Questions 1 to 4 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　1.

　　A) The increase in beachfront property value.

　　B) An experimental engineering project.

　　C) The erosion of coastal areas.

　　D) How to build seawalls.

　　2.

　　A) To protect beachfront property.

　　B) To reduce the traffic on beach roads.

　　C) To provide privacy for homeowners.

　　D) To define property limits.

　　3.

　　A) By sending water directly back to sea with great force.

　　B) By reducing wave energy.

　　C) By reducing beach width.

　　D) By stabilizing beachfront construction.

　　4.

　　A) Protect roads along the shore.

　　B) Build on beaches with seawalls.

　　C) Add sand to beaches with seawalls.

　　D) Stop building seawalls.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　5.

　　A) A kind of exchange.

　　B) A kind of business.

　　C) A commercialized exchange.

　　D) An international friendship association.

　　6.

　　A) Free food and lodging.

　　B) Learning English.

　　C) Staying with English families.

　　D) Meeting young people.

　　7.

　　A) Most of them are satisfied.

　　B) Most of them are very happy.

　　C) Most of them are unhappy.

　　D) Most of them are not satisfied.

　　C C B D C D A

　　Passage 1

　　Your professor has asked me to talk to you today about the topic that should be of real concern to civil engineers: the erosion of US beaches. Let me start with some statistics. Did you know that 90% of the coast in this country is eroding, on the gulf of Mexico for instance, erosion averages 4 to 5 feet per year. Over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in building along the coast, even though geologists and environmentalists have been warning communities about problems like erosion. Someway communities have tried to protect their building and roads and to build seawalls. However geologists have found that such stabilizing structures actually speed up the destruction of the beaches. These beaches with seawalls, called stabilized beaches, are much narrower than beaches without them. You may wonder how seawalls speed up beach loss. The explanation is simple. If the flow of the beaches is gentle, the water energy is lessened as it washes up along the shore. It is reduced even more when it returns to the sea as it doesnt carry back much sand. On the other hand, when the water hits the nearly vertical face of the seawall, it goes straight back to the sea with the full force of its energy and it carries back a great deal of sand. Because of the real risk of losing beaches, many geologists support a ban on all types of stabilizing construction on shore lines.

　　Questions 1 to 4 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　1. What is the speaker mainly discussing?

　　2. Why do communities build seawalls?

　　3. How does a gently sloping beach help prevent erosion?

　　4. What would the speaker probably advise engineers to do?

　　Passage 2

　　In Britain the biggest number of working foreigners comes from the odd system know as au pair. Every week hundreds of girls arrive from strange capitals to live with English families. They are called au pairs. An au pair girl stays with the family and has free food and lodging. In return she does light work in the house. This system began as a genuine exchange, but now has become a commercial bargain between families who need help and girls who need to learn English. As learning languages has become more important, so the numbers involved have gone up.

　　The system succeeds fairly well so far as teaching the girls English is concerned. But it is debatable how far it increases international friendship. There is a basic conflict of objectives-the hosts want cheap labor, the girls want leisure and language. The girls often find it hard to meet English people of their own school ages, for the language schools and clubs are made up of other foreigners.

　　In spite of its shortcomings, the au pair system has probably played some role in breaking down frontiers. The British Vigilance Society estimates that 15 percent of the girls are very happy, 15 percent very happy, and 70 percent more or less content; but only a small minority keep in touch after they go back home.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　5. What does the au pair system mean now?

　　6. What is NOT mentioned as an advantage of the au pair system for the girls?

　　7. How do the girls feel about the system?

　　題解：

　　Passage 1

　　這是一篇講座性的文章。這類文章的特點是開頭第一句話往往告知演講的目的、主要議題等。該文在開頭就指出中心是談有關美國海岸被侵蝕的問題。接著用數字和例子印證該問題的嚴重性。演講者分析了造成這一現象的原因是人們建樓、修路和建防護堤。然后著重分析建防護堤對海岸的影響。最后號召人們停止在海岸連修建任何穩固性建筑。

　　1.C 該題是主旨題。從文章第一句可知。

　　2.C 該題是細節題。從... communities have tried to protect their building and roads and to build seawalls.可知。

　　3.B 該題是細節題。從If the flow of the beaches is gentle, the water energy is lessened as it washes up along the shore. It is reduced even more that returns to the sea so it doesnt carry back much sand.

　　4.D 該題是細節題。由最后一句可知。

　　Passage 2

　　本文談到了英國的au pair system，即互裨或平等互惠制度。每星期，數以百計的女孩從世界各地來到英國，和英國家庭生活在一起，通過幫助做較輕的家務來換取免費食宿。此制度已成為需要協助家務的家庭和需要學習英語的女孩們間的一種商業交易。由于學英語變得日益重要，互裨女孩的數量不斷增多。

　　接下來，短文談到了這個制度的社會效應。一方面，它有助于女孩們學習英語;另一方面，它在是否能增進國際間友誼方面頗有爭議。主人們要低價勞動，女孩子們要閑暇和學語言，這就是雙方在在目標上的基本沖突。女孩子們發現很難遇到和她們同齡的英國人，因為語言學校和語言俱樂部里沒有本族的英國人。

　　盡管這個制度有弊病，但它在打破不同文化的界線上還是起到了一定的作用。英國維持治安協會估計說，15%的女孩子們感到非常不快樂，15%的女孩們感到很快樂，70%的女孩或多或少感到滿意，但她們當中只有很小部分人在回國之后還能與英國家庭保持聯系。

　　5.C 本題測試捕捉特定信息的能力。文中提到這個制度began as a genuine exchange, but now has become a commercial bargain。所以最佳選項為C。突出其發展了的商業化的特點。

　　6.D本題測試捕捉特定信息的能力。

　　7.A 本題對細節考查，對數字的敏感性。

　　Questions 1 to 4 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　1.

　　A) The increase in beachfront property value.

　　B) An experimental engineering project.

　　C) The erosion of coastal areas.

　　D) How to build seawalls.

　　2.

　　A) To protect beachfront property.

　　B) To reduce the traffic on beach roads.

　　C) To provide privacy for homeowners.

　　D) To define property limits.

　　3.

　　A) By sending water directly back to sea with great force.

　　B) By reducing wave energy.

　　C) By reducing beach width.

　　D) By stabilizing beachfront construction.

　　4.

　　A) Protect roads along the shore.

　　B) Build on beaches with seawalls.

　　C) Add sand to beaches with seawalls.

　　D) Stop building seawalls.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　5.

　　A) A kind of exchange.

　　B) A kind of business.

　　C) A commercialized exchange.

　　D) An international friendship association.

　　6.

　　A) Free food and lodging.

　　B) Learning English.

　　C) Staying with English families.

　　D) Meeting young people.

　　7.

　　A) Most of them are satisfied.

　　B) Most of them are very happy.

　　C) Most of them are unhappy.

　　D) Most of them are not satisfied.

　　C C B D C D A

　　Passage 1

　　Your professor has asked me to talk to you today about the topic that should be of real concern to civil engineers: the erosion of US beaches. Let me start with some statistics. Did you know that 90% of the coast in this country is eroding, on the gulf of Mexico for instance, erosion averages 4 to 5 feet per year. Over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in building along the coast, even though geologists and environmentalists have been warning communities about problems like erosion. Someway communities have tried to protect their building and roads and to build seawalls. However geologists have found that such stabilizing structures actually speed up the destruction of the beaches. These beaches with seawalls, called stabilized beaches, are much narrower than beaches without them. You may wonder how seawalls speed up beach loss. The explanation is simple. If the flow of the beaches is gentle, the water energy is lessened as it washes up along the shore. It is reduced even more when it returns to the sea as it doesnt carry back much sand. On the other hand, when the water hits the nearly vertical face of the seawall, it goes straight back to the sea with the full force of its energy and it carries back a great deal of sand. Because of the real risk of losing beaches, many geologists support a ban on all types of stabilizing construction on shore lines.

　　Questions 1 to 4 are based on the lecture youve just heard.

　　1. What is the speaker mainly discussing?

　　2. Why do communities build seawalls?

　　3. How does a gently sloping beach help prevent erosion?

　　4. What would the speaker probably advise engineers to do?

　　Passage 2

　　In Britain the biggest number of working foreigners comes from the odd system know as au pair. Every week hundreds of girls arrive from strange capitals to live with English families. They are called au pairs. An au pair girl stays with the family and has free food and lodging. In return she does light work in the house. This system began as a genuine exchange, but now has become a commercial bargain between families who need help and girls who need to learn English. As learning languages has become more important, so the numbers involved have gone up.

　　The system succeeds fairly well so far as teaching the girls English is concerned. But it is debatable how far it increases international friendship. There is a basic conflict of objectives-the hosts want cheap labor, the girls want leisure and language. The girls often find it hard to meet English people of their own school ages, for the language schools and clubs are made up of other foreigners.

　　In spite of its shortcomings, the au pair system has probably played some role in breaking down frontiers. The British Vigilance Society estimates that 15 percent of the girls are very happy, 15 percent very happy, and 70 percent more or less content; but only a small minority keep in touch after they go back home.

　　Questions 5 to 7 are based on the passage youve just heard.

　　5. What does the au pair system mean now?

　　6. What is NOT mentioned as an advantage of the au pair system for the girls?

　　7. How do the girls feel about the system?

　　題解：

　　Passage 1

　　這是一篇講座性的文章。這類文章的特點是開頭第一句話往往告知演講的目的、主要議題等。該文在開頭就指出中心是談有關美國海岸被侵蝕的問題。接著用數字和例子印證該問題的嚴重性。演講者分析了造成這一現象的原因是人們建樓、修路和建防護堤。然后著重分析建防護堤對海岸的影響。最后號召人們停止在海岸連修建任何穩固性建筑。

　　1.C 該題是主旨題。從文章第一句可知。

　　2.C 該題是細節題。從... communities have tried to protect their building and roads and to build seawalls.可知。

　　3.B 該題是細節題。從If the flow of the beaches is gentle, the water energy is lessened as it washes up along the shore. It is reduced even more that returns to the sea so it doesnt carry back much sand.

　　4.D 該題是細節題。由最后一句可知。

　　Passage 2

　　本文談到了英國的au pair system，即互裨或平等互惠制度。每星期，數以百計的女孩從世界各地來到英國，和英國家庭生活在一起，通過幫助做較輕的家務來換取免費食宿。此制度已成為需要協助家務的家庭和需要學習英語的女孩們間的一種商業交易。由于學英語變得日益重要，互裨女孩的數量不斷增多。

　　接下來，短文談到了這個制度的社會效應。一方面，它有助于女孩們學習英語;另一方面，它在是否能增進國際間友誼方面頗有爭議。主人們要低價勞動，女孩子們要閑暇和學語言，這就是雙方在在目標上的基本沖突。女孩子們發現很難遇到和她們同齡的英國人，因為語言學校和語言俱樂部里沒有本族的英國人。

　　盡管這個制度有弊病，但它在打破不同文化的界線上還是起到了一定的作用。英國維持治安協會估計說，15%的女孩子們感到非常不快樂，15%的女孩們感到很快樂，70%的女孩或多或少感到滿意，但她們當中只有很小部分人在回國之后還能與英國家庭保持聯系。

　　5.C 本題測試捕捉特定信息的能力。文中提到這個制度began as a genuine exchange, but now has become a commercial bargain。所以最佳選項為C。突出其發展了的商業化的特點。

　　6.D本題測試捕捉特定信息的能力。

　　7.A 本題對細節考查，對數字的敏感性。