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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 13 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: I, as a cook, was busy in preparing a traditional dinner for the people in the ship on the Thanksgiving Day.
正确答案： A
2.

A) T
B) F
Script: "Thanksgiving" reminded me to give thanks to the people who had done much for me.
正确答案： A
3.

A) T
B) F
Script: I wrote three thank-you letters to my dad, one of my professors and my grandma respectively.
正确答案： B
4.

A) T
B) F
Script: What I appreciate my father most is that he has taught me to love reading.
正确答案： A
5.

A) T
B) F
Script: I thanked Nelson mainly because his prayer had a positive impact on my life.
正确答案： A
6.

A) T
B) F
Script: I wept over my father’s letter because he said he had a sense of achievement after reading my letter.
正确答案： B
7.

A) T
B) F
Script: Those who were grateful in the experiment seemed to live a happy and active life.
正确答案： A
8.

A) T
B) F
Script: Those who focused on hassles appeared more materialistic and unwilling to share their possessions with others.
正确答案： B
9.

A) T
B) F
Script: In one study, waitresses who wrote a message about an upcoming dinner special on the check received higher tips.
正确答案： A
10.

A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude makes you take an optimistic and positive attitude towards life.
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.
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a day when many Americans express gratitude for good (11)_________________ in their personal lives, their (12)_________________ and the larger world. But what are some of the (13)_________________ things Americans are grateful for this year?
Three (14)_________________ girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much a part of a family Thanksgiving meal, as are roast (15)_________________ and yams. “At Thanksgiving, we go around the table and say what we are (16)_________________ and thankful for, and it just feels good,” one says. “I’m really grateful for how close I am to my family and friends,” (17)_________________ another, “and how they are always there for me and we are always here for each other.”
(18)_________________ on New York’s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows, (19)_________________ . “I’m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see. You wake up and you say ‘Dang! Thank God! I’m alive.’ And I get to work every day. I’m just grateful for what I’ve got,” he says.
As (20)_________________ lies fast asleep, Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say they’re thankful for, "happiness, joy and being parents," this Thanksgiving. Torres says the couple plans to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often. “It’s a healthy way to live. Gratitude keeps the world going in a positive way.”
Script: Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a day when many Americans express gratitude for good fortune in their personal lives, their communities and the larger world. But what are some of the specific things Americans are grateful for this year?
Three teenage girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much a part of a family Thanksgiving meal, as are roast turkey and yams. “At Thanksgiving, we go around the table and say what we are grateful and thankful for, and it just feels good,” one says. “I’m really grateful for how close I am to my family and friends,” adds another, “and how they are always there for me and we are always here for each other.”
A street vendor on New York’s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows, yet remains appreciative. “I’m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see. You wake up and you say ‘Dang! Thank God! I’m alive.’ And I get to work every day. I’m just grateful for what I’ve got,” he says.
As their infant daughter lies fast asleep, Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say they’re thankful for, “happiness, joy and being parents,” this Thanksgiving. Torres says the couple plans to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often. “It’s a healthy way to live. Gratitude keeps the world going in a positive way.”
正确答案： fortune
正确答案： communities
正确答案： specific
正确答案： teenage
正确答案： turkey
正确答案： grateful
正确答案： adds
正确答案： A street vendor
正确答案： yet remains appreciative
正确答案： their infant daughter
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.
It was 1943, during World War II, and I was a young U.S. 21 . My ship, the USS Murzim, had been 22 for several days. Most of her holds contained thousands of 23 of canned or dried foods. The other holds were loaded with five-hundred-pound bombs packed 24 in padded racks. Our 25 was a big base on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific.
I was one of the Murzim’s several 26 and, quite the same as for folk ashore, this Thanksgiving morning had seen us busily preparing a traditional dinner 27 roast turkey.
Well, as any cook knows, it’s a lot of hard work to cook and serve a big meal, and clean up and put everything away. But finally, around 28 , we finished at last.
I decided first to go out on the Murzim’s afterdeck for a breath of open air. I made my way out there, 29 in great, deep 30 while walking slowly about, still wearing my white cook’s hat.
A) cookersB) featuringC) sundownD) breathing
E) featuredF) destinationG) coastguardsmanH) draughts
I) cartoonsJ) on the wayK) under wayL) cartons
M) droughtsN) cooksO) delicately
21.______________________
正确答案： G
22.______________________
正确答案： K
23.______________________
正确答案： L
24.______________________
正确答案： O
25.______________________
正确答案： F
26.______________________
正确答案： N
27.______________________
正确答案： B
28.______________________
正确答案： C
29.______________________
正确答案： D
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.
Public distrust of scientists stems in part from the blurring of boundaries between science and technology, between discovery and manufacture. Most governments, perhaps all governments, justify public expenditure on scientific research in terms of the economic benefits the scientific enterprise has brought in the past and will bring in the future. Politicians remind their voters of the splendid machines “our scientists” have invented. At the same time, the politicians demand of scientists that they tailor their research to “economics needs”, that they award a higher priority to research proposals that are “near the market” and can be translated into the greatest return on investment in the shortest time. Dependent, as they are, on politicians for much of their funding, scientists have little choice but to comply. Like the rest of us, they are members of a society that rates the creation of wealth as the greatest possible good. Many have reservations, but keep them to themselves in what they perceive as a climate hostile to the pursuit of understanding for its own sake and the idea of an inquiring, creative spirit.
In such circumstances no one should be too hard on people who are suspicious of conflicts of interest. When we learn that the distinguished professor assuring us of the safety of a particular product holds a consultancy with the company making it, we cannot be blamed for wondering whether his fee might conceivably cloud his professional judgment. Even if the professor holds no consultancy with any firm, some people many still distrust him because of his association with those who do, or at least wonder about the source of some of his research funding.
This attitude can have damaging effects. It questions the integrity of individuals working in a profession that prizes intellectual honesty as the supreme virtue, and plays into the hands of those who would like to discredit scientists by representing them as venal (可以收买的). This makes it easier to dismiss all scientific pronouncements, but especially those made by the scientists who present themselves as “experts”. The scientist most likely to understand the safety of a nuclear reactor, for example, is a nuclear engineer who declares that a reactor is unsafe, and we believe him, because clearly it is not to his advantage to lie about it. If he tells us it is safe, on the other hand, we distrust him, because he may well be protecting the employer who pays his salary.
31.

What is the chief concern of most governments when it comes to scientific research?
A) The creativity of scientists.
B) The reduction of public expenditure.
C) Quick economic returns.
D) The budget for a research project.
正确答案： C
32.

Scientists have to tailor their research to “economic needs” in order to ________.
A) win more awards
B) put theories into practice more efficiently
C) obtain funding from the government
D) pursue knowledge for knowledge’s sake
正确答案： C
33.

Why won’t scientists complain about the government’s policy concerning scientific research?
A) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge.
B) They are accustomed to keeping their opinions to themselves.
C) They know it takes patience to win support from the public.
D) They think compliance with government policy is in the interests of the public.
正确答案： A
34.

According to the author, people are suspicious of the professional judgment of scientists because ________.
A) their pronouncements often turn out to be wrong
B) sometimes they hide the source of their research funding
C) some of them do not give priority to intellectual honesty
D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned
正确答案： D
35.

What damaging effects can public distrust of scientists have?
A) Governments may spend less research funds on scientific research.
B) People may doubt the intellectual honesty and the statements of the so-called experts.
C) It may dampen the enthusiasm of scientists for independent research.
D) Scientists themselves may doubt the value of their research findings.
正确答案： B
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Throughout the nation’s more than 15,000 school districts widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by U.S. children relative to their peers in other developed countries.
Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, “no single intellectually coherent vision dominates U.S. educational practice in math or science.” The reason, he said, “is because the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed.”
The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., is based on data collected from about 50 nations as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
Not only do approaches to teaching science and math vary among individual U.S. communities, the report finds, but there appears to be little strategic focus within a school district’s curricula, its textbooks, or its teachers’ activities. This contrasts sharply with the coordinated national programs of most other countries.
On average, U.S. students study more topics within science and math than their international counterparts do. This creates an educational environment that “is a mile wide and an inch deep,” Schmidt notes.
For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider. U.S. curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whether the United States wants to be classed with these nations, whose educational systems “share our pattern of splintered (支离破碎的) visions” but which are not economic leaders.
The new report “couldn’t come at a better time,” says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington. “The new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision,” including the call “to do less, but in greater depth.”
Implementing the new science standards and their math counterparts will be the challenge, he and Schmidt agree, because the decentralized responsibility for education in the United States requires that any reforms be tailored and instituted one community at a time.
In fact, Schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed national standards "face an almost impossible task, because even though they are intellectually coherent, each becomes only one more voice in the babble (嘈杂声)."
36.

According to the passage, the teaching of science and math in America is ________.
A) overcentralized in the past
B) characterized by its diversity
C) advocated in other developed countries
D) focused on tapping students’ potential
正确答案： B
37.

The fundamental flaw of American school education is that ________.
A) it overemphasizes width of school subjets
B) it allows the creativity of individual teachers
C) it sets a very low academic standard for students
D) it lacks a coordinated national program
正确答案： D
38.

By saying that the U.S. educational environment is “a mile wide and an inch deep” (Para. 5), the author means U.S. educational practice ________.
A) scratches the surface of a wide range of topics
B) lays stress on quality at the expense of quantity
C) encourages learning both in depth and in scope
D) offers an environment for comprehensive education
正确答案： A
39.

The new National Science Education Standards are good news in that they will ________.
A)