Part I    Listening Comprehension

Section A
1. M：Did you see Martha just now? I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight.

W：She must be around somewhere. You may still be able to catch her.

Q：What does the woman mean?

A) She knows where Martha has gone.

      B) Martha will go to the concert by herself.

      C) It is quite possible for the man to find Martha.

      D) The man is going to meet Martha at the concert.

解析：女士说她一定在附近，你仍然能够找到她。找人的场景，对话重心放在答语上。 be able to catch = possible to find

单词：around 周围，附近

短语：catch sb. 找到某人

2. W: I can’t bear the air pollution in this city anymore. It’s getting worse and worse.

M: You said it. We’ve never had so many factories before.

Q: What does the man mean?

A) The air pollution is caused by the development of industry.

     B) The city was poor because there wasn’t much industry then.

     C) The woman’s exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution. 

     D) He might move to another city very soon.

解析：本对话讨论主题是air pollution。男士肯定女士的说法，并指出“以前从未有过这么多的工厂”，也就是说他的观点是工业发展导致了空气污染。industry是factories的抽象概括替换。

单词：bear忍受；exaggerate夸张；seriousness严重

短语：air pollution空气污染

句型：You said it.你说对了。（表示同意、赞成的句型） 类似的句型还有：You can say that again. / I can’t agree with you more. / No kidding.

3. M: Just think I went through so much work on my paper only to get a C.

W: Well, I don’t think grades are everything . What you’ve learned in the process will prove useful in your future work.

Q: What does the woman imply?

.    A) The man should work harder to improve his grades.

     B) The man will benefit from the effort he’s put in. 

     C) It serves the man right to get a poor grade.

     D) It was unfair of the teacher to give the man a C.

解析：女士说分数并不意味着一切，然后说在写论文的过程中学到的东西在将来的工作中会有用的。注意useful和benefit的替换，其它替换词还有rewarding / beneficial / worthwhile等。

单词：paper论文

短语：go through仔细研究；in the process在过程中；prove useful被证明是有用的；improve one’s grades 提高分数；benefit from 从…受益；put in the effort 花费努力

句型：Sth. is everything.某事很重要，意味着一切；It serves sb right to do sth.某人做某事是活该的；It was unfair of sb. to do sth.某人做某事是不公平的。

4. M: My brother is coming this weekend, and I was thinking the three of us would go out to dinner Saturday night. Any suggestions?

W: It’s up to you. I don’t know the restaurants here that well.

Q: What does the woman mean?

A) She can make a reservation at the restaurant.

     B) The man should decide where to eat.  

     C) She already has plans for Saturday night.                        

     D) The man should ask his brother for suggestions.

解析： 针对出去吃饭这件事情，女士说由你决定。后面一句话只是补充说明，关键在于理解It’s up to you.。本对话的话题是eat。

  短语：go out to dinner出去吃正餐，赴宴；make a reservation预定；ask sb. for suggestions请求某人的建议

句型：It’s up to you. / up to you. 你决定 / 你做主 / 你看着办；Any suggestions? 有什么建议吗？

5. W: I couldn’t have won the award without your assistance, thank you very much.

M: You’ve been working so hard. You deserve the honor.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

A) The man deserved the award.

     B) The woman helped the man succeed.

     C) The man is thankful to the woman for her assistance.

     D) The woman worked hard and was given an award. 

解析：女士获奖，她对男士表示感谢。几个干扰项均颠倒了事实。对话关键词award。

  短语：win the award获奖；deserve the honor应该获得这个荣誉; be thankful to sb. for sth.因某事感谢某人

句型：sb. deserves sth.某人应该获得某物，某人活该

6. M: I’d like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council. I hear it’s a great way to connect with the community.

W: It sure is, but you’ll have to put in a lot of hours. So you must leave some room in scheduling your time.

Q: What does the woman imply?

A) Voluntary work can help the man establish connections with the community.

    B) The man’s voluntary work has left him little room in his schedule.

    C) Voluntary work with the environment council requires a time commitment. 

    D) A lot of people have signed up for voluntary work with the environment council.

解析：女士说话重点在but后面，意思是参加志愿工作需要很多时间。put in a lot of hours = time commitment

单词：council委员会； schedule安排；commitment许诺，承担义务；community社区，社会

短语：sign up for报名参加；voluntary work志愿工作; put in a lot of hours花很多时间；leave some room留些空间，留些余地; schedule one’s time安排某人的时间。

句型：It sure is. 当然。

7. W: Can you tell me when I can leave here, doctor? I have some important business to attend to.

M: That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment. You may leave as soon as the bleeding stops. I think that will take a couple of days.

Q: What does the doctor mean?

A) The patient must receive treatment regularly.

    B) The patient can’t leave the hospital until the bleeding stops. 

    C) The patient’s husband can attend to the business in her place.

    D) The patient must take a good rest and forget about her business.

解析：医生说出血一止你就可以离开。注意not until = as soon as 条件关系。

单词：condition状况；bleed出血；take a couple of days花几天时间

短语：attend to处理；receive treatment接受治疗；take a good rest好好休息；forget about sth.忘记某事

8. M: I’m told that Alice is trying to find a job in an electronics company.

W: As far as I know , she is good at anything but electronics.

Q: What does the woman mean?

A) Alice does not know much about electronics.

    B) Alice is unlikely to find a job anywhere.

    C) Alice is not interested in anything but electronics.

    D) Alice is likely to find a job in an electronics company.

解析：找工作场景，注意多学习相关词汇。女士用了anything but这个强调词，表示男士对电子学不擅长。

单词：electronics 电子学

短语：electronics company电子；anything but决不；be good at anything but sth.除了某事什么都擅长

9. M: Jimmy is going on a journey tomorrow. Shall we have a farewell dinner tonight.

W: Do you think it’s necessary? You know, he’ll be away just for a few days.

Q: What does the women mean?

A) Jimmy is going to set out tonight.

    B) Jimmy has not decided on his journey.

    C) There is no need to have a farewell dinner.

    D) They may have a dinner when Jimmy’s back.

解析：对话讨论主题是是否该举办一个farewell dinner。考生听的重点放在女士的回答上。女士用的反问句，意思就是说没必要。

  短语：go on a journey旅行；farewell dinner送别晚宴; be away离开; set out出发；decide on sth.做关于某事的决定

10. M: I thought you are going to call me last night about the plans for the conference on language teaching.

W: Sorry, I should have. But Tom and Jam stopped by and stayed until midnight.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

A) The woman had been planning for the conference.

      B) The woman called the man but the line was busy.

      C) The woman didn’t come back until midnight.

      D) The woman had guests all evening. 

解析：女士用I should have虚拟语气说她没打电话。But引出原因。Tom and Jane = guests抽象概括。

  短语：the plan for sth. 关于某事的计划；conference on sth.某方面的会议；stop by顺便走访(drop by / pay a visit); plan for计划某事

句型：I thought…我原以为；I should have…我原应该做某事的（实际没有做）

Section B

Passage One

The Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco（旧金山）with the suburbs to the North. Each day, about 100,000 automobiles crossed the bridge taking people to and from the city. More than half of them crossed the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours（高峰时间）. (11)With traffic so heavy（交通拥挤）, the trip is not pleasant. Now, however, there is at least one group of happy commuters（通勤者，乘车往返于两地上班的人）. These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it. They go to work by boat and enjoyed it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again. The ferry they take is spacious（宽敞的）, quite and comfortable. Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck（甲板）. In the morning, they can have breakfast in the coffee shop and in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while looking at the beautiful scenery（风景，景色）. The trip takes only 30 minutes and is not very costly. (12)But best of all, being on a boat seems to make people feel more friendly toward each other. There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the ferry. Because the ferry has been so successful, there are plans to use other still larger boats. (13)There is also a proposal（提议）for a high-speed boat that will make the trip in only 15 minutes, but not everyone is happy about that. A lot of people feel that half an hour is just enough time to relax.

11. According to the speaker, how do commuters feel about crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by car?    C)

12. What does the speaker say about ferry commuters?    D)

13. How do commuters respond to plans for the future of the ferry?    B)

Passage Two

How many teeth have you had failed in the past two year? If you follow the advice of Doctor Forsdick , you may be able to reduce the number of your visits to a dentist. Doctor Forsdick conducted（开展，进行）a two-year survey to find out how to prevent or reduce dental decay（龋齿）. 946 students took part in the experiment. 523 students cleaned their teeth within 10 minutes of eating . When possible, they used a tooth-brush . When this was impossible, they washed their mouth thoroughly with water. The remaining 423 students merely cleaned their teeth when they went to bed and when they got up in the morning. All the students had their teeth X-rayed at the end of the first and second years. At the end of the first year, the night and morning group had three times as many decayed teeth as the clean-after-each-meal group. At the end of the second year, the latter group had 53% fewer decayed teeth than the former group. (15) Doctor Forsdick has cleaned his teeth after every meal for 13 years, and has not had a single decayed tooth. (14) He pointed out that sugar is a major agent（因素）in dental decay, particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes and soft drinks（软饮料，可乐等）. (16) Ideally, you should keep a tooth-brush in your pocket and use it immediately after you have finished eating. When this is impractical, you can at least make sure that you have a drink of water and let the water through your teeth to force out any particles（微粒）of food. Seven out of ten people lose at least half their teeth by the time they are fifty. Many have a complete set of false teeth（假牙）by that time. In any case, neither toothache nor a visit to a dentist is very pleasant, so it is worthwhile making an effort to keep your own teeth as long as possible. The main preventative（预防的）agent（物质，剂）is simply water.

14. According to the passage, what type of food or drink is most likely to cause dental decay?    A)

15. What does the passage tell us about the condition of Doctor Forsdick’s teeth?    B)

16. What does Doctor Forsdick suggest to prevent dental decay?    D)

Passage Three

The worldwide organization of the Red Cross（红十字会）stems from（源于）the idea of Henry Dunant, a Swiss banker. (17) In 1838, at the age of 10, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison. There, he saw prisoners chained tighter exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road. This experience left a deep impression on him and made him determined to do something for convicts（囚犯）and slaves and for all who are oppressed（压迫）and deprived of（剥夺）their liberty. On 24th, June 1859, while on his way from Geneva（日内瓦）to France, Dunant witnessed（目击）the battle between the French and Austrian（奥地利的）armies . It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided a voluntary service have to be organized. (18) He gathered together a number of women who tended the hundreds of wounded soldiers of all nationalities and helped the surgeons(外科医生)as best as they could. From that battle, Dunant determined to form a body of people who would rally（集合）together in times of war and attend to the needs of the wounded and dying. (19) Dunant held that the suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only, without regard to（不管，不考虑）race, religion or political beliefs（信仰）. Many European states supported him and on 27 August, 1864, the first Geneva Convention（日内瓦公约）was signed. This lays down（拟定）that once a solider is wounded, he and everyone who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy. A symbol by which the relief workers could be recognized was devised. (20) As a tribute（尊敬）to Switzerland, the symbol was a Swiss flag reversed（颠倒）. That is a red cross on a white ground. So the Red Cross was born.

17. What first led Henry Dunant to thinking of helping the oppressed?    A)

18. What did Henry Dunant do during the battle between the French and Austrian armies?    C)

19. What was Henry Dunant’s belief when he founded the Red Cross?    D)

20. Why was the symbol of the Red Cross designed with a red cross on a white ground?    C)

Part II    Reading Comprehension

Passage One

(21) For years, doctors advised their patients that the only thing taking multivitamins does is give them expensive urine(尿). After all, true vitamin deficiencies are practically unheard of in industrialized countries. Now it seems those doctors may have been wrong. The results of a growing number of studies suggest that even a modest vitamin shortfall can be harmful to your health. Although proof of the benefits of multivitamins is still far from certain, the few dollars you spend on them is probably a good investment.（文章一开始提出老观点，认为服用的维生素人体难吸收。然后给出新看法，也就是服用适量的维生素是有益的。从结构上讲是应该典型的新老观点型文章，整篇文章围绕着新观点展开。deficiency / shortfall同义替换）

21. At one time doctors discouraged taking multivitamins because they believed that multivitamins      .
[定位与替换]本题是问医生曾经不鼓励服用多种维生素的原因。根据题干中的At one time和doctors可以定位到文章第一段的第一句，At one time = For years。第一句的意思是多年来医生忠告他们的病人，服用多种维生素的唯一作用是排泄昂贵的药。句子主干是doctors advised their patients, that引导主语从句。言外之意思是，花了钱却排泄掉了，正符合A) could not easily be absorbed by the human body不能轻易地被身体所吸收，属于概括性替换。原文是排泄，答案是吸收，一正一反。

[干扰项分析]  B) were potentially harmful to people’s health对人的身体有潜在的危害，原文无信息支持；C) were too expensive for daily consumption对于日常消费是太昂贵了, 是曲解原文，原文中的expensive是修饰的尿而不是维生素，只是说明花钱服用后排泄掉了，是一种浪费。这个选项有很大的迷惑性；D) could not provide any cure for vitamin deficiencies不能对维生素缺乏症提供任何治疗，利用第二句中的vitamin deficiencies来干扰考生。

Or at least that’s the argument put forward in the New England Journal of Medicine. (22) Ideally, say Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Meir Stampfer of Harvard, all vitamin supplements would be evaluated in scientifically rigorous clinical trials. But those studies can take a long time and often raise more questions than they answer.   At some point, while researchers work on figuring out where the truth lies, it just makes sense to say the potential benefit outweighs the cost.

22. According to the author, clinical trials of vitamin supplements       .
[定位与替换]本题针对维生素补剂的临床实验提问。根据题干中的clinical trials可以定位到文章第二段。第三句的意思是，这些实验研究耗费时间长，而且所引起的疑问要比能够回答的疑问多。所以选 B) take time and will not produce conclusive results花费时间而且产生的结果不确定。take a long time = take time; often raise more question than they answer = will not produce conclusive results.

[干扰项分析] A) often result in misleading conclusions经常导致误导性的结论，错在misleading无信息支持；C) should be conducted by scientists on a larger scale应该由医生更大规模地进行，也无信息支持；D) appear to be a sheer waste of time and resources 看起来是纯粹浪费时间和资源，无信息支持，说的太过了。

    The best evidence to date concerns folate, one of the B vitamins. It’s been proved to limit the number of defects in embryos (胚胎), and a recent trial found that folate in combination with vitamin B12 and a form of B6 also decreases the re-blockage of arteries after surgical repair.

The news on vitamin E has been more mixed. Healthy folks who take 400 international units daily for at least two years appear somewhat less likely to develop heart disease. But when doctors give vitamin E to patients who already have heart disease, the vitamin doesn’t seem to help. (23) It may turn out that vitamin E plays a role in prevention but cannot undo serious damage.

23. It has been found that vitamin E        .
[定位与替换]根据关键词vitamin E定位到第四段。考生对阅读文章中出现的某个概念要及时做标记，根据前面对段落的分析，应该选 C) has a preventive but not curative effect on heart disease有预防但没有治愈心脏病的效果。

[干扰项分析] A) should be taken by patients regularly and persistently应该有规律并且坚持被病人所服用；B) can effectively reduce the recurrence of heart disease能够有效地减少心脏病的复发；D) should be given to patients with heart disease as early as possible 应该被尽早地给予患心脏病的人。这三个干扰项均无信息支持。本题只要定位准确，应该很容易解答。

    Despite vitamin C’s great popularity, consuming large amounts of it still has not been positively linked to any great benefit. The body quickly becomes saturated with C and simply excretes (排泄) any excess.

    The multivitamins question boils down to this: Do you need to wait until all the evidence is in before you take them, or are you willing to accept that there’s enough evidence that they don’t hurt and could help?（第一个that引导宾语从句作accept的宾语，第二个that引导同位语从句作evidence的同位语）      

If the latter, there’s no need to go to extremes and buy the biggest ‘horse pills or the most expensive bottles. (24) Large doses can cause trouble, including excessive bleeding and nervous system problems.

24. It has seen that large doses of multivitamins      .
[定位与替换]本题是问从文章中可以看出服用大剂量的多种维生素会怎样？根据题干中的large doses of multivitamins可以定位到文章第七段的第二句，大剂量的服用可能会引起麻烦，例如失血过多或造成神经系统的问题。所以应该选A) may bring about serious side effects可能会引起严重的副作用。side effects是对原文中excessive bleeding and nervous system problems的概括性替换。

[干扰项分析] B) may help prevent excessive bleeding 可能有助于帮助防止失血过多，与原文说法相反；C) the likely to induce the blockage of arteries可能会引起动脉堵塞，文中无信息支持；D) are advisable for those with vitamin deficiencies对于那些维生素缺乏的人是可取的，也无信息支持。

Multivitamins are no substitute for exercise and a balanced diet, of course. As long as you understand that any potential benefit is modest and subject to further refinement, taking a daily multivitamin makes a lot of sense.

25. The author concludes the passage with the advice that _______.
[定位与替换]本题是问作者用一个什么建议来总结全文的？最后一段的意思：当然，多种维生素不能代替锻炼和平衡的饮食。只要对此理解了，就应知道该选D) it’s reasonable to take a rational dose of multivitamins daily每日服用合理的剂量是明智的。

[干扰项分析] A) the benefit of daily multivitamin intake outweighs that of exercise and a balanced diet与文章最后一段的第一句相反；B) it’s risky to take multivitamins without knowing their specific function在不知道维生素具体的功能之前就服用是危险的，这不仅不是作者的建议，而且与原文第六段的说法不一致；C) the potential benefit of multivitamins can never be overestimated维生素的潜在好处永远不可以被高估，这也不是作者的建议。

【重点单词】

deficiency  n. ①缺乏,不足②缺点,缺陷

industrialize  v. (使)工业化

modest  a. ①谦虚地,谦逊的②适中的,适度的,不太多的③羞怯的

argument  n. ①争论,争吵,辩论②理由,论据,论点③说理,论证

ideally  adv. 理想地,完美地

supplement  n. ①增补(物),补充(物)②增刊,副刊  vt. 增补,补充

rigorous  a. ①严密的,缜密的②严格的,严厉的

outweigh  vt. ①比…(在重量上)重,在重量上超过②比…(在重要性、影响上)重要,胜过

defect  n. 缺点,缺陷,毛病  vi. 变节,叛变

mixed  a. 混合的,混杂的

folk  n. ①[pl.]亲属,家人,父母②人们  a. 民间的

subject  n. ①主题,题目②学科,科目③(试验等的)对象④主语

a. ①受…支配的,取决于…的(to)②易遭…的(to)

vt. ①使服从(to)②使遭受(to)

[真题]Astronauts are _______ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.

A) inclined to   B) subjected to   C) prone to   D) bound to          [CET-6:2002,6]

[译文]宇航员在实际上送上宇宙飞船之前,要经受各种测试。

refinement  n. 精致,精确,(言谈, 举止等的)文雅,精巧

【必背搭配】

动词与名词搭配：

raise questions  提出问题

动词与副词搭配：

put forward  提出

动词与介词搭配：

work on  致力于

boil down to  归结为

形容词与名词搭配：

clinical trials  临床试验

形容词与介词搭配：

saturated with  以…饱和的

subject to  有待于…的

介词与名词搭配：

at some point  在某一点上

to date  迄今为止

develop heart disease  患心脏病

副词与形容词搭配：

practically unheard  几乎未听说过的

scientifically rigorous  科学而又严格的

positively linked  肯定有关联的

Passage Two

(26) Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge (剧增) of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse (反面) of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage marriages. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. (27) Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. ( rainy days 引申义：穷困时期) As the economy rebounds, the number of marriages also rises. （本文探讨了妇女工作对婚姻和家庭的影响。第一段引出两种不同的观点：一些未来学家提出一种假设，劳动力中妇女的剧增可能预示着对婚姻的拒绝；而与这种想法相反的是认为一个家庭中两个人赚钱的前景将鼓励婚姻。但是作者并没有简单地肯定或者否定一方的观点，而是认为双方都有可取之处，这是一种相对复杂的态度，在以往的试题中比较少见，但在GRE里此类文章比较多见。与国际英语考试的选材接轨，是四、六级改革的大趋势。）

26. The word "portend" (Line 2, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to "        ".

[定位与替换]此类题目正确率很低，这与平时阅读过度依赖字典和不重视语篇分析有关。解答此类题目时应对上下文之间的逻辑关系进行分析。portend在第一句，答案所依据的解题线索一般会在后文中。一、二两句的意思是：一些未来学家提出一个假设，劳动力中妇女的剧增可能预示着对婚姻的拒绝。根据这个假设，许多妇女将宁愿工作而不愿意结婚。this hypothesis = assume，我们可以推导出劳动力中妇女的剧增与拒绝婚姻是因果关系，所以选B) signal 显示、预示。

[干扰项分析] A) defy藐视，公然反抗；C) suffer from 因…而遭罪；D) result from源于、是因为，颠倒了因果关系，如果改成result in就可以了。

27. It is said in the passage that when the economy slides, ________.
[定位与替换]本题是问当经济下滑时会出现什么情况？根据题干中的economy slides (= economic downturns)定位到文章第一段的倒数第二句，有数据表明… (Data show that…，为考点)。本句的意思是：有数据表明，经济下滑会使婚姻延期，因为双方没有经济能力建立一个家庭或者是担心未来经济拮据的日子。所以选D) more people would prefer to remain single for the time being更多的人会选择暂时单身，remain single for the time being = postpone marriage, 推迟结婚就是暂时保持单身。这里命题者所使用的替换非常巧妙，属于正话反说。

[干扰项分析] A) men would choose working women as their marriage partners男人会选择职业妇女作为结婚对象，干扰源在上一句the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner.，与本题所设置的条件when the economy slides没有关系，偏离考点；B) more women would get married to seek financial security更多的妇女将会结婚以寻求经济的保障；C) even working women would worry about their marriages甚至职业妇女也会对她们的婚姻担心；B)、C) 都无信息支持，是无中生有。

Coincident with the increase in women working outside the home is the increase in divorce rates. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible. Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. Given high unemployment, inflationary problems, and slow growth in real earnings, a working wife can increase household income and relieve some of these pressing financial burdens. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’s financial and emotional stability.

Psychological factors also should be considered. (29) For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. (28) On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.

28. If women find fulfillment through work outside the home, ________.
[定位与替换]本题是问如果妇女通过在外工作找到满足感，会怎么样？根据题干中的if / fulfillment 定位到文章第三段的最后一句：如果她能够通过在外工作获得满足，那么工作和婚姻会一起创造一个更强大的更稳定的联盟。所以应该选C) their marriage ties be can strengthened他们的婚姻纽带会得到加强。原文中的形容词“stronger”转化为选项中的动词“strengthen”，对于这类同义转述，应注意揣摩。

[干扰项分析] A) they are more likely to dominate their marriage partners 她们更加可能控制他们的婚姻对象，尽管最后一段提到A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house.工作的妻子可能使丈夫不再成为一家之主，但dominate一词用的太过，而且也不符合本题所设置的条件If women….the home，偏离了考点； B) their husbands are expected to do more housework预计她们的丈夫会做更多的家务活， 文章没有提到她们的丈夫会有什么变化，无信息支持； D) they tend to put their career before marriage她们可能会将职业置于比婚姻更优先的地位，也无信息支持。

29. One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that _______.

[定位与替换]本题是例证、原因考点。根据关键词with no career (= blocked from a career ) / seek a divorce定位到第三段的第二、三句，两句之间是因果关系。本题还考查了同学们对形象用法的理解。第二句意思为，如果妇女没有职业呆在家中，她们会觉得像关在笼子里一样。所以应该选A) they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom他们觉得被剥夺了自由。feel caged = feel that they have been robbed of their freedom

[干扰项分析]B) they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands她们害怕被丈夫呼来喝去；C) they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations她们觉得丈夫没有能够符合她们的期望；D) they tend to suspect their husbands’ loyalty to their marriage她们可能怀疑丈夫对婚姻的忠诚。三个干扰项都是无中生有，文中无信息支持。

    Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. With higher earning capacity and status occupations outside of the home comes the capacity to exercise power within the family. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.

30. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author’s view in the passage?
[定位与替换]本题是问作者的观点。作者在文中的语气基本保持中立，只在最后一句表达了自己观点。因此应该选D) The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.妇女工作人数的不断增多对于婚姻的影响是不尽相同的。本题考查了同学们把握全文、准确判断作者观点的能力，有一定难度。

[干扰项分析] A) The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country.婚姻稳定和离婚率可能反映了国家的经济状况。尽管文中提到经济对婚姻的影响，但并不是作者的观点；B) Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.即使经济独立，大部分妇女仍然必须为婚姻中的真正平等而斗争。文中无信息支持；C) In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain independent.为了确保婚姻稳固，妇女应该出外工作并保持独立。文中无信息支持。

【重点单词】

hypothesis  a. 假设,假说,前提

count  vt. ①点…的数目,计算②把…算入③认为,看作  vi. ①数,计算②值得考虑,有重要意义

n. ①计数,总数②(控告的)一项罪状

[真题]The manager needs an assistant that he can _____ to take care of problems in his absence.

A) count on  B) count in  C) count up  D) count out        [CET-4:1996,1]

[译文]经理需要一位他不在时可指望来解决问题的助手。

downturn  n. 低迷时期

party  n. ①社交聚会②党,政党③一方,当事人,(parties 双方)

rebound  n./vi.回弹

coincident  a. 一致的,符合的,巧合的

reverse  vt. ①撤销,推翻②使位置颠倒,使互换位置③使反向,使倒转  vi. 反向,倒转

n. ①相反情况,对立面②反面,背面,后面③挫折,逆境  a. 相反的,反向的,倒转的

plausible  a. 似是而非的,貌似有理的,似乎正确的

tension  n. ①紧张,紧张状态②拉紧,绷紧③张力,拉力

ground  n. ①地,地面,土地②场地③根据,理由  vt. 建立,使打基础  vi. ①着陆,落地②搁浅

fulfillment  n. 履行,实现,完成

【必背搭配】

形容词与名词搭配：

vast upsurge  猛涨,剧增

financial prospects  财政前景,未来的经济状况

pressing burdens  紧迫的负担

名词与名词搭配：

earning ability  挣钱的能力

动词与介词搭配：

be concerned about  关心

choose a over b  选择a而不选择b

be blocked from  被阻挡于…

rob sb. of  剥夺某人的…

形容词与介词搭配：

coincident with  与…一致,和…同时

动词与名词搭配：

increase the chances  增大可能性

raise the standard of living  提高生活水平

strengthen stability  增强稳定性

exercise power  行使权力

副词与形容词搭配：

equally plausible  同样似乎有理的

Passage Three

本文是一篇新老观点批驳型的文章，针对“人类天性”这个问题进行了探讨。第一段说，对大部分思想家来说，很明显地是human nature构成了人类的本质,  尽管对什么构成了human nature有不同的观点,但是大家一致认为human nature是存在的, 由此人才是人, 是一个合理的存在,是社会动物。第二段说这种传统观点已经开始被质疑，并从两个角度说明了原因。第三段是作者的观点，作者认为从进化的角度可以对human nature这个问题有新的理解 。语篇关键词human nature

For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that there is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists -- that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal. 

More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our epoch is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called "human nature". （对人类历史的考查表明，我们这个时代的人和以往年代的人有很大的差别，以致于认为每个时代的人都有一些共性是不切实际的，这些共性被称作“人性”。句子主干An examination suggested that…。第一个that引导宾语从句；第二个so…that引导的是结果状语从句；第三个that引导宾语从句作assume的宾语；第四个that引导定语从句修饰something，have sth. in common这个结构中的sth.因为比较长，为了保持句子平衡而后置。）The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (人类学). The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and thoughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text.（对原始人的研究发现，他们在习俗、价值观、情感和思想上存在巨大的差异，以致于很多人类学家形成了这样一个观点，即人生来就是一张白纸，在这张白纸上文化书写不同的内容。句子主干The study of primitive people has discovered such a diversity。such…that 引导结果状语从句；第二个that引导同位语从句，修饰concept；on which 引导的定语从句修饰paper。）Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as innate (天生的) human traits. Popularly, one refers cynically to "human nature" in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.

32. According to the passage, anthropologists believe that human beings _______.

[定位与替换]本题是问人类学家的观点是什么？根据anthropologist 可以将问题定位到第二段many anthropologists arrived at the concept man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. 参考31题中的分析, 再根据语篇关键词human nature, 可以确定答案为C) are born without a fixed nature人生来并没有一个固定的本性。（是受文化影响的）

[干扰项分析]其它选项只是堆砌了文章中的某些词，并没有提到人类学家的真正观点。

33. The author mentioned Aristotle, a great ancient thinker, in order to ______.

[定位与替换]本题是问作者提到亚里士多德的目的是什么？明显的例证考点，答案指向该例子上面的作者观点句，也就是Another factor的内容, 所以应该选B) show that the concept of "human nature" was used to justify social evils表明human nature这个概念被用来替社会邪恶作辩护。

[干扰项分析] A) emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of "human nature” 和C) prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of "human nature" 与原文无关；D) support the idea that some human traits are acquired支持某些人类特性是后天获得的观点，本选项的支持句是Or in order to… scholars have tried to….as innate human traits, 但是偏离了考点，非本题所问的内容，注意本题是针对亚里士多德发问的。他利用了human nature来为slavery辩护，Slavery属于social evils。

    Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable. Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expect new insight into the problem of the nature of man.

31. The traditional view of "human nature" was strongly challenged by _______.

[定位与替换]本题是问关于human nature的传统观点被什么严重地挑战了？必须注意问题中的时态was。可以很容易地定位到第二段第一句，但是答案极具争议。所谓挑战传统观点，就是否认有human nature的存在, 理由分两层。第一层由One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man引导，本句大意为：（人们态度）变化（由agreement到question）的原因是越来越强调从历史的角度来看待人。文章接着说，对人类历史的审视表明现在的人和以往的人非常不同，因此认为每个时代的人都有一个共同的东西human nature是不现实的。人类学的研究加强了“历史的方法”。对原始人的研究发现了许多不同的风俗习惯、价值观、情感和思想， 使得人类学家认为人生来不过是一张白纸，文化对其产生很大影响。第一层从“历史的”这个角度否定了human nature的存在，暗示了人们以前没有从这个角度去研究这个问题。而对人类历史的研究或者对原始人的研究，都是从一个新的“历史的”角度去研究人的。customs, values, feelings and thoughts等, 这些都属于人的行为，社会行为、心理行为等。第二层由Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed引导，本句大意为：另外一个使人们倾向否认有(也就是质疑)一个固定的human nature的因素，是 human nature 这个概念经常被人滥用, 为一些野蛮的、非人道的行为做辩护。接着文章说亚里士多德等人就是以human nature的名义来为奴隶制辩护（而奴隶制也是属于inhuman acts的）。文章另外举了一个例子，说一些学者为了证明资本主义制度的合理和必要，试图去证明贪婪、竞争性和自私都是人类天生的特点。最后文章谈到，人们在接受某些讨厌的人类行为，如贪婪、谋杀、欺骗和撒谎的时候，都无可奈何地提到human nature (意思说一般人都认为这些不是属于human nature ) 。这一层也是从研究人的行为 (acts / behavior) 着手, 从新的角度(和一般学者、思想家不同的角度)来说明人的某些行为不是human nature, 而是后天习得的，或者说这个概念只是被人利用了。综上所述，本题应选C) new insight into human behavior对人类行为的新的理解，从非传统的角度来理解人的行为，从而对传统的观点提出了挑战。本选项最好地结合了一、二两层的内容。

[干扰项分析]B) the historical approach to man只是第一层的意思, 错在片面了。有的人说题目中strongly和increasing emphasis对应, 所以应选B) 。但文章只是说，人们越来越强调“历史的方法”使得人们开始质疑传统观念。第二段的两层是同样重要的。本题strongly challenge 对应的是question。也有人说C) 错在behavior, 要是改成nature就对了 。但本文是针对否定human nature这个概念的, 是说其并不存在。如果这个选项改成new insight into the problem of nature 就对了。（文章最后一句Yet引导的是作者观点, 不是本题所问内容） A) the emergence of the evolutionary theory是第三段的内容, 是作者认为的有可能对human nature这一概念提出怀疑的另外一个角度, 而题目的时态是was, 所以不能选A), 同时它也不全面。D) the philosophical analysis of slavery则是拼凑第二段的细节处的概念, 和题意不合, 很少有人选它。

34. The word "untenable" (Line 3) in the last paragraph of the passage most probably means _______.

[定位与替换] 本题要求考生推断生词的意思。文章第三段第一句说，另外一个对human nature怀疑的理由可能是因为进化论的影响。接着作了进一步阐述，一旦人类被看作是在进化的过程中发展的，那么人类具有某种本质性的东西的观点看起来就站不住脚了。文中a substance which is contained in his essence显然是指human nature。从这两句可以看出，作者认为从进化的角度来看，human nature应该被质疑。所以推断untenable的意思必定是否定的贬义词, 对human nature这个概念提出了否定。由此选择D) indefensible不合理的, 站不住脚的。

[干扰项分析]纵观全文，作者对关于human nature的传统观点持否定态度。但A) invaluable无价的，B) imaginable可想象的，C) changeable可改变的 这三个选项都违背了作者否定的意思。

35. Most philosophers believed that human nature _______.

[定位与替换]本题问大部分哲学家对人类天性的看法。题目指向原文第一段第一句及其后的内容，文中的thinkers实际上指的就是本题的philosophers。第一段说大部分哲学家一致同意人类具有天性，因而人才成其为人，成为社会动物。言下之意，才和其它动物有所区别。所以应该选A) is the quality distinguishing man from other animals是一种将人类和其它动物区分开来的特性，解答这道题需要对原文经过一定的理解、推断。

[干扰项分析] B) consists of competitiveness and selfishness和D) consists of rationality and undesirable behavior中的实词competitiveness, selfishness, rationality和undesirable behavior都是出自原文第二段第二层细节处，不是哲学家们的观点，应予排除。他们也没有说人类天性是部分天生、部分后天获得的，所以C) is something partly innate and partly acquired也不能选。

【重点单词】

self-evident  a. 不证自明的,不言而喻的

constitute  vt. ①组成,构成②设立,任命

rational  a. ①理性的,理智的②合理的

question  n. ①问题②疑问,不确定③难题,需讨论(或考虑)的问题  vt. ①询问,审问②怀疑

historical  a. 历史(上)的,有关历史的

epoch  n. 时期,时代

reinforce  vt. 增强, 加强, 增援

[真题]The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one ______ the other.

A) increasing  B) emphasizing  C) reinforcing  D) multiplying      [CET-4:2001,1]

[译文]相同因素推动工资和价格上扬, 两者相互增强。

diversity  n. 差异, 多样性

blank  a. ①空白的,空着的②茫然的,无表情的  n. ①空白(处)②空白表格

[真题]Could you take a ______ sheet of paper and write your name at the top?

A) bare  B) vacant  C) hollow  D) blank        [CET-4:2003,6]

[译文]能否请你拿张空白纸在顶上写下你的大名?

abuse  n./vt. ①滥用,妄用②虐待,伤害③辱骂,毁谤

[真题]It has been revealed that some government leaders _______ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

A) employ  B) take  C) abuse  D) overlook      [CET-4:1996,6]

[译文]据透露, 某些政府领导人滥用职权非法为己牟利。

shield  n. 防护罩, 盾(状物)  vt. 保护, 防护

commit  vt. ①犯(错误等),干(坏事等)②使(oneself)承担义务,承诺③把…托付给,将…置于(to)

④调拨…供使用,拨出

acquisitiveness  n. 贪得无厌

competitiveness  n. 竞争

trait  n. 特征, 特点, 特性

inevitability  n. 必然性

undesirable  a. 不合乎要求的, 不受欢迎的, 不良的

【必背搭配】

动词与介词搭配：

be defined as  被定义为

动词与名词及介词搭配：

make a case for  证明…有理, 为…进行辩护

名词与介词搭配：

skepticism about  对…产生的怀疑

Passage Four

本文为科技类说明文, 探讨了虚拟现实技术在医学上的应用。第一段讲了Richard Satava是将虚拟现实技术应用在医学上的推动力, 由此引出话题。第二、三两段讲了虚拟现实在战场上的应用。第四、五、六段讲科学家们正在致力于将虚拟现实技术应用在手术上，并讲了一些具体的操作过程及步骤。

    Richard Satava, program manager for advanced medical technologies, has been a driving force in bringing virtual reality to medicine, where computers create a "virtual" or simulated environment for surgeons and other medical practitioners ( 从业者 ).

"With virtual reality we’ll be able to put a surgeon in every trench," said Satava. He envisaged a time when soldiers who are wounded fighting overseas are put in mobile surgical units equipped with computers.

37. Richard Satava has visions of _______.

[定位与替换]本题是问Satava有什么设想？问题出处必须以Satava为主语，文中涉及到Satava的句子并不多, 我们可以迅速定位到第二段第二句，其中envisage和has visions of对应，本句大意：他设想可以将海外受伤的士兵放在配有计算机的移动手术病房里。接着的第三段大意：计算机将把士兵伤口的图象传给远在美国的带着头盔的医生，头盔上会有图象显示。根据以上内容，答案可以确定为A) using a remote-control technique to treat wounded soldiers fighting overseas使用远程控制技术来治疗在海外受伤的士兵。 

[干扰项分析] B) wounded soldiers being saved by doctors wearing virtual reality helmets on the battlefield受伤的士兵在战场上被带着虚拟现实头盔的医生救治，错在on the battlefield, 因为原文说带着头盔的医生并不要亲临战场；C) wounded soldiers being operated on by specially trained surgeons受伤的士兵由受到特别训练的医生手术，原文没有提及；D) setting up mobile surgical units overseas在海外建立移动手术病房，和答案沾点边，但并不确切，没有说出虚拟现实技术的实质。

    The computers would transmit images of the soldiers to surgeons back in the U.S. The surgeons would look at the soldier through virtual reality helmets (头盔) that contain a small screen displaying the image of the wound. The doctors would guide robotic instruments in the battlefield mobile surgical unit that operate on the soldier.

Although Satava’s vision may be years away from standard operating procedure, scientists are progressing toward virtual reality surgery. Engineers at an international organization in California are developing a tele-operating device. As surgeons watch a three-dimensional image of the surgery, they move instruments that are connected to a computer, which passes their movements to robotic instruments that perform the surgery. The computer provides feedback to the surgeon on force, textures, and sound.

38. How is virtual reality surgery performed?

 [定位与替换]本题是问虚拟现实手术是如何进行的？根据关键词virtual reality surgery, 可以将问题定位到文章第四段。该段第三句说，医生一面观察手术的三维图象，一面移动和一台计算机连着的手术器械，计算机将医生的移动信息传给实施手术的机器人器械，并向医生反馈关于力度、质地和声音的信息。据此，应选C) Surgeons move robotic instruments by means of a computer linked to them. 医生通过与之相连接的计算机来移动机器人器械。

[干扰项分析]A) It is performed by a computer-designed high precision device., 本选项错在computer-designed,  文中并没有说高精度设备是计算机设计的；B) Surgeons wear virtual reality helmets to receive feedback provided by a computer. 这只是医生在手术时的一个局部情况，并不能说明虚拟现实手术如何进行；D) A 3-D image records the movements of the surgeons during the operation. 文中并未提及3-D形象记录医生的移动。

    These technological wonders may not yet be part of the community hospital setting but increasingly some of the machinery is finding its way into civilian medicine. At Wayne State University Medical School, surgeon Lucia Zamorano takes images of the brain from computerized scans and uses a computer program to produce a 3-D image. She can then maneuver the 3-D image on the computer screen to map the shortest, least invasive surgical path to the rumor (肿瘤). Zamorano is also using technology that attaches a probe to surgical instruments so that she can track their positions. While cutting away a tumor deep in the brain, she watches the movement of her surgical tools in a computer graphics image of the patient’s brain taken before surgery.

During these procedures — operations that are done through small cuts in the body in which a miniature camera and surgical tools are maneuvered — surgeons are wearing 3-D glasses for a better view. And they are commanding robot surgeons to cut away tissue more accurately than human surgeons can.

39. During virtual reality operations the surgeon can have a better view of the cuts in the body because _______.

[定位与替换]本题是问在进行虚拟现实手术时，医生为什么可以更好地看到身体上的切口？根据关键词better view等可定位到文章倒数第二段第一句, During these procedures 和题干During virtual reality operations 对应, 本句大意为：在这些操纵微型摄像头和手术器具、通过身体上的小切口进行手术的过程中，医生戴着3-D眼镜以获得更好的视觉。可见医生看得更好的直接、根本的原因就是因为戴了3-D眼镜，因此选D) he is wearing 3-D glasses。

[干扰项分析] A) he is looking at the cuts on a computer screen, 该选项未突出题干中的better view的意思；B) the cuts can be examined from different angles, 文中并未提及；C) the cuts have been highly magnified 该选项只是现象，而非原因。

    Satava says, "We are in the midst of a fundamental change in the field of medicine."

36. According to Richard Satava, the application of virtual reality to medicine _______.

[定位与替换]本题是问根据Richard Satava, 虚拟现实技术在医学上的应用会有什么后果？Satava在本文第二段中说, 拥有虚拟现实，我们将可以使每个战壕里都有医生；在最后一段中说, 我们正处于医学领域的根本变革中。根据这两句，并结合整篇文章考虑，可以得出本题应选C) will greatly improve medical conditions on the battlefield将极大地改善战场上的医疗条件。

[干扰项分析] A) will enable surgeons to be physically present on every battlefield, 该选项和实际情况恰恰相反；B) can raise the spirits of soldiers wounded on the battlefield, 文中根本没有提到提高士兵士气这一点；D) can shorten the time for operations on soldiers wounded on the battlefield, 文中也未提及虚拟现实技术可以使受伤士兵的手术时间缩短。

40. Virtual reality operations are an improvement on conventional surgery in that they _______.

A) cause less pain to the wounded
     B) allow the patient to recover more quickly
     C) will make human surgeons’ work less tedious
     D) are done by robot surgeons with greater precision

40对段末句的考查

[定位与替换]本题是问虚拟现实手术在哪方面是对传统手术的改进？文中第四、五段讲了虚拟现实手术由机器人器械进行，医生通过计算机来控制，通过计算机生成的3-D图象来确定最短的、危害最小的手术途径等等，都说明了虚拟现实手术比传统手术的先进性，D) are done by robot surgeons with greater precision最好地结合了两段的内容。

[干扰项分析]文中没有提到虚拟现实手术可以使伤者的痛苦小点、可以使病人更快康复、可以使医生的工作不枯燥,所以A) cause less pain to the wounded, B) allow the patient to recover more quickly和C) will make human surgeons’ work less tedious均应排除。

【重点单词】

simulate  vt. ①模仿,模拟②冒充,假装

[真题]The idea is to _____ the frequent incidents of collision to test the strength of the windshields.

A) simulate  B) accumulate  C) forge  D) assemble        [CET-6:2003,6]

[译文]该想法是模拟经常发生的碰撞事故来检验挡风玻璃的强度。

envisage  vt. 想象,设想

mobile  a. ①可移动的,运动的,活动的②流动的,机动的③多变的,易变的 n. 移动电话, 手机

[真题]The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ____ libraries specially serve the countryside.

A) mobile  B) drifting  C) shifting  D) rotating        [CET-6:1993,6]

[译文]该机构在全国开办了36个图书馆, 同时有六个流动图书馆专门为农村服务.

transmit  vt. ①播送,发射②传送,传递,传染

[真题]Communication is the process of ______ a message from a source to an audience via a channel.

A) transmitting  B) submitting  C) transforming  D) switching        [CET-6:1995,6]

[译文]通讯是指通过某种途径将信息从信息源传送给听众的过程。

dimensional  a. ①空间的②...维的, ...度空间的③...次(元)的

civilian  n. ①平民,老百姓(与军人相对而言)②(军队中的)文职人员③公务员,文官 a. 民间的,民用的

maneuver  n. ①机动(动作)②操纵,运用③花招,策略④[pl.]演习

vt. ①操纵,设法使…变动位置(into, out of)②调遣,使…演习  vi. ①机动,演习②用策略,耍花招

attach  vt. ①系,贴,连接②使依恋,使喜爱③认为有(重要性、责任等)④使附属

miniature  n. 缩小的模型,缩图,缩影  a. 微型的,缩小的

[真题]The toy maker produces a ______ copy of the space station, exact in every detail.

A) minimal  B) minimum  C) miniature  D) minor        [CET-4:2002,6]

[译文]玩具制造厂家生产了一种空间站微缩模型, 每一细部都很精确。

command  n. ①命令,指示②司令部③指挥,控制,掌握  vt. ①命令②指挥,掌握,控制③俯临,俯瞰④博得

【必背搭配】

动词与名词搭配：

do operations  做手术

形容词与名词搭配：

driving force  推动力, 驱动力

virtual reality  虚拟现实

civilian medicine  民用医药

动词与介词搭配：

progress toward  向…迈进

动词与副词搭配：

cut away  切除

Part Ⅲ    Vocabulary
 

41. He suggested that we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite_____.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。for是表示因果关系的语义线索词，所填词必须能与scheme 搭配。只有C可以。C) feasible可行的，可能的 feasibility 可行性；A) probable可能的，大概的；B) sustainable 可持续的，可维持的 sustainable development可持续发展 sustained efforts持续的努力；D) eligible (for)适合被选的, 合格的。

[译文]他建议我们将这个计划付诸实施，因为该计划相当可行。

42. This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important_   of American life.

[解析]本题考查形近词的辨析，所填词必须能与American life搭配，只有A可以。A) facets（事情之）一面；B) formats格式，样 the format of a meeting会议的程序；C) formulas公式，式；D) fashions样子，方式，风尚 follow the fashion迎合时尚。

[译文]这本书是关于这些基本信仰和价值观是如何影响美国人的生活的重要方面的。

43. It is one thing to locate oil, but it is quite another to _______ and transport it to the industrial centers.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。but 是线索词，表明逗号前后分句意思相反，或有差异，所填之词还必须能和oil搭配，只有B可以。B) extract vt.取出，榨取 n.摘录；A) permeate v. 渗透；C) distinguish vt.区别，辨别，认别 distinguish A from B 将A和B区分；D) concentrate v.集中，聚集，浓缩。

[译文]找到石油是一回事，将其开采出来并运到工业中心就是另外一回事了。

44. Students are expected to be quiet and ______ in an Asian classroom.

[解析] 本题考查学生根据语义线索答题的能力。and 前后的词在词义上必须相关、近义，而且所填之词必须能修饰students，只有A符合。A) obedient服从的，顺从的；B) overwhelming 压倒的，势不可挡的 an overwhelming success压倒性的成功 an overwhelming triumph压倒性的胜利 the overwhelming majority绝大多数；C) skeptical 表示怀疑的 be skeptical of / about 对…怀疑的；D) subsidiary 辅助的，补充的，次要的 a subsidiary company子公司 subsidiary reason 次要原因。

[译文]在亚洲，学生被希望在教室里安静并遵守纪律。

45. Our reporter has just called to say that rescue teams will ____to bring out the trapped miners.

[解析]所填之词要能够与to搭配，只有D对。D) endeavour vi./ n.努力，尽力；A) effect n.结果，影响，效果 have an effect on sth.对某物有影响 profound effect深远的影响 put sth. into effect实施，使生效；B) affect vt.影响，感动；C) conceive (of) v.设想，以为，怀孕。

[译文]我们的记者刚打电话来说，营救队将尽力把受困的矿工救出来。

46. The Spanish team, who are not in superb form, will be doing their best next week to_____ themselves on tile German team for last year’s defeat.

[解析]本题考查动词的搭配及形近词的辨异，选D。D) revenge vt.替…报仇 n.报仇 revenge oneself on sb.向某人报仇 take / get one’s revenge报仇 do sth. in / out of revenge (for sth.)（为…）报复地做某事；A) remedy n./ vt.治疗，补救 remedy the mistake弥补错误；B) reproach vt./ n.责备，指责 reproach sb. for sth.责备某人某事；C) revive v.苏醒，复兴。

[译文]西班牙队现在竞技状态很良好，下周将尽最大努力向德国对报仇，以雪去年失败之耻。

47. Creating so much confusion, Mason realized he had better make _____ what he was trying to tell the audience.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。本句中现在分词短语creating so mush confusion表示原因，因此逗号前后两句是因果关系。因为引起了那么多的疑惑，他将对观众怎样说呢？显然应选B。B) explicit明晰的，明确的 explicit direction清晰的指令；A) exclusive a.除外的，（人）孤傲的，独有的，唯一的，独家的  exclusive of不包括  an exclusive report独家报道  exclusive agency独家代理；C) objective客观的，无偏见的  subjective主观的；D) obscure阴暗的，含糊难解的  clarity清晰 clarify澄清。

[译文]因为引起了如此大的疑惑，Mason意识到最好将自己的想法清晰、明确地告诉观众。

48. One of the examination questions_____ me completely and I couldn’t answer it.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。and是个语义线索词，它连接的两个句子一般表示并列或顺承的关系。我不能回答这个问题，当然是这个问题把我难住了。所以选A) baffle vt.使迷惑，使困惑 n.迷惑。B) mingle (with) v.混合；C) provoke vt.对…挑衅，激发  provoke laughter引起大笑  provoke sb. to do sth./ into doing sth.迫使某人做某事；D) divert (from) vt.使转向 vi.转移  divert one’s attention转移某人的注意力。

[译文]有一个考试问题完全把我难住了，我回答不了。

49. The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be_____ from my memory.

[解析]填入的词应该与vision搭配，所以选C) erase抹去，擦去  broaden one’s vision开阔某人的眼界。A) eject 喷射，逐出；B) escape 避免，逃脱，遗忘；D) omit遗漏，删除，省略。

[译文]一辆大型黑色汽车撞上人行道，就离我们几步远的景象，永远也不会从我们的记忆中抹去。

50. At present, it is not possible to confirm or to refute the suggestion that there is a causal relationship between the amount of fat we eat and the _____ of heart attacks.

[解析]填入的词应该与heart attacks 搭配，所以选A。A) incidence 发生率  incidence of heart attacks心脏病的发生率  incident事件（尤其指蓄谋已久的）；B) impetus冲力，刺激  give an impetus to激发；C) rupture破裂，失和  rapture / terminate the diplomatic relations断绝外交关系；D) emergency紧急情况，突然事件  emergency room急诊室  emergency exit紧急出口  an emergency treatment急诊  emergency funding紧急注入资金  in case of emergency在紧急时刻。

[译文]现在，我们无法证实或驳斥这个意见：在我们所摄入的脂肪的多少与心脏病发生率之间有因果联系.

51. There are many who believe that the use of force_____ political ends can never be justified.

[解析]用武力来“寻求”政治目的，所以选B) in pursuit of 追求，寻求。A) in search of 寻找，追求；C) in view of 鉴于，考虑到；D) in light of 依照，根据。

[译文]有很多人认为,用暴力来寻求政治目的永远都不可能是正当的。

52. Sometimes the bank manager himself is asked to _____ cheques if his clerks are not sure about them.

[解析]填入的词应与cheque搭配，所以选C) certify v.证明  certify cheques核实支票；A) credit n.信用贷款，信用，学分 earn credits获得学分；B) assure vt.使确信，向…保证  assure sb. of sth. / assure sb. that…保证，确保；D) access n.接近，通道，入口  have access to …有接触、使用或接近的权利、机会或方法  have Web access可以上网  accessible to可以使用的，可以接近的。

[译文]有的时候这个银行经理自己也被要求核实支票，如果他的职员拿不准的话。

53. It is believed that the authorities are thinking of _____ new taxes to raise extra revenue.

[解析]本题考查动词短语，即与tax搭配的动词，选B。B) impose vt.把…强加；征(税)  impose sth. on施加；A) impair vt.损害，削弱  impair one’s health损害某人的健康  vision impaired 视力受损的人(即盲人)；C) invade vt.侵入，侵略，侵犯；D) integrate vt.使结合，使并入  integrate into集成入  integrated circuit集成电路  systems integration系统集成  integrity正直，诚实，完整  territorial integrity领土完整。

[译文]据信，当局正在考虑征收新的税来增加额外的收入。

54. When she heard the bad news, her eyes _____ with tears as she struggled to control her emotions.

[解析]填入的词要能够修饰eyes，选A。A) sparkle v.(使)发火花，闪耀，发光，(可以修饰眼睛)  sparkling points（作文）闪光点；B) twinkle v.闪闪发光（一般形容星星，修饰眼睛时一般表示眼睛眨眼、闪动）  twinkling stars闪闪发光的星星；C) radiate vi.发射光线，辐射；D) glitter vi.闪闪发光 n.闪光（一般指珠宝、星辰闪光）  glittering diamonds闪光的珠宝。

[译文]听到这个坏消息时，她努力控制自己的感情，但眼睛里闪着泪花。

55. There are occasions when giving a gift _____ spoken communication, since the message it offers can cut through barriers of language and cultural diversity.

[解析]本题考查动词辨义及近义词辨析，C与题意相符。A) overtake vt.追上，赶上，突然降临，偶尔遇见；B) nourish vt.滋养，养育，培养 nourish a hope满怀希望；C) surpass vt.超过，胜过, 优于； D) enforce (on / upon) vt.实施，执行，强制 enforce a law实施法律。

[译文]有的时候送礼物胜过语言交流，因为礼物所传达的信息能够破除语言和文化多样性的障碍。

56. In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy        are required to do their banking inside.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。根据题干提供的线索词customer, lengthy, banking可推断应选B。B) transaction n.处理，交易  the transaction of business处理事务  cash transactions现金交易  transaction being processed (取款机上)交易正在处理；A) transit n.运输，转运  public transit system 公共交通系统；C) turnover n.翻转，营业额；D) tempo n.速率，进度  at the tempo of以…的速度。

[译文]为了保持队伍移动，交易时间比较长的顾客被要求到里面办理业务。

57. President Wilson attempted to        between the powers to end the war, but neither side was prepared to give in.

[解析]填入的词应与between搭配，所以选D。D) mediate v. (between)居中调停，斡旋  mediate a cease-fire促成停火  mediator调停者，仲裁者；A) segregate v. 隔离，分离  racial segregation种族隔离；B) whirl v./n.(使)旋转；C) compromise n./v.妥协，折衷  make / strike a compromise 作妥协，折衷  comprise one’s principles 放弃原则。

[译文]威尔逊总统试图在两个列强之间斡旋以结束战争，但是双方都无意让步。

58. The police have installed cameras at dangerous road        to film those who drive through red traffic lights.

[解析]填入的词应与road搭配，并根据题干的语义，应选D。D) junction汇合处，交叉点  road junction道路交叉点；A) trench深沟，战壕；B) utility效用，实用，公用事业  public utilities公共事业  utilize使用, 利用；C) pavement (英)人行道  pave the way for为…铺平道路。

[译文]警方在危险的路口安装了摄像头来记录那些闯红灯的人。

59. It is reported that thirty people were killed in a         on the railway yesterday.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力和形近词的辨异。根据题干的语义，在铁路上发生的什么使30人丧生呢，显然应选A。A) collision碰撞，冲突  collide with与…碰撞，冲突；B) collaboration合作，通敌  in collaboration with与…协作，勾结；C) corrosion腐蚀，侵蚀；D) confrontation面对，对峙  ideological confrontation意识形态对抗。

[译文]据报道，昨天有30人在铁路上发生的一次相撞事故中丧生。

60. Since a circle has no beginning or end, the wedding ring is accepted as a symbol of       love.

[解析]本题考查同义词的辨异。A) successive连续的，接连的  in three successive days连续三天；B) consecutive连续的(指紧接的连续)  on five consecutive years连续五年；C ) eternal永恒的，不朽的  eternal love永恒的爱情  the eternal cycle of life and death生死之间永恒的轮回；D) insistent坚持的，迫切的  insistent demands迫切的要求。本题选C。

[译文]因为圆圈没有开始也没有终结，结婚戒指被认为是永恒的爱情的象征。

61. Executives of the company enjoyed an          lifestyle of free gifts, fine wines and high salaries.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。所填入的词要与lifestyle搭配，而且要与下文“免费礼物、高级酒、高薪水”在所表达的意义上一致，所以选B。B) extravagant奢侈的，过度的  extravagant lifestyle奢华的生活方式；A) exquisite优美的，精致的，（指痛苦、快乐等）极度的，（指感觉力）灵敏的，敏锐的  exquisite designs精致的图案  exquisite pain剧痛；C) exotic异国情调的；D) eccentric a.古怪的，怪癖的n.古怪的人。

[译文]这个公司的经理们享受着免费礼物、高级酒、高薪水的奢侈的生活方式。

62. If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to         away all the rocks.

[解析]本题考查动词辨义，根据题干的语义选A。A) haul拖曳，拖运；B) repel拒绝，使厌恶  repel an attack 击退进攻  repel a temptation不受诱惑；C) dispose (of) 处理，丢掉，布置，使倾向于  dispose of rubbish清除垃圾  disposable income可支配收入；D) snatch攫取，抓住  snatch at the chance抓住机会

[译文]如果你想进入哪个隧道，首先必须把所有岩石块都拖走。

63. Some crops are relatively high yielders and could be planted in preference to other to      the food supply.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。to是表示目的的语义线索词，高品质的农作物当然是能够“增加”粮食供给，所以选A。A) enhance提高，增加  enhance efficiency提高效率；B) curb控制，抑制  curb inflation抑制通货膨胀；C) disrupt使中断，扰乱  disrupt the public order扰乱社会治安；D) heighten加高，提高，增加  heighten an effect增强效果。

[译文]有些农作物产量相对较高，可优先种植，以增加粮食供给。

64. Astronomers at the University of California discovered one of the most distant_____.

[解析]本题考查形近词的辨异。根据题干中的提示词astronomer，选C。C) galaxy银河系；A) paradox似是而非的隽语，自相矛盾的说法  It is a paradox that…某事是自相矛盾的；B) paradise伊甸乐园，天堂；D) shuttle (织机的)梭，往返汽车  space shuttle航天飞机。

[译文]加州大学的天文学家发现了最遥远的星系之一。

65. Many great scientists _____ their success to hard work.

[解析]本题考查动词与介词搭配及短语辨义。根据题意，选B。B) ascribe vt. 把…归因于  ascribe…to…把…归因于…；A) portray vt. 描绘，饰演；C) impart vt. 赋予，给予（尤指抽象事物），告知，透露  impart…to… 把…传授给…；D) acknowledge vt. 承认，告知收到，对（礼物等）表示谢意  acknowledge…as…认为…是…。

[译文]许多伟大的科学家将他们的成功归因于努力工作。

66. The sign set up by the road _____ drivers to a sharp turn.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。路边的标识当然是“提醒”司机注意有个急弯，所以选A。A) alert a.警惕的，灵活的 n.警报，警戒（状态） vt.向…报警，使警惕，使认识到  on the alert (for/against)警戒着，密切注意着  alert sb. the fact that…使某人意识到…  alert sb. to sth.提醒某人注意某事  be alert to…对… 保持警惕  Red Alert 红色警戒（电脑游戏名称）；B) refresh vt.使清新vi.恢复精神；C) plead vt.为…辩护 vi.恳求，申诉，辩护；D) divert vt.使转向，转移，转移…的注意力  divert one’s attention from work转移某人对工作的注意力。

[译文]路边设立的标志牌提醒司机有急弯。

67. The doctors don’t_____ that the patient will live much longer.

[解析]本题考查形近词的辨异。医生没“料想到”病人会活了较长时间，所以选D。D) anticipate vt.预料，期望，先于…行动；A) monitor vt.监听，监视，检测，监测 n.监听器，监视器，（计算机）显示器  monitor the patient’s condition监护病人的情况；B) manifest a.显然的，明显的 vt.使显现，使显露，显示，表明  manifest no desire to do sth.不想做某事  manifest oneself 显现, 显露；C) articulate vt.清楚地说话, 有力地表达 a.善于表达的，发音清晰的。

[译文]医生预计这个病人活不了太久了。

68. Call your doctor for advice if the_____ persist for more than a few days.

[解析]本题考查根据语义线索答题的能力。根据题干中的提示词doctor可选择C。C) symptom症状，征候，征兆  a symptom of an illness一种疾病的征兆；A) response回答，响应，反应；B) signal信号  feeble / strong signal 微弱的/强大的信号  amplify the signal放大信号  take / receive a signal接收信号  sent out / transmit a signal发送信号；D) reflection映像，反射，反映，表达，深思，考虑  on / upon reflection经再三考虑。

[译文]如果这些症状持续数天，给你的医生打电话咨询。

69. We find it impossible to_____ with the latest safety regulations.

[解析]本题考查近义动词辨析。根据题意及与题干中提示词with的搭配关系，选择D。D) comply vi (with) 遵照，服从，依从；A) accord vi. 相一致，相和谐 vt.赠于，给予 n.一致，符合  of one’s accord出于自愿  in accord with与…一致  with one accord一致地；B) unify vt.使联合，统一，使相同，使一致；C) obey v.服从，听从  disobey不服从。

[译文]我们发现不可能遵守最新的安全规章。

70. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in presenting the series of lectures on American literature.

[解析]本题考查近义动词辨析。A) alter vt.改变，变更，改做  alter a suit改动衣服的尺寸；B) alternate vt.使交替 a.交替的；C) substitute vt.用…代替  substitute B for A 用B代替A；D) exchange vt.交换，交流 n.交换  a stock exchange证券交易所  exchange A for B with sb. 用A跟某人换B  foreign exchange外币兑换。本题答案为B。

[译文]Smith和Brown教授将轮流进行关于美国文学的系列讲座。

Part IV  Error Correction

Thomas Malthus published his “Essay on the Principle of Population” almost 200 years ago. Ever since then, forecasters have (S1)being warning that worldwide famine was just around the next corner. The fast-growing population’s demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed (S2)their supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.

[题解] S1. being → been（时态用法错误，现在完成进行时的标准形式是have been doing）

S2. their → its（物主代词用法错误，这里代词指代food，应该用其单数形式its）

[解析]then指200 years ago；第三句they warned为插入语，they指forecasters，句子主干为demand would exceed supply，leading to…伴随状语。对照原文，命题者将第一句改成了两句，用fast-growing替换了mushrooming, 用exceed替换了outstrip。

[译文] Thomas Malthus在差不多200年前发表了他的《人口原理评论》。自从那时以来, 预测者们一直在警告说世界范围的饥荒就在眼前。他们警告说，快速增长的人口对食品的需求将很快超过供应, 导致广泛的食品短缺和饥饿。

But in reality, the world’s total grain harvest has risen steadily over the years. Except for (S3)relative isolated trouble spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of (S4)good harvests, the world’s food crisis has remained just around the corner. Most experts believe this can continue even (S5)as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, although feeding 10 billion people will not be easy for (S6)politics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. In Africa, (S7)by instance, improved seed, more fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more than (S8)double corn and wheat yields in an experiment. Elsewhere, rice experts in the Philippines are producing a plant with (S9)few stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plant breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding (S10)crop, but most researchers see their success to date as reason for hope.

[题解] S3. relative → relatively（副词误用成形容词，修饰形容词isolated应该用副词relatively）

S4. good → bad（上下文语意理解错误，改为它的反义词）

S5. as → /（固定搭配用法错误，无even as if的用法，根据文意应该用even if，故去掉as）

S6. politics → political（形容词误用成名词或平行结构用法错误）

S7. by → for（固定搭配用法错误）

S8. double → doubled（谓语动词时态用法错误，现在完成时have后面应该接过去分词doubled）

S9. few → fewer（上下文语意理解或平行结构用法错误，连接词and前后都应该用比较级）

S10. crop → crops（名词单复数错误，crop为可数名词，这里应该用其复数形式）

[解析]本段第一句为主题句，But in reality引起语义对比。Most experts believe…为现在大部分专家的观点， 其中的this指代前面the world’s crisis…。Optimists points to concrete example…与上面一句是递进关系，后面有关非洲和菲律宾的叙述是concrete examples的具体说明。There is no guarantee that…无法保证…，这个句型要记住，它和There is no doubt that…毫无疑问的是…，以及There is no denying that…无法否认的是…这两个句型结构相同。在改错题的第S10段，有人认为应该在reason前加上冠词a或the，这是不对的，因为reason可以是不可数名词，reason for hope是正确的用法。对照原文，命题者将其中的部分难词作了替换，并删除了不影响原文主要意思的次要细节，请予注意。

[译文]但实际上, 世界总的谷物产量在过去许多年中一直在稳步上升。除了某些相对孤立的动荡地区, 比如当今的索马里, 还有偶尔某些年份的歉收, 世界食品危机还只是继续在附近徘徊。大部分专家认为, 这样的情形会继续下去, 即使到二十一世纪中叶世界人口翻一番。尽管因为政治、经济和环境原因, 养活100亿人不会容易。乐观者提出了一些产量持续增长的具体例子。在非洲, 比如说, 改善了的种子, 更多的化肥和先进的种植技术已经在一次实验里使玉米和小麦产量翻了不止一番。在其它地区, 菲律宾的水稻专家正在培育一种植株, 拥有更少的茎和更多的种子。无法保证植物培育人员能够继续开赴出新的、产量更高的作物, 但是大部分研究人员根据他们到目前为止的成功认为有理由（对此）抱有希望。

【原文】

The Hunger Equation

Ever since Thomas Malthus published his “Essay on the Principle of Population” almost 200 years ago, forecasters have been warning that worldwide famine was just around the next corner. The mushrooming population’s demand for food, they warned, would soon outstrip its supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.

But in reality, the world’s total grain harvest has risen steadily over the years. Except for relatively isolated trouble spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of bad harvests, the world’s food crisis has remained just around the corner. Most experts believe this can continue even if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, although feeding 10 billion people will not be easy for political, economic and environmental reasons.

Better crops. Optimists point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. In Africa, for instance, improved seed, more fertilizer and enlightened growing practices have more than doubled corn and wheat yields in an experiment sponsored by the Carter Center’s Global 2000 project. Elsewhere, rice breeders at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines are using botanical tinkering to produce a plant with fewer stems and more seeds. Together with colleagues in India, they are also developing hybrid rice that outyields current varieties by 15 percent in initial tests. There is no guarantee that plant breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding crops, but most researchers see their success to date as reason for hope.

There are grounds for concern, however. The steady loss of natural ecosystems--which may accelerate as the demand for agricultural land grows--threatens the genetic raw material that breeders rely on for further crop improvements. Land degradation and urban sprawl claim millions of acres of arable land each year. And global climate change may alter temperature and rainfall patterns, many scientists fear, with uncertain consequences for agriculture.

The hunger equation involves economics and politics as much as it does science. Soil erosion, for example, is not an inevitable consequence of intensive farming. But today’s narrow profit margins leave many farmers feeling they can’t afford the measures needed to control it. Boosting grain yields on a test plot may prove far easier than providing fertilizer, high-yielding seed and good roads to farmers in developing countries. Most of the world’s nearly 1 billion hungry today are starving not because of a food shortage but because of political turmoil or shortages of money. Even if hard work and massive agricultural investment can eke out enough food for 10 billion, a crucial question remains: Will the world’s hungry have the money to afford it, or the political stability to ensure its efficient delivery?

[按语]本次改错原文选自美国三大新闻周刊之一（另外两大新闻周刊为Time和Newsweek）的U.S. News & World Report 1993年的一篇报道The Hunger Equation，经过了改写和节选。由此我们可以得到启示：平时加强对英文原版报刊文章的阅读是很有必要的，通过阅读我们可以熟悉新闻类文体的用词和行文特点。新闻类文章的增加是六级和考研的一个趋势，因为这样的文章才是真正鲜活的英语。建议大家阅读《英语文摘》（English Digest）这本杂志，上面的文章都是选自各类外刊。请大家注意，这里新闻类英语不是单纯地指新闻报道，而是有关各类话题的报刊文章。

Part V    Writing

Reduce Waste on Campus

Nowadays, the problem of waste is very serious on some university campuses. A growing number of students no longer cherish the virtue of thrifty.

Such a phenomenon has brought many unfavorable consequences. To begin with, it imposes heavier pressure on some valuable resources such as food, water and electricity, which are in short supply in current China. Second, it means heavier financial burden for parents and school authorities to shoulder.  Last but not least, it will do much harm to university students themselves because lavish habits would have negative impacts on their personal development.

Each individual has a role in building a brighter future for both our campuses and ourselves. It is high time that all of us joined in the efforts to combat this phenomenon. I firmly believe that all of us could make changes. As to me, I would do my utmost to cultivate the habit of thrifty in every possible way and be a role model in this respect.

【专家点评】

这次考试难度基本和上次持平。

听力短对话部分不难，没有什么新的变化。听力部分Section A比较简单，只有第2、6、8题较难。第2题考查了言外之意，第6题中出现了较多可能考生不容易一下子听明白的单词和词组，例如：sign up for， environment council，schedule等。第8题中有一个词组anything but可能很多同学掌握得不好，容易理解反了，而理解这个词组是做对这道题的关键。所以，考生平时一定要注意收集并掌握一些词组搭配。短文第一篇的内容是关于乘摆渡上班的，文章比较有趣，也比较容易理解。选项中只有第11道较难，需要考生根据文章中出现的几个句子进行推断。第二篇短文是关于如何保护牙齿、防止龋齿，文章和日常生活比较贴近，问题也比较简单，有些问题根据常识就可以作出判断，如第14题。但考生如果没有听懂decayed tooth,可能会影响对整个文章的理解。第三篇短文是关于国际红十字会的起源，考生若多掌握一些国际重要机构的文化背景知识对考试会很有好处。其中第19题考生错误较多，正确率较低。

词汇较简单，没有什么难题， 重现频率也很高。估计在六级改革、增加大纲单词量之前，这种趋势不会有什么改变，所以同学们在这一项要争取多拿分。

阅读继续是难点。一、二两篇相对简单些，但三、四两篇较难，答案争议很大，如：第31、33、36、38、39题。第三篇讲了人性问题，文章难，题目也出得“刁钻”。第四篇为科技类说明文，文章本身并不难，但所出的细节题和推论题却不容易，需要考生非常仔细，一不小心就可能落入命题者的“陷阱”。

改错题目难度一般，但最后两题较难，也很有争议。

作文考的是针对永恒话题“浪费”的议论文。文章是典型的后果加解决办法模式，文章分为三段，呼应三点提纲。只要字数够，没有规定哪一段详细，哪一段略写，考生自由发挥的空间较大