Exercise 1: Listening comprehension ( 7 minutes)
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. ______{S/3}.
[A] Synthetic fuel. [B]Solar energy. [C]Alcohol. [D]Electricity. 12.______{S/3}.
[A]Air traffic conditions. [B]Traffic jams on highways. [C]Road conditions. [D]New traffic rules. 13. ______{S/3}.
[A]Go through a health check. [B]Take little luggage with them. [C]Arrive early for boarding. [D]Undergo security checks.
听力原文：
In the next few decades people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today. Everyone is going to drive electrically powered cars. So in a few years people won’t worry about running out of gas.
Some of the large automobile companies are really moving ahead with this new technology. F & C Motors, a major auto company, for example, is holding a press conference next week. At the press conference the company will present its new, electronically operated models. Transportation in the future won’t be limited to the ground. Many people predict that traffic will quickly move to the sky. In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky. But the sky isn’t the limit. In the future, you’ll probably even be able to take a trip to the moon, Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, you’ll hear someone say, “The spacecraft to the moon leaves in ten minutes. Please check your equipment. And remember, no more than ten ounces of carry-on baggage are allowed.”
11. What will be used to power cars in the next few decades? D
12. What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation? A 13. What is the special requirement for passengers traveling to the moon? B
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8.______{S/3}.
[A]He’s got addicted to technology. [B]He is not very good at socializing. [C]He is crazy about text-messaging. [D]He does not talk long on the phone. 9. ______{S/3}.
[A]Talk big. [B]Talk at length. [C]Gossip a lot. [D]Forget herself. 10. ______{S/3}.
[A]He thought it was cool. [B]He needed the practice.
[C]He wanted to stay connected with them. [D]He had an urgent message to send. 11. ______{S/2}.
[A] It poses a challenge to seniors. [B] It saves both time and money. [C] It is childish and unprofessional. [D]It is cool and convenient.
听力原文：
M: So, Linzy, do you like to text message on your cell phone? W: Yeah, I text message a lot.
M: I don't do it so much. I prefer to make a call if I'm in a hurry.
W: Yeah, I go both ways. Sometimes I don’t really want to talk to the person. I just want to ask them one
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question, so it's much easier for me just to text message. If I call them, I'll have to have a long conversation. （Q9) M: Yeah, I can see what you mean. But I get off the phone pretty quickly when I call. I'm not a big talker. (Q8) W: Yeah, that's true. You don't talk a lot.
M: So are you fast at writing the messages with your thumb?
W: Well, when I first got a cell phone, I was so slow. I thought I would never text message. But then people kept text messaging me, so I felt obliged to learn how to text message. So now I'm pretty fast. What about you?
M: Actually I have the opposite problem. When I first got my cell phone, I thought it was so cool (Q10)to text message all my friends who have one, and I was pretty fast with my thumb then. But it seems like now I don't use it so much, I've got slower actually.
W: Yeah, I think text messaging actually is what you have to do with your age. For example, people in high school, they text message a lot. But I ask my father if he texted messages, and guess what he said? M: What?
W: He said he'd never text message. He thinks it's very childish and unprofessional(Q11) to text message. M: Yeah, I can see what he means. It's considered pretty informal to text message to someone. Q8: What does the man say about himself? D
Q9: What does the woman tend to do while she is on the phone? B
Q10: Why did the man text message all his friends when he first got his cell phone? A Q11: What does the woman's father think of text messaging? C
Exercise 2: Reading comprehension ( 25 minutes) Banked Cloze (10 minutes)
A. increasingly B. same C. applicant D. communicate E. abroad F. candidate G. equal H. quickly I. required J. improving K. confidence L. appoint M. shrunk N. enhanced O. domestic New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has 1._____{B/3}. It's now a \"global village\" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communication equipment is greatly 2.____{B/3}by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople that have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support 3.____{B/3}business efforts.
Overseas assignments are becoming 4.____{B/3} important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being \"out of sight and out of mind.\" He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company's plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment 5.____{B/3}. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superior will have greater 6.____{B/3} in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communication devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn't generally 7._____{B/3}to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a 8.____{B/3} the edge when other qualifications appear to be 9._____{B/3} The employee posted abroad who speaks the country's principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can 10.____{B/3}well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.
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答案：
New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It's now a \"global village\" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communication equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople that have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.
Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive
ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being \"out of sight and out of mind.\" He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company's plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superior will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communication devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.
English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for
people who can speak another language. A second language isn't required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. The employee posted abroad who speaks the country's principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.
1. 这里需要一个过去分词，根据前面“新技术前所未有地将世界连接起来”一句以及后面的“它现在是个地球村，通过传真、电话或卫星连接，国家之间的联系只是几秒钟的事”可知，I. required M. shrunk N. enhanced， M合句意，表：我们的地球“缩小了”。
2.“is…by”被动句，这里需要一个过去分词。 I. required N. enhanced这两个词乍一看似乎都合题意，但，看by 后面的“外语技能”，不能说我们从高科技获益的能力被外语技能所需要，逻辑关系不对。且，二三四段讲的是较高的外语能力使我们如何受益于高技术所以只能选N，意为：外语技能大大提高了我们从高科技获益的能力。
3. have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad，随着髙科技通讯设备的广泛使用，商人们越来越重视海外商务的经济价值。
success overseas often helps support 3.____{S/5}business efforts, 这里需要一个形容词修饰business efforts，根据前面的overseas 和often推断，应该填O，跟overseas相对应。
4.这里需要一个副词修饰important，选A，表示越来越重要。意为：海外职务对于管理人员的升职越来越重要了。
5.这里需要一个形容词作后置定语修饰assignment，驻守外国的管理人员无需再担心out of sight and out of mind。之后的一句是He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad，意为海外业务对公司的成功是至关重要的，而海外任职往往意味着（跟随或伴着）一次升职机会。选 E. abroad 。
6. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superior will have greater 6.____{S/5} in his or her ability to cope back in the United States… 如果雇员能够完成一项复杂的海外业务，高层
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将对其回国后处理业务的能力有更大的……这里需要一个名词，have confidence in, 固定搭配，因此选K.
7. be动词后面，这里需要一个形容词或分词，选 I. required，意思是：一般而言，在商业领域不一定要求要掌握多一门语言。
8&9： having language skills gives a …… the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal，这里的edge就是指的优势。第8题，这里需要一个名词，语言技能会增加…..的被聘用的机会, C 和F都合题意，但很明显应该填F。第9题：当其他资历都….这里需要填一个形容词，表“相同的”选G. equal。 应为B. same前应加the.
10. 情态动词后面应该用动词原形。在国内的办公室能够通过电话或传真机很好地跟国外客户…的雇员，很明显，对公司来说，是个非常有用的资产。选D. communicate 沟通。
Careful Reading (15 minutes) Passage One
Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.
What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldn't hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, here will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to programmed tasks which are largely unpredictable.
1. According to the writer, the rate of change in technology ______{S/5}.
[A]will remain the same [B]will slow down [C]will speed up [D]can not be predicted
2.The writer expects that by 2010 new technology will have revolutionized communications and ______{S/5}.
[A]bookshops will not exist [B]the present postal system will have disappeared
[C]people will no longer send letters [D]the postmen will have been replaced by the motor car
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3.From the passage, we can infer that ______{S/5}.
[A]professionals won't be affected by new technology [B]doctors won't be as efficient as computers [C]computers can not replace lawyers [D]experts will know less in the future
4.The passage tells us that in the future______{S/5}.
[A]children will not be taught in schools [B]no teachers will be needed
[C]teachers will be less knowledgeable [D]children will learn life skills at school
5.In the writer's view, ______{S/5}.
[A]people should be prepared for the future [B]there exists no threat of unemployment [C]unions can stop the unfavorable change [D]people had better become cleaners
答案与解析：
这篇论述文论述了现代社会的科学技术日新月异，必将对未来社会的工作产生重大的影响。例如新技术对通讯方式的影响，将使诸如邮差、职员、秘书等事务性工作者消失。 第二段论述即使传统上需要专业知识的行业也会受到新技术的影响。人们不用再找律师询问法律知识；医生会受到计算机的挑战；老师也会大部分被机器取代。人们通常在家里通过可视课堂学习，孩子们仍然上学也只是为了交朋友和培养社会能力。
因此，新技术将对我们造成失业的威胁。第三段告诉我们应直面现实。(not hide our heads in the sand)工会为减少失业所做的努力必将失败，人们只有会用电脑才有幸不致失业，毕竟，各行业都需要有会编写电脑程序的人。唯独收集垃圾的清洁工不须会用电脑。也只因为编写变化难测的清洁工作的程序太难。 总之，短文论述了将来高科技的发展尤其是电脑将对许多行业产生重大影响，使人们面临失业威胁。为此人们只有学会电脑，精通电脑才能在未来社会立于不败之地。
1.C 本题的落点在第一段的第二句。句中rather than (而不是)连接两个意义相对的成分。从 slow down (缓慢下来)可以推测 accelerate 意为“加速”，与C项中speed up相近。
2.B 本题的落点在第一段的第五、六句。句中提到：人们将用电话线而不用邮政传递信息，邮差将消失。
3.B 本题的所述内容在第二段的前三句第三段倒数第二句。其中第二段的第三句说明电子竞争对手即计算机能更快更准确地作出诊断，同时提供更有效的治疗措施。因此可以断定B为正确项。 4.D 本题的落点在第二段的最后三句，注意以下词语 largely replaced 而不是 completely replaced, most learning 而不是 all learning, still go to school 以及 make friends and develop social skills. 5.A 本题的落点在第三段的第四句。本句的大意是：人们要想摆脱失业的命运，就得懂计算机 (get computer literate)。言外之意就是要人们尽早为将来作准备。B.C 两项与题意不符。D项中提到的清洁工并非人们最理想的工作。
Passage Two
Electronic books could revolutionize reading, but people ought to consider their far-reaching. “The e-book promises to wreak a slow havoc(浩劫) on life as we know it,” Jason Ohler, professor of technology assessment(评估), university of Alaska Southeast In Juneau, warned the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. His assessment weighed the pros and cons ( 赞成和反对的理由 ) of e-book technology’s impact on social relationships, the environment, the economy, etc. Before you curl up （蜷曲）with an e-book, consider the disadvantages.
They increase eyestrain due to poor screen resolution, replace a relatively cheap commodity with a more expensive one, and displace workers in print book production and traditional publishing. E-books make it easy to share data, thereby threatening copyright agreements and reducing compensation of
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authors, as well as creating non-biodegradable（不可生物降解）trash. On the other hand, e-books save paper and trees, reduce the burden of the carrying and storing of printed books, promote self-sufficiency in learning, and make reading a collaborative experience online. They also create new jobs for writers and artists and encourage self-publishing.
In final analysis, Ohler points out, e-books should gain society’s approval if a few conditions are met: make them biodegradable and recyclable, solve the problem of eye fatigue(疲劳), be sure the “have-nots” get the technology, and support e-book training in schools and business.
6. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage? ______{S/5}. [A] Draw peoples attention to the disadvantages of e-books. [B] Call on people to reject e-books.
[C] Criticize schools and business that don’t provide e-books. [D] Encourage people to use e-books.
7. What is Jason Ohlers attitude towards e-books? ______{S/5}. [A] Positive. [B] Indifferent. [C] Cautious. [D] Suspicious.
8. In what sense do e-books exert a negative impact on the environment? ______{S/5}. [A] They are unable to be broken down into harmless products. [B] They consume a lot of natural resources. [C] They produce harmful gases. [D] They are capable of.
9. What is e-books negative impact on social relationships？______{S/5}.
[A] They create new jobs only for writers.
[B] Fewer and fewer people have access to new technology. [C] They may threaten some traditional trades. [D] They isolate people from one another.
10. What does Ohler suggest regarding the use of e-books? ______{S/5}. [A] The society should ensure the poor have access to the technology.
[B] The society should ban the use of e-books if they cannot reduce eye fatigue. [C] The society should approve of the use of e-books if they are made recyclable. [D] The schools should solve the present problems of e-books.
答案与解析:
6.A A)让人们注意到电子书籍的短处。 B)号召人们拒绝购买电子书籍。
C)批评学校和商业部门不提供电子书籍。 D)鼓励人们使用电子书籍。 此题考对全文的理解。作者第一段引用Jason Ohler的观点“the e-book promises to wreak a havoc on life”，即电子书籍会缓慢地破坏我们的生活，并在第二段列举电子书籍的种种弊端，意在提醒人们注意电子书籍的负面影响。其他选项均与中心思想不符。 7.C A)肯定的。B)漠不关心的。C)审慎的。D)怀疑的。 此题考推导观点态度。第一段提出电子书籍的远期负面影响，又在最后一段谈论电子书籍获取社会认可批准的几个先决条件。这说明他对电子书籍持谨慎态度，既不盲目接受，也不一概反对。 8.A A)电子书籍无法被分解为无害的东西。B)它们消耗大量的自然资源。
C)它们产生有害的气体。 D)它们能被重新再利用。细节理解题。
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文章第二段最后一句“（e-books）…as well as creating non-biodegradable trash.”, 即产生不可降解成无害物的垃圾。Non-biodegradable的意思是：“不可生物降解的。” 9.C A)它们为作家创造出新的工作。 B)越来越少的人能接触新的技术。
C)它们能威胁到一些传统的行业。D)它们使人与人疏远。细节理解题。
文章第二段第一句说电子书将会displace workers in print book production and traditional publishing，即取代传统的出版业和印刷业的工人。A项为作家创造新的工作机会不是负面影响。B，D两项原文未提。
10.A A)社会应确保穷人能接触这项技术。
B)社会应该禁止电子书籍的使用以减少视疲劳。
C)在电子书籍能被回收利用的情况下，社会应鼓励人们使用电子书籍。 D)社会应该解决电子书籍带来的现实问题。
此题考核词的理解。第三段提出使用电子书籍需要满足的条件，其中之一“be sure the have-nots get the technology”的意思是穷人也获得这种技术。B项原文并没有说要禁止使用电子书籍。C项只提到一点，不全面。
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