Still， Gehman said it was unclear whether even images from America's most sophisticated spy satellites might have detected on Columbia's wing any damage， which Gehman said could have been as small as two inches square. The precise capabilities of such satellites proved to be a sensitive topic during the Senate hearing.
28.According to the writer， what may chiefly be responsible for the Columbia accident？
[A] A supposed damage to the left wing of the spacecraft.
[B] The deliberate rejection of satellite images.
[C] A sense of sentiment and arrogance involved.
[D] The space agency's inaction during its mission.
30.Which of the following can best describe Gehman's attitude towards satellite images？
[A] Apprehensive. [B] Credulous. [C] Indifferent. [D] Cautious.
Gene therapy and gene based drugs are two ways we could benefit from our growing mastery of genetic science. But there will be others as well. Here is one of the remarkable therapies on the cutting edge of genetic research that could make their way into mainstream medicine in the coming years.
While it's true that just about every cell in the body has the instructions to make a complete human， most of those instructions are inactivated， and with good reason： the last thing you want for your brain cells is to start churning out stomach acid or your nose to turn into a kidney. The only time cells truly have the potential to turn into any and all body parts is very early in a pregnancy， when socalled stem cells haven't begun to specialize
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Yet this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Most diseases involve the death of healthy cells—brain cells in Alzheimer's， cardiac cells in heart disease， pancreatic cells in diabetes， to name a few； if doctors could isolate stem cells， then direct their growth， they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue.
It was incredibly difficult， but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural， gut， muscle and bone cells. The process still can't be controlled， and may have unforeseen limitations； but if efforts to understand and master stemcell development prove successful， doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power.
The same applies to cloning， which is really just the other side of the coin； true cloning， as first shown with the sheep Dolly two years ago， involves taking a developed cell and reactivating the genome within， resetting its developmental instructions to a pristine state. Once that happens， the rejuvenated cell can develop into a fullfledged animal， genetically identical to its parent.
For agriculture， in which purely physical characteristics like milk production in a cow or low fat in a hog have real market value， biological carbon copies could become routine within a few years. This past year scientists have done for mice and cows what Ian Wilmut did for Dolly， and other creatures are bound to join the cloned menagerie in the coming year.
Human cloning， on the other hand， may be technically feasible but legally and emotionally more difficult. Still， one day it will happen. The ability to reset body cells to a pristine， undeveloped state could give doctors exactly the same advantages they would get from stem cells： the potential to make healthy body tissues of all sorts， and thus to cure disease. That could prove to be a true “miracle cure.”
32.The word “rejuvenated” （Para. 5） most probably means
[A] The principle of gene therapy is applicable to that of cloning.
[B] The isolation of stem cells is too difficult to be feasible.
[C] It is reasonable for all body instructions to be activated.
[D] Cloned animals will eventually take control of the world.
35.Towards the genetic research， the author's attitude can best be said to be that of
[A] frustration [B] indifference[C] amazement[D] opposition
Text 4
Nancy Casey was born in Chicago， Illinois， and left when she was three years old. Her family moved to Iowa and lived on 900 acres of farmland， where Nancy trained horses and ponies and helped raise all kinds of farm animals. Nancy loved animals then， and still has a big place in her heart for them. She currently has two Siamese cats， Misha and Iman. At sixteen years old， Nancy's family moved to California and Nancy became a big city girl. The public was very aware at the uncanny resemblance between the two divas， and Nancy was discovered as Liz at age eighteen.
In high school， Nancy was quite popular. She was a cheerleader， a school princess， she took tap， jazz， ballet and played basketball. Her junior year， she met her high school sweetheart and was married a year after graduation. At the time， she was offered a screen test from Warner Brothers films， but Nancy decided marriage was the more important choice.
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Nancy studied interior design at UCLA， and worked as a contract designer doing commercial work for restaurants， hotels and homes. Her interest in design took her to places like Paris and France to study art and architecture. Along the way， she had also worked as a legal secretary in law firms， but her most interesting work has been as the Elizabeth Taylor LOOKALIKE.
In 1988， a friend of Nancy's suggested that she send in her photo to a celebrity LOOKALIKE agent. She was immediately called as Liz for corporate functions. The timing couldn't have been more perfect. At the time， Liz was in the public eye with a new fragrance， book and husband. Work poured in for Nancy.
Nancy does not mistake her own identity and that of her character Liz. Since Nancy has looked like Elizabeth Taylor her whole life， she has become accustomed to being stared at， or mistaken for the star. However， Nancy says that working as a LOOKALIKE has given her the opportunity to feel what it must be like to be a celebrity for a day. LOOKALIKE work has also helped her to play the role. Working in this field has brought many new and wonderful things to Nancy's life. She is grateful to the friends she has met， places she has traveled to and the opportunity to get a glimpse into the entertainment world of film， television and performing.
Nancy recalls the time she met her inspiration. She's a true survivor， her compassion for others in need， her loyalty， her unique and full life while always in the public eye and her ability to cope with judgment and scrutiny， is amazing， to say the least. I have met her briefly and found her to be very earthy， with a great sense of humor. She's a very tiny woman for the great amount of clout and power that she possesses.
Nancy feels her similarities to Elizabeth are a gift. Nancy has worked almost fulltime as a celebrity LOOKALIKE for film， television， print， commercials and on the corporate circuit. As a professional actress she has appeared on numerous television shows such as The Joan Rivers Show， Entertainment Tonight， Dream On， Hard Copy and Inside Edition. Her film credits include Dave， Postcards from the Edge， Sister Act H and Repossessed.
36.It can be known from this passage that Nancy
［A］ changed her name
［B］ misses the horses on the Iowa farmland
［C］ has two cats with similar looks
［D］ has a strong affection for animals
37.Which of the following is true according to the passage？
［A］ Nancy once turned down a film producer's invitation.
［B］ Nancy regards marriage the most important thing.
［C］ Nancy never engages herself in advertising.
［D］ Nancy wrote an autobiography.
38.It can be inferred from the passage that Taylor
［A］ never got married all her life［B］ married at least twice
［C］ got divorced in 1988［D］ got divorced at least twice
39.What does the phrase “play the role” in the 5th paragraph probably mean？
［A］ Being a celebrity.［B］ Being a look alike.
［C］ Being an actress.［D］ Playing a role in a film.
40.Nancy's comment on Taylor is one of
［A］ flattery［B］ contempt［C］ appreciation［D］ depreciation
Part B
Sample One
Directions：
In the following text， some sentences have been removed. For Questions 4145， choose the most suitable one from the list AG to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices， which do not fit in any of the blanks.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.（10 points）
Americans wear black for mourning. Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities with the West， as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. 41）
His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem so contentious and Chinese cultures so passive， when compared to each other. More importantly， the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in fundamental ways. 42）said Kaiping Peng， a former Beijing scholar， who is now a UC Berkeley assistant professor of psychology.
“Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument，” said Peng. “The problem is that at the interpersonal level， you really don't need to find the truth， or may be there isn't any.” Chinese people， said Peng， are far more content to think that both sides have flaws and virtues， because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans， he added.
In studies of interpersonal argument， for example， when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school， Peng found that Americans were “noncompromising， blaming one side—usually the mother— for the causes of the problems， demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise” in dealing with the conflict.
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In tests of scientific thinking， however， the Chinese came up short. Asked to determine which statement was true—whether， for instance， smoking makes people gain or lose weight—Chinese respondents took the middle road， even when they believed one statement to be less true than another.
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He believes that this tendency to find the middle way has hampered Chinese efforts to seek out scientific truth through aggressive argumentation， the classic Western method for forging a linear path through contradictory information， which results in identifying right and wrong answers.
Dialectical thinking also has a Western version， which Americans often consider the highest， most sophisticated form of reasoning， said Peng. This type of reasoning allows people to proceed from thesis to antithesis， to synthesis.
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［A］In Chinese folk wisdom， by comparison， people do not attempt to work through the contradictions， following a cultural tradition which holds that reality is “multilayer， unpredictable and contradictory，” and is in a constant state of change， Peng said.
［B］“It can hardly be right to move to the middle when you have just read evidence for a less plausible view. Yet that is what the Chinese subjects did，” said Peng.
［C］The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth， and Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life.
［D］Compared to this angry， blaming American stance， the Chinese were paragons of compromise， finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle.
［E］The best way is to use both one style for science and another for relationships. Maybe that will be the real benefit of multiculturalism.
［F］“They should stop blaming each other， poor people and immigrants， and talk about what we can do as a society to become more tolerant，” said Peng.
［G］ Now a University of California， Berkeley， Psychologist has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures—polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth.
Sample Two
Directions：
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 4145，you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list AG to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.（10 points）
[A] Foremost on every potential buyer's list of concerns is debt. The average South Korean Company is leveraged four times over its equity， which is why so many are desperate to liquidate assets. But because Korea's currency lost half its value last year， many Korean executives believe—mistakenly—that foreign buyers will find their wares attractive in spite of their debts， analysts says.
[B] Despite such aversion to foreign ownership， some deals are going through. Directors of Bank of Asia are believed to have approved the sale of a stake in their midsize bank to Dutch bank ABNAmro. For the Bank of Thailand， the central bank， the ABNAmro deal will send a much needed signal that the country is welcoming foreign capital.
[C] “The attitude of Koreans is that only foreigners will pay the price they are as king，” says Daniel Harwood of ABNAmro Asia in Seoul. But foreigners are looking at these business and saying “How can I make a profit，” not “Oh， it's cheap， and I'll buy it.” No one will take over these companies unless they can restructure.
[D] Survival is usually uppermost in the minds of companies with their backs to the wall， even if that entails being reduced to a minority stake. In Thailand， however， most ailing companies seem loathe to admit that their conditions may be fatal. “They aren't realistic，” says Henry Conell， Goldman Sachs' Hong Kong based partner in charge of direct investment in Asia. “Nobody is about to say to them， you will be gone.”
[E] In south Korea， interest from foreigners has focused more on the country's manufacturers. But， the number of actual purchases， like those in Thailand， is small. In any event， big ticket cross border mergers and acquisitions are bound to take time. Indeed， analysts say the main reason for the dearth of deals so far is due to diligence： foreign investors must thoroughly familiarize themselves with companies they might buy. “You can't do this stuff overnight，” says a senior official at a large Western bank in Seoul.
[F] Still， the number of deals is growing by the day. On February 19， Samsung Heavy Industries simultaneously sold its excavator division to Sweden's Volvo Construction Equipment and its forklift operation to the United States' Clark Martirial Handling. Earlier， the chemical giant Hanwha group sold two affiliates to its Japanese and German partners. Despite the slow start， no one doubts that the bargains at Korea Inc. are for real.
[G] Thai businesses' unwillingness to sell hasn't been helped by the government's own ambivalence. While Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda is committed to attracting foreign money to Thailand， Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi seems less so. “We don't want foreign firms to come and buy out our businesses. We want them to come， buy shares， and operate firmsand sell them after making profits，” he told the local media recently. “This will give Thais a chance to buy them back.”
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Sample Three
Direction：
You are going to read a text about New Rules for Landing a Job， followed by a list of examples. Choose the best example from the list AF for each numbered subheading （4145）。 There is one extra example which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
When Nick A. Corcodilos started out in the headhunting business 20 years ago， he had a keen eye for tracking talent. From his base in Silicon Valley he would send allstar performers to bluechip companies like Xerox， IBM and General Electric. But while he would succeed in his part of the hunt， the jobseekers he located would often fail in theirs. They were striking out before， during or after the interview.
So instead of simply accounting for talent， Corcodilos began advising job candidates as well. He helped improve their success ratio by teaching them to pursue fewer companies， make the right contacts and deliver what companies are looking for in an interview. In his mythbusting book， Ask the Headhunter （Plume， 1997）， Corcodilos has reinvented the rules of the job search， from preparation to interview techniques. Here are his six new principles for successful job hunting：
（41） Your resume is meaningless.
Headhunters know a resume rarely gets you inside a company. All it does is outline your pastlargely irrelevant since it doesn't demonstrate that you can do the work the hiring manager needs done.
（42） Don't get lost in HR.
Headhunters try to get around the human resources department whenever possible.
（43） The real matchmaking takes place before the interview.
A headhunter sends a candidate into an interview only if he or she is clearly qualified for the position. In your own job hunt， make the same effort to ensure a good fit. Know the parameters of the job when you walk into the interview. Research the company， finding out about its culture， goals， competitors.
Remember， the employer wants to hire you.
“A company holds interviews so it can find the best person for the job，” Corcodilos says. The manager will be ecstatic if that person turns out to be you because then he or she can stop interviewing and get back to work.
（44） Pretend the interview is your first day at work.
Most people treat an interview as if it were an interrogation. The employer asks questions， and the candidate gives answers. Headhunters go out of their way to avoid that scenario.
（45） Got an offer？ Interview the company.
When an employer makes an offer， he does more than deliver a title and a compensation package he also cedes part of his control over the hiring process.
Once you get that offer， “You have the power，” says Corcodilos， to decide whether， and on what terms， you want to hire that company.
[A] Consider how Corcodilos coached Gerry Zagorski of Edison， N.J.， who was pursuing an opening at AT & T. Zagorski walked over to the vice president's marker board and outlined the company's challenges and the steps he would take to increase its profits. Fifteen minutes later， as Zagorski wrote down his estimate of what he would add to the bottom line， he looked up at his interviewer.
[B] One of the best ways to learn about a company is to talk to people who work there. Kenton Green of Ann Arbor， Mich.， used this technique while completing a doctoral program in electrical engineering and optics at the University of Rochester： “I would find an article published by someone in my field who worked at a company I was interested in. Then I'd call that person and ask to talk， mention my employability and discuss the company's needs. One of two things happened： I'd either get an interview or learn we weren't a good match after all.”
[C] “Most HR departments create an infrastructure that primarily involves processing paper，” Corcodilos says. “They package， organize， file and sort you. Then， if you haven't gotten lost in the shuffle， they might pass you on to a manager who actually knows what the work is all about. While the typical candidate is waiting to be interviewed by HR， the headhunter is on the phone， using a back channel to get to the hiring manager.”
[D] “At the outset of the interview， the employer controls the offer and the power that comes with it，” Corcodilos says. “But upon making an offer， he transfers that power to the candidate. This is a power few people in that situation realize they have. It's the time for you to explore changing the offer to suit your goals and fully interview the company.”
[E] “The guy's jaw was on the floor，” Corcodilos says. “He told Zagorski that finishing the interview wouldn't be necessary. Instead， the VP brought in the rest of his team， and the meeting lasted for two hours.”
[F] “A resume leaves it up to employers to figure out how you can help their organization，” Corcodilos says. “That's no way to sell yourself.”
Sample Four
Directions：
You are going to read a list of headings and a text about explorations into maple lores. Choose the most suitable heading from the list AF for each numbered paragraph （4145）。 The first and last paragraphs of the text are not numbered. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
[A] The influence of maples on the Canadian culture.
[B] The token of maples in Canada.
[C] Contemplation of global distribution of maples.
[D] The triumph of Nokomis over the devils with the help of maples.
[E] The popularity of the maple in a favorite myth.
[F] The maple signals the approach of fall.
The maple smoke of autumn bonfires is incense to Canadians. Bestowing perfume for the nose， color for the eye， sweetness for the spring tongue， the sugar maple prompts this sharing of a favorite myth and original etymology of the word maple.
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The maple looms large in Ojibwa folk tales. The time of year for sugaring off is “in the Maple Moon.” Among Ojibwa， the primordial female figure is Nokomis， a wise grandmother. In one tale about seasonal change， cannibal wendigoscreatures of evil chased old Nokomis through the autumn countryside. Wendigos throve in icy cold. When they entered the bodies of humans， the human heart froze solid. Here wendigos represent oncoming winter. They were hunting to kill and eat poor Nokomis， the warm embodiment of female fecundity who， like the summer， has grown old.
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Knowing this was a pursuit to the death， Nokomis outsmarted the cold devils. She hid in a stand of maple trees， all red and orange and deep yellow. This maple grove grew beside a waterfall whose mist blurred the trees' outline. As they peered through the mist， slavering wendigos thought they saw a raging fire in which their prey was burning. But it was only old Nokomis being hidden by the bright red leaves of her friends， the maples. And so， drooling ice and huffing frost， the wendigos left her and sought easier prey. For their service in saving the earth mother's life， these maples were given a special gift： their water of life would be forever sweet， and Canadians would tap it for nourishment.
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Maple and its syrup flow sweetly into Canadian humor. Quebeckers have the standard siropd' erable for maple syrup， but add a feisty insult to label imitation syrups that are thick with glucose glop. They call this sugary imposter sirop de Poteau “telephone pole syrup” or dead tree syrup.
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The contention that maple syrup is unique to North America is suspect， I believe. China has close to 10 species of maple， more than any country in the world. Canada has 10 native species. North America does happen to be home to the sugar maple， the species that produces the sweetest sap and the most abundant flow. But are we to believe that in thousands of years of Chinese history， these inventive people never tapped a maple to taste its sap？ I speculate that they did. Could ProtoAmericas who crossed the Bering land bridge to populate the Americas have brought with them a knowledge of maple syrup？ Is there a very old Chinese phrase for maple syrup？ Is maple syrup mentioned in Chinese literature？ For a nonreader of Chinese， such questions are daunting but not impossible to answer.
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What is certain is the maple's holdfast on our national imagination. Its leaf was adopted as an emblem in New France as early as 1700， and in English Canada by the mid19th century. In the fall of 1867， a Toronto schoolteacher named Alexander Muir was traipsing a street at the city， all squelchy underfoot from the soft felt of falling leaves， when a maple leaf alighted to his coat sleeve and stuck there. At home that evening， he wrote a poem and set it to music， in celebration of Canada's Confederation. Muir's song， “The Maple Leaf Forever，” was wildly popular and helped fasten the symbol firmly to Canada.
The word “maple” is from “mapeltreow”， the Old English term for maple tree， with “mapl”—as its ProtoGermanic root， a compound in which the first “m”—is， I believe， the nearly worldwide “ma”， one of the first human sounds， the pursing of a baby's lips as it prepares to suck milk from mother's breast. The “ma” root gives rise in many world languages to thousands of words like “mama”， “mammary”， “maia”， and “Amazon.” Here it would make “mapl” mean “nourishing mother tree，” that is， tree whose maple sap in nourishing. The second part of the compound， “apl”， is a variant of IndoEuropean able “fruit of any tree” and the origin of another English fruit word， apple. So the primitive analogy compares the liquid sap with another nourishing liquid， mother's milk.
Part C
Directions：
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.（10 points）
Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a persontoperson basis by the simple means of speech. （46） If we travel in buses， buy things in shops， or eat in restaurants， we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions， receive news or comment， and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society.
（47） Facetoface contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things， above others， have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly， inventiveness has led to advances imprinting， telecommunications photography， radio and television. Secondly， speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news， which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate， but today there are public libraries. （48） For years ago people used to flock to the cinema， but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. （49） The modem communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information， education and entertainment. The printing， broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing， educating and entertaining.
（50） Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is part， the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse. However， the mass media are with us for better， for worse， and there is no turning back.
Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51. Directions：
You have watched the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and are interested in becoming a volunteer for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Write a letter to Liu Qi， mayor of the capital city， to
1）make suggestions for the 2008 preparation work， and
2）express your wish to be a volunteer.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. （10 points）
Part B
52.Directions：
Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should
1）describe the drawing，
2）interpret its meaning and
3）suggest countermeasures.
You should write about 160200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. （20 points）
