The treatment of the gypsy population of the United Kingdom is disgraceful. Local authorities are slow to provide permanent sites on which gypsies may camp. Some authorities prefer to neglect the problem of the education of gypsy children. But these authorities have a legal obligation both to provide camp sites and to ensure that the children attend school. It is a sad reflection on our society that there should be such reluctance to comply with the law. The reasons, however, are not difficult to find. Gypsies are widely reputed to be lazy, dirty and dishonest. No proud house-owner wishes to see a slovenly gypsy encampment a short distance down the road. His suburban spirit is shocked by the huddled caravans and ancient cars or ill-kept ponies; he is repelled by the slovenly women and the hordes of apparently unwashed children. And, of course, the majority of elected councilors are just such proud house-owners. But gypsies are, in large part, what we have made them. Ever since their arrival in Britain more than three-and-a-half centuries ago, they have been treated as a criminal race. They came to this country proudly proclaiming themselves Counts of Egypt, but within a few years they found that every man"s hand was raised against them. Somehow they have survived, a burden upon our conscience. The law no longer discriminates against them, as it does in so many other countries, but our society is still hostile toward them. We cannot hope for any dramatic changes in their position. The barrier of generations of mistrust can only be slowly broken down. The first step is to ensure that they are provided with adequate sites both for those willing to live in permanent camps and for those who are still confirmed nomads. After all, a camp site is far cheaper than a housing project, and gypsies who have been obliged to abandon their traditional sites because of the spread of our towns surely have a right to a place to live. Again, surely everybody would benefit from the provision of well-planned sites; the temporary encampments along the roads which so offend the tidy-minded would then disappear and the gypsies themselves would have somewhere to feel secure. At the moment, when so many of them are camped illegally, their lives are an unending battle against authority and they can never forget that they are outsiders, rejected by all.

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. (89) {{U}}What questions do visa officers have in mind when they face a student applying for a visa?{{/U}} Here is the gist of what Consul General David T. Hopper, the head of visa operations at the American embassy, explained: Are you a genuine student, headed to the US for the purpose of studying? (90) {{U}}Some applicants use fake documents, or have no real intention of attending college in America--the whole project is just a ruse (计策) to get to the US.{{/U}} The officers look closely at 1-20 forms, diplomas and school records for evidence of fraud. Can you pay for your studies? (91) {{U}}Some applicants have full scholarships, but many are self-supporting, so the visa officer must make sure the money is available.{{/U}} Are you really going to America to study and only to study, not to work? [The problem here is work after graduation, not part-time campus jobs while the student is in an academic program.] Do you intend to leave the US when you have your degree? (92) {{U}}Of course this is quite difficult to prove to the visa officer, and correspondingly difficult for the visa officer to judge.{{/U}} But the visa officer cannot simply ignore US visa law, which states that (93) {{U}}if you give a person a student visa ,you must be con~,inced that he intends to leave the US when his studies are finished.{{/U}}

Washing habits have changed over the years. In the 16th century, most people had a bath once a month.., if they were lucky. Up until the 1950s, it was once a week. Only just recently has the concept of daily showering become popular. But now, according to the New York Times, things are changing again. The latest trend is known as "soap-dedging". It basically consists of washing less, having fewer showers and using less soap and deodorant. "I just wash my hair once a month now", said Brett Dawson, a 32-year-old management consultant. "I use a slice of lemon instead of the usual deodorant," said 35-year-old computer analyst Brandon Smith. "I have just one bath a week," said Miriam Bayliss, a 28-year-old accountant. And it appears to be growing in popularity. A poll last year for tissue manufacturer SCA found that 41% of British men and 33% of women don't shower every day. And 12% of people have a proper wash just once or twice a week. Further research by Mintel found that more than half of British teenagers don't wash every day-with many opting a quick spray of deodorant to mask any smell. But why? Over the last few years there have been regular suggestions that daily hair-washing, or even any hair-washing at all, is quite unnecessary, with the commentator Matthew Parris admitting he hadn't shampooed his hair for a decade, and broadcaster Andrew Mart reporting himself perfectly happy with the results when he followed suit for a short while. Many people clearly agree that a regular hair-wash is a hassle. In 2008, Boots reported a 45 % rise in sales of dry shampoo (a product that can be sprayed on hair between showers), while the Batiste brand has recently seen its sales double. And some people want to help the environment. "I limit my showers to about twice a week," said Nigel Hamerstone, a 42-year-old architect. "The rest of the time I have a sink wash," he adds. "I believe that I'm as clean as everyone else, and it's helped get my water consumption down to around 20 litres a day-well below the 100 to 150 average in the UK." The use of deodorant has fallen too. Some are concerned about the possible links between the aluminium in some antiperspirants and Alzheimer's disease. Others have discovered the benefits of crystal sticks (also known as "crystal mineral deodorant stones"). (74) These mineral salts prevent body odour from occurring naturally by forming a layer on the skin which kills the bacteria. They're non-sticky, non-staining and they haven't been tested on animals. (75) It might be worth us all occasionally missing a shower or two, then, so long as we don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. While being environmentally friendly is good, smelling like a bin is not. Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage.

{{B}}Section B{{/B}} Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Question 61-65 are based on the following passage. In the United States also there were great changes, though the causes here were due only in part to the war; they sprang mainly from technical progress, and the development of mass-production, in which the United States henceforth was to lead the world. The cheap automobile, pioneered by Henry Ford, is a good example. In 1915 the United States contained 2.5 million cars; in 1920, 9 million. Only the new mass-production techniques made it possible to build all these cars and only the growing practice of "easy-payments" made it possible to sell them. By 1925 three out of four cars, new and old, were sold in this way. About the same proportion were covered against the weather; ten years earlier, forty-nine cars out of fifty were open ones. The last fact is important. The car had not only become cheap; it had become a comfortable room on wheels not just a means of transport. First in the United States, then in Britain and other countries, the car began to revolutionize everyday life. People no longer had to live near their work or close to a railway station. So began, in earnest, the problem which is still with us. The town centers, once full of life and sociability, began to wither; evening found them dead and deserted, nothing but bright shop windows and locked doors. The car brought many far-reaching consequences and it was blamed, rightly or wrongly, for the decline in churchgoing and the increase in immorality. More recently, it meant the virtual end of horse drawn transport and a growing threat to the supremacy of the railroad.

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

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{{B}}Section D{{/B}} In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Home-ownership Owning one's home is a very important part of the {{U}}(21) {{/U}} It's directly related to our culture and wordview. When the first European settlers set foot on the Americas, Europe was still dominated by feudalism. There were then classes in Europe—the {{U}}(22) {{/U}}, the clergy and the peasantry. The first two were the only classes that could legally own land. If you were born a {{U}}(23) {{/U}} you had little hope of owning a piece of land or your own home. When the Americas were discovered, they were regarded as the {{U}}(24) {{/U}} Aside from Indians, the continents were uninhabited by {{U}}(25) {{/U}} Since all the lands there had not been claimed, they were free and available to be owned. But the aristocrats of Europe were not interest- ed in the New World for they were wealthy and successful in their homelands. The {{U}}(26) {{/U}} , however, took up the challenge. They had very little {{U}}(27) {{/U}} in Europe despite their wealth. To them, owning land was the cure. In England, the middle class led the way to transform the North American coast into British colonies. In {{U}}(28) {{/U}} , the Virginian Company and the Plymouth Company, which were responsible for establishing the first {{U}}(29) {{/U}} in America, were formed. To get people to go to North America, the companies had to offer settlers land ownership, something valuable enough to attract people to leave their comfortable homelands. People who had no hope of owning land in Europe, therefore, saw the prospect of owning {{U}}(30) {{/U}} in North America. As such, the concept of owning one's own home was from the very start an essential ingredient in the economic, cultural and social development of the U. S..

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Many people, particularly recent college graduates, dream of owning their own businesses. (89) {{U}}Although such ventures are often exciting and profitable, the new entrepreneur should thoroughly investigate and plan the situation before plunging in.{{/U}} The first step should be to assemble a board of advisers, including a lawyer, an accountant, and an insurance-representative. These individuals can provide valuable information and counsel. (90) {{U}}Securing" the necessary licenses and permits is also a precondition and may require research to determine what is necessary.{{/U}} (91) {{U}}Most successful small-business owners have considerable experience in the field working for others before they become independent.{{/U}} They also begin with substantial financial backing and a good location. Renting space may be preferable or necessary at the start, but the lease on the building must be examined carefully before it is singed. The new owner should be thoroughly familiar with the market and the competition. (92) {{U}}A person who wants to buy an existing business can often learn the history_ of the company and its prospects from the owner's records. (93) Once the business gets started, accurate and complete records should be kept to monitor the company's progress and profits.{{/U}} Financing may be the most difficult step for small-business owners. They may rely on their own savings or borrow money from a bank or the small Business Administration. Some suppliers will sell merchandise on credit, and manufacturers may be willing to finance the purchase of equipment. If the new business is a corporation, the owner may choose to sell stock.

AboutfortypercentofallemailtrafficintheUnitedStatesisspam,andthisfigureisclimbingrapidly.Spamisusuallydefinedasunsolicited,masscommercialemail.Itisoftenassociatedwithadvertisementsforpornographicwebsites,drugs,orsurgerythatcanenhanceyoursexlife.Withinanotheryearorso,industryexpertspredict,halfofallemailmessageswillbeunsolicited.Thefloodofemailmarketingcausesheadachesforemailusers.Additionally,itcostscorporationsbillionsofdollarsandreducesemployeeproductivity.Accordingtoarecentstudy,theaverageemployeespendsalmostsevenminutesperdayhandinganaverageof13spammessages.Thistranslatestomajorcorporatelosses.Theannualcostofspamhasreached＄9billionforUScorporationsalone.Perhapsworstofall,spambafflesanti-spammers,whohaven'tyetcomeupwithasolutiontothisgrowingproblem.InSpamcostswebusersmillionsofdollarseachfact,theonlyprovenwaytostopspareisnottohaveanemailaddress.Internetserviceprovidersarethefrontlinedefendersagainstspam.ISPslikeAmericaOnline,Microsoft,andEarthlinkemployanti-spamtechnicians.Theseemployeesrunspamfilters.Theyphysicallywatchthesendingofemail,keepinganeyeoutforsuddenmassmailings.Whenamailinglookssuspicious,theanti-spammerschecktheownerofthesendingaddress.However,addressesaredifficulttotrackandeasyforspammerstohide.Spammersarecreative,mostrecentlyusingatrickcalledthe"dictionaryattack".Withspecialsoftware,spammerscangeneratemillionsofrandomemailaddressesusingcombinationsofletterssuchas"Joe236,"placedinfrontofthe"@aol.com"partoftheaddress.Enoughoftheseaddressesarecorrectthattheemailreachesmillionsofemailusers.IntheUnitedStates,thesituationhaspromptedcallsfornationallegislation.State-levelantispamlawshavehadlimitedeffectivenesswithfewconvictions.MajorISPsareaggressivelypushingfornationallawsagainstspamming.Ontheothersideoftheissue,thedirect-marketingindustryandsomeInternetretailershavesuccessfullyfoughtfederallaw,whichgoagainstfree-speechprovisionsoftheConstitution.TheEuropeanUnionhasadoptedapracticalbanonspamcalledan"opt-in"system,inwhichcompanieshavetowaitforconsumerstorequestcommercialemailbeforeitcanbesenttothem.Untiltechnologyoranti-spamlawsbecomemoreeffective,peoplearetakingsmallstepstofightspamontheirown.Forexample,onecomputerconsultanthascreatedemailaccountsforthespecificpurposeofattractingspam.Afterhereceivesspam,hesearchesforthesender.Hisgoalistocollectandpublicizes'blacklists"ofspammers'Intemetaddresses.Thesearethenincorporatedintospamfiltersthatblockanyemailcomingfromthoseaddresses.Emailuserscan-takeafeweasystepstofightspam.·Don'tclickthe"unsubscribe"Iink.Onewouldthinkthat"unsubscribe"wouldtakeyouoffalist.However,spammershavetakenovertheunsubscribeoption,makingitaconfirmationofanactiveaccount.Itisbetterjusttodeletetheemail.·Keepmanyemailaccounts.Byusingseparateaccountsforelectronicbusinessandpersonaluse,youcankeepyourpersonaladdresscleaner.·Choosealongemailname.Useamixoflettersandnumbers.Thisdecreasesthechancethatacomputer-generatedemailaddresswillmatchyours.·AvoidWeb-baseddiscussiongroups.SpammersfrequentlytakeaddressesfromtheInternet.Onlinegroupsareeasytofind.·Avoidcontestsandsurveys.Again,spammersoftengatheraddressesfromtheWeb.·Lookintonewfilteringsoftware.ISPsandotherfirmsoffermanycreativesolutionstospam.EmailcommunicationhasbecomethefundamentalmeansofcommunicationintheInformationAge.However,itmaysoonbeconsidereduseless,asconsumersarechokingonspam.Ifeverycompanyfreelysentunsolicitedcommercialadvertisements,junkemailwouldcompletelyoverrunus.Already,usersareavoidingtheInternetbecausetheydon'tlikethehugeamountsofjunktheyareforcedtosee.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese, Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (91) {{U}}In the last few years the conventional wisdom has been that the advent of the new media will hasten the demise of print, and that the culture of print will soon be a thing of the past.{{/U}} But I wonder whether this confuses the content with the attachment we have to a particular kind of container. In fact, (92) {{U}}a number of recent developments suggest that new media may actually be the salvation of old media, and could preserve and extend the best aspects of the print culture,{{/U}} while augmenting it with their various technological advantages. If this is true, then the future of old media is in embracing the new—a development we see most clearly with newspapers. Newspapers have been spurred by a simple economic fact: (93) {{U}}more than a third of their revenue comes from classified advertising, which readily lends itself to searchable Web sites.{{/U}} In a defensive move, newspapers quickly and heavily invested in such online sites as CareerPath. corn, PowerAdz. corn, AdOne and Classified Ventures, and also use those companies for added exposure for national ads. Most have also put their own local classifieds online. (94) {{U}}The Web sites, meanwhile, have become a way to broaden and deepen Newspapers' content as a potential source of revenue, as home pages attract new advertisers and subscribers.{{/U}} Knight Ridder's Real Cities network (RealCities. corn) is a good example. The portal site gets news from the chain's thirty-one dailies, as well as from Belo and Central newspapers, who are partners in the operation. And it features directories of community resources and business, classifieds, entertainment, shopping, free e-mail, community publishing, and search capability. Real Cities brought Knight Ridder $ 31.4 million in revenue in 1999. The New York Times is another. The paper's robust Web site has attracted 11.4 million registered non-paying readers ( as of April, up 61.9 percent from a year earlier). In order to get access to the site, readers must offer some basic personal data, which will eventually be used for direct marketing. (95) {{U}}By 1999 nearly half of those registered readers reported that they had never purchased a paper copy of the Times, which means that the online version was introducing the brand to an entirely new group.{{/U}} The Web presence also helps the Times's print circulation; the paper gained some 12,000 new subscribers via the site in the first half of 1999.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. There is probably no limit to what science can do in the way of increasing positive excellence. (81) {{U}}Health has already been greatly improved; in spite of the lamentations of those who idealize the past, we live longer and have fewer illnesses than any class or nation in the eighteenth century.{{/U}} With a little more application of the knowledge we already possess, we might be much healthier than we are, and future discoveries are likely to accelerate this process enormously. So far, it has been physical science that has had the most effect upon our lives, but in the future physiology and psychology are likely to be far more potent. (82){{U}}When we have discovered how character depends upon physiological conditions, we shall be able, if we choose, to produce far more of the type of human beings that we admire.{{/U}} Intelligence, artistic capacity, benevolence--all these things no doubt could be increased by science. There seems scarcely any limit to what could be done in the way of producing a good world, if only men would use science wisely. (83) {{U}}There is a certain attitude about the application of science to human life with which I have some sympathy, though I do not, in the last analysis, agree with it. It is the attitude of those who dread what is "unnatural".{{/U}} Rousseau is, of course, the great protagonist of the view in Europe. In Asia, Lao-Tze has set it forth even more persuasively, and 2,400 years sooner. (84){{U}}I think there is a mixture of truth and falsehood in the admiration of "nature", which it is important to disentangle. To begin with, what is "natural''? Roughly speaking, anything to which the speaker was accustomed in childhood.{{/U}} Lao-Tze objects to roads and carriages and boats, all of which were probably unknown in the village where he was born. Rousseau has got used to these things, and does not regard them as against nature. But he would no doubt have thundered against railways if he had lived to see them. Clothes and cooking are too ancient to be denounced by most of the apostles of nature, though they all object to new fashions in either. Birth control is thought wicked by people who tolerate celibacy, because the former is a new violation of' nature and the latter an ancient one. (85) {{U}}In these ways those who preach "nature" are inconsistent, and one is tempted to regard them as mere conservatives.{{/U}}

Formanyyearslargesupermarketshavebeenencouragingustospendmoneybypumpingthesmelloffreshly-bakedbreadintotheirstore.NowDaleAir,aleadingfirmofaromaconsultants,hasbeenapproachedbyBarclay"sBanktodevelopsuitableartificialsmellsfortheirbanks.Researchershavesuggestedthatsurroundingcustomerswiththe"smellofmoney"willencouragethemtorelaxandfeeloptimisticandconfidentaboutabank"ssecurityandprofessionalism.However,beforeasmellcanbemanufacturedanddisseminatedthroughairconditioningsystemsintobanks,itmustbeidentifiedandchemicallyanalysed,andthishasprovedtobedifficult.Theproblemisthatbanknotesandcoinstendtopickupthesmelloftheirsurroundings,socashthathasbeensittinginacashregisteratafishmonger"swillsmelloffish,andbanknotesusedtopayformealsinrestaurantswilltendtosmellofothertypesoffood.Itmaybeachallenge,butaromaexpertshavelittledoubtthattheuseofanartificialsmellofmoneywillbeaneffectiveformofsubconsciousadvertising.LunnPoly,aBritishtravelcompany,introducedthesmellofcoconutsintoitstravelagenciesandsawabigincreaseinspendingbyholidaymakers.Manycafesnowhavemachinesthatreleasethesmelloffreshlyroastedcoffeeneartheirentrances,subtlyencouragingcustomerstocomeinandhaveadrinkorsnack.EvenprestigecarmakerRolls-Roycespraystheinsideofitscarstoenhancethesmelloftheleatherseats."Thesenseofsmellisprobablythemostbasicandprimitiveofallhumansenses,"explainsresearcherJimO"reiordan."Thereisadirectpathwayfromtheolfactoryorgansinthenosetothebrain."Itiscertainlytruethatmostpeoplefindcertainsmellsincrediblyevocative,andthatthesesmellsstirupmemoriesandfeelingsinawaythatfewotherstimulantscanrival.Itisaphenomenonmarketingconsultantshavelongrecognized,butuntilrecentlyhavebeenunabletoharness."We"vemadegreatprogressbutthetechnologyofodourproductionisstillinitsinfancy,"saysO"reiordan.Saywhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. The standardized educational or psychological tests that are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or promoting students, employees, and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily press, and even in Congress. (81) {{U}}The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users.{{/U}} The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user. All informed predictions of future performance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past performance: school grades, research productivity, sales records, or whatever is appropriate. (82) {{U}}How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability, and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted.{{/U}} Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always subject to error. Standardized tests should be considered in this context. They provide a quick, objective method of getting some kinds of information about what a person learned, the skills he has developed, or the kind of person he is. The information so obtained has, qualitatively, the same advantages and shortcomings as other kinds of information. (83) {{U}}Whether to use tests or other kinds of information, or both in a particular situation depends, therefore, upon the evidence from experience concerning comparative validity and upon such factors as cost and availability.{{/U}} (84) {{U}}In general, the tests work most effectively when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely defined and least effectively when what is to be measured or predicted can not be well defined{{/U}}. Properly used, .they provide a rapid means of getting comparable information about many people. Sometimes they identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized, but there are many things they do not do. (85) {{U}}For example, they do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.{{/U}}

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

{{B}}Section C{{/B}} Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 6 statements. Go over the passage quickly. For questions 66-71, mark T (for True) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; F (for False) if the statement contradicts with information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 66-71 are based on the following passage. I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at one another's hands for reassurance. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in this and that way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoon. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenager market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} In this section,, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.