Section B (24分)

　　Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is Followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

　　(A)

　　Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.

An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys on this topic suggest that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that Today’s parents are trying to manage their children’s lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

　　However, greater parental involvement does not indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.

　　In the context of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents’ involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent communication today mean that the impulse to do so wasn’t present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents -- today’s grandparents - would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.

　　Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.

　　Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

　　66. The surveys inform us of ____________.

　　A. the conditions of college dormitories

　　B. the sign of parent’s management in their own behaviors

　　C. the development of communication technology

　　D. the parents’ over-protection of their college children

　　67. Which of the following statement does the author most probably agree with?

　　A. Technology explains greater parental involvement with their children.

　　B. Parents’ changed attitudes lead to college children’s delayed independence.

　　C. Parents today are less protective than those in the past.

　　D. The disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages.

　　68. What is the meaning of the word “impulse” in this passage?

　　A. Desperation. B. Admiration. C. Urge. D. Depression.

　　69. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Dependence or Independence.

　　B. Technology or Attitude.

　　C. Family Influence or Social Changes.

　　D. College Management or Communication Advancement.

　　(B)

　　Spanish-American Institute

　　Student Cub Notes

　　Free and Low Cost Gyms, Health Clubs and Pools

　　NYC Department of Parks Recreation Centers

　　www.nycgovparks.org

　　Recreation Centers: The NYC Department of Parks has many Recreation Centers throughout New York City. Recreation Centers offer a wide range of free and membership programs and services. Some have indoor swimming pools. Almost all have weight rooms, basketball courts, dance studios, boxing rings, art studios, game rooms, etc.

All Recreation Centers offer a wide range of programs such as aerobics, dance, tai chi, fencing, computer classes, and art. Many programs are free and open to the general public but many require membership.

　　You do not need to be a New York City resident to use a Recreation Center. You may use your annual membership at any and all Centers. Use one near the Spanish-American Institute and then use one near your home.

　　Costs: Free and membership programs. Standard annual membership is for Recreation Centers and for Recreation Centers with pools. (Do you know anyone 55 and older? The senior membership is only a year.)

　　Standard annual membership provides scheduled access to the gym, pool, and all the other facilities. Instructor-led courses such as aerobics, martial arts, music, or yoga may require an additional fee.

　　Membership and Program Information: Go to the www.nycgovparks.org home page. On the “Facilities” menu, click on “Recreation Centers.” On the “Recreation Centers” page, you will find information about membership and fees. You will also see links to Recreation Facilities by borough (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island).

　　On the “Facilities” menu, you may also want to check out other NYC Department of Parks facilities such as beaches, ice skating rinks, nature centers, running tracks, soccer fields, etc.

　　Recreation Centers: There are several Parks Department Recreation Centers in each borough. After you go to the “Recreation Centers” page and click on a borough, you will find a list of the centers in that borough with their addresses, phone numbers, and web links. The list will look like that for Manhattan below. Click on the link for a particular Center to learn more about its services, schedules, and programs.

　　70. What special benefits can an annual member of Recreation Centers enjoy?

　　A. Having access to all the facilities all year.

　　B. Experiencing all programs and services free.

　　C. Taking free Instructor-led courses.

　　D. Using only the center near your home free.

　　71. If your parents and grandparents (both over sixty) want to get the memberships, how much will they pay?

　　A. At least . B. At least 0. C. At least 0. D. At least 0.

　　72. You will probably fail to find ____________ on the www.nycgovparks.org home page.

　　A. the cost for various memberships B. the locations of recreations centers

　　C. the staff and provided services D. the facilities, phones and web links

　　(C)

　　Just how much does the Constitution(憲法)protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant(授權令)if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.

　　California has asked the justices to restore the practice that the police may search through the contents of suspects’ smartphones at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state says, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.

　　The justices would be careless if they followed California’s advice. They should start by rejecting California’s weak argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone is similar to say, going through a suspect’s wallet. The court has ruled that police don’t offend against the Fourth Amendment(修正案)when they go through the wallet, of an arrestee without a warrant. In fact, exploring one’s smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence.

　　Americans should take steps to protect their own digital privacy and should avoid putting important information in smartphones. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution’s prohibition on unreasonable searches.

　　In many cases, it would not be very difficult for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents. They could still trump(打出王牌)the Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe and dangerous circumstances, such as the threat of immediate harm, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not deleted or altered while a warrant is on the way. The justices, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more flexibility.

　　But the justices should not swallow California’s argument whole. New technology sometimes demands fresh applications of the Constitution’s protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th. At that time, the justices had to explain new rules for the new personal domain(領域)of cars. Similarly, the justices must sort out how the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution applies to digital information now.

　　73. The Supreme Court will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legal to ____________.

　　A. search for suspects’ mobile phones without a warrant

　　B. check suspects’ phone contents without being authorized

　　C. prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents

　　D. prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones

　　74. The author’s attitude toward California’s argument is one of ____________.

　　A. tolerance　　 B. indifference　　 C. disapproval　　 D. carefulness

　　75. The author believes that exploring one’s phone content is comparable to ____________.

　　A. getting into one’s residence

　　B. handing one’s historical records

　　C. scanning one’s correspondences

　　D. going through one’s wallet

　　76. In Paragraph 4 and 5, the author shows his concern that ____________.

　　A. principles are hard to be clearly expressed

　　B. the court is giving police less room for action

　　C. phones are used to store sensitive information

　　D. citizens’ privacy is not effectively protected

　　77. Orin Kerr’s comparison is quoted to indicate that ____________.

　　A. the Constitution should be carried out flexibly

　　B. New technology also requires reinterpretation of the Constitution

　　C. California’s argument goes against principles of the Constitution

　　D. Principles of the Constitution should never be altered

　　Section C (8分)

　　Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

　　No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are demanding to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of a whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth.

There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual himself? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence. Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in a school, eliminates all envy and competition in the matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be belittled by a wealthy person who wears expensive quality clothing. Those persons conveniently ignore such concepts as freedom of choice and individuality. It is only a short step from forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of foods. When this happens, all motivation to improve one’s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had?

　　Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Sales persons would be superfluous as well; why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry, which in turn would have a ripple effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. One entire information and entertainment industry would collapse.

　　(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)

　　78. Wearing a uniform costs the individual __________________________________.

　　79. What does the author think of an organization that is weak and has to depend on uniforms to encourage its members?

　　_________________________________________________________________.

　　80. Why does the author disagree with those believing that wearing uniforms eliminates all jealousy and competition?

　　_________________________________________________________________.

　　81. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, in terms of industry besides advertising and promotion, _______________________________________________ would be affected.

　　第Ⅱ卷(47分)

　　I. Translation (22分)

　　Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

　　1. 他采納醫(yī)生的建議，開始實施節(jié)食計劃。(carry)

　　2. 一篇文章通常由引言、主體以及結論三部分構成。(consist)

　　3. 盡管各國已做出不懈的努力，但還需要采取更有效的措施來應對日益嚴重的環(huán)境問題。(Despite)

　　4. 他一到法國就發(fā)現很難適應那里的生活，所以半年以后他毅然回到了曾經養(yǎng)育他的祖國。(No sooner…)

　　5. 諾貝爾醫(yī)學獎的獲得者--屠呦呦為我們樹立了很好的榜樣，激勵我們不要半途而廢，而是要堅持追求夢想。(set)

　　II. Guided Writing

　　Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the picture and the instructions given below.

　　1) 簡要描述圖片;

　　2) 就圖片呈現的現象談談你的看法。

　　參考答案

　　I Listening:

　　1-10 BADDC ABCAB 11-13 ACB 14-16 BDD

　　17. three/ 3 18. promotion 19. experience 20. easy-going

　　21. has been sick 22. a snack 23. something dirty 24. a sore throat

　　II. Grammar and vocabulary

　　25. to continue 26. are enjoyed 27. eating 28. the 29. what 30. Faced 31. which 32.has discovered 33. in addition to 34. that 35. more likely 36. that 37. whether 38. can 39. themselves 40. Becoming

　　Reading:

　　41-50 FGIBK AEHDC

　　51-65 BCACB DABDC ACDBD

　　66-69 DACB 70-72 ABC 73-77 BCADB

　　78. all self-worth

　　79 It has no right to continue its existence.

　　80 Because they ignore concepts as freedom of choice and individuality.

　　81. fashion and information and entertainment.

　　第II 卷

　　Translation:

　　1. He took/ followed the doctor’s advice and began to carry out the plan to be on a diet.

　　2. An article usually consists of three parts: introduction, body and conclusion.

　　3. Despite the great effort(s) made by governments, more effective measures should be taken to deal with the ever worsening /increasingly serious problem of environment.

　　4. No sooner had he reached France than he found it very difficult to be accustomed to the life there. So half year later, he returned to the motherland where he was raised.

　　5. The winner of the Nobel Prize in /for Medicine ---Tu Youyou has set a good example to/ for us, stimulating us not to give up halfway but to pursue our dreams.

　　II. Writing

　　Omitted.