28. According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT A)now there are two language systems, Kanji and katakana in Japan B)the word digital camera" appears very different in Japanese C) people are al ways confused by the young Japanese pronunciation of turtle D) Foreign Words Committee is engaged in finding suitable Japanese replacements for the foreign word 29. According to the author, the last paragraph mainly deals with A)how French-style language police has prevented the influence of English B)how Japanese Foreign Words Committee prevents the infection of foreign words C)the suitable Japanese replacement D)why committee members and traditionalists launch a war against the infection of foreign words 30. Which conclusion can be drawn based on the opinions from the Japanese people (in paragraph 2 and 4 of this passage)? A)The elders are more strongly in favor of replacing the foreign words than B)All the people dislike speaking the foreign words, such as "digi kamey C)They are so old that it is necessary to give some language assistance by a specialist. D)People' s work determines the language they speak Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise Its decisions are binding on all UN members. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to security, to determine how the un should respond, and to enforce its decisions by ordering UN members to take certain actions The Council convenes (B#)any time there is a threat to peace. A representative from each member country who sits on the Council must be available at all times so that the Council can meet at a moments notice. The Security Council also frequently meets at the request of a UN member- often a nation with a grievance about another nation's actions The Security Council has 15 members five of which hold permanent seats. The Assembly elects the other ten members for two-year terms. The five permanent members-the United States, Britain, France, Russia( formerly the Soviet Union) and China-have the most power. These nations were the winning powers at the end of World War Il, and they still represent the bulk of the world s military
28. According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT ____. A) now there are two language systems, Kanji and katakana in Japan B) the word “digital camera” appears very different in Japanese C) people are always confused by the young Japanese pronunciation of “turtle” and “camera” D) Foreign Words Committee is engaged in finding suitable Japanese replacements for the foreign words 29. According to the author, the last paragraph mainly deals with ____. A) how French-style language police has prevented the influence of English B) how Japanese Foreign Words Committee prevents the infection of foreign words C) the suitable Japanese replacements D) why committee members and traditionalists launch a war against the infection of foreign words 30. Which conclusion can be drawn based on the opinions from the Japanese people (in paragraph 2 and 4 of this passage)? A) The elders are more strongly in favor of replacing the foreign words than young people. B) All the people dislike speaking the foreign words, such as “digi kamey”. C) They are so old that it is necessary to give some language assistance by a specialist. D) People’s work determines the language they speak. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible for maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise. Its decisions are binding on all UN members. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to security, to determine how the UN should respond, and to enforce its decisions by ordering UN members to take certain actions. The Council convenes（召集）any time there is a threat to peace. A representative from each member country who sits on the Council must be available at all times so that the Council can meet at a moment’s notice. The Security Council also frequently meets at the request of a UN member - often a nation with a grievance about another nation’s actions. The Security Council has 15 members; five of which hold permanent seats. The Assembly elects the other ten members for two-year terms. The five permanent members - the United States, Britain, France, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), and China - have the most power. These nations were the winning powers at the end of World War II, and they still represent the bulk of the world’s military might
Decisions of the Council require nine votes. But any one of the permanent members can veto an important decision. This authority is known as the veto right of the great powers. As a result, the Council is effective only when its permanent embers can reach a consensus(一致同意) The Council has a variety of ways it can try to resolve conflicts among countries Usually the Council's first step is to encourage the countries to settle their disagreements without violence. The Council can mediate a dispute or recommend guidelines for a settlement. It can send peacekeeping troops into a distressed area. If war breaks out the Council can call for a ceasefire. It can enforce its decisions by imposing economic sanctions on a country, or through joint military action 31. Which is TRUE in the following statements according to the passage? A)The Security Council convenes annually B)All UN members should abide by the decisions adopted by the Security Council C) Although one member seriously complains about another members action, the Security Council will not convene at its request D)The five permanent members of the Security Council hold less than one half armed forces in the world 32. The Security Council is effective only when its permanent members can reach a consensus because A)every permanent member has the veto right of great powers B)all the permanent members won in the World War II C)the other members of the Security Council are in the charge of the permanent member D)of some other reasons not mentioned in this passage 33. One motion(eix) is adopted by the Security Council only if A)14 of 15 members accept this motion B)all the members have no objection to the motion C)9 members agree on it and all the permanent members approve of it D)all the permanent members pass it 34. The passage introduces all things about the Security Council EXCEPT A)mission B)membership C)rights D) history 35. The last paragraph of this passage may be concluded with the statement that A)UN gives priority to peaceful settlement of the conflicts among countries B)the peacekeeping troops are most powerful in the conflicts between countries C)economic sanction will be imposed on the countries involved in war
Decisions of the Council require nine votes. But any one of the permanent members can veto an important decision. This authority is known as the veto right of the great powers. As a result, the Council is effective only when its permanent members can reach a consensus（一致同意）. The Council has a variety of ways it can try to resolve conflicts among countries. Usually the Council’s first step is to encourage the countries to settle their disagreements without violence. The Council can mediate a dispute or recommend guidelines for a settlement. It can send peacekeeping troops into a distressed area. If war breaks out, the Council can call for a ceasefire. It can enforce its decisions by imposing economic sanctions on a country, or through joint military action. 31. Which is TRUE in the following statements according to the passage? A) The Security Council convenes annually. B) All UN members should abide by the decisions adopted by the Security Council. C) Although one member seriously complains about another member’s action, the Security Council will not convene at its request. D) The five permanent members of the Security Council hold less than one half armed forces in the world. 32. The Security Council is effective only when its permanent members can reach a consensus because ____. A) every permanent member has the veto right of great powers B) all the permanent members won in the World War II C) the other members of the Security Council are in the charge of the permanent members D) of some other reasons not mentioned in this passage 33. One motion（提议）is adopted by the Security Council only if ____. A) 14 of 15 members accept this motion B) all the members have no objection to the motion C) 9 members agree on it and all the permanent members approve of it D) all the permanent members pass it 34. The passage introduces all things about the Security Council EXCEPT____. A) mission B) membership C) rights D) history 35. The last paragraph of this passage may be concluded with the statement that ____. A) UN gives priority to peaceful settlement of the conflicts among countries B) the peacekeeping troops are most powerful in the conflicts between countries C) economic sanction will be imposed on the countries involved in war
D)joint military action is the last resort of the Security Council in dealing with conflicts between among countries Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner. The chief technology officer of E-mail management company MessageLabs, Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day. Servers operated and maintained by MessageLabs manage mail delivery and routing for a number of companies, including Bank of England and Conde Nast Publication In fact, all of MessageLabs' customers are corporations whose daily e-mail output and inflow has soared with the growth of the Web. "E-mail usage has increased massively in the last couple of years, he says. Indeed, MessageLabs estimates that it has gone from 10 a day per employee as recently as two years ago to like 20 or 30 now The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. According to E-mail researcher and consultant David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-ma coursing through their servers to grow 60% to 80% in 2002. And as individual ages grow in size- 're now more likely to contain memory -companies could end up paying 100% to 150% more just this year on systems to store and manage those messages. That's why tech consultancy Radicati Group expects demand for oft ware that manages E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4. 4 billion by 2005 Too much of this money will be spent in controlling pure junk. About 20% of E-mail MessageLabs manages is unwanted, according to Sunner-who adds that out 1. 25% of all the E-mail his company moves contains useless attachments Already, the cost of handling spam(垃圾邮件) is estimated at S86 billion worldwide, according to a 2001 European Union study. And the barrage of pornographic spam has made some companies worried that employees might sue on grounds of disturbance rising from exposure to unwanted unpleasantness 36. The first sentence of this passage"Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner"most probably means. A)Mark Sunner clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources B )no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but Mark Sunner C) Mark Sunner does not know anything about the E-mail
D) joint military action is the last resort of the Security Council in dealing with conflicts between among countries Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner. The chief technology officer of E-mail management company MessageLabs, Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day. Servers operated and maintained by MessageLabs manage mail delivery and routing for a number of companies, including Bank of England and Condé Nast Publications. In fact, all of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations whose daily E-mail output and inflow has soared with the growth of the Web. “E-mail usage has increased massively in the last couple of years,” he says. Indeed, MessageLabs estimates that it has gone from 10 a day per employee as recently as two years ago to more like 20 or 30 now. The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. According to E-mail researcher and consultant David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail coursing through their servers to grow 60% to 80% in 2002. And as individual mess ages grow in size - they’re now more likely to contain memory - companies could end up paying 100% to 150% more just this year on systems to store and manage those messages. That’s why tech consultancy Radicati Group expects demand for soft ware that manages E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005. Too much of this money will be spent in controlling pure junk. About 20% of the E-mail MessageLabs manages is unwanted, according to Sunner - who adds that ab out 1.25% of all the E-mail his company moves contains useless attachments. Already, the cost of handling spam（垃圾邮件）is estimated at $8.6 billion worldwide, according to a 2001 European Union study. And the barrage of pornographic spam has made some companies worried that employees might sue on grounds of disturbance arising from exposure to unwanted unpleasantness. 36. The first sentence of this passage “Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner” most probably means ____. A) Mark Sunner clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but Mark Sunner C) Mark Sunner does not know anything about the E-mail
D) the mark Sunner al ways concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail 37. Which of the following is not true about messagelabs? A)It is an E-mail management company B)All of MessageLabs customers are corporations C)Mark Sunner is the chief technology officer of MessageLabs D) The company puts the great emphasis on deal ing with the junk E-mail 38. The word"that"in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly A)it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4. 4 billion by 2005 B)the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage 39. The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPt A)Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day B)according to David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002 C)too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources 40. What is the best title for the passage? A)The E-mail Monster B)MessageLabs Business Introduction C)To Avoid E-mail Surge D)E-mail Destroys everythin PartⅢI Vocabulary and Structure(20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B, C), and D). Choose the ONe answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre 41. A new product should be judged not by the promises made in commercials and dvertisements, but by the results A)demonstrated B)suggested 42. American women were the right to vote until 1920 after many
D) the Mark Sunner always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail 37. Which of the following is NOT true about MessageLabs? A) It is an E-mail management company. B) All of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations. C) Mark Sunner is the chief technology officer of MessageLabs. D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail. 38. The word “that” in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly means ____. A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005 B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage 39. The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT ____. A) Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day B) according to David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002 C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources 40. What is the best title for the passage? A) The E-mail Monster. B) MessageLabs Business Introduction. C) To Avoid E-mail Surge. D) E-mail Destroys Everything. Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41. A new product should be judged not by the promises made in commercials and advertisements, but by the results ____. A) demonstrated B) suggested C) appeared D) contained 42. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many