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发生了一次激烈的争吵，于是他提出分手，最后一句说“He had no difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken.”这表明是Duffy先生想要 结束他们之间的关系。故答案选项C。 阅读理解 B
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短文大意：本文主要介绍的是比尔·盖茨的教育观，强调了学校教育的重要性。 31.答案：C
【参考译文】在该短文中，比尔·盖茨主要讨论了什么？ 【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】快速阅读全文，便知谈的是学校教育。短文第二段比尔·盖茨说道“Get the be st education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to le arn.”故这篇短文主要讨论的是“教育的重要性”。
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短文大意：本文主要论述的是伦敦在当今社会的重要地位。 32.答案：D
【参考译文】这篇文章着重论述了什么？
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】这篇文章从三个方面论述了伦敦地位的重要性：重要的港口城市、最大的制造中 心以及国内国际商贸中心。在回顾伦敦历史的同时，又提到伦敦的现状。故选项D为正确答 案。
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短文大意：本文主要介绍的是网络技术的发展对印刷业带来的冲击。 33.答案：A
【参考译文】本文的写作目的是什么？ 【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】短文第一段最后一句首先引出话题“The very existence of paper copy has b een brought into question once more.”接着文中从四个方面论述了网络技术给印刷业所 带来的影响。故答案选A。
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短文大意：这篇短文是有关Owen先生所著书的书评。 34.答案：B
【参考译文】评论者对（Owen先生的）书的态度如何？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】本文先介绍的是Owen先生的书的内容，指出了值得肯定的方面，接着谈到书中的 不足之处。作者知识客观地去评论。故答案选B。
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短文大意：本文介绍的是《读者文摘》改版后的内容、原因以及人们对它的看法。 35.答案：D
【参考译文】该杂志的目录是何时放在封底的？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第二段第二句说“For a couple of years in the 1960s, Willcox said, the table of contents was shifted to the back cover.”，由此可知，时间为二十世纪 六十年代。 36.答案：A
【参考译文】该杂志为何受到指责？
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【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第三段第三句说“Publishing industry executives and Wall Street ana lysts have criticized the magazine for failing to attract the next generation of readers.”由此可知，不能吸引年青人是其受到指责的原因。故答案选A。
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短文大意：本文主要介绍的是Oxford Wordfinder（OWF）这部字典的诸多优点。 37.答案：A
【参考译文】OWF与Longman Activator这两部字典的词汇怎样？ 【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第二段开头说“The OWF is based upon similar lines to the ground br eaking Longman Activator in that words in each dictionary are not simply listed in alphabetical order.”由此可知，这两部字典除了按字母表顺序排列单词之外，还根据 词意、用法的异同排列。故答案选A。 38.答案：B
【参考译文】要查到一个意为“boiling with a low heat”的词，你可能首先翻到第几页？ 【试题分析】本题为细节题。 详细解答短文第四段第二句说“Let?s say the learner wishes to know the correct wor d for “boiling with a low heat”. The intermediate learner, who will probably beg in her search under “Cook” on page 99,…”由此可知，正确答案为B。 TEXT K
短文大意：本文主要介绍的是留学比利时的条件。 39.答案：C
【参考译文】那些想去荷兰或法国读书的学生应该怎样？ 【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】首先快速查找有关“Dutch or French”的文字，发现它在Language skills中， 由此可知，这些学生可能要接受语言培训。故答案选C。 40.答案：B
【参考译文】比利时大学不开设什么课程？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。
【详细解答】快速查找programmes项，可分别查到选项A、C和D，只有选项B没有提到，故为正 确答案。
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PART Ⅳ TRANSLATION
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
The first-generation museums in the world are museums of natural history. W ith fossils and specimens they introduce to people the evolution of the earth an d various living organisms on it. The second-generation museums are those of ind ustrial technology. Fruits of various stages of industrial civilization are on d isplay here. Although these two generations of muslins have played the role of s preading scientific knowledge, they regard visitors as passive spectators.
The world?s third-generation museums are full of completely new concepts. H ere visitors can carry out operations and careful observations themselves. In th is way they come closer to advanced achievements in science and technology so as to probe their mystery. SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
提起英年“早逝”，人们或有所指。人们定会相信有些人死亡的时刻更为适宜。寿终正
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寝极少称为“早逝”。长寿即意味着生命之完整。但英年早逝常令人感到逝者美好时光尚未到来，一生之评说尚未做出。然而，历史却否认这点,提起杰出的早逝者，人们定会亿起玛丽莲·梦露和詹姆士·迪恩。两人生命短暂，却完美无缺。诗人约翰·济慈26岁与世长辞，作家们对此难以接受。而他们自己过了26岁时却只能半开玩笑地认为今生今世无所作为。生命短暂即未成果这—观念荒谬无理。生命的价值取决于它留给世界的印象、它的贡献及它的美德。
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Education as a Lifelong Process
When education is mentioned, we can easily think of school, colleges and yo ung people. In fact, education is so important in modern society that it can be viewed as a lifelong process. First, it?s the requirement of fast-developing society, to accept education despite of your age. Our world is changing dramatically with the development of new science and technology. A person who completed his education at school in 7 0s or 80s may have encountered new problems when he is working now. The problems might have something to do with his major or other aspects. For example an acco untant now must master the skills of accounting through computers, which is the basic tools for him, so he should also learn how to apply his job in a computer. No matter how old is he.
Secondly, education creates human character and moralities. Through educati on, youth may learn how to make contributions to the world. And the old may lear n new things to enrich their lives. Through education, a healthy person can beco me stronger and a disabled person can have a new hope on his life. Man can find great pleasure by accepting education.
Thirdly, our modem society has provided everyone the chance to accept educa tion. As long as you wish you could get education by attending night-schools, ad ult colleges, training centers and even long-distance education through Internet and TV. In one word, knowledge is limitless. And life is limited. So education is a lifelong process. 本套真题测试的语言重点：
重点单词：
improviser 即兴诗人，即兴演讲者，即席演出者 distributor 发行人
stratification 层化，阶层的形成 downright 明白的，明显的 frenzy 狂暴，狂怒
adherent 信徒，追随者，拥护者 benighted 愚昧的 jeopardize 危害 重点词组：
persist in 坚持
creep into 开始发生于，溜进…… drop out of 退出……,不参与…… cut out 切掉, 取代, 停止
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