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

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

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

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

5、，我們可以得出，并不是所有的動 物都 能感受到的。7. 【解析】丫 參看第十五段。8. 【解析】 east木艮據(jù)第三段，But none had occurred in one particular spot east of Naples for many years.9. 【解析】the seismic gap根據(jù)第七段，F(xiàn)inally, after about 50 years, rock in the seismic gap either suddenly breaks or moves under the great stress.10. 【解析】the dan ger zon e/t

6、he prospective quake zon根 據(jù)第十四段，They moved people away from the dan ger zone and saved thousa nds of liv如果能寫出 the prospective quake zone也是可 以的。Part IIISection AListening Comprehension11. M: What did you think of the new building?W: I don' t think it is the most attractive building I have seen.Q:

7、 What is the women' s opinion of the building?【解析】D男士問：你認為這個新樓怎么樣？女士說：這不是我見過的最 吸引人的大樓。選項 D 中 She doesn? t think much of the building 意思是說 她 對這棟大樓評價不高。12. W: Mr. Lee, a young man is here to see you. He said you had an appointment with him at half past nine.M: Oh, I almost forgot it.Q: Which is th

8、e time for the appointment?【解析】A 女士說：李先生，一個年輕人說要見你。他說與您約好九點半 見面的。男士說：我差點兒忘了。由此可見，約定的時間是九點半。13. M: Is this school really as good as people say?W: It used to be even better.Q: How' s the school?【解析】A 男士問這座學校真的像人們說的那樣好么。女士回答說它過 去更好些。因此，即是說這座學校不如過去好了，從這得出對這座學校的評 價。14. W: Did you watch the game yeste

9、rday?M: I wanted to, but Marie was watching a movie on Channel 5, so I watched it with her.You know Marie, she can' t stand football.Q: Why didn' t the man watch the game?【解析】D本題關鍵在于聽出瑪麗亞受不了足球這句You know Maria,she can t sta nd football.因此，男士雖然本想看球賽的，但是瑪麗亞在看五頻道 的一個電影，他就跟她一起看了那個電影。15. M: I thin

10、k it' s high time we turned our attention to the danger of drunk drivingnow.W: I can' t agree with you more. You see, countless innocent people are killed by drunk drivers each year.Q: What does the woman mean?【解析】D 男士說：我們是時候該注意酒后駕駛的危險了。女士說：我再 同意不過了，每年有無數(shù)無辜的人被酒后駕車的司機致死。因此，女士的 意 思是應該注意到酒后駕車的危

11、害性。16. M: If I were you, I'd ride a bike to work. Taking a crowded bus during rush hours is really terrible.W: Thank you for your advice, but my bike has got a flat tyre.Q: How would the woman most probably get to work?【解析】A關鍵詞在于flat tyre車胎沒氣了。男士說：如果我是你我會騎 自行車去上班。在上班高峰期擠公車實在太糟糕了。女士說：謝謝你的建 議，但是我自

12、行車車胎沒氣了。那么，由此可見，女士仍然會擠公車上班去。17. M: Why did Margaret call yesterday?W: She wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【解析】D 男士問：瑪格麗特昨天打電話來干什么？女士回答說：她想拿 回她借給我的雜志。因此，正確答案為 Margaret wanted to get some magazines back from the woman.18. M: Excuse me, could you t

13、ell me the way to the nearest hotel?W: Sorry, I' m a stranger here. There' s a policeman over there. Why don' t you ask him?Q: What do we learn about this woman from the conversation?【解析】C聽出r m a stranger即可得出答案。男士問：您能告訴我最近 的旅館在哪兒嗎？女士說：對不起，我也是外地人。那兒有個警察，為什么 不問問他。由此可見，這個女士也不知道最近的旅館在哪兒。Now

14、you'll hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Hi, Michael, look what just found. Right here in the sand.W: A piece of wood? Oh, driftwood, interesting shape. Almost like some sort of modern sculpture.M: Yeah, and feel how smooth it is.W: Mm. Must have been in the water a long time. It co

15、uld have been drifting in the ocean currents for months, or even years.M: In the currents. Doesn't the wind just blow things around out there?W: Well, sure. But the currents were always moving, too, almost like rivers, but underwater rivers, flowing through the ocean.M: So how have they found ou

16、t where these currents go? Stick a message in a bottle and throw it in the water?W: Don't laugh. In fact, I was reading in a science magazine that oceanographers have released a huge number of bottles into the ocean over the years. They wanted to map out where the currents would carry them.M: Sa

17、y, I bet after they have found out where all those bottles ended up, they can enter all that data into a computer and make a pretty detailed model to show where the currents go.W: In fact, they did. And they also found the neat way to test that model. There was a freighter carrying sneakers from a f

18、actory in Asia. It was caught in a big storm and thousands of pairs of sneakers got dumped into the Pacific Ocean.M: Really? What a waste!W: Yeah. Turns out, though, that hundreds of these shoes started washing up on beaches somewhere near Seattle, just about where the computer models had predicted

19、the currents would carry them.M: Gee, you mean all that stuff I found on the beaches might be part of some bigscientific experiment? I thought it was all just trash.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the speakers mainly discussing?【解析】C兩個說話者由最初發(fā)現(xiàn)的一個漂流木開

20、始討論，討論洋流的 流 向以及海洋學家們是如何繪制洋流流向圖的。因此，本題正確答案應為： Mapping currents in the ocean.20. What did the man find on the beach?【解析】 A 男士在海灘上發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么，本題在對話開始處就給出了明確 答 案。他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個很有趣的漂流木。因此，正確答案應為： An interesting piece of wood.21. According to the magazine article, what did scientists put into the ocean?【解析】 B從對話的這一段 I

21、was reading in a scienee magazine that oceanographershave released a huge number of bottles into the ocean over the years可知科學家將許多瓶子放入海洋里。22. What can be inferred from the story about the sneakers?【解析】C從運動鞋的故事里可以得出怎樣的結論。運動鞋沉入海里， 順 著洋流漂到了西雅圖的海灘，正好證實了電腦模型預測洋流會將它們帶到 的 位置。但這個實驗并非事先就計劃好的，因此四個選項中只有C項符合題意 N

22、ot all useful experiments are planned ahead of time.Conversation TwoM: Did you know that astronauts have made commercial products in space?W: No, I wasn' t aware of that. What kind of products?M: Tiny plastic beads.W: Beads? Do you mean to tell me that astronauts have nothing better to do than m

23、ake jewelry beads in space? It seems to me they can make more useful things out there.M: Oh, but these plastic beads aren' t for jewelry. They can be used for many scientific purposes, from conducting cancer research to calibrating microscopes.W: That sounds better. But why make such objects in

24、space rather than on earth?M: Because earth' s gravitational pull affects the beads. The beads on earth are distorted, not exactly round. The ones made in space are precise spheres.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What are the speakers mainly discussing?【解

25、析】B 從對話的開頭就可以看出astro nauts have made commercialproducts in space主要討論的就是在太空中生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品。24. According to the conversation, what is a likely use for the beads?【解析】A They can be used for many scientific purposes, from conductingcancer research to calibrating microscopes從可作癌癥研究的用途中能看出可 作醫(yī)學研究。25. According to

26、the man, why did astronauts make beads in space?【解析】D因為地球引力作用使球不純圓。The beads on earth are distorted, not exactly round在太空中做的球會非常圓。Section B Passage OneMr. Foster started his publishing business with only one magazine. It was called “World News ” . Mostly it had summaries of important week events fro

27、m around the world. But it always included one or two stories about interesting people. Mr. Foster put these in becausehe believed all people like to read about other people. Several years ago, Mr. Foster started two other magazines. One was called "Enterprise for business people. And the other

28、 was called "Action", for sportsmen. Like "World News ”，they always have two or three stories about interesting people. Five years ago. Mr. Foster got another idea for a magazine. He wanted this one to have even more stories about people than the others and to have more photographs. T

29、his one was named "Faces and Places" . From the very beginning, it was a big success. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. Why did Mr. Foster add stories about interesting people to the magazine "World News" ?【解析】 C Mr. Foster put these in because h

30、e believed all people like to read about other people他認為人們更喜歡讀有關他人的信息。27. Which magazine is a sportsman most likely to buy?【解析】A 本題文中直接可見答案。And the other was called “ Actio n，”for sportsmen. 13此可見，運動員最可能買的雜志是Actiono28. What is Mr. Foster' s profession?【解析】 D 根據(jù)首句“Mr.Foster started his publishing

31、 business."可知，福斯特先生是個出版商 。 He is a publisher.Passage TwoResearchers have discovered a link between drinking and thinking. A moderate amount of alcohol may help us keep our mental abilities as we age. Brain scans show alcohol abuse kills brain cells. But little is known about the effects of life

32、-long drinking. So moderate drinkers may want to toast new findings from researchers at Duke, Indiana Universities. Dr. Joe Christian of Indiana Universities says men who have one or two drinks each day retain slightly stronger comprehension skills than the non-drinker or the heavy drinker. The doct

33、or and his colleagues gave mental tests to nearly 4,000 male twins between the ages of 66 and 76. The moderate drinkers had slightly better reasoning ability than their brothers who drink more or less. Other studies have found that alcohol in moderation can help the heart. But alcohol abuse can caus

34、e bone loss and other health problems. This study was presented at an alcoholism meeting in San Antonio.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. What has recent research found about drinking?【解析】c研究者最近發(fā)現(xiàn)適量的飲酒可以使人變老時，保持智慧。Amoderate amount of alcohol may help us keep our men

35、tal abilities as we age.30. How would moderate drinkers feel about the new research findings?【 解析】 B So moderate drinkers may want to toast new findings from researchersat Duke, Indiana Universities.本題要聽出關鍵詞 toast為敬酒祝賀之 意。即適 量飲酒者會為這個新發(fā)現(xiàn)舉酒慶祝，所以他們當然是高興的。31. Where was the result of the study first made

36、 public?【解析】A 從這一句 This study was presented at an alcoholism meeting inSan An to nio.可知這個結果是在個會議上首次展示出來的。關鍵詞在于 meetingoPassage ThreeThere are three groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students w

37、ho have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about students who want to learn specialist English for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third group have a clear idea about what they want to learn. A bank clerk, for exampl

38、e, wants to use this specialist vocabulary and technical terms of finance. But for teachers, deciding how to teach specialist English is not always so easy. For a start, the variety is enormous. Every field from air-line pilots to secretaries has its own vocabulary and technical terms. Teachers also

39、 need to have an up-to-date knowledge of that specialist language, and not many teachers are exposed to working environments outside the classroom. These issues have influenced the way specialist English is taught in schools. This type of course is usually known as English for Specific Purposes or E

40、SP and there are ESP courses for almost every area of professional and working life. In Britain, for example, there are courses which teach English for doctors, lawyers, reporters, travel agents and people working in the hotel industry. By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.Q

41、uestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What is the characteristic of learners of special English?【解析】D專業(yè)英語的學習者的特點是他們明確的知道自己要學什么。They know clearly what they want to learn.33. Who needs ESP courses most?【解析】A最需要ESP課程的是那些專門從事某項職業(yè)的人員，因此正 確答案為 professionals o34. What are the m

42、ost popular ESP courses in Britain?【解析】B短文最后一句點出了本題的答案，在英國最流行的專業(yè)英語 課是關于商務英語的。 By far, the most popular ESP courses are for business English.35. What is the speaker mainly talking about?【解析】C這篇文章主要講了些什么？很顯然，全文都在講專業(yè)英語， 即ESP, English for Specific PurposesoSection C36.【答案】 includeo 一個大家庭有三代人?！窘馕觥縤n elud

43、e意思為“包括，包含”37.【答案】 benefit【解析】ben efit意思為“益處，好處” 幫助的時候相互幫助。大家庭的好處就是成員間可在需要38.【答案】 provided【解析】 provide 意思為“供應，供給” 能靠他們的兒女來供養(yǎng)。o 祖父母不能再掙錢養(yǎng)活自己，只39.【答案】 cared顧?！窘馕觥?care 意思為“照料，照顧”。第三代的孩子們可能由祖父母來照40.【答案】 absorbed【解析】absorb意思為“吸收”。此處be absorbed in 為固定詞組，意思是“全神貫注于，專心于”o 這樣第二代的人可以專心地工作，不被家庭瑣事所擾41. 【答案】 con

44、flict【解析】 conflict 意思為“沖突，矛盾”。但是，這么多人住在一起肯定會產(chǎn)生一些矛盾42. 【答案】 privacy【解析】privacy意思為“隱私”。換句話說，就是大家庭里幾乎沒有隱 私。43. 【答案】 opposite【解析】opposite意思為“相對的，相反的”o小家庭的優(yōu)勢和劣勢正好與大家庭相殼。44. 【答案】 A member of a small family can freely express his or her feeling to his wife or her husband and his children45. 【答案】 Of course,

45、 the young couple is busier taking care of children than those in a large family46. 【答案】 It is important to keep in frequent touch with your relatives if you live in a small family, and especially to support your parents when they are too old to care of childrenPartReading ComprehensionIV(Reading in

46、 Depth)Section A47. 【解析】D feel是一個系動詞，可以判斷此處應填入一個形容詞，通過上下 文意思，以及后面介詞about,可以確定選項為D項guilty,短語feel guilty about sth." 對 感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負罪感”。48. 【解析】M be obsessed witl為固定搭配，原意為“被附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很重視健康和減 肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延” 。49. 【解析】A 本句缺一個名詞作主語，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項 answ

47、ero50. 【解析】門本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個形容詞構成 比較級，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項。51. 【解析】F本題較難。根據(jù)be和by確定應填入一個過去分詞。再根據(jù)上下 文，上文表示“應該吃典型的美國人吃的食物”，下文通過but轉折，表示實際上“美國的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來品所詮釋了”，因此可以 確定 F 為正確選項。52. 【解析】B 政治結果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reaso ns來推斷此處填政 治結 果。53. 【解析】L 由于橫線后面沒有賓語，可以確定不是形成bring

48、的短語，這樣 本句所缺的為一名詞，作 bring 的賓語。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國人對他 們所吃 的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意思為“堅定的觀點也不 是確定不變 的”。因此可以確定 L 為正確選項。54. 【解析】K 系動詞become后應填入一個形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語be/become suspicious of 對" . 感到懷疑”。55. 【解析】J本句缺一個名詞作主語，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項 belief, (have)belief in sth.'1 相信. . "。56. 【解析】C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時，缺一個動詞，且和wi

49、th搭配，確定選項share, share sth. with sb“., 與某人分享某事”。Section BPassage One57. 【解析】C推斷題。本文介紹了歐洲南部10和11世紀嫁妝對女性在婚姻中 地位的重要性。雖然嫁妝最初的目的是防止女性被拋棄，但實際上它 的作用 遠遠不止于此。它使妻子在婚姻中的地位與丈夫平等，并保障了妻 子的經(jīng)濟 利益。女性在維護自己的利益上，是很堅定果敢的， Maria Vivas 就是一個例 子。見第一段第三句， ''Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her agai nst t

50、he risk of desertio n.雖然在實際生活中嫁妝有更重要的作 用，但最初它的 作用只是為了防范女性被丈夫拋棄，所以C為正確答案。58. 【解析】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)本文，妻子在婚姻中的法律地位和丈夫是平等 的。見第一 段最后 一句 ， “Inno case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife 文件中并沒有表”明丈夫和妻子 在法律地位上有任何的差別，也就是說他們的地位是平等的，所以 D 為正確 答案。59. 【解析】B推斷題。作者舉Mari

51、a Vivas的事例，是為了說明妻子是能夠 捍衛(wèi) 自己的利益的 。 見第二段第二句， “Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own in herita nce.they showed a fine fight ing spirit.如 果丈夫要侵占 自己 的利益，女性們就時刻準備著捍衛(wèi)自己的利益，有時她們還表現(xiàn)出很 強的斗 爭精神。接下來作者就舉了 Maria Vivas 的例子，說明女性是有能力 捍衛(wèi)自己 的利益的。所以 B 為正確答案。60. 【解析】A細節(jié)題。Maria Vivas得到的一份作為補償?shù)耐恋兀緛硎菍儆?Miro

52、的個人財產(chǎn)。見第二段第五句， “None being offered, she succeeded inassigning her a piece of land from Miroffs personal inheritanee'由此知 I A 為 正確 答案。61. 【解析】D 推斷題。作者對Maria Vivas所持的態(tài)度是客觀的。作者客觀 地 介紹了 Maria Vivas 的事例，并沒有表示出同情、不滿或者是漠不關心， 所以 A、B、C 都是錯誤答案。Passage Two62. 【解析】D 主旨題。本篇主要討論不同的領導者 in strume ntal leaders以及e

53、xpressive leaders在不同的社會群體中所充當?shù)慕巧桶l(fā)揮的功能。所以D為正確答案。 A、B、C 選項都不能正確概括本文主旨。63. 【解析】C細節(jié)題。A選項的招募(reeruitment)和B選項選舉程序 (eleetio n process都在第一段中作為大群體的領導者產(chǎn)生的方式被明確提到。D選項也 在第一段中作為家庭領導者的產(chǎn)生的方式被明確提到。只有C選項沒有作為 產(chǎn)生領導者的一種方式在本文中被提及。64. 【解析】A推斷題。A選項意思是：某一特定群體的有效領導者，不一定 就可 以成為另一群體的有效領導者。這正好與第二段的意思相吻合，即領 導者沒 有一個固定的特點，只是符合了

54、一個特定群體需要的人就有可能成 為該群體 的領導者 (It seems.virtually any person may be reeognized as a leader if the pers on has qualities that meet the n eeds of that particular group) o 選項和C 選 項的意思與本文無關。 D 選項意為 ： 許多人想成為領導者，但卻很少能 拿出證 據(jù)來證明他們具有這樣的資格。顯然是對文章意思的曲解。65. 【解析】B細節(jié)題。第二段中"decades of research have failed to prod

55、uce con siste nt evide nee that there is any category of "n atural leader意 思、是說數(shù)十 年來的研究并不能找出可靠證據(jù)來證明哪些人可以成為“天生領導者”，與B 項意思一致。66. 【解析】D 細節(jié)題。第三、四段主要講了兩種類型的領導者的區(qū)別。其中instrumental leader側重于群體目標的實現(xiàn)，而 expressive leade相目對于前 者并 不側重于群體目標的實現(xiàn)，而是注重為群體成員提供情感支持，并盡 力減少 內(nèi)部紛爭。( Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize ten