【正文】 you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the ablebodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts. 46. The first paragraph points out that _________. { A J it is possible to get an exact figure of the world 39。 s health [ C] the changes in people39。s viewpoint. The reason why assertiveness may not e naturally is that we often tend to believe that we must talk around a subject rather than be direct, or that we must offer excuses or justifications forour actions. In fact we all have a right to use assertive behaviour in a variety of situations. We are often schooled early in life to believe that sometimes our own need to express ourselves must take secondary place. For example, in dealing with those in privileged positions such as specialists, we often feel that speaking assertively is, in some way, breaking the rules. Everybody has certain basic human rights, but often we feel guilty about exercising them. 56. According to the passage, an assertive person ________. [ A ] makes other people feel unfairly treated 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 17 頁 共 108 頁 [ B ] puts forward his ideas at the expense of others [C] does not show respect to other people [ D ] speaks out what he wants to say forcefully 57. Which of the following is NOT the reason that many people prefer not to be assertive? [A] They would rather be aggressive than be assertive. [B] It39。 however, the pany which acknowledges your order on 15th March has delayed the delivery. You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use Atlantic Trade Corporation instead. You do not need to write the address. Part B 67. Write an essay of about 120 words on Science and Technology Have Come into Our Houses. Make reference to the following points: 1）科學(xué)技術(shù)已走進(jìn)千家萬戶 2)科學(xué)技術(shù)給人們帶來的便利 3)怎樣提倡學(xué)習(xí)科學(xué)技術(shù) 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 21 頁 共 108 頁 Section I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that acpany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening prehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET I. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. Part A You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answerA, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE. Example: You will hear: W: Could you please tell me if the Beijing flight will be arriving on time? M:Yes, Madam. It should be arriving in about ten minutes. 。s response 60. In this passage, the author intends to encourage people to _____. [ A ] fight for their personal rights [ B] be aggressive when they talk to others [ C J assert themselves regardless of whether others suffer or not 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 18 頁 共 108 頁 [ D ] be assertive at any time Part B Directions: Read the following paragraphs in which 5 people talk about the way American consumers borrow. For questions 61 to 65, match name of each speaker to one of the statements (A to C) given your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Mark Lilla Young consumers often have not established their credit ratings. Many do not have steady ines. They might have difficulty borrowing money from an agency in business to make loans. Parents or relatives are usually their best source of loans. Of course, the parents or relatives would have to have money available and be willing to lend it. You might even get an interestfree loan. However,a parent or relative who lends should receive interest the same as any other lender. Chris Roddy For most consumers the cheapest place to borrow is at a mercial bank. Banks are a good source of installment loans which may run for 12 months or up to 36. Most banks also make singlepayment loans to consumers for short periods30, 60, or 90 days. A typical interest rate is 3 cents per $100 per day. Suppose that you used $100 of your credit and repaid it in 30 days. The cost would be 90 cents. Karen Barber Another possible source of loans is a life insurance policy. Anyone who owns this type of insurance may borrow up to the amount of its cash value. The amount the insurance pany will pay in case of death is reduced by the amount of 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 19 頁 共 108 頁 the loan. For example, suppose that someone with $10,000 of insurance borrows $2,000 and dies leaving the loan unpaid. The insurance pany