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1、Key to Model Test ThreePart I WritingCompetitionCompetition makes people more creative and effective. It urges them to plan better, to try harder, and to achieve more. With a desire to excel in their work, people tend to perform more creatively and more efficiently.Competition helps produce better p

2、roducts and provide better services. In the present world of intense competition, every manufacture tries his best to outmatch his competitor by producing goods of better quality at lower costs. As a result, consumers pay less and receive better service.Competition promotes further development of so

3、ciety. If there were no competition, people would remain complacent and be unwilling to make any efforts or risk anything new. However, with fierce competition going on, they exert themselves to accomplish more. Their accomplishment will, in one way or another, contribute to the progress of society.

4、Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. 【解析】 Y 根据第一段。2. 【解析】丫根据earthquakes strikes in gap勺第段判断。3. 【解析】丫根据gaps used to predict quake中的最后一段最后一句判断正 确。4. 【解析】N 根据第十二段，Cows broke their halters and tried to escape.没 有 交代 ran away from their sheds。5. 【解析】N这里的cat指的是cougaro6. 【解析】N 根据第十四段最后三句话

5、，我们可以得出，并不是所有的动 物都 能感受到的。7. 【解析】丫 参看第十五段。8. 【解析】 east木艮据第三段，But none had occurred in one particular spot east of Naples for many years.9. 【解析】the seismic gap根据第七段，Finally, after about 50 years, rock in the seismic gap either suddenly breaks or moves under the great stress.10. 【解析】the dan ger zon e/t

6、he prospective quake zon根 据第十四段，They moved people away from the dan ger zone and saved thousa nds of liv如果能写出 the prospective quake zone也是可 以的。Part IIISection AListening Comprehension11. M: What did you think of the new building?W: I don t think it is the most attractive building I have seen.Q: What

7、 is the women s opinion of the building?【解析】D男士问：你认为这个新楼怎么样？女士说：这不是我见过的最 吸引人的大楼。选项 D 中 She doesn? t think much of the building 意思是说 她 对这栋大楼评价不高。12. W: Mr. Lee, a young man is here to see you. He said you had an appointment with him at half past nine.M: Oh, I almost forgot it.Q: Which is the time for

8、 the appointment?【解析】A 女士说：李先生，一个年轻人说要见你。他说与您约好九点半 见面的。男士说：我差点儿忘了。由此可见，约定的时间是九点半。13. M: Is this school really as good as people say?W: It used to be even better.Q: How s the school?【解析】A 男士问这座学校真的像人们说的那样好么。女士回答说它过 去更好些。因此，即是说这座学校不如过去好了，从这得出对这座学校的评 价。14. W: Did you watch the game yesterday?M: I wante

9、d to, but Marie was watching a movie on Channel 5, so I watched it with her.You know Marie, she can t stand football.Q: Why didn t the man watch the game?【解析】D本题关键在于听出玛丽亚受不了足球这句You know Maria,she can t sta nd football.因此，男士虽然本想看球赛的，但是玛丽亚在看五频道 的一个电影，他就跟她一起看了那个电影。15. M: I think it s high time we turne

10、d our attention to the danger of drunk drivingnow.W: I can t agree with you more. You see, countless innocent people are killed by drunk drivers each year.Q: What does the woman mean?【解析】D 男士说：我们是时候该注意酒后驾驶的危险了。女士说：我再 同意不过了，每年有无数无辜的人被酒后驾车的司机致死。因此，女士的 意 思是应该注意到酒后驾车的危害性。16. M: If I were you, Id ride a

11、bike to work. Taking a crowded bus during rush hours is really terrible.W: Thank you for your advice, but my bike has got a flat tyre.Q: How would the woman most probably get to work?【解析】A关键词在于flat tyre车胎没气了。男士说：如果我是你我会骑 自行车去上班。在上班高峰期挤公车实在太糟糕了。女士说：谢谢你的建 议，但是我自行车车胎没气了。那么，由此可见，女士仍然会挤公车上班去。17. M: Why d

12、id Margaret call yesterday?W: She wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【解析】D 男士问：玛格丽特昨天打电话来干什么？女士回答说：她想拿 回她借给我的杂志。因此，正确答案为 Margaret wanted to get some magazines back from the woman.18. M: Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the nearest hotel?W: S

13、orry, I m a stranger here. There s a policeman over there. Why don t you ask him?Q: What do we learn about this woman from the conversation?【解析】C听出r m a stranger即可得出答案。男士问：您能告诉我最近 的旅馆在哪儿吗？女士说：对不起，我也是外地人。那儿有个警察，为什么 不问问他。由此可见，这个女士也不知道最近的旅馆在哪儿。Now youll hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Hi

14、, Michael, look what just found. Right here in the sand.W: A piece of wood? Oh, driftwood, interesting shape. Almost like some sort of modern sculpture.M: Yeah, and feel how smooth it is.W: Mm. Must have been in the water a long time. It could have been drifting in the ocean currents for months, or

15、even years.M: In the currents. Doesnt the wind just blow things around out there?W: Well, sure. But the currents were always moving, too, almost like rivers, but underwater rivers, flowing through the ocean.M: So how have they found out where these currents go? Stick a message in a bottle and throw

16、it in the water?W: Dont laugh. In fact, I was reading in a science magazine that oceanographers have released a huge number of bottles into the ocean over the years. They wanted to map out where the currents would carry them.M: Say, I bet after they have found out where all those bottles ended up, t

17、hey can enter all that data into a computer and make a pretty detailed model to show where the currents go.W: In fact, they did. And they also found the neat way to test that model. There was a freighter carrying sneakers from a factory in Asia. It was caught in a big storm and thousands of pairs of

18、 sneakers got dumped into the Pacific Ocean.M: Really? What a waste!W: Yeah. Turns out, though, that hundreds of these shoes started washing up on beaches somewhere near Seattle, just about where the computer models had predicted the currents would carry them.M: Gee, you mean all that stuff I found

19、on the beaches might be part of some bigscientific experiment? I thought it was all just trash.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the speakers mainly discussing?【解析】C两个说话者由最初发现的一个漂流木开始讨论，讨论洋流的 流 向以及海洋学家们是如何绘制洋流流向图的。因此，本题正确答案应为： Mapping currents in the o

20、cean.20. What did the man find on the beach?【解析】 A 男士在海滩上发现了什么，本题在对话开始处就给出了明确 答 案。他发现了一个很有趣的漂流木。因此，正确答案应为： An interesting piece of wood.21. According to the magazine article, what did scientists put into the ocean?【解析】 B从对话的这一段 I was reading in a scienee magazine that oceanographershave released a h

21、uge number of bottles into the ocean over the years可知科学家将许多瓶子放入海洋里。22. What can be inferred from the story about the sneakers?【解析】C从运动鞋的故事里可以得出怎样的结论。运动鞋沉入海里， 顺 着洋流漂到了西雅图的海滩，正好证实了电脑模型预测洋流会将它们带到 的 位置。但这个实验并非事先就计划好的，因此四个选项中只有C项符合题意 Not all useful experiments are planned ahead of time.Conversation TwoM:

22、 Did you know that astronauts have made commercial products in space?W: No, I wasn t aware of that. What kind of products?M: Tiny plastic beads.W: Beads? Do you mean to tell me that astronauts have nothing better to do than make jewelry beads in space? It seems to me they can make more useful things

23、 out there.M: Oh, but these plastic beads aren t for jewelry. They can be used for many scientific purposes, from conducting cancer research to calibrating microscopes.W: That sounds better. But why make such objects in space rather than on earth?M: Because earth s gravitational pull affects the bea

24、ds. The beads on earth are distorted, not exactly round. The ones made in space are precise spheres.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What are the speakers mainly discussing?【解析】B 从对话的开头就可以看出astro nauts have made commercialproducts in space主要讨论的就是在太空中生产的产品。24.

25、According to the conversation, what is a likely use for the beads?【解析】A They can be used for many scientific purposes, from conductingcancer research to calibrating microscopes从可作癌症研究的用途中能看出可 作医学研究。25. According to the man, why did astronauts make beads in space?【解析】D因为地球引力作用使球不纯圆。The beads on earth

26、 are distorted, not exactly round在太空中做的球会非常圆。Section B Passage OneMr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called “World News ” . Mostly it had summaries of important week events from around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting peopl

27、e. Mr. Foster put these in becausehe believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two other magazines. One was called Enterprise for business people. And the other was called Action, for sportsmen. Like World News ”，they always have two or three stories

28、about interesting people. Five years ago. Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. This one was named Faces and Places . From the very beginning, it was a big success. Questions 26 to 28 are ba

29、sed on the passage you have just heard.26. Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine World News ?【解析】 C Mr. Foster put these in because he believed all people like to read about other people他认为人们更喜欢读有关他人的信息。27. Which magazine is a sportsman most likely to buy?【解析】A 本题文中

30、直接可见答案。And the other was called “ Actio n，”for sportsmen. 13此可见，运动员最可能买的杂志是Actiono28. What is Mr. Foster s profession?【解析】 D 根据首句“Mr.Foster started his publishing business.可知，福斯特先生是个出版商 。 He is a publisher.Passage TwoResearchers have discovered a link between drinking and thinking. A moderate amount

31、 of alcohol may help us keep our mental abilities as we age. Brain scans show alcohol abuse kills brain cells. But little is known about the effects of life-long drinking. So moderate drinkers may want to toast new findings from researchers at Duke, Indiana Universities. Dr. Joe Christian of Indiana

32、 Universities says men who have one or two drinks each day retain slightly stronger comprehension skills than the non-drinker or the heavy drinker. The doctor and his colleagues gave mental tests to nearly 4,000 male twins between the ages of 66 and 76. The moderate drinkers had slightly better reas

33、oning ability than their brothers who drink more or less. Other studies have found that alcohol in moderation can help the heart. But alcohol abuse can cause bone loss and other health problems. This study was presented at an alcoholism meeting in San Antonio.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the pass

34、age you have just heard.29. What has recent research found about drinking?【解析】c研究者最近发现适量的饮酒可以使人变老时，保持智慧。Amoderate amount of alcohol may help us keep our mental abilities as we age.30. How would moderate drinkers feel about the new research findings?【 解析】 B So moderate drinkers may want to toast new

35、findings from researchersat Duke, Indiana Universities.本题要听出关键词 toast为敬酒祝贺之 意。即适 量饮酒者会为这个新发现举酒庆祝，所以他们当然是高兴的。31. Where was the result of the study first made public?【解析】A 从这一句 This study was presented at an alcoholism meeting inSan An to nio.可知这个结果是在个会议上首次展示出来的。关键词在于 meetingoPassage ThreeThere are th

36、ree groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students who have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about students who want to learn specialist English

37、 for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third group have a clear idea about what they want to learn. A bank clerk, for example, wants to use this specialist vocabulary and technical terms of finance. But for teachers, deciding how to teach specialist English is not alw

38、ays so easy. For a start, the variety is enormous. Every field from air-line pilots to secretaries has its own vocabulary and technical terms. Teachers also need to have an up-to-date knowledge of that specialist language, and not many teachers are exposed to working environments outside the classro

39、om. These issues have influenced the way specialist English is taught in schools. This type of course is usually known as English for Specific Purposes or ESP and there are ESP courses for almost every area of professional and working life. In Britain, for example, there are courses which teach Engl

40、ish for doctors, lawyers, reporters, travel agents and people working in the hotel industry. By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What is the characteristic of learners of special English?【解析】D专业英语的学习者的特点是他们

41、明确的知道自己要学什么。They know clearly what they want to learn.33. Who needs ESP courses most?【解析】A最需要ESP课程的是那些专门从事某项职业的人员，因此正 确答案为 professionals o34. What are the most popular ESP courses in Britain?【解析】B短文最后一句点出了本题的答案，在英国最流行的专业英语 课是关于商务英语的。 By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.35.

42、What is the speaker mainly talking about?【解析】C这篇文章主要讲了些什么？很显然，全文都在讲专业英语， 即ESP, English for Specific PurposesoSection C36.【答案】 includeo 一个大家庭有三代人。【解析】in elude意思为“包括，包含”37.【答案】 benefit【解析】ben efit意思为“益处，好处” 帮助的时候相互帮助。大家庭的好处就是成员间可在需要38.【答案】 provided【解析】 provide 意思为“供应，供给” 能靠他们的儿女来供养。o 祖父母不能再挣钱养活自己，只39.

43、【答案】 cared顾。【解析】 care 意思为“照料，照顾”。第三代的孩子们可能由祖父母来照40.【答案】 absorbed【解析】absorb意思为“吸收”。此处be absorbed in 为固定词组，意思是“全神贯注于，专心于”o 这样第二代的人可以专心地工作，不被家庭琐事所扰41. 【答案】 conflict【解析】 conflict 意思为“冲突，矛盾”。但是，这么多人住在一起肯定会产生一些矛盾42. 【答案】 privacy【解析】privacy意思为“隐私”。换句话说，就是大家庭里几乎没有隐 私。43. 【答案】 opposite【解析】opposite意思为“相对的，相反的

44、”o小家庭的优势和劣势正好与大家庭相壳。44. 【答案】 A member of a small family can freely express his or her feeling to his wife or her husband and his children45. 【答案】 Of course, the young couple is busier taking care of children than those in a large family46. 【答案】 It is important to keep in frequent touch with your rel

45、atives if you live in a small family, and especially to support your parents when they are too old to care of childrenPartReading ComprehensionIV(Reading in Depth)Section A47. 【解析】D feel是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下 文意思，以及后面介词about,可以确定选项为D项guilty,短语feel guilty about sth. 对 感到有愧”。全句的意思为“我们很爱吃，但是往往在吃完之后

46、又有负罪感”。48. 【解析】M be obsessed witl为固定搭配，原意为“被附上/缠住/迷住心窍”，放在本句表示“十分重视”。全句的意思为“我们很重视健康和减 肥，但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延” 。49. 【解析】A 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词to的搭配，可以推断出正确选项 answero50. 【解析】门本句根据more和ways可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成 比较级，根据上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇的方法来酗酒”，可以确定I为正确选项。51. 【解析】F本题较难。根据be和by确定应填入一个过去分词。再根据上下 文，上文表示“应该吃典型的美国人吃的

47、食物”，下文通过but转折，表示实际上“美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了”，因此可以 确定 F 为正确选项。52. 【解析】B 政治结果，可根据宗教原因religious reaso ns来推断此处填政 治结 果。53. 【解析】L 由于横线后面没有宾语，可以确定不是形成bring的短语，这样 本句所缺的为一名词，作 bring 的宾语。根据下文解释，“美国人对他 们所吃 的食物的态度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意思为“坚定的观点也不 是确定不变 的”。因此可以确定 L 为正确选项。54. 【解析】K 系动词become后应填入一个形容词，和后面介词of形成短语be/become

48、 suspicious of 对 . 感到怀疑”。55. 【解析】J本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词in的搭配，可以推断出正确选项 belief, (have)belief in sth.1 相信. . 。56. 【解析】C本句是一般现在时，缺一个动词，且和with搭配，确定选项share, share sth. with sb“., 与某人分享某事”。Section BPassage One57. 【解析】C推断题。本文介绍了欧洲南部10和11世纪嫁妆对女性在婚姻中 地位的重要性。虽然嫁妆最初的目的是防止女性被抛弃，但实际上它 的作用 远远不止于此。它使妻子在婚姻中的地位与丈夫平等，并保

49、障了妻 子的经济 利益。女性在维护自己的利益上，是很坚定果敢的， Maria Vivas 就是一个例 子。见第一段第三句， Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her agai nst the risk of desertio n.虽然在实际生活中嫁妆有更重要的作 用，但最初它的 作用只是为了防范女性被丈夫抛弃，所以C为正确答案。58. 【解析】D 细节题。根据本文，妻子在婚姻中的法律地位和丈夫是平等 的。见第一 段最后 一句 ， “Inno case do the documents indicate any degree of di

50、fference in the legal status of husband and wife 文件中并没有表”明丈夫和妻子 在法律地位上有任何的差别，也就是说他们的地位是平等的，所以 D 为正确 答案。59. 【解析】B推断题。作者举Maria Vivas的事例，是为了说明妻子是能够 捍卫 自己的利益的 。 见第二段第二句， “Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own in herita nce.they showed a fine fight ing spirit.如 果丈夫要侵占 自己 的利益，女性们就时刻准备着捍卫自己的利

51、益，有时她们还表现出很 强的斗 争精神。接下来作者就举了 Maria Vivas 的例子，说明女性是有能力 捍卫自己 的利益的。所以 B 为正确答案。60. 【解析】A细节题。Maria Vivas得到的一份作为补偿的土地，本来是属于 Miro 的个人财产。见第二段第五句， “None being offered, she succeeded inassigning her a piece of land from Miroffs personal inheritanee由此知 I A 为 正确 答案。61. 【解析】D 推断题。作者对Maria Vivas所持的态度是客观的。作者客观 地 介

52、绍了 Maria Vivas 的事例，并没有表示出同情、不满或者是漠不关心， 所以 A、B、C 都是错误答案。Passage Two62. 【解析】D 主旨题。本篇主要讨论不同的领导者 in strume ntal leaders以及expressive leaders在不同的社会群体中所充当的角色和发挥的功能。所以D为正确答案。 A、B、C 选项都不能正确概括本文主旨。63. 【解析】C细节题。A选项的招募(reeruitment)和B选项选举程序 (eleetio n process都在第一段中作为大群体的领导者产生的方式被明确提到。D选项也 在第一段中作为家庭领导者的产生的方式被明确提到

53、。只有C选项没有作为 产生领导者的一种方式在本文中被提及。64. 【解析】A推断题。A选项意思是：某一特定群体的有效领导者，不一定 就可 以成为另一群体的有效领导者。这正好与第二段的意思相吻合，即领 导者没 有一个固定的特点，只是符合了一个特定群体需要的人就有可能成 为该群体 的领导者 (It seems.virtually any person may be reeognized as a leader if the pers on has qualities that meet the n eeds of that particular group) o 选项和C 选 项的意思与本文无关。

54、 D 选项意为 ： 许多人想成为领导者，但却很少能 拿出证 据来证明他们具有这样的资格。显然是对文章意思的曲解。65. 【解析】B细节题。第二段中decades of research have failed to produce con siste nt evide nee that there is any category of n atural leader意 思、是说数十 年来的研究并不能找出可靠证据来证明哪些人可以成为“天生领导者”，与B 项意思一致。66. 【解析】D 细节题。第三、四段主要讲了两种类型的领导者的区别。其中instrumental leader侧重于群体目标的实现

55、，而 expressive leade相目对于前 者并 不侧重于群体目标的实现，而是注重为群体成员提供情感支持，并尽 力减少 内部纷争。( Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them).Part VCloze67. 【解析】C本句的意思是“成功或失败在很大程度上取决于

56、你是否能扬 长避 短。,improvement改进;victory 胜禾U; achievement成果，成就。这三个词都不 合题意，只有 ?failure 失败”最合适。68. 【解析A to a great exten是固定短语，意思是很大程度上”,符合题 意。 类彳以的说法还有 : to a large extent,to some extent, to an extent, to a certain extent, to that extent, to the extent of.。. the, some, certain都不能与 great extent 搭配。69. 【解析】B o

57、n与前面的depend构成本句谓语。70. 【解析】 B of 与名词连用 , 表示具有某种性质、状态，作表语。置于句 首，表Z5 强调 o 正常语序为：Your attitude is of the utmost importanee.71. 【解析】A person后应当是定语从句，“开始工作的那个人”。72. 【解析】C本句的意思是“如果一个刚刚开始工作的人就深信自己不会喜欢或 肯定不适应这项工作，那么阻碍他成功的缺点就暴露出来了。” o后面省略了 主语he。ensure保证;certain肯定的（只能用于it作主语的句子M） ;surely确实 地；sure肯定的。73. 【解析】D

58、in ones belief相信。其他选项都不能与belief搭配。74. 【解析】C capable of doing是固定搭配，意为能够干什么。75. 【解析】D attempt用作名词，后接介词at,意为试图，努力;如果后面 接介 词on,表示攻击的意思。其他两项都不能与 attempt搭配。76. 【解析】C本句的意思是“具有某一工作的必要技能是一个优势”，此 处应填 句子的主语，故选动名词 havingo77. 【解析】D本句主语是A book keeper or carpenter.oB据主谓一致原 贝U，其谓语应当用单数is,而不是复数areo being, bee诸E是分词，应

59、该排 除。78. 【解析D on与前面的capitalize搭配，表示“利用”。作不定式help的补语。其他选项不能与capitalize搭配。79. 【解析】B本句的意思是“克服缺点”，应选 weakness（缺点，弱 点） o idea观 点;strength 优点 advantage优势。80. 【解析】B固定短语take stock of,意为对 估价，对.作出判断。81. 【解析】A 本句的意思是：“随着更深入的阅读”，从语法角度，此处 应填关 联词。四个选项中，只有as能用作关联词。82. 【解析】D选项A、B、C分别是deal （处理，论述，涉及）的原形、 过去分 词及被动语态。

60、根据语法和语义，此处应填将来进行时，意思是“随着书中内 容的进一步深入，我们将详细论述发展和加强学习技能的具 体过程。”83. 【解析】C根据上下文，这里应当指“学习技能”。84. 【解析】B固定短语to begin with,意为首先，第一，常用作插入语。85. 【解析】A 谓语动词pause后, examine又是动词原形，所以这里应当选to, 可构成动词不定式，作目的状语。其余选项都是介词，不合题意。Of the86. 【解析】C本句对全文进行总结概括，与文章的第三句相呼应, utmost importanee is your attitude故选 attitude oPart VITranslation87.答案】 not so mueh a writer88. 【答案】 play indispensable roles89. 【答案】 so that it eould be eondueted smoothly90. 【答案】 is twiee as expensive as it was a few years ago91. 【答案】 has a strong influenee on