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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet I. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B)
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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet I. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Rich Man, Poor Man
Gluers and sawyers from the furniture factories in Galax near the mountains of Virginia lost their jobs last year when American retailers decided they could find a better supplier in China. At the other end of the furniture industry Robert Nardelli lost his job this month when Home Depot decided it could find a better chief executive in his deputy. But any likeness ends there. Mr. Nardelli's exit was as extravagantly rewarded as his occupation of the corner office had been. Next to his $ 210 million severance pay, the redundant woodworkers packages were mean to the point of provocation (激怒).
That's the way it goes all over the rich world. If you look back 20 years, the total pay of the typical top American manager has increased from roughly 40 times the average--the level for four decades -- to 110 times the average now. These are the glory days of global capitalism. The mix of technology and economic integration transforming the world has created unparalleled prosperity. In the past five years the world has seen faster growth than at any time since the early 1970s. Having joined the global labor force, hundreds of millions of people in developing countries have won the chance to escape squalor (肮脏) and poverty. Hundreds of millions more stand to join them.
That promises to improve the lot of humanity as a whole incalculably. But in the rich world labor's share of GDP has fallen to historic lows, while profits are soaring. A clamor is abroad that Mr. Nardelli and his friends among the top hundredth -- or even the top thousandth -- of the population are seizing the lion's share of globalization's gains. Meanwhile everyone else -- not just blue-collar factory workers but also the wider office -- working middle class -- shuffles along, grimly waiting for the next round of cost-cuts.
Fear and clothing
Signs of a backlash abound. Stephen Roach, the chief economist at Morgan Stanley, has counted 27 pieces of anti-China legislation in Congress since early 2005. The German Marshall Fund found last year that, although most people still say they favor free trade, more than half of Americans want to protect domestic companies from foreign competition even if that slows economic growth. In a hint of labor's possible resurgence, the House of Representatives has just voted to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade. Even Japan is alarmed about inequality, stagnant (不景气的) wages and jobs going to China. Europe has tied itself in knots trying to "manage" trade in Chinese textiles.
Should you blame your computer?
The panic comes in part from a rush to lump all the blame on globalization. Technology -- an even less resistible force -- is also destroying white- and blue-collar tasks in a puff of automation and may play a bigger role in explaining rising wage inequality. The distinctions between technology and globalization count, if only because people tend to welcome computers but condemn foreigners (whether as competitors or immigrants). That makes technology easier to defend.
For economists, the debate about whether technology or globalization is responsible for capital's rewards outpacing those of labor is crucial, complicated and unresolved. One school, which blames globalization, argues that the rocketing profits and sluggish middling wages of the past few years are the long-lasting results of trade, as all those new develo
A．seemed to be redundant
B．irritated them
C．satisfied them
D．was close to Mr. Nardelli's
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第1题：
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking skill and artistry are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure. The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world. In all, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artists-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph.
The intention was to have the collection represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States. Although it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower parts and magnified details. Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models ate kept in locked cases, as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use.
31. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers.
B. The Live Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka.
C. Flowers Native to the United States.
D. Materials Used for Artificial Flowers.
正确答案：A
31．答案为A。根据文章中心大意，第一段第一句和第四句，Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purposes。The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world。作出该项选择。
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第2题：
There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.
6. ----Bradford graduated from college with honors at a very young age.
----He _____ have been an outstanding student.
A must B could C should D might
正确答案：A
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第3题：
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
6. I ______ my work by this time yesterday evening.
A. did
B. would do
C. had done
正确答案：C6．答案为C 指到过去某叫为止的事情。
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第4题：
Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
We are interested in the weather because it (21) us so directly—what we wear, (22) we do, and even how we feel. Geographers, however, are (23) interested in climate than in weather. Climate is the pattern of all the weather conditions over a long period of time. Generally (24) , climate (25) to these normal weather conditions, not (26) daily or yearly changes.
Climate, like weather, changes (27) time. It is true (28) these changes (29) a long time, but not as long as we might expect. Records show that over the centuries large portions of the earth have experienced great changes (30) climate.
21. A. effects
B. defects
C. infects
D. affects
正确答案：D21．答案为D 根据空格，此处为动词，affect，vt． “影响”。effect，vt． “引起变化”。defect， vi.“逃跑”。infect，vt．“感染”。
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第5题：
Part A
51. Directions:
You have just received a letter from a company, which replied your application for a job and asked you to go to the interview on August 30. Please write a reply which is about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET II. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)
正确答案：
Dear Mr．Wang，
Thank you for your reply of August 20 about my application for a position．It came to hand this morning as a pleasant surprise． I am glad to tell you that I will attend the interview at the time you set for the morning of August 30．I will bring along full details of my testimonials as you suggested，
I Would like to introduce myself to the company and hope to be a member of it．I would certainly spare no effort to acquit myself to your satisfaction．
Yours respectfully，
X X X
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第6题：
In the following essay, each blank has four choices. Choose the best answer and write down on the answer sheet.
Spread spectrum simply means that data is sent in(66)pieces over a number of the discrete frequencies available for use at any time in the specified range. Devices using(67) spread spectrum (DSSS)communicate by splitting each(68)of data into several parts and sending them concurrently on different (69), DSSS uses a lot of the available(70), about 22 megahertz (MHz).
A．small
B．high
C．low
D．long
正确答案：A
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第7题：
For each blank, choose the best answer from the four choices and write down on the answer'sheet.
(66)is a protocol that a host uses to inform. a router when it joins or leaves an Internet multicast group.
(67)is an error detection code that most data communication networks use.
(68)is an interior gateway protocol that uses a distance vector algorithm to propagate routing information.
(69)is a transfer mode in which all types of information are organized into fixed form. cells on an asynchronous or non-periodic basis over a range of media.
(70)is an identifier of a web page.
A．ICMP
B．SMTP
C．IGMP
D．ARP
正确答案：C
解析：IGMP协议是接收者发现协议。IGMP协议运行在主机和路由器之间，用于路由器维护组播组是否有组成员。IGMP只维护组播组是否有成员，而不维护组播组有哪些成员，因此状态信息不会因组播组成员的增加而增加。
循环冗余校验(cyclic redundancy check，CRC)是由分组线性码的分解而来，其主要应用是二元码组，主要应用于数据传输过程中的差错控制。
OSPF是一个内部网关协议(Interior Gateway Protocol，IGP)，用于在单一自治系统 (autonomous system，AS)内决策路由。与RIP相对，OSPF是链路状态路由协议，而RIP是距离向量路由协议。它是依靠距离，即跳数来衡量一条路径的好坏。通过距离向量路由算法来传播路由信息。
ATM是异步传输模式，实现OSI物理层和链路层功能。ATM以独有的ATM信元进行数据传输，每个ATM信元为53个字节。ATM不严格要求信元交替地从不同的源到来，每一列从各个源来的信元，没有特别的模式，信元可以从任意不同的源到来，而且不要求从一台计算机来的信元流是连续的，数据信元可以有间隔，这些间隔由特殊的空闲信元(idle cell)填充。
URL(Uniform. Resource Locator)是单一资源定位符，是一种用来鉴别文件与资源在WWW中地址的专用表示。 -
第8题：
Directions: There are 15 sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
6. ______ you go there early, there won't be much a chance of getting a ticket.
A. Until
B. If
C. Unless
D. If only
正确答案：C答案为C。不会有很多机会得到票，除非你早点到那儿。unless“除非”；until“直到” if“如果”；if ioly如果......该多好”。只有C选项能用在句中。
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第9题：
PART Ⅰ: INCOMPLETE SENTENCES
Directions: This part of the test has incomplete sentences. Four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), (D), are given beneath each sentence. You are to choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer.
1. It is on October 1,2009 that the People's Republic of China ______ its 60th birthday.A. congratulated
B. kept
C. remained
D. celebrated答案：D解析：这句话的意思是：2009年10月1日，中华人民共和国(人民)庆祝祖国建立60周年。congratulate表示"向某人祝 贺"；keep表示"保持，遵守"；remain表示"逗留，继续存在"；celebrate表示"庆祝，庆贺，赞美，歌颂"。故D项符合题意。 -
第10题：
PART Ⅰ: INCOMPLETE SENTENCES
Directions: This part of the test has incomplete sentences. Four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), (D), are given beneath each sentence. You are to choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer.
Actress Lisa Ross--Ellis filed a lawsuit against The Entertainment Files magazine over false ______ made in their November issue.A. accuse
B. accusative
C. accusations
D. accusatory答案：C解析：accuse是动词，表示"谴责，控告"；accusative表示"宾格(的)"；accusation是名词，表示"指控，罪 名"；accusatory是形容词，表示"责难的，指责的，控诉的"。根据上下文，这里应该填入一个名词，作为定语从句的先行词。故本题正确答案为C。 -
第11题：
问答题Directions: In this part of the test, you will answer three questions. For each question, begin responding immediately after you hear a beep. No preparation time is provided.Practice 1Imagine that an Irish marketing firm is doing research in your country. You have agreed to participate in a telephone interview about vegetables in your diet.Question: Do you regularly eat vegetables?正确答案： (1)Yes, I like different kinds of vegetables, and try to eat lots of vegetables every day.
解 析:该回答用everyday有针对性地回答了问题中的regularly。
(2)No, I don’t really like the taste of most of them.,but consider its nutritive value,I will try and eat more.
解 析:做了否定回答并给出相应理由。
(3)Yeah, it’s good for us, so I eat them.
解 析:该回答给出了简洁又自然的回答。解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题INTERVIEW2 In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. Which of the following is NOT Vera’s tip for finding a new job?ANarrow down the scope of search.
BDecide what you value the most.
CDo some soul searching.
DMake your resume distinctive.
正确答案： A解析： 关于找工作的建议，访谈中女士提到，进行核心搜索。接着又提到，按优先次序列出5到10件你认为在工作中最重要的事情。也就是找出你最想要的。另外还谈到，必须使你的简历脱颖而出。故排除B、C、D项。文中并未提及选项A内容，故A项为正确答案。 -
第13题：
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A water B porter C daughter D laughter
正确答案：D
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第14题：
Ⅰ. Phonetics (5 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A. meat
B. leap
C. ahead
D. speak
正确答案：C
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第15题：
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions, There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
6. I know the difference between these two words. So ______ they.
A. know
B. will
C. do
D. does
正确答案：C6．答案为C 我知道这两个词的区别，他们也知道。so表示“也...”，句型为so+助动词+主语，根据前一句的谓语动词，得知应选C。
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第16题：
Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (75 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
Passage One
Early in November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure (停电). The Mayor promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists (悲观主义者) were certain that it would happen again within five years. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced a serious disorder throughout the city. At that time the city was in one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted (劫掠). Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policeman available was far from enough and some looters even carry guns.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most business remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:30 P.M., when lightning hit and knocked out supply cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
31. According to the first paragraph, who were right: the authorities or the pessimists?
A. The authorities.
B. The pessimists.
C. Both.
D. Neither.
正确答案：D31．答案为D 从第一段可知1965年大停电后政府和悲观主义者的预测都不正确。
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第17题：
Part A
51.Directions:
Your friend Steven and Jenny have just had a new baby boy. Please write a letter to congratulate them. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET II. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points )
正确答案：
参考范文
Dear Jenny:
How happy you must be to have a beautiful new baby boy. The happiness in my heart is just the same with you, Now you' ye experienced the joy that only a new mother knows as her baby is put into her arms for the first time.
I am sure that the little stranger must look like his father and some years later he will be a smart fellow.
May the years ahead he filled with good health and good for tune for you and Steven and your little what’s his name. Best wishes to all of you!
Very sincerely yours,
x x x
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第18题：
Part A
51. Directions:
You are planning to ask your friend to join an outing. Express your idea clearly as follows:
1) details about what you are going to do;
2) when and where you will go out.
You should write no less than 100 words and on ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter.
You do not need to write the address.
正确答案：
[参考范文]
Dear Li Ying,
Haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been? I am missing you all the time. As the weather is splendid now, Jack, Lucy and I have made a plan to go out to the countryside by hike. Each of us may take food for the picnic, which we will have at the hillside. The countryside must be very lovely, with grass and trees growing flourishingly, flowers full bloom and bright Sunshine. We can enjoy the scenery to our hearts' content, at the same time and take some pictures as a memory. It is possible for us to meet at the bus stop at 8 a.m. I am sure we will have a good time. Do come and join us.
Yours always,
×××
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第19题：
请教:2009年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试(A)卷第2大题第1小题如何解答?【题目描述】
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. The driver was at ____ loss when ____ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.
A a;/
B a;the
C the;the
D /;/
正确答案：A -
第20题：
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Four Chinese models were ______ the 14 people awarded prizes on Friday at the World Supermodel Competition.
A. among
B. between
C. along
D. beside
正确答案：A
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第21题：
PART Ⅰ: INCOMPLETE SENTENCES
Directions: This part of the test has incomplete sentences. Four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), (D), are given beneath each sentence. You are to choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mark your answer.
Mr. Voorhies planned to send the dresser and bed that ______ purchased in Bali to the Netherlands.A. he
B. his
C. him
D. himself答案：A解析：that引导的是一个定语从句，从句缺少主语，应该填入人称代词的主格形式。故本题正确答案为A。 -
第22题：
单选题Solve the problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given. A certain standardized test taken by business school applicants demands that the test takers answer 37 quantitative questions within 75 minutes. Which of the following is closest to the average amount of time the test takers can spend on each question?A1 minute, 58 seconds
B2 minutes, 2 seconds
C2 minutes, 5 seconds
D2 minutes, 12 seconds
E121.6 minutes
正确答案： E解析：
由题目可知，考生需要在75分钟做完37道题，故通过计算可知平均121.6秒钟完成一道题，故B项正确。 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 1Directions: In this part of the test, you will answer three questions based on the information provided. You will have 30 seconds to read the information before the questions begin. For each question, begin responding immediately after you hear a beep. No additional preparation time is provided. You will have 15 seconds to respond to Questions 1 and 2 and 30 seconds to respond to Question 3.Practice 1 Question 1: How much are tickets? Question 2: I heard Time Against Time was coming out. Is it playing there yet? Question 3: I might not be able to go to the theater until 7:30. Which movies are playing at around that time?正确答案： 1: It’s eight dollars and ninety-five cents for adult tickets. And for kids, it’s five dollars and ninety-five cents.
或:An adult ticket is eight ninety-five and a ticket for a child is five ninety-five.
解 析:解答本类题型最重要的是从屏幕显示的文件或日程表中快速找到问题对应的部分从而作答。本题问How much…询问的是价格,所以在日程表下面找到票价作答。记住dollar和cent后面要加复数-s,dollar和cent之间要用and连接。
2:Yes, it is playing in the theater, and it plays at several different times.
或:Yes, it is being shown at the theater at present.
解 析:本部分的问题通过录音形式播放,不会显示在屏幕上,所以更要集中注意力听好。这道题用不含疑问词的疑问句提问,所以首先要回答Yes或No,再做进一步必要的说明。虽然可以直接使用提问中的is playing表示“上映”,但此处使用is being shown更体现多样的表达能力。
3:Well, you have many choices. At seven forty, Geneva is playing and five minutes later, Whispers in the Silence is playing. And a little bit later, at ten to eight, Rabbit Stew is going to start.
或:At seven forty we’re showing Geneva, and Whispers in the Silence will start five minutes later. You could also see Rabbit Stew at seven fifty.
解 析:本题要求考生综合所给的事件或信息进行说明。以上问题询问某个特定时间段有些什么电影,所以要恰当使用时间状语从句回答。说时间时,除了答案中所用的方法外,还可使用以下这种方法。7:40 twenty to eight;7:45 quarter to eight;7:50 ten to eight。解析： 暂无解析