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Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.
Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of rep-tile (爬行动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the Environment and Nature Resources Division of the Council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators (管理人员) of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid the public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a stronger supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.
No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction, he went on. The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (消遣) should be replaced by fui1 acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.
Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land. "
Recent studies by the Council of Europe show that ______.

A．it is only in Britain that wildlife needs more protection
B．many species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dying out
C．there are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhere
D．certain species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe need protection

单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Experts say children can begin learning a second language in preschool, and should begin before the age of ten to take advantage of young children’s natural ability to acquire language. This advantage is lost by the time most children encounter (遇到) a foreign language in the classroom, in middle school or high school.
Dr. Noble Goss, an assistant professor of Spanish and German at Harding University in Arkansas, says, "As a father of bilingual (双语的) children (My wife is Mexican), I know that not only it is easy for children to learn one or more languages, but they have an amazing way of separating them out more successfully than you would think. "
If a child hears two languages early, he accepts both equally. But if given a chance to speak both, can they be fluent in both
Not everyone agrees that early childhood is the only time to start a language, however. Reeves, the chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment in Denver, Colorado, points to the Defense Language Institute’s success at training adult students to speak other language fluently.
"The frequently quoted argument that post-adolescence (青春期后) is too late to acquire foreign language skills is still a mystery," says Reeves.
Still, if children are going to devote the six years or so of study it takes to master a second language, starting early just makes sense.
Experts advise starting a foreign language early because ______.

A．children have a special talent to learn languages
B．it will take a very long time to master a language
C．the linguistic ability will be weakened as one grows up
D．children have an amazing way to separate two languages

问答题

Task 3
Directions: The following is a business memorandum. After reading it, you are required to complete the out-line below it (No. 46 to No. 50 ). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Memo
To: Mr. Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date: December 1, 2010
Subject. Improving Computer User’s Comfort
Enclosed is the report, "Improving Computer User’s Comfort", which you asked me to prepare. The report summarizes current research on the effects of computers on health and recommends changes for our computer users.
I interviewed over 60 employees of Far East Trade Development Company in the last six months and consulted with health experts in eye and wrist fatigue. I also reviewed all the current literature available for computer health hazards (危险).
My recommendations are as follows.
1. Anti-radiation (防辐身) screens should be available for computer monitors.
2. Devices to support the wrist of the computer user should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of wrist illnesses.
3. Employees need adjustable chairs which can give their backs a stronger support.
For the technical possibility of designing the anti-radiation screens, you may consult Mr. Joseph Miller, and for the specific application of wrist-support devices, you may consult Mr. Benjamin Stone, Technical Department. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss my recommendations, please let me know.
Memo
To: Mr Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date; December 1, 2010
Subject: Improving Computer User’s Comfort
1. Margaret Ellis interviewed some computer users
(46) ago to write the report.
2. The report concerns mainly about the effects of computers on (47)
Recommendations:
1. The company should design devices to protect the computer users’s (48) and wrist.
2. Adjustable chairs should be used to protect their (49)
3. Anti-radiation screens should be available, and the president may consult (50) about the de-signing of it.

答案： six months

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Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of terms of law. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A --judicial system B --Insurance Law
C --criminal procedure D--contract
E --Tax Law F --rules of evidence
G --Courts of Appeals H--imprisonment
I --death penalty J --bank deposits and collections
K --copyright L--legal effect
M --child abuse N--secured transaction
O --adoption P --standard of proof( ) 税法 ( ) 银行押金和托收

答案： E J

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Task 5
Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading, it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
October 8, 2010
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your offer (报价) dated August 26th for leather shoes and for the illustrated catalogues you very kindly sent us.
We appreciate the high quality of your goods, but unfortunately we are not in a position to accept the offer on your terms. Your prices appear to be on rather high side and they will leave us little or no margin of profit. As you may know, this is an area in which the principal demand is for goods in the medium price range, and leather shoes of the same quality from some other suppliers are now available in this market at much lower prices than yours. Some suppliers even offer a special discount of as high as 20% on orders exceeding $15 000.
Much as we would like to do more business with you, it is rather difficult for us to accept the prices you offered. Unless you can reduce your prices by 10%, we will have no choice but to satisfy our requirements elsewhere.
It is highly appreciated if you will give the matter your due consideration and allow us the discount as we suggested. We await your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Charles AustenWhy cannot Charles Austen accept the supplier’s prices Because he will get little ______.

答案： profit

单项选择题

Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.
Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of rep-tile (爬行动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the Environment and Nature Resources Division of the Council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators (管理人员) of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid the public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a stronger supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.
No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction, he went on. The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (消遣) should be replaced by fui1 acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.
Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land. "
Dr. Baum came to visit one particular British national park mainly because ______.

A．he was to present the park with a diploma for its achievements
B．he was concerned about how the park was being run
C．it was the only national park of its kind in Europe
D．it was the only park which had ever received a diploma from the Council

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Task 3
Directions: The following is a business memorandum. After reading it, you are required to complete the out-line below it (No. 46 to No. 50 ). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Memo
To: Mr. Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date: December 1, 2010
Subject. Improving Computer User’s Comfort
Enclosed is the report, "Improving Computer User’s Comfort", which you asked me to prepare. The report summarizes current research on the effects of computers on health and recommends changes for our computer users.
I interviewed over 60 employees of Far East Trade Development Company in the last six months and consulted with health experts in eye and wrist fatigue. I also reviewed all the current literature available for computer health hazards (危险).
My recommendations are as follows.
1. Anti-radiation (防辐身) screens should be available for computer monitors.
2. Devices to support the wrist of the computer user should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of wrist illnesses.
3. Employees need adjustable chairs which can give their backs a stronger support.
For the technical possibility of designing the anti-radiation screens, you may consult Mr. Joseph Miller, and for the specific application of wrist-support devices, you may consult Mr. Benjamin Stone, Technical Department. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss my recommendations, please let me know.
Memo
To: Mr Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date; December 1, 2010
Subject: Improving Computer User’s Comfort
1. Margaret Ellis interviewed some computer users
(46) ago to write the report.
2. The report concerns mainly about the effects of computers on (47)
Recommendations:
1. The company should design devices to protect the computer users’s (48) and wrist.
2. Adjustable chairs should be used to protect their (49)
3. Anti-radiation screens should be available, and the president may consult (50) about the de-signing of it.

答案： health

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Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of terms of law. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A --judicial system B --Insurance Law
C --criminal procedure D--contract
E --Tax Law F --rules of evidence
G --Courts of Appeals H--imprisonment
I --death penalty J --bank deposits and collections
K --copyright L--legal effect
M --child abuse N--secured transaction
O --adoption P --standard of proof( ) 合同 ( ) 证据规则

答案： D F

单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Experts say children can begin learning a second language in preschool, and should begin before the age of ten to take advantage of young children’s natural ability to acquire language. This advantage is lost by the time most children encounter (遇到) a foreign language in the classroom, in middle school or high school.
Dr. Noble Goss, an assistant professor of Spanish and German at Harding University in Arkansas, says, "As a father of bilingual (双语的) children (My wife is Mexican), I know that not only it is easy for children to learn one or more languages, but they have an amazing way of separating them out more successfully than you would think. "
If a child hears two languages early, he accepts both equally. But if given a chance to speak both, can they be fluent in both
Not everyone agrees that early childhood is the only time to start a language, however. Reeves, the chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment in Denver, Colorado, points to the Defense Language Institute’s success at training adult students to speak other language fluently.
"The frequently quoted argument that post-adolescence (青春期后) is too late to acquire foreign language skills is still a mystery," says Reeves.
Still, if children are going to devote the six years or so of study it takes to master a second language, starting early just makes sense.
If a child lives in a bilingual family, he will probably ______.

A．speak both languages at home
B．acquire a language more quickly
C．be more capable as a language learner
D．spend less time on language learning

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Task 5
Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading, it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
October 8, 2010
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your offer (报价) dated August 26th for leather shoes and for the illustrated catalogues you very kindly sent us.
We appreciate the high quality of your goods, but unfortunately we are not in a position to accept the offer on your terms. Your prices appear to be on rather high side and they will leave us little or no margin of profit. As you may know, this is an area in which the principal demand is for goods in the medium price range, and leather shoes of the same quality from some other suppliers are now available in this market at much lower prices than yours. Some suppliers even offer a special discount of as high as 20% on orders exceeding $15 000.
Much as we would like to do more business with you, it is rather difficult for us to accept the prices you offered. Unless you can reduce your prices by 10%, we will have no choice but to satisfy our requirements elsewhere.
It is highly appreciated if you will give the matter your due consideration and allow us the discount as we suggested. We await your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Charles AustenWhat did some suppliers offer on orders exceeding $15 000 A price reduction by ______.

答案： 20%

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Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.
Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of rep-tile (爬行动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the Environment and Nature Resources Division of the Council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators (管理人员) of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid the public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a stronger supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.
No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction, he went on. The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (消遣) should be replaced by fui1 acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.
Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land. "
Dr. Baum believed that ______.

A．people would support to create more environment areas
B．people would continue to support those national parks in existence
C．existing national parks would need to be more independent to survive
D．certain national environment areas should be left undisturbed by man

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Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of terms of law. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A --judicial system B --Insurance Law
C --criminal procedure D--contract
E --Tax Law F --rules of evidence
G --Courts of Appeals H--imprisonment
I --death penalty J --bank deposits and collections
K --copyright L--legal effect
M --child abuse N--secured transaction
O --adoption P --standard of proof( ) 担保交易 ( ) 保险法

答案： N B

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Task 3
Directions: The following is a business memorandum. After reading it, you are required to complete the out-line below it (No. 46 to No. 50 ). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Memo
To: Mr. Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date: December 1, 2010
Subject. Improving Computer User’s Comfort
Enclosed is the report, "Improving Computer User’s Comfort", which you asked me to prepare. The report summarizes current research on the effects of computers on health and recommends changes for our computer users.
I interviewed over 60 employees of Far East Trade Development Company in the last six months and consulted with health experts in eye and wrist fatigue. I also reviewed all the current literature available for computer health hazards (危险).
My recommendations are as follows.
1. Anti-radiation (防辐身) screens should be available for computer monitors.
2. Devices to support the wrist of the computer user should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of wrist illnesses.
3. Employees need adjustable chairs which can give their backs a stronger support.
For the technical possibility of designing the anti-radiation screens, you may consult Mr. Joseph Miller, and for the specific application of wrist-support devices, you may consult Mr. Benjamin Stone, Technical Department. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss my recommendations, please let me know.
Memo
To: Mr Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date; December 1, 2010
Subject: Improving Computer User’s Comfort
1. Margaret Ellis interviewed some computer users
(46) ago to write the report.
2. The report concerns mainly about the effects of computers on (47)
Recommendations:
1. The company should design devices to protect the computer users’s (48) and wrist.
2. Adjustable chairs should be used to protect their (49)
3. Anti-radiation screens should be available, and the president may consult (50) about the de-signing of it.

答案： eyes

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Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of terms of law. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A --judicial system B --Insurance Law
C --criminal procedure D--contract
E --Tax Law F --rules of evidence
G --Courts of Appeals H--imprisonment
I --death penalty J --bank deposits and collections
K --copyright L--legal effect
M --child abuse N--secured transaction
O --adoption P --standard of proof( ) 死刑 ( ) 上诉法院

答案： I G

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Task 3
Directions: The following is a business memorandum. After reading it, you are required to complete the out-line below it (No. 46 to No. 50 ). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Memo
To: Mr. Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date: December 1, 2010
Subject. Improving Computer User’s Comfort
Enclosed is the report, "Improving Computer User’s Comfort", which you asked me to prepare. The report summarizes current research on the effects of computers on health and recommends changes for our computer users.
I interviewed over 60 employees of Far East Trade Development Company in the last six months and consulted with health experts in eye and wrist fatigue. I also reviewed all the current literature available for computer health hazards (危险).
My recommendations are as follows.
1. Anti-radiation (防辐身) screens should be available for computer monitors.
2. Devices to support the wrist of the computer user should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of wrist illnesses.
3. Employees need adjustable chairs which can give their backs a stronger support.
For the technical possibility of designing the anti-radiation screens, you may consult Mr. Joseph Miller, and for the specific application of wrist-support devices, you may consult Mr. Benjamin Stone, Technical Department. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss my recommendations, please let me know.
Memo
To: Mr Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date; December 1, 2010
Subject: Improving Computer User’s Comfort
1. Margaret Ellis interviewed some computer users
(46) ago to write the report.
2. The report concerns mainly about the effects of computers on (47)
Recommendations:
1. The company should design devices to protect the computer users’s (48) and wrist.
2. Adjustable chairs should be used to protect their (49)
3. Anti-radiation screens should be available, and the president may consult (50) about the de-signing of it.

答案： backs

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Task 5
Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading, it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
October 8, 2010
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your offer (报价) dated August 26th for leather shoes and for the illustrated catalogues you very kindly sent us.
We appreciate the high quality of your goods, but unfortunately we are not in a position to accept the offer on your terms. Your prices appear to be on rather high side and they will leave us little or no margin of profit. As you may know, this is an area in which the principal demand is for goods in the medium price range, and leather shoes of the same quality from some other suppliers are now available in this market at much lower prices than yours. Some suppliers even offer a special discount of as high as 20% on orders exceeding $15 000.
Much as we would like to do more business with you, it is rather difficult for us to accept the prices you offered. Unless you can reduce your prices by 10%, we will have no choice but to satisfy our requirements elsewhere.
It is highly appreciated if you will give the matter your due consideration and allow us the discount as we suggested. We await your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Charles AustenWhich kind of shoes does Charles Austen’s area demand Those in the ______ range.

答案： medium price

单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Experts say children can begin learning a second language in preschool, and should begin before the age of ten to take advantage of young children’s natural ability to acquire language. This advantage is lost by the time most children encounter (遇到) a foreign language in the classroom, in middle school or high school.
Dr. Noble Goss, an assistant professor of Spanish and German at Harding University in Arkansas, says, "As a father of bilingual (双语的) children (My wife is Mexican), I know that not only it is easy for children to learn one or more languages, but they have an amazing way of separating them out more successfully than you would think. "
If a child hears two languages early, he accepts both equally. But if given a chance to speak both, can they be fluent in both
Not everyone agrees that early childhood is the only time to start a language, however. Reeves, the chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment in Denver, Colorado, points to the Defense Language Institute’s success at training adult students to speak other language fluently.
"The frequently quoted argument that post-adolescence (青春期后) is too late to acquire foreign language skills is still a mystery," says Reeves.
Still, if children are going to devote the six years or so of study it takes to master a second language, starting early just makes sense.
The reason why adults lose the skills in learning foreign language is______.

A．adults lose interests in foreign language learning
B．adults are less confident than children
C．adults are afraid of making mistakes in learning foreign languages
D．unknown until now

单项选择题

Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.
Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of rep-tile (爬行动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the Environment and Nature Resources Division of the Council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators (管理人员) of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid the public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a stronger supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.
No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction, he went on. The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (消遣) should be replaced by fui1 acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.
Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land. "
In Dr. Baum’s opinion, a true nature reserve ______.

A．could never survive in modern age
B．should serve immediate human demands for outdoor activities
C．should be well protected for the future
D．could be converted into a tourist attraction

问答题

Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of terms of law. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A --judicial system B --Insurance Law
C --criminal procedure D--contract
E --Tax Law F --rules of evidence
G --Courts of Appeals H--imprisonment
I --death penalty J --bank deposits and collections
K --copyright L--legal effect
M --child abuse N--secured transaction
O --adoption P --standard of proof( ) 司法系统 ( ) 虐待儿童

答案： A M

单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Experts say children can begin learning a second language in preschool, and should begin before the age of ten to take advantage of young children’s natural ability to acquire language. This advantage is lost by the time most children encounter (遇到) a foreign language in the classroom, in middle school or high school.
Dr. Noble Goss, an assistant professor of Spanish and German at Harding University in Arkansas, says, "As a father of bilingual (双语的) children (My wife is Mexican), I know that not only it is easy for children to learn one or more languages, but they have an amazing way of separating them out more successfully than you would think. "
If a child hears two languages early, he accepts both equally. But if given a chance to speak both, can they be fluent in both
Not everyone agrees that early childhood is the only time to start a language, however. Reeves, the chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment in Denver, Colorado, points to the Defense Language Institute’s success at training adult students to speak other language fluently.
"The frequently quoted argument that post-adolescence (青春期后) is too late to acquire foreign language skills is still a mystery," says Reeves.
Still, if children are going to devote the six years or so of study it takes to master a second language, starting early just makes sense.
The phrase "make sense" in the last sentence probably means "______".

A．starting early isn’t a good idea
B．starting early sounds reasonable
C．starting early makes one sensitive to language
D．starting early makes one acquire a language better

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Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe.
Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of rep-tile (爬行动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out.
European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the Environment and Nature Resources Division of the Council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators (管理人员) of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid the public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a stronger supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.
No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction, he went on. The short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (消遣) should be replaced by fui1 acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.
Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land. "
It is implied in the last paragraph that ______.

A．industrial products are more important to life system than natural environment areas
B．it is only on islands that true nature reserves exist
C．we have forgotten what our original countryside looked like
D．industrial development should take the responsibility for the reduction of our natural environment areas

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Task 5
Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading, it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
October 8, 2010
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your offer (报价) dated August 26th for leather shoes and for the illustrated catalogues you very kindly sent us.
We appreciate the high quality of your goods, but unfortunately we are not in a position to accept the offer on your terms. Your prices appear to be on rather high side and they will leave us little or no margin of profit. As you may know, this is an area in which the principal demand is for goods in the medium price range, and leather shoes of the same quality from some other suppliers are now available in this market at much lower prices than yours. Some suppliers even offer a special discount of as high as 20% on orders exceeding $15 000.
Much as we would like to do more business with you, it is rather difficult for us to accept the prices you offered. Unless you can reduce your prices by 10%, we will have no choice but to satisfy our requirements elsewhere.
It is highly appreciated if you will give the matter your due consideration and allow us the discount as we suggested. We await your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Charles AustenIn what condition will Charles Austen buy goods from other suppliers The supplier ______ to reduce his prices by 10%.

答案： refuses

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Task 3
Directions: The following is a business memorandum. After reading it, you are required to complete the out-line below it (No. 46 to No. 50 ). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Memo
To: Mr. Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date: December 1, 2010
Subject. Improving Computer User’s Comfort
Enclosed is the report, "Improving Computer User’s Comfort", which you asked me to prepare. The report summarizes current research on the effects of computers on health and recommends changes for our computer users.
I interviewed over 60 employees of Far East Trade Development Company in the last six months and consulted with health experts in eye and wrist fatigue. I also reviewed all the current literature available for computer health hazards (危险).
My recommendations are as follows.
1. Anti-radiation (防辐身) screens should be available for computer monitors.
2. Devices to support the wrist of the computer user should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of wrist illnesses.
3. Employees need adjustable chairs which can give their backs a stronger support.
For the technical possibility of designing the anti-radiation screens, you may consult Mr. Joseph Miller, and for the specific application of wrist-support devices, you may consult Mr. Benjamin Stone, Technical Department. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss my recommendations, please let me know.
Memo
To: Mr Louis Johnson, President
From.. Margaret Ellis, Health Consultant
Date; December 1, 2010
Subject: Improving Computer User’s Comfort
1. Margaret Ellis interviewed some computer users
(46) ago to write the report.
2. The report concerns mainly about the effects of computers on (47)
Recommendations:
1. The company should design devices to protect the computer users’s (48) and wrist.
2. Adjustable chairs should be used to protect their (49)
3. Anti-radiation screens should be available, and the president may consult (50) about the de-signing of it.

答案： Mr．Joseph Miller

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Task 5
Directions: The following is a business letter. After reading, it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No. 56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
October 8, 2010
Dear Sirs,
Many thanks for your offer (报价) dated August 26th for leather shoes and for the illustrated catalogues you very kindly sent us.
We appreciate the high quality of your goods, but unfortunately we are not in a position to accept the offer on your terms. Your prices appear to be on rather high side and they will leave us little or no margin of profit. As you may know, this is an area in which the principal demand is for goods in the medium price range, and leather shoes of the same quality from some other suppliers are now available in this market at much lower prices than yours. Some suppliers even offer a special discount of as high as 20% on orders exceeding $15 000.
Much as we would like to do more business with you, it is rather difficult for us to accept the prices you offered. Unless you can reduce your prices by 10%, we will have no choice but to satisfy our requirements elsewhere.
It is highly appreciated if you will give the matter your due consideration and allow us the discount as we suggested. We await your early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Charles AustenWhat was the purpose of this letter To ask the supplier to offer him ______ of 10%.

答案： a discount

单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Experts say children can begin learning a second language in preschool, and should begin before the age of ten to take advantage of young children’s natural ability to acquire language. This advantage is lost by the time most children encounter (遇到) a foreign language in the classroom, in middle school or high school.
Dr. Noble Goss, an assistant professor of Spanish and German at Harding University in Arkansas, says, "As a father of bilingual (双语的) children (My wife is Mexican), I know that not only it is easy for children to learn one or more languages, but they have an amazing way of separating them out more successfully than you would think. "
If a child hears two languages early, he accepts both equally. But if given a chance to speak both, can they be fluent in both
Not everyone agrees that early childhood is the only time to start a language, however. Reeves, the chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment in Denver, Colorado, points to the Defense Language Institute’s success at training adult students to speak other language fluently.
"The frequently quoted argument that post-adolescence (青春期后) is too late to acquire foreign language skills is still a mystery," says Reeves.
Still, if children are going to devote the six years or so of study it takes to master a second language, starting early just makes sense.
The best title of the passage is ______.

A．The Earlier, the Better
B．Early Bird Can Get the Worm
C．Starting a Second Language Learning Early
D．Children Has a Natural Bilingual Ability

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