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1、26. A) There were no planets without moons. B) There was no air or water on Jupiter.C) Life was not possible in outer space. D) The mystery of life could not be resolved.27. A) It has a number of active volcanoes. B) It has an atmosphere like the earths.C) It has a large ocean under its surface. D)
2、It has deep caves several miles long.28. A) Light is not an essential element to it. B) Life can form in very hot temperatures.C) Every form of life undergoes evolution. D) Oxygen is not needed for some life forms. Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Whe
3、ther they should take the child home.B) What Dr. Mayers instructions exactly were.C) Who should take care of the child at home.D) When the child would completely recover.30. A) She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.B) She makes them write down all her instructions.C) She has them act ou
4、t what they are to do at home.D) She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do.31. A) It lacks the stability of the printed word. B) It contains many grammatical errors.C) It is heavily dependent on the context. D) It facilitates interpe本资.料来源于贵-州-学-习-网 WWW.GZU521.COM rsonal communication. Pa
5、ssage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Job security. B) Good labour relations.C) Challenging work. D) Attractive wages and benefits.33. A) Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.B) More and more unskilled workers will lose jobs.C) Computers will cha
6、nge the nature of many jobs.D) Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable.34. A) Offer them chances of promotion.B) Improve their working conditions.C) Encourage them to compete with each other.D) Give them responsibilities as part of a team.35. A) They will not bring real benefits to the staff.B)
7、 They concern a small number of people only.C) They are arbitrarily set by the administrators.D) They are beyond the control of ordinary workers.Section CDirections: 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
8、 general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact w
9、ords 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.注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上。In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) _ into three types of informati
10、onal writing: factual, descriptive, and process.Factual writing provides (37) _ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38) _ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style
11、 of music which you might read in a music (39) _ course. This kind of writing provides a (40) _ for your study of the humanities.As its name (41) _, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an (42) _ of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the c
12、olors an artist used in a painting or the (43) _ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the readers mind by calling up specific details of the work. (44) _.Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) _. This kind of writing
13、is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is important. (46) _.Part Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list o
14、f 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. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of t
15、he words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a childs language development than mothers, a new study suggests.Researchers 47 92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-class families, with married parents both living in the home.When the children were 2, researchers v
