34.

What’s the author’s opinion about people’s travelling? A) Legs become weaker.

B) Modern means of transportation make the world a small place. C) There is no need to use eyes. D) The best way to travel is on foot. 正确答案： D 35.

What does “I’ve been there” mean? A) I arrived there with every step I made. B) I lived there constantly.

C) I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. D) I stayed there for a long time.

正确答案： C

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

The tourist trade is booming. With all this coming and going, you’d expect greater understanding to develop between the nations of the world. Superb systems of communication make it possible for us to visit each other’s countries at a moderate cost. What was once the “grand tour”, reserved for only the very rich, is now within everybody’s grasp? The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at. Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn’t have dreamed of. But what’s the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other?

Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They deliberately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a cosseted, sheltered life. He lives at international hotels, where he eats his international food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance. Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored. The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own; and anyway, language is always a barrier, so he is only too happy to be protected in this way. At its very worst, this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization. The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes. We don’t see the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe they are. You can test this for yourself. Take five nationalities, say, French, German, English, American and Italian. Now in your mind, match them with these five adjectives: musical, amorous, cold, pedantic, native. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned, these adjectives actually act as barriers. So when you set out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions. You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that, say, “Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites” of that “Latin peoples shout a lot”. You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign

friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you?

36.

What’s the theme of this passage?

A) Tourism contributes nothing to increasing understanding between nations. B) Tourism is tiresome. C) Conducted tour is dull.

D) Tourism really does something to one’s country. 正确答案： A 37.

What is the author’s attitude toward tourism? A) Apprehensive. B) Negative. C) Critical.

D) Appreciative. 正确答案： C 38.

Which word in the following is the best to describe “Latin peoples shout a lot”? A) Silent. B) Noisy. C) Lively. D) Active. 正确答案： B 39.

The purpose of the author’s criticism is to point out __________________. A) conducted tour is disappointing

B) the way of touring should be changed

C) when traveling, you notice characteristics which confirm preconception D) national stereotypes should be changed 正确答案： B 40.

What is “grand tour” in Para. 1 now? A) Moderate cost.

B) Local sight-seeing is investigated by the tourist organization. C) People enjoy the first-rate comforts.

D) Everybody can enjoy the “grand tour”. 正确答案： D

Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes )

Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

41.

Helen looked at me in ________ appeal. A) minute B) mute C) remote D) mote 正确答案： B 42.

The kids were listening to the music in the room, ________. A) with complete silence B) silence completely C) in complete silence D) in any silence

正确答案： C 43.

Doctors have successfully given him an operation on the ________ of his eye. A) surface B) circle C) bulb D) orb

正确答案： C 44.

If any man here does not agree with me, he should _________ his own plan for improving the living conditions of these people. A) put on B) put in

C) put forward D) put out 正确答案： C 45.

It might be _________ reconsider your attitude to their proposal. A) worthwhile to B) worthy to C) valuable D) worth

正确答案： A 46.

The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the _________ ivy leaf _________ to its stem against the wall. A) lone ... clinging B) lone ... tangling C) lonely ... cling D) lonely ... sticking 正确答案： A

47.

The news item about the fire is followed by a detailed report made _________. A) on the spot B) on the site C) on the location D) on the ground 正确答案： A 48.

The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that the speakers stopped for refreshments _________.

A) at random B) at ease C) at large D) at intervals

正确答案： D 49.

It is the telephone _________ the world different from _________. A) which has made ... it was B) that makes ... what it was C) that has made ... what it was D) which has made ... what it were 正确答案： C 50.

Along the way, Rabbass earned the ___________ of writers who have gained new audiences through his translations. A) admiration B) admirer C) admiring D) admire 正确答案： A 51.

When bees _____, hundreds of them come together in a great mass. A) herd B) swarm C) crowd D) assemble 正确答案： B 52.

The ushers asked those attending the opera to ___________ up and not to sing along. A) rush B) hush C) crush D) brush 正确答案： B

53.

At other times, business activity is likely to ___________, hitting a low point below the trend line.

A) swear B) slump C) swallow D) stump 正确答案： B 54.

Having decided to rent a flat, we _____ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.

A) set about B) set down C) set out D) set up 正确答案： A 55.

We _____ a collection to buy presents for Roger and Ruth who were getting married. A) took up B) picked up C) turned up D) went up

正确答案： A 56.

They had spent five days in the desert without water and could not _____ much longer. A) last B) persist C) endure D) exist

正确答案： C 57.

Father flushed a covey of quail and killed two of them _____. A) on the wing B) on the go C) in flight D) on the run 正确答案： A 58.

If a star has a companion, it will seem to _________ as it moves across the sky. A) topple B) hobble C) bobble D) wobble 正确答案： D

59.

The easy way, the business way, was to _________ off those who were least efficient or had the least seniority. A) top B) lop C) loop D) troop 正确答案： B 60.

Would you please drop in at the post office on your way home and _________ this book for me?

A) send off B) send down C) send for D) send in 正确答案： A

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).

61. 这是一个很广阔的领域，我在这里只能讲个大概。 ________________________________________

正确答案： This is an enormous field of which I can here touch only the fringe. 62. 参观者成群结队地来看这头怪物。

________________________________________

正确答案： Visitors came in flocks to see the monster. 63. 我宁愿住在市中心。

________________________________________ 正确答案： I prefer to live in the heart of the city. 64. 那个小男孩又把收音机拆开了。

________________________________________ 正确答案： That little boy took his radio apart again.