C. look down upon them

D. use words and ideas that are too difficult

62. All of the following statements are true except that ___________.

A. few people know how to make good speeches

B. a lecturer does not need to organize his speech

C. research is important in preparing a speech

D. there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability

63. The title for this passage may be _______.

A. Do Not Make a Long Speech

B. How to Give a Good Speech

C. How to Prepare for a Speech

D. Try to Enjoy a Speech

C

The following conversation is between Susan Russell-Robinson from the US Geological（地质学的）Survey and Barbara Reynolds from USA Today.

Q Why, after 600 years of no activity, did Mount Pinatubo in Philippines erupt（喷发）in 1991

A Volcanoes（火山）each have their own eruption styles. This volcano probably has a rule which makes it erupt in the order of every 500 to 1000 years, but a volcano in Hawaii seems to erupt every year, and some of the Alaskan volcanoes might erupt every 10 or 20 years.

Q So nothing caused it

A There's nothing out of the ordinary. If you were to take an ordinary calendar year, 50 to 75 or 80 volcanoes erupt around the world every year. There are 20 to 30 volcanoes every month that show signs of unrest. That might be a full-blown eruption or a whole host of activties like that.

Q What is "the ring of fire"

A If you look at where active volcanoes are placed around the world, there are somewhere between 500 and 600 of them. There is what appears to be almost a necklace that goes around the Pacific Ocean. It makes a ring where 60% of the worlds volcanoes lie.

Q Why such a concentration（集中）there

A That's based on a theory that the oceans and the continents are like separate pieces. When they move, one might ride up over the other one. In this case, the Pacific Ocean goes under the continents and when that happens it seems to produce magma（熔岩）at depth and then you have volcanoes in the same ring.

64. What kind of writing do you think this passage is

A. A text taken from a geography book.

B. An interview published in the press.

C. A conversation carried out in a film.

D. An oral test recorded as an example.

65. Which of the following statements can correctly explain why we have so many volcanoes around the Pacifie Ocean

A. The movement of the surface of the earth makes it possible.

B. The pacific Ocean produces magma and presses it everywhere.

C. The oceans and the continents are separated from each other.

D. The earth's surface around the Pacific is thinner than any other part.

66. Barbara Reynolds' main purpose here is ___________.

A. to show how dangerous volcanoes are to the world

B. to learn what signs a volcano gives us before its eruption

C. to warn the world of the existence of "the ring of fire"

D. to introduce some general idea of volcanoes to the public

67. Which of the following can be considered as the best conclusion of the conversation

A. There are so many volcanoes in the world and we are always in danger.

B. Volcanoes have erupted more frequently than ever before.

C. volcanoes are waiting to be better known.

D. Something must be done to protect the people near the ring of fire.

D

A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions leisure （闲暇）. As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.

The figures support the western prejudice（偏见）that the Japanese are all work and no play. Trying to force workers away from their desks and machines, the government said last April that the country should cut down from its 2,100 hours average work year to 1,899 hours and a five-day week by 1992. Beginning in February, banks and stock markets will be closed on Saturdays, staff of civil service will be forced out of their offices two Saturdays a month. The goverment hopes that others will follow that practice.

But some persuasion will be needed. Small companies are very angry about it and they fear competitors may not cut hours. The unions are no happier they have even advertised in newspapers arguing their case against the foreign pressure that is forcing leisure upon them. They say that shorter hours are a disguised（隐性的）pay cut. The industrialists, who have no objection to the govemment's plans, admit that shorter hours will help them cut costs. Younger Japanese who are supposed to be acting against their hard-working parents, show no sigh of wanting time off, either. But unlike older workers, they do spend money in their spare time. Not content with watching television, they dance, dress up, sit in cafes, go to pop concerts and generally drive the leisure - industry boom. Now that they know how to consume, maybe the West can teach them to relax and enjoy themselves, too.

68. The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that ________.

A. the government wants to show more concern for the health of the people

B. the government needs to get more goods from abroad

C. the Japanese have been working too hard

D. the Japanese hope to change the western prejudice

69. The group of people who welcome the shorter-hour system in Japan is ________.

A. the small companies

B. the industrialists

C. the unions

D. the younger generation

70. The unions think that __________.

A. the shorter hours they work, the higher pay they can get

B. the more they work, the less leisure they can enjoy

C. the shorter hours they work, the less pay they can have

D. the greater pressure the government is forcing on them, the less happy they can be

71. The best title for this passage can be __________.

A. Oh no! Not Saturday Again!

B. Leisure the Greatest Threat!

C. Enjoy While You Are Young!

D. Less Work and More Play!

(E)

The young people who talk of the village as being "dead"are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.

No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that "village life"is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago. When many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember what "village life" meant in the early years of the present century. It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lampoil and coal.

Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed（展现）to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make "village life"and"town life"almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare（福利）for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about "village life."It is just life, and a better life.

Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.

72. By saying that village is not dead, butvillage lifeis dead, the writer suggests that ___________.

A. those young people who talk of the village as beingdeadare wrong

B. the two statements are against each other

C. village lifetoday is rather uninteresting

D. village lifetoday is no longer like what it used to be

73. As is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past __________.

A. lived a simpler life than villagers today

B. knew fewer people than villagers today

C. found it difficult to enjoy themselves

D. like to wash themselves with cold water

74. The expression there is no point whatever in talking aboutin paragraph 3 means that ___________.

A. there is no end to the talking about

B. it is harmful to talk about

C. it is not meaningless to talk about

D. there is no reason for talking about

75. What does the writer think of the village life today _____________.

A. Dead. B. Worse. C. Better. D. Unclear.

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）

第一小题 情景作文（满分20分）

假设你叫李华，你的家乡原来有很多茂密的森林，但现在森林已变成了沙漠。请根据下面几幅图的内容，向一家英文报社写一封100词左右的信，陈述以下内容：1. 当地土地荒漠化的经过。2. 举一例来说明土地荒漠化的后果。3. 发表你的看法。

信的开头部分已写好（不计入总词数）

生词提示：wasteland（荒漠）

Dear editor,

some years ago, my home town used to be a beautiful place

March 1 st

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第二小题 开放作文（满分15分）

根据下面提供的情景，写一段连续文字，词数不少于50。

Jane and Peter were going to school one morning. They saw an old woman walking in front of them. She was carrying a basket filled with oranges.

Suddenly, the old woman slipped and fell on a piece of banana skin. Some of the oranges were left carelessly on the ground. When Jane and Peter saw what had happened, what do you think they would do then

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【试题答案】

第一、二、三部分（key to1--75）：

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. C

11. C 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B

21. C 22. A 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. A

31. B 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. C

41. B 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. C

51. C 52. A 53. C 54. A 55. D 56. C 57. C 58. B 59. A 60. A

61. D 62. B 63. B 64. B 65. A 66. D 67. C 68. B 69. B 70. C

71. D 72. D 73. A 74. D 75. C

第四部分：书面表达

第一小题：情景作文

March 1st

Dear editor,

Some years ago, my hometown used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass could be seen all over the hills. As time went on, people destroyed almost the whole forest to grow more crops. To make matters worse, people let their cattle eat up the grass. So, you can only see wasteland instead of green forests now. As a result, when it rains, the soil is washed down the hills and into the rivers. Strong winds also blow away the valuable soil that lies on the top of the fields. I do hope all the people will take good care of the forests and plant more trees to improve our living conditions.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二小题：开放作文

When Jane and Peter saw the old woman slip and fall, they rushed to help her right away. Jane helped her up and held her arm while Peter picked up the oranges and put them back in the basket. They took her to the side of the road.

The old woman thanked them and walked away slowly.

附：录音听力材料

第一节

听下面五段对话，每段对话有一道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置上，听完每段对话后，你有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话你将听一遍。

听第1段材料，回答第1题

M I have a single and double room for two nights.

W Forty-five pounds a night, please.

听第2段材料，回答第2题

W It's so hot today. I was going to wash the car and water the plants, but now I don't want to do anything.

M I agree. You should have a rest. Too much hard work could cause you to feel uncomfortable.

听第3段材料，回答第3题

WI bought a recorder on sale. It was＄50.

M Including tax

W No, I paid another ＄2 in tax.

听第4段材料，回答第4题

W You didn't go to the theatre last night either, did you

M No, I had an unexpected guest in my house.

听第5段材料，回答第5题

M Hello, I want to take a holiday on the seaside this weekend. Can you make a reservation for me

W Yes, certainly. Just tell me your name and room number.

第二节

听下面6段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置上，听完每段对话或独白后，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题

M Hello! I haven't seen you before.

W I'm new here. I have just arrived at this school.

M Really Let me take you to your class. Which calls are you in？

W I don't know.

M Never mind. I will show you to the teachers' office. Come with me.

W Thanks! Oh, by the way, I don't know where to put this bike.

M Oh, you have got a bike, haven't you You can put it over there.

W It is very kind of you. Thank you.

M Not at all. This way, please.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题

W What can I do for you

M I am looking for a pair of black shoes.

W What size do you want

M Size seven.

W I am afraid we havent got any black shoes in that size at the moment. But we have got some brown ones.

M Hmm. Have you got any other kind

W What about those shoes over there

M Well, that pair looks nice. How much do they cost

W Fifty-five yuan.

M Hmm! That is a bit expensive. Can I try them on

W Certainly.

M They are just right. I will take them.

听第8段材料，回答第10至11题

W I haven't seen you for a while. Have you been away

M Yes, I took a tour around the Great Lakes. Have you ever been there

W Oh, Yes! When I was young, I lived in Erie Town and I used to go swimming in Lake Erie all the time. We also went to Lake Ontario in Canada.

M But I thought that Lake Erie is so polluted now that everything living in it has died.

W At one time Lake Erie was almost dead. But since both America and Canada took some actions to fight against water pollution, there has been a great change. In fact, all the Great Lakes will be ninety percent improved within the next generation.

M Im glad to hear a success story at last.

听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。

M I'm thinking about going to another school in mid-term.

W In the middle of the term I thought you liked our school.

M I do. But I'm moving to the town nearby. It is a long way from my new house to this school.

W So which school do you want to go to Southlake High School there is very good.

M I have heard of it before. It's really a very good school. I need to go there and talk to the headmaster first.

W You're right. Perhaps I can go with you.

听第10段材料，回答第15至17题

Children's schooling is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers kept children sitting still for hours. They made them memorize different kinds of things. In other words, the children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart. Today, many teachers want to know if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and find out things for themselves. Many of them want to find work but the law will not let them work until they reach a certain age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all and hate every moment.

听第11段材料，回答第18至20题

This is the Captain speaking. Welcome to San Luisa. This plane will land in five minutes. If you are flying on to Santa Maria, you may not leave the waiting room. If you are staying in San Luisa, you may exit through the Customs as soon as you get your luggage. The next flight to Santa Maria leaves in one hour. Please check the information board inside to see which gate you will need to use to get on that flight. It has been a pleasure to fly with you today. I hope that you have enjoyed your flight with Carib Airlines and will fly with us again soon. Thank you.

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