engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.
Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had a part of James Dean's car fitted to it.
When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.
Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off its mount and broke a teenager's hip.
In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from its towbar and smashed through the front of a shop.
Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports. 15.
A) The car was broken and given up by the family. B) The car was regarded as unlucky. C) The car was sold to another person. D) The car was broken into 11 pieces.
Script: What happened to the Porsche sports car after the car accident in September 1955?
正确答案： B 16.
A) The garage was sold to a foreigner. B) The garage became a storehouse. C) The garage was destroyed by a fire. D) The garage was repaired as well.
Script: When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, what happened to the garage it was in?
正确答案： C 17.
A) In 1955. B) In 1957. C) In 1958. D) In 1959.
Script: When did the car finally break up into pieces?
正确答案： D
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Script: A WESTWOOD youngster was delighted to be reunited with his stolen toy car after his big brother spotted it while on a trip to the police station.
Three-year-old Fergus Mackenzie was heartbroken to find his favorite toy ― a yellow go-kart type car ― had been stolen from his grandparents back garden in St Leonards. The youngster looked forward to the regular trips to their house as it meant he could get out and about in the toy car, but last week when he arrived it was nowhere to be seen. However, by strange coincidence his older brother Finn went on a tour of the police station a few days later with the Cubs and spotted the missing toy car in their lost property room.
As a result, Fergus was reunited with the toy, which had been handed into the police by a kind soul who had found it on St Leonards Road.
The boys' mom Kirsten told the News: \the police.
\was surprised anyone had done so ― the toy is a bit shabby as it originally belonged to Finn when he was a toddler and he is now 10-years-old.\
\he was so sad when it was gone. He was really excited when he got it back as we all thought it was gone forever.\
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Sergeant Stuart Cluckie of East Kilbride Police added: \distress their actions can cause in situations like this.\
\toy.\ 18.
A) Fergus Mackenzie's. B) Finn Mackenzie's. C) St Leonards'.
D) Kristen Mackenzie's. Script: Whose toy car was it?
正确答案： A 19.
A) Because she thought the toy was gone forever. B) Because the toy was shabby and it was very old. C) Because the son didn't like the toy.
D) Because the family had bought a new toy car for the boy. Script: Why did the mother feel surprised when the toy was found?
正确答案： B 20.
A) Three.
B) Four. C) Six. D) Ten.
Script: How old was the elder brother now?
正确答案： D
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
At some time or another it happens to all of us. There's that certain number that pops up wherever you go. Hotel rooms, airline (21)_________________ , street addresses ― its haunting presence cannot be escaped. Or, you're in your car, (22)_________________ humming a song. You turn on the radio. A sudden chill prickles your spine. That same song is now (23)_________________ from the speaker.
Coincidence, you tell yourself. Or is it?
For most (24)_________________ scientists, experiences like this, however strange and recurrent, are nothing but lawful (25)_________________ of chance, a creation ― not of the divine or mystical ― but of simply that which is possible. (26)_________________ of natural law, they argue, causes us to fall (27)_________________ to superstitious thinking, inventing supernatural causes where none exist. In fact, say these statistical law-abiding rationalists, the (28)_________________ manifestation of the rare and improbable in daily life is not only permissible, but inevitable.
Consider this: from a well-shuffled deck of fifty-two playing cards, the mathematical odds of dealing a hand of thirteen (29)_________________ cards are about 635,000,000,000 to one. (This means that, in dealing the hand, there exist as many as 635,000,000,000 different hands that may possibly appear.) What statisticians tell us, though, is that these billions of hands are all equally likely to occur, and that one of them is absolutely certain to occur each time the hand is dealt. Thus, any hand that is dealt, including the most rare and improbable hand is, in terms of probability, merely one of a number of equally likely events, one of which was (30)_________________ to happen.
Script: At some time or another it happens to all of us. There's that certain number that pops up wherever you go. Hotel rooms, airline terminals, street addresses ― its haunting presence cannot be escaped. Or, you're in your car, absently humming a song. You turn on the radio. A sudden chill prickles your spine. That same song is now pouring from the speaker. Coincidence, you tell yourself. Or is it?
For most mainstream scientists, experiences like this, however strange and
recurrent, are nothing but lawful expressions of chance, a creation ― not of the divine or mystical ― but of simply that which is possible. Ignorance of natural law, they argue, causes us to fall prey to superstitious thinking, inventing supernatural causes where none exist. In fact, say these statistical law-abiding rationalists, the occasional manifestation of the rare and improbable in daily life is not only permissible, but inevitable.
Consider this: from a well-shuffled deck of fifty-two playing cards, the mathematical odds of dealing a hand of thirteen specified cards are about 635,000,000,000 to one. (This means that, in dealing the hand, there exist as many as 635,000,000,000 different hands that may possibly appear.) What statisticians tell us, though, is that these billions of hands are all equally likely to occur, and that one of them is absolutely certain to occur each time the hand is dealt. Thus, any hand that is dealt, including the most rare and improbable hand is, in terms of probability, merely one of a number of equally likely events, one of which was bound to happen.
正确答案： terminals
正确答案： absently
正确答案： pouring
正确答案： mainstream
正确答案： expressions
正确答案： Ignorance
正确答案： prey
正确答案： occasional
正确答案： specified
正确答案： bound
Part II Oral Tasks ( 2 minutes )
Section A
Directions: Interpret the following Chinese passage into English. You can either interpret it sentence by sentence or give out the main points in your own words. You will have TWO minutes
for preparation and THREE minutes for interpretation.
31. 成功是偶然的吗？没有人能不努力就成功。托马斯?爱迪生成功了，那是因为他试验了上千次才找到最好的灯丝材料。所有的成功都需要努力的工作。如果你想成功，首先努力工作，然后才是偶然的运气。
思考/准备
Section B
Directions: Describe, comment or elaborate on the following pictures, phenomenon, event or epigram. You will have TWO minutes for preparation and THREE minutes for presentation.
32. Coincidences are familiar to all of us. They can involve startling conjunctions of events, such as chance meetings with old friends, or coincidences of personal habits or of anniversaries. Should we be surprised by coincidences? Do you believe in coincidence? Do you have any story of coincidence?
思考/准备
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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
1.
A) It is not good for holiday. B) It is the day the man gets. C) It is nice.
D) It is sunny and pleasant.
Script: Man: Great! This is the first day I have had for holiday and look at the weather. Would you believe it?
Woman: Oh, well. At least you've got the day to yourself. Never mind the weather.
Question: What's the weather like?