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2003-2010
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2003
年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题
2003 National English Contest for College Students
（
Preliminary
）
Part
I
Listening
Comprehension
（
30
minutes
，
30
points
）
Section A Dialogues
（
10 points
）
Directions
：
In this section
，
you will hear 10 short
dialogues
．
At the end of each dialogue
，
a question
will
be
asked
about
what
was
said
．
Both
the
dialogue
and
the
question
will
be
read
only
once
．
After
each
question
there
will
be
a
pause
．
during the pause
，
you must read the four
choices marked A
，
B
，
C and D
，
and decide which
is the best answer
．
Then m ark the corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet
with
a
single
line
through the center
．
1
．
A
．
A sales clerk
．
B
．
A police
officer
．
C
．
A tailor
．
D
．
A nurse
．
2
．
A
．
By
train
．
B
．
She
walks
．
C
．
By car
．
D
．
By bus
．
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3
．
A
．
Fish is the only dish left
．
B
．
Chicken
is the only dish left
．
C
．
Vegetarian meals are not offered
．
D
．
There
aren't any vegetarian meals left
．
4
．
A
．
He starts work next weekend
．
B
．
He'll be
away
．
C
．
He'll be in the mountains
．
D
．
He's
moving to Florida
．
5
．
A
．
In an elevator
．
B
．
At a dress
store
．
C
．
On
the
seventh
floor
．
D
．
At
a
department store
．
6
．
A
．
They felt it was disorganized
．
B
．
They were pleased with its Asian content
．
C
．
They felt it lacked Asian content
．
D
．
They felt it ignored recent events
．
7
．
A
．
He doesn't have enough time
．
B
．
He doesn't have a watch
．
C
．
The
library
doesn't
have
the
articles
he
wants
．
D
．
He can't find the library
．
8
．
A
．
He wants the woman to dine out with them
．
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B
．
He wants to work tomorrow
．
C
．
He wants the woman to finish dinner first
．
D
．
He wants to pay for the dinner
．
9
．
A
．
Twice a day
．
B
．
Twice a week
．
C
．
Once a week
．
D
．
Daily
．
10
．
A
．
At
two
o'clock
．
B
．
At
four
o'clock
．
C
．
At
three
thirty
．
D
．
At
eight
o'clock
．
Section B
News Items
（
10 points
）
Directions
：
In this section
，
you will hear 10 pieces of
short
news
from
BBC
or
VOA
．
There
will
be
a
question following each piece of news
．
Write down
the
answer
to
each
question
in
no
more
than
15
words
．
11
．
_______________________________________
12
．
_____ __________________________________
13
．
_______________ ________________________
14
．
_________________________ ______________
15
．
___________________________________ ____
16
．
_______________________________________
17
．
_____ __________________________________
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18
．
__ _____________________________________
19
．
__________ _____________________________
Section C
Compound Dictation
（
10 points
）
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
．
Then listen to the passage again
．
When the
passage
is
read
for
the
second
time
，
you
are
required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to
28 with the exact words you have just heard
．
For
blanks numbered from 29 to 30
，
you are required
to fill in the missing information
．
You can either use
the exact words you have just heard or write down
the main points in your own words
．
Finally
，
when
the passage is read for the third time
，
you should
check
what
you
have
written
and
rewrite
the
correct answers on the Answer Sheet
．
Although general Motors and General Electric are
large
multinational
companies
with
operations
around
the
globe
，
there
are
numerous
smaller
companies
that
engage
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．
_______________________________________
in
international
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trade
．
Because 95percent of the world's population
and
two-thirds
of
its
(21)_____
power
are
located
outside
the
United
States
，
it
is
important
for
American
(22)_____to
be
present
in
foreign
markets
．
However
，
before we explain the different
methods
by
which
a
company
may
(23)_____in
international
trade
，
we
might
first
consider
some
important (24)_____that U.S
．
companies often fail
to
study
before
they
sell
products
in
a
foreign
country
．
These
factors
are
(25)_____with
differences in language
，
in values and attitudes
，
and
in political (26)_____
．
When
(27)_____Coca-Cola
into
the
Chinese
market
in
1920
，
the
company
used
a
group
of
Chinese symbols that
，
when spoken
，
sounded like
Coca- Cola
．
However
，
when read
，
these symbols
meant
，
“
a female horse fattened with wax
”
．
Upon
reentering
the
Chinese
market
in
the
1970s
，
Coca-Cola
used
a
series
of
Chinese
(28)_____that
translates
into
“
happiness
in
the
mout h
”
．
(29)_________________________
．< br>
Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that
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is
practiced
by
a
particular
group
of
people．
(30)_________________________
．
Part II
Vocabulary and Structure
（
15 minutes
，
30 points
）
Section A
Multiple Choice
（
20 points
）
Directions
：
Questions
31-50
constitute
a
complete
passage
．
There
are
20blanks
in
the
passage
．
For
each blank there are four choices marked A
，
B
，
C
and
D
．
Choose
the
one
that
best
completes
the
sentence
．
Then
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet
with
a
single
line
through
the
centre
．
31
．
Senior
Metropolitan
police
officers
tried
to
dismiss
the
Noting
Hill
race
riots
which
raged
for
five nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as
the work of
“
ruffians
，
both colored and white
”
hell-bent
on
hooliganism
，
according
to
__B___
official files
．
A
．
recent revealed
B
．
newly released
C
．
previous disclosing
D
．
earlier exposing
32
．
But
police
eyewitness
reports
in
the
secret
papers_D___
that
they
were
overwhelmingly
the
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work
of
a
white
working
class
mob
out
to
get
the
“
niggers
”
．
A
．
contain
B
．
convince
C
．
consist
D
．
confirm
33
．
The
ferocity
of the Noting Hill
“
racial riots
”
，
as
the
press
called
them
at
the
time
，
shocked
Britain
into_
A
_C___
for
the
first
time
that
it
was
not
above
the
kind
of
racial
conflict
then
being
played out in the American deep south
．
A
．
realizing
B
．
witnessing
C
．
watching
D
．
identifying
34
．
The
carnival
，
which will__C___ the streets of
west
London
_____more
than
1.5
million
people
this
weekend
，
was
started
in
1959
as
a
direct
response to the riots
．
A
．
crowd
；
of
B
．
pour
；
for
C
．
fill
；
with
D
．
emerge
；
in
35
．
While
senior
officers
tried
to
play
down
the
racial aspects of the riots
，
the internal Metropolitan
police files released this month at the public record
office
confirm
that
the
disturbances
were
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overwhelmingly
_
C
__A__
by
300
to
400
strong
“
Keep
Britain
White
”
mobs
，
many
of
them
Teddy
boys
armed
with
iron
bars
，
butcher's
knives
and
weighted
leather
belts
，
who
went
“
nigger- hunting
”
among the West Indian residents
of Noting Hill and Noting Dale
．
A
．
erupted
B
．
commenced
C
．
triggered
D
．
inaugurated
36
．
The first night left five black men _
A
__D__ on
the pavements of Noting Hill
．
A
．
lying unconscious
B
．
there died
C
．
feel faint
D
．
serious hurt
37
．
The
battles
raged
over
the
bank
holiday
weekend
as
the
black
_D____responded
in
kind
with
counterattacks
by
large
groups
of
“
men
of
color
”
similarly armed
．
A
．
column
B
．
army
C
．
brigade
D
．
community
38
．
Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as
he
came
out
of
Bluey's
Club
on
Talbot
Road
，
Noting Hill
．
He __B___a piece of iron down his left
trouser leg
，
a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a
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razor
blade in his inside breast pocket
：
“
I have to
protect myself
，
”
he told the arresting officer
．
A
．
found to have
B
．
was found to have
C
．
found having
D
．
was found having
39
．
The _A_
B
___
files
，
which were sealed under the
75-year
rule
but
have
been
released
early
，
show
that senior officers tried to convince the then home
secretary
，
“
Rab
”
Butler
，
that there was not a racial
element to the rioting
．
A
．
forbidden
B
．
confidential
C
．
incredible
D
．
strict
40
．
In
his
official
report
，
Detective
Sergeant
s
of
the
Notting
Hill
police
said
the
national
press
had
been
wrong
to
portray
the
“
widespread
series
of
street
disturbances
”
as
“
racial
”
riots
：
“
W hereas
there certainly was some
__A___ feeling between white and colored residents
in
this
area
，
it
is
abundantly
clear
much
of
the
trouble
was
caused
by
ruffians
，
both
colored
and
white
，
who seized on this opportunity to
indulge in
hooliganism
．
”
A
．
ill
B
．
sick
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C
．
painful
D
．
hurt
41
．
But
the
police
witness
statements
and
private
statistics __B_
D_
_
．
A
．
told differently
B
．
interpreted in a
different way
C
．
existed m any differences
D
．
told a different
story
42
．
The Met
commissioner
was told that
_C
_D___
the
108people
who
were
charged
with
offences
ranging
from
grievous
bodily
harm
to
affray
and
riot
and
possessing
offensive
weapons
，
72
were
white and 36 were
“
colored
”
．
A
．
for
B
．
from
C
．
of
D
．
in
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43
．
It is popularly believed that the riot began on
the
night
of
Saturday
，
August
20
，
when
a
400-strong crowd of white men
，
_< br>B
D____
“
Teds
”
，
attacked houses occupied by West Indians
．
A
．
they are all
B
．
many of them
C
．
some
were
D
．
most
of
them
belong to
44
．
Among the __C__ was Majbritt Morrison
，
a
young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican
．
A
．
offenders
B
．
rioters
C
．
victims
D
．
residents
45
．
She was
pelted
with stones
，
glass and wood
，
and
_
B
_D___
in
the
back
with
an
iron
bar
as
she
tried to get home
．
A
．
bruised
B
．
struck
C
．
patted
D
．
scratched
46
．
The internal police witness statements provide
graphic
evidence
of
the
motives
of
the
mobs
—
at
one
point
crowds
several
thousand
strong
roamed
the
streets
of
Notting
Hill
，
_B____
homes
and
attacking any West Indian they could find
．
A
．
plunging into
B
．
breaking into
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．
seeking for
D
．
searching for
47
．
PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of
300
to
400
white
people
in
Bramley
Road
_C__
A_
_
：
“
We
will
kill
all
black
bastards
．
Why
don't you send them home
？”
A
．
shouting
B
．
to cry
C
．
utter
D
．
announced
48
．
PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was
told
：
“
Mind your own __D___
，
cops
．
Keep out of
it
．
We
will
settle
these
niggers
our
way
．
We'll
murder the
bastards
．
”
A
．
matters
B
．
affair
C
．
things
D
．
business
49
．
The
disturbances
continued
night
after
night
until
they
finally
petered
out
on
September
5
．
At
the
Old
Bailey
Judge
Salmon
later
handed
down
exemplary
__D___ of four years each on nine white
youths who had gone
“
nigger hunting
”
．
A
．
decisions
B
．
statements
C
．
trials
D
．
sentences
50
．
While
those
dealt
with
by
the
courts
were
overwhelmingly white
，
the large number of black
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people
also
arrested
and
the
official
_C____
there
had
not
been
a
racial
motive
ensured
a
legacy
of
black
mistrust
of
the
Metropolitan
police
that
has
never really been
eradicated
．
A
．
persistence
B
．
perseverance
C
．
insistence
D
．
instance
Section B
Error Correction
（
10points
）
Directions
：
The
following
passage
contains
9
errors
．
In each case only one word is involved
．
You
should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet
and correct it in the following way
：
EXAMPLE
One night
，
quite late
，
I was still awake in the room
I am shared with
1.
am
my husband
．
I was lying on my right side and can
hear a child crying
．
2. could
Getting
up
，
I
went
∧
see
if
our
son
was
all
right
．
3.
to
He
was
sleeping
soundly
，
breathing
deeply
and
gently
．
4.
√
The Zipper
Whatever
did
we
do
before
the
invention
of
the
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zipper
？
In
1893
the
world's
first
zipper
was
produced
in
Chicago
．
Although the inventor claimed that it was a reliable
fastening
for
clothing
，
this
was
not
the
case
．
The
Chicago
zipper sprang
51
．
______
open
without
warning
，
or
jammed
shut
，
and
it
swiftly lost
popularity
．
Twenty
years
ago
a
Swedish-born
engineer called
52
．
______
Sundback
solved
the
problem
．
He
attached
tiny
cups to the
backs of the interlocked teeth
，
and this meant that
the teeth
53
．
______
could be enmeshed more firmly and reliably
．
At
first
zippers
were
made
of
metal
．
They
were
heavy
，
and
if they got stuck it was difficult to free
．
Then came
nylon
54
．
______
zippers which were lighter and
easier
to use
，
and
had smaller
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teeth
．
The fashion
industry
liked
the
new
zippers
far better
because they didn
’
t distort the line of the garment
or weighing
55
．
______
down
light
fabrics
．
They
were
also
easier
for
the
machinists
to fit into the garment
．
Meanwhile
a
new
fastening
agent
made
its
appearance at
the
end
of
the
twenty
century:
velcro.
Velcro
is
another product
56
．
______
made from nylon
．
Nylon is a very tough synthetic
fibre first
developed
in
the
1930s
，
and
bearing
a
name
to
mind the wearer
57
．
______
of
the two
places
where
it was
developed
：
NY
for
New York and
LON for London
．
Velcro is made with very small
nylon hooks on
one side of the fastening which caught tiny looped
whiskers on the
58
．
______
other side of the fastening
．
It is strong and durable
．
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Velcro
is
used
on
clothing
，
luggages
and
footwear
．
It is quick
59
．
______
and
easy to fasten
and unfasten
，
and has
taken
a
large part of
the zipper's share of the market
．
It is also used in
ways a zipper
cannot be used
—
for instance as an easily changed
fastening on
plaster
casts
，
and
to
hold
furnishing
fabrics
in
a
position
．
60
．
______
Part
III
Situational
Dialogues
（
5
minutes
，
10
points
）
Directions
：
Complete
the
following
dialogues
by
choosing
the
best
answer
．
Then
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet
with
a
single line through the centre
．
61
．
Rob
：
Hey Jill
，
you're looking great
．
Jill
：
Thanks
，
Rob
．
________ ____
Rob
：
Well
，
you did it
．
How
？
Jill
：
I jog every morning
，
and I go to aerobics
every other day
．
A
．
I bought this dress yesterday
．
Really
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smart
．
B
．
You are looking fine too
．
C
．
I'm recovering my strength after the
flu
．
D
．
My New Year's resolution was to get
in shape
．
62
．
Bob
：
Hi Jane
．
How are you
？
Jane
：
____________I
didn't
sleep
a
wink
last
night
．
The people next door were making a lot of
noise again till very late at night
．
A
．
I'm
feeling
a
bit
out
of
sorts
this
morning
．
B
．
Fine
，
thank you
．
And you
？
C
．
I slept like a log and didn't want to
get out of bed
．
D
．
It seems a bit unusual
，
you know
．
63
．
Ann
：
Aah
！
He's gorgeous
！
Look at those big
，
golden paws
．
When did you get him
？
Roger
：
Yesterday
．
____________
Ann
：
Oh
，
right
．
What kind is she
？
Roger
：
A Labrador
．
A
．
Susan's got a more beautiful one
．
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B
．
What's up
？
C
．
It's a she actually
．
D
．
Isn't it right
？
64
．
Tina
：
Wow
，
look
at
all
the
things
on
sale
．
____________
Andrew
：
Yes
，
look
，
this shirt is 50
％
off
．
Tina
：
And look at these shoes
．
They are 30
％
off the normal price
．
A
．
I'd like to buy a skirt
．
B
．
There are
some real bargains
．
C
．
Are the prices reasonable
？
D
．
These
shoes are the same as mine
．
65
．
Woman
：
Have you finished the packaging
？
Man
：
____________
Woman
：
Good
．
Because
the
truck
will
be
coming soon
，
this is a rush job
．
A
．
Don't
hurry
m
or
I'll
break
the
glass
．
B
．
Almost
．
I just have to wrap the glass
and put it into boxes
．
C
．
No
，
I haven't
．
Why didn't you help
me with it
？
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D
．
Yes
，
I have
．
What else can I do for
you
？
66
．
Customs Officer
：
________________________
Mrs
．
John son
：
No
，
nothing at all
．
Customs
Officer
：
No
perfume
，
alcohol
or
cigarettes
？
Mrs
．
John son
：
Well
，
I have 200 cigarettes
；
that's all
．
A
．
Do you have anything in the bag
，
ma'am
？
B
．
Do
you
have
anything
to
declare
，
ma'am
？
C
．
Do
you
want
to
buy
something
，
ma'am
？
D
．
Is there anything I can do for you
，
ma'am
？
67
．
Linda
：
Hello
．
I'd like to send this package
，
please
．
Clerk
____________________________________
Linda
：
First class
．
How long will that take
？
Clerk
：
About three days
．
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A
．
How
would
you
like
to
send
it
？
B
．
Which class are you in
？
C
．
Where do you want to send it to
？
D
．
Which class is it in
？
68
．
Assistant
：
Can I help you
？
Colin
：
Yes
，
it's
about
this
sports
shirt
．
I
washed
it
the
other
day
．
The
colour
ran
and
it
shrank
．
Assistant
：
Oh
dear
，
I
see
．
________________________
Colin
：
I'm afraid not
．
Assistant
：
I'm
sorry
，
but
I'm
not
allowed
to
change anything without a receipt
．
A
．
Did you buy it here
？
B
．
Would you want to change it
？
C
．
Do you have the receipt
？
D
．
Could
you
tell
me
who
sold
it
to
you
？
69
．
James
：
Could I have my bill
，
please
？
Can I pay
by credit card or eurocheque
？
Receptionist
：
____________
James
：
I'll pay by credit card
，
then
．
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Receptionist
：
That's fine
．
I hope you enjoyed
your stay here
．
A
．
Here's your bill
．
B
．
Sorry
，
we don't
take credit card
．
C
．
You can pay by eurocheque
．
D
．
Yes
，
we take both
．
70
．
Husband
：
When is our anniversary
？
Wife
：
________________________
Husband
：
No
，
it's
just
that
I
bought
these
flowers
for
you
and
I
was
hoping
today
was
the
day
．
A
．
Hmm
．
．
．
I
can't
remember
either
．
Why
？
B
．
Hey
，
are these flowers for me
？
C
．
Who cares
？
Do you want to give me
a surprise
？
D
．
Are
you
joking
？
Have
you
really
forgotten again
？
Part IV
Reading Comprehension
（
25 minutes
，
40
points
）
Section A
Multiple Choice
（
10 points
）
Directions
：
There
is
one
reading
passage
in
this
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part
．
The
passage
is
followed
by
5
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
and
mark
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet
with
a
single line through the centre
．
Questions
71
to
75
are
based
on
the
following
passage
：
Taking a peep at what's going on in your head
CARL
Filer
，
18
，
a
star
salesman
at
a
B
＆
Q
hardware
store
in
the
UK
，
was
called
up
for
promotion within one week of starting work
．
But
，
instead of being made supervisor
，
he was sacked
—
after
his
employers
saw
the
results
of
his
psychometric test
．
You might think that anyone who answers that he
“
strongly
disagrees
he
is
an
over-achiever
is
asking for trouble
，
but Mr Filer already thought he
had proved himself more than capable
．
This year
，
nearly half of UK firms
—
46 percent
—
will
use
psychometric
tests
to
select
trainees
，
compared with just 17 percent in 2000
，
according
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to a report for GTI
，
a publisher of graduate career
guides
．
These
tests
，
which
rate
candidates
’
ability
and
gauge their personality
，
have been used in the UK
since
the
1980s
．
But
assorted
studies
have
shown
most
people
—
graduates
in
particular
—
are
wholly
cynical
about
the
idea
of
their
personality
being
“
measured
．
clever
，
occupational
“
People tend to see them as either too silly or too
says
Clive
Fletcher
，
professor
of
psychology
at
University
of
London
．
“
But all the evidence indicates the tests do
have some value
．
The
first
personality
test
as
we
know
it
，
was
developed
by
the
American
army
in
1917
to
filter
out weak recruits
．
But it was not until the 1980s that the tests became
popular
in
Britain
．
With
a
rising
number
of
graduates going for a decreasing number of jobs
，
organizations began to see psychometric testing as
a
cheap
，
reliable
alternative
to
the
expensive
，
time-consuming interview
．
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But
today
the
tests
are
becoming
alarmingly
sophisticated
and
are
edging
towards
probing
the
“
dark
side
：
pathology
and
personality
disorders
．
Increasingly
，
tests are being used to try
to
detect
promising
young
graduates
who
may
，
later in life
，
fly off the rails
（
go crazy
）
；
or to stop
psychopaths
（
having
mental
disorder
）
getting
recruited
．
In
the
future
，
interviewees
could
even
be
given
a
mouth
swab
to
reveal
the
genetic
and
biological
markers
of
personality
．
“
We
are
heading
for
the
era of genetic screening
，
”
warns Carolyn Jones
，
of
the Institute for Employment Rights
．
“
I think these
tests are very flawed
．
And
there
are
other
problems
with
the
tests
．
For
starters
，
it
is
possible
to
fake
it
—
even
the
test
producers agree on this
．
But they have made it as
hard
as
possible
．
For
example
，
look
at
whether
you
agree
or
disagree
with
the
following
two
statements
：
“
New ideas come easily to me
and
“
I
find generating new concepts difficult
．
How long
did it take you to realize they both could mean the
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same thing
？
The main argument
，
however
，
is that the tests are
invalid and cannot quantify
（
put a numerical value
on
）
something as changeable as personality
．
The
golden
rule
is
then
，
that
a
psychometric
test
should never be used as the sole basis of selection
，
but should always be followed by interviews
．
71
．
Most
people's
attitude
towards
the
psychometric test is ______
．
A
．
contemptuous
B
．
favorable
C
．
tolerant
D
．
confounded
72
．
Which of the following is one of the reasons why
psychometric
testing
wins
an
advantage
over
interviews
？
A
．
It doesn't cost any money
．
B
．
It requires
no equipment
．
C
．
It
is time-saving
．
D
．
It
can
be
done within seconds
．
73
．
Which
of
the
following
statements
is
the
author's idea
？
A
．
Psychometric tests are defective
．
B
．
Psychometric
tests
should
not
be
the
only
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way to recruit promising young graduates
．
C
．
Psychometric tests
are invalid and cannot
quantify something changeable as personality
．
D
．
Psychometric tests are golden rules
．
74
．
The
test
producers
make
the
tests
very
complicated to ______
．
A
．
avoid
cheating
B
．
improve
genetic screening
C
．
find out the best ideas
D
．
generate new
concepts
75
．
Which of the following is not true according to
the passage
？
A
．
The
American
army
developed
the
first
personality test to screen out weak recruits
．
B
．
In
the
future
，
interviewers
could
give
a
mouth swab to reveal interviewees
’
symptoms
．
C
．
There are possibilities for starters to cheat
in the psychometric tests
．
D
．
Interviews
still
play
an
important
role
in
evaluating interviewees
．
Section B Short Answer Questions
（
30 points
）
Directions
：
In this part there are 3 passages with 15
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questions
or
incomplete
statements
．
Read
the
passages
carefully
．
Then
answer
the
questions
in
the
fewest
possible
words
（
not
exceeding
10
words
）
．
Remember to rewrite the answers on the
Answer Sheet
．
Questions
76
to
80
are
based
on
the
following
passage
：
The 8 Steps of Social Invention
1
．
Get ready to play
．
Like other types of creativity
，
social inventiveness
flourishes
when
you
begin
thinking
outside
conventional
boundaries
．
Charlie
Girsch
，
a
St
．
Paul
，
Minnesota-based creativity consultant
，
suggests
that
you
start
by
playing
with
obviously
absurd explanations for everyday events
．
“
If traffic
is slow
，
you'll be tem pted to say
，
‘
Hmm
．
Must be
an accident up ahead
．
’
Instead
，
try saying
，
‘
Must
be a family of turtles crossing the highway
’
or
‘
I
expect
there's
some
kind
of
alien
abduction
going
on
．
’
You'll be amazed how soon you will be looking
at familiar problems in new ways
．
”
Girsch's book
，
Fanning the Creative
Spirit
（
Creativity Central
，
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1999
）
has scores of other exercises for limbering up
the inventive part of your brain
．
2
．
Generate a zillion far-fetched ideas
．
Concerned
about
the
homeless
in
your
neighborhood
？
Imagine a Homeless Parliament
，
a
Homeless
Circus
，
homeless
families
forming
an
orchestra
，
a
homeless
museum
．
．
．
and
on
and
on
．
Generate like mad with no regard for feasibility
in
order
，
as
social
invention
pioneer
Nicholas
Albery
advises
，
to
“
overcome
e
worthy-but-dull
ideas
．
”
Eventually the two or three best ideas will
begin to stand out
．
3
．
Take
your
wildest
idea
and
bring
it
down
to
earth
．
How
about
that
Homeless
Circus
？
Could
it
turn
into
a
forum
for
homeless
people
to
display
their
creative
talents
？
A
performance
series
about
homelessness
？
A
neighborhood
carnival
with
the
homeless
as
guests
of
honor
？
Your
flakiest
idea
may have a germ of brilliance that actually makes
it
more
attractive
，
and
thus
more
feasible
（
and
fundable
）
，
than its worthy-but-dull cousins
．
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4
．
Look for in venations that solve more than one
problem
．
The
Slow
Food
Movement
，
born
in
Italy
，
boosts
local
farmers
and
regional
cuisine
traditions
and
restaurateurs and the same time that it
“
feeds
”
our
hunger for authentic tastes
，
healthy eating
，
and a
more leisurely
，
saner style of life
．
5
．
Accentuate the positive
．
“
A very common question that I get when I work
with
people
in
communities
is
‘
Why
doesn't
anybody
care
about
our
problems
？’
”
notes
M
chael
Patterson
，
a
social
inventor
and
activist
in
Massachusetts
．
“
What
a
worthless
question
．
‘
Why
’？
questions
are
for
philosophers< br>．
Ask
‘
How
’
？
and
‘
W hat
’
？
questions
—
they
are
a
lot
more
practical
．
”
For
instance
，
Patterson asks
，
“
What would you do if you knew
you couldn't fail
？”
6
．
Give it a rest
．
Walk
away
from
your
favorite
idea
for
a
while
，
forget
about
it
，
let
it
sleep
．
With
your
conscious
mind
out
of
the
way
，
your
subconscious
gets
to
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fiddle with the concept for a while
，
and you just
might
have
an
unexpected
insight
or
breakthrough
．
7
．
Practice
“
yes and
”
in stead of
“
yes but
”
．
No matter how tempted you are to say
“
Yes
，
but this
will be hard because
，
”
or
“
Yes
，
but a million other
people
are
doing
this
，
”
shift
the
conjunction
to
“
and
”
and see what sort of positive refinement or
change emerges
．
“
Yes
，
and we could concentrate on
immigrants
．
”
“
Yes
，
and we can make it open to all
ages
．
”
8
．
Get your idea into the world
．
This is the tough part
．
You might seek out the help
of activists who will take a shine to your ideas
．
Or
become an organizer yourself
．
Paul Glove
，
a New
York
social
inventor
，
coun- sels
：
“
If
you
have
an
idea
you
believe
in
，
write
a
pamphlet
with
your
phone
number
on
it
and
post
it
in
Laundromats
and bookstores
．
If three people call you
，
have lunch
with
them and
call
yourselves
an
organization
．
If
five people call
，
meet with them and issue a press
release
．
”
Presto
，
you're launched
．
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76
．
To generate far-fetched ideas helps to ______
．
77
．
Michael
Patterson
wants
us
to
come
up
with
“
How
”？
and
“
What
”？
instead
of
“
Why
”？
questions
because
he
considers
they
are
more
practical than ______
．
78
．
The purpose to practice
“
yes and
”
instead of
“
yes but
”
is to make yourself more ______
．
79
．
According to the article
，
when one has difficulty
developing his favorite idea
，
he should ______
．
80
．
One should not only generate far-fetched ideas
but
also
______
because
the
latter
step
is
the
nearest to reality
．
Questions
81
to
85
are
based
on
the
following
passage
：
Thin Slice of TV Has Big Market
It is too early to write an obituary for bulky picture
tubes
，
which
will
remain
the
most
affordable
TV
sets for years to come
．
But
，
analysts
and
industry
executives
insist
that
thin
screens
already
have
started
to
become
the
dominant format for TV sets in the digital era
．
Sharp
price
cuts
have
brought
plasma
sets
and
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other thin
，
flat televisions out of high-end electronic
boutiques
and
into
thousands
of
mass-market
outlets
such
as Cosco
，
a
wholesale buying
club
in
the
US
，
best
known
for
offering
members
bulk
items and big discounts
．
The least expensive plasma sets still cost a hefty US
＄
3
，
000or more
，
yet sales are growing so rapidly
that
many
manufacturers
are
racing
to
boost
production
．
That
increase
，
combined
with
expanding
production
capacity
and
improved
technology
，
could
push
the
price
of
plasma
sets
down
by
one-third next year
，
according to analyst Richard
Doherty
of
Envisioneering
Group
，
a
US
research
firm
．
But
manufacturers
are
not
just
competing
with
each
other
；
they
are
also
trying
to
fend
off
challenges
from
competing
thin-screen
technologies
，
such as liquid crystal displays
（
LCD
）
．
The
demand
for
thin
screens
is
fuelled
in
part
by
the
advent
of
DVDs
and
digital
TV
broadcasts
，
which
offer
more
detailed
pictures
and
more
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lifelike colors than conventional analog TV signals
．
To see the difference
，
consumers need a set that can
pack
more
information
onto
the
screen
than
their
current TVs can
．
This
sharpness
is
most
vivid
on
screens
that
are
40inches diagonal or larger
．
At that size
，
however
，
traditional
direct
view
and
projection
TVs
are
so
bulky that many consumers have trouble finding a
place for them at home
．
Hence the interest in thin screens
—
models slender
and light enough to hang on a wall
．
The
glass
panels
at
the
heart
of
plasma
and
LCD
sets
come
mainly
from
about
a
dozen
companies
with
factories
in
Japan
，
South
Korea
and，
increasingly
，
China
．
About 800
，
000 plasma panels
will be shipped this year around the world
，
analysts
say
．
That
is
a
tiny
amount
compared
with
the
overall
market for TVs
，
which was about 140 million sets
last year
．
But
，
industry experts said 2003would be
a
“
breakout
year
”
or
plasma
because
shipments
should double
．
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Helping
drive
the
growth
are
new
or
expanded
manufacturing facilities
．
For example
，
Japanese
electronics
giant
NEC
last
year
doubled
the
capacity
of
its
Japanese
factory
—
reaching
300
，
000to
400
，
000
plasma
panels
．
And
it
plans
to
double it again in 2003
，
officials said
．
As
competition
has
heated up
during
the
last four
years
，
prices
have
fallen
more
than
50
percent
．
According
to
“
NPD
Tec
world
”
，
the
average
price
of
a
plasma
display
sold
in
the
US
dropped from US
＄
12
，
700in January 1999 to US
＄
6
，
100in October 2002
．
The best markets for plasma screens have been in
Asia
，
and
about
half
of
the
sets
have
gone
to
businesses instead of homes
．
LCD TVs carry a premium price
—
they can be 10
times
as
expensive
as
a
comparable
tube-driven
television
—
that knocks them out of most buyers
’
budgets
．
But LCD panels are quickly taking over the market
for computer monitors
，
and the tens of millions of
panels
being
produced
for
that
segment
will
help
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push
down
prices
for
LCD
TVs
，
analysts
predicted
．
Sharp
Electronics
，
for
one
，
is
betting
heavily
on
LCDs
．
Its
chairman
，
Toshiaki
Urushisako
，
has
predicted
that
Sharp
will
switch
completely
from
conventional
tube
sets
to
LCD
TVs
in
Japan
by
2005
．
Flat-panel
refers
to
wafer-thin
（
3
inches
or
less
）
TVs
，
whereas
flat- screen
may
actually
describe
traditional
cathode-ray-tube
sets
（
CRTs
）
whose
glass front lacks the distorting curve that TVs have
had for 50 years
．
Be aware of two things
：
One
，
flat-panel technology
may not be high-definition TV
；
for eventual HDTV
reception
，
some of these sets will require a separate
HD tuner
．
Two
，
some flat-panel TVs are just the
panel
and
lack
speakers
and
sometimes
a
built-in
tuner
．
Price range
：
US
＄
700
－
2
，
000
LCD vs plasma
In
general
，
LCD
technology
is
used
for
smaller
screens
because
of
the
enormous
number
of
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transistors
needed
to
turn
the
glasslike
liquid
crystals into color images
．
The larger the display
，
the
more
transistors
，
the
more
chance
of
failed
connections
．
A plasma screen is found in TV sets larger than 20
inches
．
Color is comparable to an LCD's
．
LCDs do
not
deteriorate
over
time
，
while
a
plasma
display
averages 30
，
000 hours
（
a traditional TV screen can
go for 20
，
000
）
，
after which it fades over a period of
years
．
Earlier
problems
with
the
quality
of
plasma's contrast have been addressed
，
and current
screens are cleaner and better defined
．
Price range
：
US
＄
600
－
2
，
800
HDTV
Simply put
，
high-definition TV is 10 times as sharp
as traditional TV
，
and the sound is digital
，
like CD
sound
，
not
FM
，
which
is
what
traditional
TV
provides
．
HD technology achieves its visual clarity
with
more
immage
lines
on
the
screen
．
Where
analog
TVs
have
480
horizontal
lines
，
HDTV
has
720 or 1
，
080lines
．
Be aware
：
m any HDTV sets
being sold now are in fact only HDTV monitors
，
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offering
a
crisp
picture
．
To
receive
genuine
high-definition television signals
，
owners must buy
a separate HDTV receiver
．
Price range
：
US
＄
1
，
000
－
6
，
000
LOS ANGELEST IMES
81
．
According to the article
，
TV sets with _____will
still be the most popular in the coming years
．
82
．
The factors that stimulate the thin screens to be
more
and
more
popular
include
_____
，
_____
，
and_____
．
83
．
The rapidly expanding market for LCD panels
and
their
large-scale
production
will
help
lower
_____
．
84
．
When a wealthy customer wants to buy a very
large
TV
，
he
should
select
_____and
_____according to the passage
．
85
．
We can infer from the passage that among all
kinds of TV sets _____is of the best quality
．
Questions
86
to
90
are
based
on
the
following
passage
：
Dell Does Domination
Over
the
years
I've
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
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hanging out with Michael Dell
，
and what I noticed
during
my
latest
visit
with
him
in
Austin
is
how
things
have
changed
．
Yes
，
he
is
still
unflappable
．
And
yes
，
he
greets
me
in
his
new
glossy
offices
with
the
same
Stamford
Wife-like
grin
he
has
always
had
．
But
he
appears
thinner
now
，
as
if
he's
lost
baby
fat
．
While
he's
still
slow-moving
，
as if he's conserving energy
，
he now
cuts
to
the
quick
in
conversation
．
And
when
he
zeroes in on the point he wants to make
，
when he
reiterates why Dell Computer is in a better position
than any other PC maker in the world
，
you realize
that the 36-year-old has lost what was once one of
his greatest advantages
：
no one underestimate ates
him anymore
．
Instead
，
Michael Dell looms over the PC landscape
like
a
giant
，
casting
a
shadow
over
all
his
unfortunate com petitors
．
This is a terrible time in
a difficult business
．
PC sales were down for the first
time last year
．
Dell's sales will be down
，
too
，
also
for
the
first
time
．
Yet
even
with
that
，
even
with
recession
，
even
with
the
threat
of
a
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Hewlett-Packard
／
Com
paq
Goliath
，
this
is
the
only PC maker you can count on to grow and grow
and grow
．
Almost single-handedly
，
Dell is forcing
this industry to consolidate
．
Could this mean
“
game
over
”
in the PC biz
？
“
Game over
？”
he looks back
at me incredulously
．
“
No way
．
We only have 14
％
global market share
．
”
The
Dellites
may
not
admit
to
“
game
over
”
aspirations
，
but clearly they are thinking of a kind
of
domination
never
seen
before
among
PC
makers
．
“
We think 40
％
market share is possible
，
”
says
Dell's
No
．
2
，
Kevin
Rollins
．
That's
a
remarkable goal
；
what's more remarkable is that it
really is attainable
．
Don't look for Dell to hit that
kind
of
number
anytime
soon
．
Rather
，
the
company's
growth
will
come
from
grinding
out
gains
on
several
existing
fronts
，
while
shrewdly
expanding into new target markets
．
The
reason
is
simple
：
there's
no
better
way
to
make
，
sell
，
and deliver PCs than the way Dell does
it
，
and
nobody
executes
that
model
better
than
Dell
．
By
now
most
business
people
can
recite
the
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basic
tenets
of
Dell's
direct- sales
model
．
Dell
machines are made to order and delivered directly
to
the
customer
．
There
is
no
middleman
．
The
customer gets the exact machine he wants cheaper
than
he
can
get
it
from
the
competition
．
The
company gets paid by the customer weeks before it
pays
suppliers
．
Given
all
that
，
the
company
that
famously
started
in
Austin
out
of
a
University
of
Texas dorm room now dominates the northern side
of
this
city
the
way
giant
steelworks
once
lorded
over old mill towns
．
Dell
has
some 24
facilities in
and
near
Austin
and
employs
more
than
18
，
000
local workers
．
Dell did over
＄
30billion in sales in
2000
，
ranking 48th on the FORTUNE 500
，
ahead of
names like Walt Disney
，
and Du Pont
．
Michael is
the richest man under 40 in the world
，
worth
＄
16
billion
．
Two
facts
show
how
well
the
Dell
model
is
working
，
even in tough times
：
Dell is on track to
earn over
＄
1.7 billion in 2001
，
taking almost every
single
dollar
of
profit
among
makers
of
Windows-based
PCs
．
And
Dell
is
gaining
market
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share
．
That's
not
true
for
any
other
major
PC
maker
．
Quite the contrary
．
The others are going splat for
the
same
reason
that
Dell
is
succeeding
：
commoditization
．
The
desktop
PC
has
become
a
commodity
．
That's
great for
consumers
，
who get
standardized
，
easy-to-use
，
cheap PCs
．
Commoditization has been going on in the industry
for years
．
Dell
，
as master of the direct model
，
spent
most of the 1990s operating in techno-Nirvana
．
The
PC market was growing by 15
％
-plus per year
．
For
its quarter ended January 2000
，
Dell did a record
＄
6
．
8 billion in sales
，
up 31
％
from the previous
year's quarter
．
In a sign of things to come
，
sales
growth
slowed
later
in
2000
．
Then
the
growth
disappeared in 2001
．
The
economic
slowdown
was
bad
news
for
everyone
，
but Michael Dell and Kevin Rollins
，
who
is
increasingly
his
equal
partner
in
running
this
business
，
made sure it was terrible news for Dell's
com
petitors
．
In
late
2000they
decided
to
slash
prices
．
“
It
was
advantageous
for
us
，
actually
，
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because
in
periods
of
slow
demand
component
prices drop
，
and
，
unlike our competition
，
we can
pass those savings on immediately to customers
，
”
explains Rollins
，
a fine violinist who grew up in a
hard-charging
Utah
family
—
his
father
was
an
engineering
professor
at
Brigham
Young
—
and
came to Dell from the Bain consulting firm
．
Dell
could make more money selling more computers at
lower
prices
than
it
could selling
fewer
computers
at higher prices
．
The low prices wreaked havoc on
competitors
．
Compaq
，
HP
，
and Gateway all lost
market
share
for
the
12
months
that
ended
Sept
．
30
，
2001
，
while
Dell's
share
of
the
U
．
S
．
market climbed 31
％．
86
．
_____was
once
one
of
Dell's
greatest
advantages
．
87
．
The
passage
attributes
the
success
of
Dell
to_____
．
88
．
Why did Dell's share of the U.S
．
market climb
31
％
in 2001 while the economy slowed down
？
89
．
Dell hopes to increase its global market share
by _____according to the passage
．
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90
．
If one wants to buy a Dell computer
，
who do
you think he is supposed to pay
？
Part V Word Guessing and IQ Test
（
5 minutes
，
10
points
）
Section A
Word Guessing
（
5 points
）
91
．
In the western countries
，
a person who serves
the
guests
in
a
restaurant
expects
a
gratuity
in
appreciation for good service
．
A
．
good
remark
B
．
letter
of
thanks
C
．
tip
D
．
promotion
92
．
In
Greek
mythology
，
the
hero
usually
finds
himself in a terrible predicament in which he has to
face a fate which has been foretold by the Oracle at
Delphi
．
A
．
strange phenomenon
B
．
unpleasant
situation
C
．
unusual circumstance
D
．
huge monster
93
．
A
first-class
business
establishment
will
fully
recompense
its
customers
if
there
is
ever
any
dissatisfaction with the service or product
．
A
．
compensate
B
．
understand
C
．
inform
D
．
award
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94
．
Our family was truly a matriarchy
，
because my
grandmother had to raise her children and provide
for
them
all
by
herself
；
my
grandfather
had
died
when his sons and daughter were quite young
．
A
．
family
governed
by
women
B
．
family
without the father
C
．
family
depending
on
the
mother
D
．
family
with many young children
95
．
I'd love to help you look for all those things but
I'm a bit pushed for time today
．
Why don't we split
up and meet back in a couple of hours for a quick
cuppa
and
then
I
can
have
a
look
at
what
you've
bought
．
A
．
put
it
aside
B
．
go
separately
C
．
save the time
D
．
do it one by
one
Section B
IQ Test
（
5 points
）
96
．
What
number
should
replace
the
question
mark
？
A
．
10
B
．
9
C
．
8
D
．
7
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97
．
If someone could take a sheet of paper 0
．
1mm
thick
，
tear it in half
，
put the pieces on top of each
other
，
tear
these
in
half
，
then
repeat
the
process
until the paper had been torn 25 times
，
what would
be the final height of the pile of paper
？
A
．
As thick as a book
．
B
．
As tall as a man
．
C
．
As
high
as
a
house
．
D
．
As
high
as
a
mountain
．
98
．
If the pyramid were flattened out would it look
like A
，
B
，
C or D
？
99
．
Only one of the sets of six letter below can be
rearranged
into
a
six-letter
word
in
the
English
language
．
Can you find that set
？
A
．
LO
RIDM
B
．
ETNMIU
C
．
TUBLID
D
．
MIRCEL
100
．
These
are
millennium
celebrations
taking
place
in
4
different
places
．
Which
one
occurred
first
？
A.
PARIS
B.
SYDNEY
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C. NEW YORK
D. GREAT
WALL OF CHINA
Part VI Translation
（
10 minutes
，
10 points
）
Directions
：
Translate
the
underlined
sentences
of
the
following
passage
into
Chinese
on
the
Answer
Sheet
．
TASTE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
Wherever
you
are
in
the
world
，
it
seems
，
the
billboards
and
supermarket
shelves
are
saturated
with the same brand names
．
There are few places
left on the planet where you can't buy a Diet Coke
，
a packet of Kellogg's cornflakes
，
or Oxo cubes
．
But just try tasting them
．
（
101
）
The packaging and
the
product
may
look
identical
，
but
the
flavour
maybe
far
from
familiar
．
Even
the
most
famous
brand names are specially for- mulated to appeal to
individual national palates
．
Heinz
，
for instance
，
insists that its tomato ketchup is
“
the same recipe
worldwide
”
，
but
admits
that
“
there
maybe
very
subtle variations in the spicing
”
．
Even the ultimate global brand
，
Coca-Cola
，
accepts
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that
not
all
its
products
are
what
they
appear
to
be
．
“
We
go
to
great
lengths
to
ensure
that
Coca- Cola is the same wherever you drink it
，
”
says
a spokesman
．
“
But Diet Coke may change slightly
from country to country
，
because we use different
sweeteners in different places
．
”
Americans
prefer
many
products
，
particularly
chocolate
，
to
be
far
more
sugary
than
Europeans
do
．
（
102
）
The French perceive strawberry flavour
in a different way from the British
，
so the artificial
flavouring
in
France
will
not
have
a
“
proper
”
strawberry
taste
to
Britons
．
Preferences
for
saltiness
and
color
differ
as
well
，
and
most
Japanese consumers dislike the taste of milk
．
The
French
in
general
prefer
stronger
，
fuller-tasting
coffee
than
the
British
．
There
is
a
higher cream content in a Magnum in Italy than in
Britain
，
because
the
Italians
expect
ice-cream
to
have a much richer taste
．
Tea sold in Europe tends
to
be
weaker
than
the
strong
tea
preferred
by
Britons
．
（
103
）
Taste
preferences
can
vary
even
within countries
：
at least one well- known soft drink
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is
made
according
to
a
sweeter
recipe
in
the
southern
states
of
the
United
States
than
that
on
sale in the north
．
Local
water
and
soil
will
affect
the
taste
of
home-grown
natural
ingredients
．
Some
key
constituents
may
not
be
available
，
meaning
that
alternatives must be found
．
Sometimes
，
especially
in
developing
countries
，
premium
grade
components
，
such as high- grade flour
，
are replaced
with lower- quality equivalents
．
（
104
）
Extremes
in
climate
will
require
different
additives and preservatives to be used
．
Chocolate
calls for an alternative recipe in hot countries if it is
to maintain its texture and taste
．
And multinationals must conform to national laws
and
regulations
on
additives
，
flavorings
，
colorings
，
and
artificial
low-calorie
sweeteners
．
Mars
and Snickers
bars
taste
slightly
different
in
Australia
，
since
laws
there
state
that
vegetable fat must not be used in chocolate
．
Local
religious
sensibilities
must
also
be
observed
．
（
105
）
Even McDonald's
，
which proclaims
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the homogeneity of its Big Macs
（巨无霸）
around
the
globe
，
has
to
serve
lamb
rather
than
beef
burgers in India
，
because the sacred status of cows
means
that
the
majority
of
its
Indian
customers
can't eat beef
．
Part VII
Writing
（
30 minutes
，
20 points
）
Directions
：
The chart
below
shows
the amount
of
leisure
time
enjoyed
by
men
and
women
of
different employment status
．
Write a report for a
university
lecturer
describing
the
information
shown below
．
You should write at least 150 words
．
Leisure
time
in
a
typical
week
：
by
sex
and
employment status
，
1998
－
99
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Part I
Listening Comprehension (30
分
)
Section A
Dialogues (10
分
,
每题
1
分
)
1.
C.
2.
C
3.
C
4.
B
5.
D
6.
C
7.
A
8.
A
9. B
10. B
Section B News Items (10
分
,
每题
1
分
)
11. The UN Security Council’s resolution.
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