1、高等院校英语入学分级测试-9 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)I二、Section A(总题数：3，分数：15.00)Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be s
2、poken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （分数：8.00）(1). A.He has proved to be a better reader than the woman. B.He has difficulty understanding the book. C.He cannot get acce
3、ss to the assigned book. D.He cannot finish his assignment before the deadline.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.She will drive the man to the supermarket. B.The man should buy a car of his own. C.The man neednt go shopping every week. D.She can pick the man up at the grocery store.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Get
4、 more food and drinks. B.Ask his friend to come over. C.Tidy up the place. D.Hold a party.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A.The talks can be held any day except this Friday. B.He could change his schedule to meet John Smith. C.The first-round talks should start as soon as possible. D.The woman should contact
5、John Smith first.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A.He understands the womans feelings. B.He has gone through a similar experience. C.The woman should have gone on the field trip. D.The teacher is just following the regulations.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A.She will meet the man halfway. B.She will ask David to talk
6、 less. C.She is sorry the man will not come. D.She has to invite David to the party.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A.Few students understand Prof. Johnsons lectures. B.Few students meet Prof. Jonsons requirements. C.Many students find Prof. Johnsons lectures boring. D.Many students have dropped Prof. Johnson
7、s class.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A.Check their computer files. B.Make some computations. C.Study a computer program. D.Assemble a computer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1). A.It allows him to make a lot of friends. B.It requires him to work long hours. C.It enables him to apply theory to practice. D.It he
8、lps him understand people better.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.It is intellectually challenging. B.It requires him to do washing-up all the time. C.It exposes him to oily smoke all day long. D.It demands physical endurance and patience.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.In a hospital. B.At a coffee shop. C.At a laun
9、dry. D.In a hotel.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A.Getting along well with colleagues. B.Paying attention to every detail. C.Planning everything in advance. D.Knowing the needs of customers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1). A.The pocket money British children get. B.The annual inflation rate in Britain. C.The t
10、hings British children spend money on. D.The rising cost of raising a child in Britain.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.It enables children to live better. B.It goes down during economic recession. C.It often rises higher than inflation. D.It has gone up 25% in the past decade.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Save up
11、 for their future education. B.Pay for small personal things. C.Buy their own shoes and socks. D.Make donations when necessary.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、Section B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the p
12、assage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （分数：4.00）(1). A.District managers. B.Regular customers. C.Sales directors. D.Senior clerks.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.The support provided by the reg
13、ular clients. B.The initiative shown by the sales representatives. C.The urgency of implementing the companys plans. D.The important part played by district managers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Some of them were political-minded. B.Fifty percent of them were female. C.One third of them were senior manag
14、ers. D.Most of them were rather conservative.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A.He used too many quotations. B.He was not gender sensitive. C.He did not keep to the point. D.He spent too much time on details.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1). A.State your problem to the head waiter. B.Demand a discount on the dish
15、es ordered. C.Ask to see the manager politely but firmly. D.Ask the name of the person waiting on you.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.You problem may not be understood correctly. B.You dont know if you are complaining at the right time. C.Your complaint may not reach the person in charge. D.You cant tell ho
16、w the person on the line is reacting.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Demand a prompt response. B.Provide all the details. C.Send it by express mail. D.Stick to the point.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1). A.Fashion designer B.Architect. C.City planner. D.Engineer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Do some volunteer work.
17、B.Get a well-paid part-time job. C.Work flexible hours. D.Go back to her previous post.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Few baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy. B.It will add to the familys financial burden. C.A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother. D.The children wont get along with a baby-sitt
18、er.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BII(总题数：2，分数：40.00)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice i
19、n the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new onesthe kind of high-tech, solar-pan
20、eled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be U U 1 /U /Uwasteful to tear them all down and U U 2 /U /Uthem with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those
21、 houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the U U 3 /U /Ucarbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest U U 4 /U /U, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly ha
22、lf of U.S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and U U 5 /U /Uour homes, offices and other buildings. “You cant deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,“ says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some U U 6 /U /U, the oldest homes tend to be the leas
23、t energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that U U 7 /U /Uover time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a U U 8 /U /Unumber of relatively simple changes that can green olde
24、r homes, from U U 9 /U /Uones like Lincolns Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help U U 10 /U /Uproperty owners from rising power costs.Aaccommodations Bclumsy Cdoubtful Dexceptions Eexpand Fhistoric Gincredibly Hpowering Iprote
25、ct Jreduced Kreplace Lsense Mshifted Nsupplying Ovast（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A
26、, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You never see him, but theyre with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast youre traveling and whether everything on your airplane is
27、 functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. Theyre known as the black box.When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best be
28、t for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the devices homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory
29、recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to t
30、he rear of the planethe area least subject to impactfrom its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a v
31、oice recorder, which tracks pilots conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of st
32、ainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000. When submerged, theyre also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 it. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics
33、say theyre still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one planes black boxes were never recovered.（分数：20.00）(1).You never see him, but theyre with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast youre traveling and whether everyth
34、ing on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. Theyre known as the black box.When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the b
35、lack box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the devices homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren dev
36、eloped a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely re
37、designed and moved to the rear of the planethe area least subject to impactfrom its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.Modern airplanes ha
38、ve two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircrafts final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-
39、inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000. When submerged, theyre also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 it. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly tha
40、t deep, but statistics say theyre still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one planes black boxes were never recovered. What does the author say about the black box? A.It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane. B.The idea for its design co
41、mes from a comic book. C.Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible. D.It is an indispensable device on an airplane.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash. B.The total number of passengers on bo
42、ard. C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage. D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? A.New materials became available by that time. B.Too much space was needed for its installation. C.The early models often got dam
43、aged in the crash. D.The early models didnt provide the needed data.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow? A.To distinguish them from the colour of the plane. B.To caution people to handle them with care. C.To make them easily
44、 identifiable. D.To conform to international standards.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447? A.There is still a good chance of their being recovered. B.There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed. C.They have stopped sending homing signals. D
45、.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(6).What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry? A.It is a highly profitable industry. B.It is based on the concept of positive thinking. C.It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. D.It has yielded positive res
46、ults.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(7).What is the finding of the Canadian researchers? A.Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. B.There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. C.Unhappy people cannot think positively. D.The power of positive thinking is limited.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.
47、(8).What does the author mean by “ youre just underlining his faults“ (Line 4, Para. 3)? A.You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. B.You are pointing out the errors he has committed. C.You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. D.You are trying to make him feel better about his faults.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(9).What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic? A.It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem. B.Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to ones mood. C.Forcing a person to think positive t
