市场价格)”，但联邦管理者拒绝了，A项正确；B)“取消价格控制的必要性”；C)“提高加州的能源价格”；D)“对电力供应的调节”，均与第一段不符。 17. D) 语义理解题 题干中的“dissatisfied with”与第二段中的“not happy with”是一致的，第二段字面理解为“他们生活在象牙塔中，如果他们的支付账单像圣第亚哥的人那样不断增加，他们就会理解这确实是个问题”，Gray Davis州长并非真的说联邦管理者生活优越或者不了解加州的问题（文章最后一段提及他们知道情况），而是说他们对加州的问题熟视无睹，不愿采取措施。 18. C) 细节理解题 本题题干对应第三段第一句，以前取消价格控制的目的是“to allow for a free market”，“free market”的含义在第六段进一步阐述为“to enable the markets to catch up to current supply and demand problems(让市场来解决目前的供求问题)”，所以答案为C。 19. C) 细节判断题 题干“为了有助于抑制价格的进一步上涨，加州的个人和团体干什么”，从全文特别是第一段可以判断，他们敦促联邦当局采取措施，C项正确。A)“实施合理的价格控制”，是要求政府做而不是他们自己做，不对；B)“敲打联邦管理者的门”，文中是比喻说法，并非真的敲门；D)“与政府提高价格的政策进行斗争”，与文章不符。 20. B) 观点判断题 问的是反对价格控制的专家们的观点。A)“除非有价格控制，否则加州目前的局面将会继续”，这是赞成价格控制者的观点，不对；B)“目前的危机部分归咎于以前指令控制政策”，正确，依据是第六段“command and control regulation that has helped to produce the current crisis”；C)“价格控制只能暂时解决一个州的能源问题”，不对，文章在最后一段最后一句说“They never work”；D项中后半句“将采取措施”，与原文不符。 Passage Three 这是一篇关于非言语交际的说明文。 本文在第一段谈及非言语交际的另外一种因素，即距离。文章提到，美国人在非正式场合交流时，一般保持“臂长的距离”，拉丁或阿拉伯文化背景的人则靠得较近，甚至常常互相触摸。第二段讨论了言语交际时表情的使用，美国人把“保持眼神接触”看作是“真诚和诚实”的表示，但同时指出盯着陌生人看被认为是粗鲁的。 21.D) 推论题 题目的意思是：在先前的章节中作者最有可能讨论了什么。依据文章的第一句选择答案：“非言语交际的另外一个文化方面是你可能想不到的：交际距离”，既然是另外一个文化方面（another cultural aspect），说明在前面章节中讨论了其他的文化方面，所以本题答案是D。 22. B) 细节理解题 问的是“人们谈话时彼此保持的距离与什么密切相关”，参看第一段第五句“But the size of a person’s 'comfort zone’ depends on his cultural ethnic origin.（一个人“舒服距离”的大小取决于他的来自什么民族文化）”，“cultural ethnic origin”连在一起理解为来自什么民族文化，而不是指A)“出生；起源”；C)“习俗”；D) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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