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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )



Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.


1.

A) T
B) F
Script: Nowadays, the crime rate is rising more dramatically in the rural areas than in the urban areas.

正确答案： A
2.

A) T
B) F
Script: We seldom see the notice posted on the window stating the house is under surveillance.

正确答案： B
3.

A) T
B) F
Script: We have never thought about why we are so self-protected from our neighbors and fellow citizens.

正确答案： A
4.

A) T
B) F
Script: Nowadays, people can have a free access to most private enterprises as usual.

正确答案： B
5.

A) T
B) F
Script: The quality of our lives has been promoted with electronic X-ray equipment protecting us against terrorists.

正确答案： B
6.

A) T
B) F
Script: More emphasis on security means we are upset and lack a sense of security.

正确答案： A
7.

A) T
B) F
Script: I never felt threatened by criminals whether I was married or divorced.

正确答案： B
8.

A) T
B) F
Script: Although I advocate education for sex and AIDS, I refuse to teach my son about guns because it is too dangerous.

正确答案： B
9.

A) T
B) F
Script: I felt relieved after I had a gun and knew how to use it efficiently.

正确答案： B
10.

A) T
B) F
Script: To expel the evils from our life, we become so distrusted and detached that we imprison ourselves.

正确答案： A


Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.


Human rights groups say women suffer disproportionately from the global trade in small arms, considering that they are (11)_________________ not the ones who buy and use guns. That’s according to a report (12)_________________ ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
The stories are uniformly (13)_________________ , and they come from all over the world. A 19-year-old Iraqi woman is shot in the legs by her husband after she tried to (14)_________________ their abusive relationship. A woman in the Solomon Islands i

s raped at (15)_________________ by a police (16)_________________ . A schoolgirl in Brazil ends up in a (17)_________________ , after being caught in crossfire during (18)_________________ .
The report recommends that individual countries tighten gun-control laws, and demand licenses for anyone who wants to own a gun. It also recommends training police and other (19)_________________ to better understand and respect women’s situation when it comes to gun-related violence.
"The criminal justice system is probably the most important key in a solution to reduce gun violence against women. And that also shows that, if governments are serious, that will show within the criminal justice system," said Judy Bassingthwaite, who heads a group called Gun Free South Africa, part of the International Action Network on Small Arms.
The report also calls for an international treaty to regulate (20)_________________ in small arms, banning their sale in areas where they are likely to be used to commit crimes against humanity.

Script: Human rights groups say women suffer disproportionately from the global trade in small arms, considering that they are generally not the ones who buy and use guns. That’s according to a report issued ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
The stories are uniformly horrifying, and they come from all over the world. A 19-year-old Iraqi woman is shot in the legs by her husband after she tried to escape their abusive relationship. A woman in the Solomon Islands is raped at gunpoint by a police commander. A schoolgirl in Brazil ends up in a wheelchair, after being caught in crossfire during an armed robbery.
The report recommends that individual countries tighten gun-control laws, and demand licenses for anyone who wants to own a gun. It also recommends training police and other law enforcement officials to better understand and respect women’s situation when it comes to gun-related violence.
"The criminal justice system is probably the most important key in a solution to reduce gun violence against women. And that also shows that, if governments are serious, that will show within the criminal justice system," said Judy Bassingthwaite, who heads a group called Gun Free South Africa, part of the International Action Network on Small Arms.
The report also calls for an international treaty to regulate the global trade in small arms, banning their sale in areas where they are likely to be used to commit crimes against humanity.

正确答案： generally

正确答案： issued

正确答案： horrifying

正确答案： escape

正确答案： gunpoint

正确答案： commander

正确答案： wheelchair

正确答案： an armed robbery

正确答案： law enforcement officials

正确答案： the global trade



Part II Reading Comprehension (

25 minutes )



Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.


Suburbs and country areas are, in many ways, even more 21 than well-patroled urban streets. Statistics show the crime rate rising more dramatically in those 22 tranquil areas than in cities. 23 , the era of leaving the front door on the latch is over.
It has been 24 by dead-bolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires hooked up to a police station or 25 guard firm. Many suburban families have sliding glass doors on their patios, with steel bars elegantly 26 so no one can pry the doors open.
It is not uncommon, in the most pleasant of homes, to see 27 on the windows small notices 28 that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company.
The lock is the new 29 of America. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company featured not charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child’s bicycle with the now-usual padlock 30 to it.

A) private B) built in C) symbol D) posted
E) announcing F) detached G) pasted H) attached
I) personal J) invulnerable K) allegedly L) vulnerable
M) replaced N) In no case O) At any rate

21. ______________________

正确答案： L

22. ______________________

正确答案： K

23. ______________________

正确答案： O

24. ______________________

正确答案： M

25. ______________________

正确答案： A

26. ______________________

正确答案： B

27. ______________________

正确答案： G

28. ______________________

正确答案： E

29. ______________________

正确答案： C

30. ______________________

正确答案： H


Section B

Directions: There are several passages in this section. 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.


Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.



It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people — mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany — were packed aboard. An ice storm ha

d turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. I’ll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave — and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.
Now Germany’s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children — with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn’t dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: "Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious.
As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn’t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings."
The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable — and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country’s monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使……不得势) the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today’s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they’ve now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.

31.

Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in maritime history?
A) It happened in the final winter of World War II.
B) It caused the largest number of casualties.
C) Most of its passengers were frozen to death.
D) Its victims were mostly women, children and old people.

正确答案： B
32.

Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when ________.
A) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side
B) the deck was frozen by an ice storm
C) the cruise ship was attacked by Russian torpedoes
D) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats

正确答案： A
33.

The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century because Germans ________.
A) were eager to win international acceptance
B) ha

d been forced to keep silent about it
C) were afraid of facing the terrible past
D) felt guilty for their crimes in World War II

正确答案： D
34.

How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?
A) By describing the ship’s sinking in great detail.
B) By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.
C) By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.
D) By depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.

正确答案： D
35.

Germans discuss the historical tragedy now after a long silence because ________.
A) They had paid for the nation’s past misdeeds
B) they hope to be accepted by other countries
C) they only want to make the tragedy clear
D) they just show sympathy to the dead

正确答案： C

Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Trade secrets cover everything that patents cover, and much more. A trade secret is knowledge, which may include business knowledge or technical knowledge, that is kept secret for the purpose of gaining an advantage in business over one's competitors. Customer lists, sources of supply of scarce material, or sources of supply with faster delivery or lower prices may be trade secrets. Certainly, secret processes, formulas, techniques, manufacturing know-how, advertising schemes, marketing programs, and business plans are all protectable.
There is no standard of invention to meet as there is with a patent. If the idea is new in this context, if it is secret with respect to this particular industry or product, then it can be protected as a trade secret. Unlike patents, trademarks, and copyrights, there is no formal procedure for obtaining trade secret protection. Protection is established by the nature of the secret and the effort to keep it secret.
A trade secret is protected eternally against disclosure by all those who have received it in confidence and all who would obtain it by theft for as long as the knowledge or information is kept secret. In contrast to patent protection, there are no statutory (法定的) requirements for novelty or restrictions on the subject matter.
The disadvantage of trade secrets compared with patents is that there is no protection against discovery by fair means, such as accidental disclosure and independent inventions. Many important inventions, such as the laser and the airplane, were developed more or less simultaneously by different persons. Trade secret protection would not permit the first inventor to prevent the second and subsequent inventors from exploiting the invention as a patent would.



36.

Compared with patents, trade secrets ______.
A) are easier to protect
B) should meet certain standard of invention
C) need statutory support
D) cover a larger scope

正确答

案： D
37.

______ is a trade secret.
A) M in McDonald
B) An employment contract
C) A Manual of Volkswagon
D) Formula

正确答案： D
38.

The protection of ______ becomes effective without any formal procedure.
A) trade secrets
B) patents
C) copyrights
D) trademarks

正确答案： A
39.

A trade secret doesn't have to be something ______.
A) novel
B) unique
C) complicated
D) useful

正确答案： A
40.

Unlike patents, ______.
A) trade secrets can be obtained by others illegally
B) there might be more than one owner for one trade secret
C) trade secrets are often stolen by others
D) trade secrets are often disclosed to the public

正确答案： A



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.

Tom, did it ever ______ to you that you would be punished for cheating in exams?
A) happen
B) occur
C) reflect
D) strike

正确答案： B
42.

An important factor in determining how well you perform in an examination is the ________ of your mind.
A) state
B) case
C) situation
D) circumstance

正确答案： A
43.

As ________ announced in today’s papers, the Shanghai Export Commodities Fair is also open on Sundays.
A) being
B) is
C) to be
D) been

正确答案： B
44.

Those who ______ doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer.
A) assist
B) acknowledge
C) advocate
D) admit

正确答案： C
45.

He had his camera ready, just ______ he saw something that would make a good picture.
A) now that
B) only if
C) if only
D) in case

正确答案： D
46.

Many businesses have ______ because of the recession.
A) closed up
B) closed in
C) closed down
D) closed around

正确答案： C
47.

British and American justice works on the ________ that an accused person is innocent until he’s proved guilty.
A) premise
B) promise
C) possibility
D) procedure

正确答案： A
48.

In case of damage, our manager had all the possessions _________.
A) insured
B) ensured
C) assured
D) guaranteed

正确答案： A
49.

The local government has ________ several highways in this district.
A) put on
B) put up
C) put over
D) put down

正确答案： B
50.

The

suspect ________ that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of crime.
A) advocated
B) alleged
C) addressed
D) announced

正确答案： B
51.

Even now, World Health Organization (WHO) specialists are not completely sure that the coronavirus (冠状病毒), which they have identified in patients is the sole cause, and there are many _______ features about the method of transmission.
A) intriguing
B) shiny
C) puzzling
D) aggressive

正确答案： C
52.

It is surprising such a criminal should _______ a great scholar.
A) pass for
B) regard as
C) single out
D) boast as

正确答案： A
53.

This nation has defeated tyrants and _______ death camps, raised this lamp of liberty to every captive land.
A) overseen
B) enforced
C) liberated
D) unsung

正确答案： C
54.

Insurance companies blame rising medical bills for high _______ costs.
A) policy
B) painful
C) household
D) guarantee

正确答案： A
55.

Terrified villagers have ______ themselves into their house.
A) insured
B) hitched
C) resisted
D) barricaded

正确答案： D
56.

She ______ a new career for herself as a singer.
A) invested
B) whipped
C) forged
D) diverged

正确答案： C
57.

The Labor Party ______ its new strategy for industry.
A) imposed
B) commenced
C) squashed
D) forged

正确答案： B
58.

The red words _______ against the white wall.
A) stand by
B) stand for
C) stand out
D) stand back

正确答案： C
59.

She endured the hardships without ________ a complaint.
A) as much as
B) so much as
C) as many as
D) so many as

正确答案： B
60.

The discrimination against women was _________ system from the very beginning.
A) built into
B) built up
C) built on
D) built over

正确答案： A



Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )



Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.


61. Believe it or not, ____________________ (警察的确设置了障碍物来控制人群).

正确答案： the police did put up barriers to control the crowd
62. Colds can be held at bay by increasing your intake of fruit and vegetables, ____________________ (它们热量低且维生素C丰富).

正确答案： which are both low in calories and rich in Vitamin C
63. Because of lack of capital, ____________________ (两年前成立的这家公司三个月后将关闭).

正确答案： the firm established two years ago will be closed up in th

ree months
64. Unfortunately, the rich father indulges his son with plenty of pocket money, ____________________ (这把他儿子给毁了).

正确答案： which has brought about his son's ruin
65. Considering that Martha had worked for this company for 25 years, ____________________ (经理建议不要降低她的工资).

正确答案： the manager suggested that Martha's wages not be decreased