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D) It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
58. What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A) Data for analyzing the cause of the crash. B) The total number of passengers on board.
C) The scene of the crash and extent of the damage. D) Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash. 59. Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? A) New materials became available by that time. B) Too much space was needed for its installation. C) The early models often got damaged in the crash. D) The early models didn't provide the needed data.
60. Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow?
A) To distinguish them from the colour of the plane. B) To caution people to handle them with care. C) To make them easily identifiable.
D) To conform to international standards.
61. What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447? A) There is still a good chance of their being recovered. B) There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed. C) They have stopped sending homing signals. D) They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil. Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts
like \never do anything right\into positive ones like \can succeed.\But was positive thinking
advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking? Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says
trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply
highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine
Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when
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people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If
you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his
faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked
participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later
praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students' self-esteem. The participants
were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one
group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, \
lovable.\
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their
moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to
think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to
accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only
often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people
to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative
thinking.
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62. What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help
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industry?
A) It is a highly profitable industry.
B) It is based on the concept of positive thinking. C) It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. D) It has yielded positive results.
63. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?
A) Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. B) There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. C) Unhappy people cannot think positively. D) The power of positive thinking is limited.
64. What does the author mean by \faults\
A) You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. B) You are pointing out the errors he has committed.
C) You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. D) You are trying to make him feel better about his faults.
65. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic? A) It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem. B) Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one's mood. C) Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem. D) People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings. 66. What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A) The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person. B) Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy. C) Different people tend to have different ways of thinking. D) People can avoid making mistakes through meditation. Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices
marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits
into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
the centre.
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The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet,
including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually, e-commerce
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does not __67__ from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone, \
catalogs, or sending a purchase order to supplier __68__ fax.E-commerce follows the same model
__69__ in other business transactions; the difference __70__ in the details.
To a consumer, the most visible form of e-commerce consists __71__ online ordering. A customer
begins with a catalog of possible items, __72__ an item, arranges a form of payment, and __73__ an
order. Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be __74__ on the
Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to
be sent __75__ a computer network. Finally, instead of sending a paper representation of payment
such as a check, e-commerce __76__ one to send payment information electronically.
In the decade __77__ 1993, e-commerce grew from an __78__ novelty (新奇事物) to a mainstream
business influence. In 1993, few __79__ had a web page, and __80__ a handful allowed one to order
products or services online. Ten years __81__, both large and small businesses had web pages, and
most __82__ users with the opportunity to place an order. __83__, many banks added online access,
__84__ online banking and bill paying became __85__. More importantly, the value of goods and
services __86__ over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997. 67.
A) distractB) descendC) differD) derive 68.
A) withB) viaC) fromD) off
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69.
A) appearedB) usedC) resortedD) served 70.
A) situatesB) liesC) rootsD) locates 71.
A) onB) ofC) forD) to 72.
A) reflectsB) detectsC) protectsD) selects 73.
A) sends inB) puts outC) stands forD) carries away 74.
A) visibleB) responsibleC) feasibleD) sensible 75.
A) besideB) overC) beyondD) up 76.
A) appealsB) admitsC) advocatesD) allows 77.
A) afterB) behindC) untilD) toward 78.
A) optionalB) invalidC) occasionalD) insignificant 79.
A) communitiesB) corpsC) corporationsD) compounds 80.
A) largelyB) slightlyC) solelyD) only 81.
A) latelyB) laterC) lateD) latter 82.
A) offeredB) convincedC) equippedD) provided 83.
A) InsteadB) NeverthelessC) HoweverD) Besides 84.
A) andB) orC) butD) though 85.
A) differentB) flexibleC) widespreadD) productive 86.
A) acquiredB) adaptedC) practicedD) proceeded Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in
brackets.Please write you translation on Answer Sheet 2. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。
87. Because of the noise outside, Nancy had great difficulty __________________ (集中注意力在实