大学英语六级模拟试卷440(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级模拟试卷440 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. Translation

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

1． Directions: For this part, you are all6wed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitle Video Game: A Blessing or a Curse. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 电子游戏在学生之间享有很高的人气，很多人

玩，尤其是大学生2. 沉迷电子游戏对学生的影响3. 如何解决“电子游戏热” Video Game: A Blessing or a Curse

正确答案： Video Game: A Blessing or a Curse Today, video games have become more and more popular among the students, especially among college students. It seems that the more they are prohibited from playing the games, the

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：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;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. So Near and Yet So Far In many examinations, 90% is an excellent score, deserving a prize and a handshake from the headmaster. In Geneva this week, only full marks would do, and the world’s trade ministers failed. No matter that they came closer to a deal than anyone should have expected. No matter that they stuck at it for nine days and several nights, in the longest ministerial meeting in the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO). No matter, too, that this time they parted in stunned disbelief, heads shaking, rather than in acrimony(刻薄), quarrel and spite, as at Cancun in 2003. They managed “convergence” on 18 of the 20 topics set before them by Pascal Lamy, the WTO’s director-general, but they stumbled on the 19th, a device for protecting farmers in developing countries against surges in imports. They never reached the 20th, cotton. Failed. You can construct a plausible argument that the collapse of yet another set of talks on the Doha round, which is now coming up to seven years old, is of little importance. While the world’s trade ministers have alternated between talking and not

talking to one another about Doha, the world’s businesspeople have carried on regardless: the growth of global commerce has outstripped the hitherto (到前为止) healthy pace of global GDP. Developing countries in particular have continued to open up to imports and foreign investment. You might say that not much was on offer in Geneva anyway: one study put the eventual benefits at maybe $70 billion, a drop in the ocean of the world’s GDP. Global stock markets, with so much else on their minds, either didn’t notice or didn’t care. On July 29th, the day the talks broke up, the S&P 500 index rose by 2.3%. Plausible, but wrong. For a start, the lowish estimates of the economic benefits of the round miss out two things. One is the value of the unpredictable dynamic benefits of more open markets. Access to more customers allows exporters to exploit economies of scale. Competition encourages not only specialization, the classic result of more open trade, but also increased productivity. The other is what you might call the” option value” of the Doha round. The WTO inhabits a sort of parallel universe in which countries negotiate not on what tariffs and subsidies will actually be, but on maximum (or” bound”) rates and amounts. Although many countries have cut tariffs and farm. subsidies -- if only, in the latter case, because of rising food prices -- too few have turned these cuts into commitments. Tighter binding would cramp their ability to turn back to protection. It would have made up the bulk of a Doha deal.Do you care about the beans or the beings? Also on offer were benefits that are easier to visualize. Some cuts in bound tariffs would have bitten into actual rates. There would have been much less” tariff escalation(增加)” -- a nasty practice, by which higher tariffs are levied on successive stages of production. Raw coffee beans may be tariff-free, but roasted beans incur a higher levy, and so on as they are ground, getting rid of caffeine and so forth. Move up the value chain, and you pay. Some developing countries -- in Latin America, especially Brazil, and in Africa too -- are seething that a deal slipped away. Given all this, the inability of ministers to agree, having come so close, seems unfathomable(难解 ). Belief is all the more beggared when you look at the wider world. The global economy is slowing, possibly horribly: under such conditions, protectionism thrives. It would be silly to say that the sky is about to fall in: too much has been agreed in the past, and too many countries and businesses value an open trading system, to suppose that the 2010s will be a rerun of the 1930s. But trade has too few friends these days -- notably in America’s Congress and the Elys6e Palace. Ministers picked a poor time to fail. The ultimate cause of failure only deepens the sense of puzzlement. When talks started, the likeliest deal-breaker seemed to be the ceiling on American farm subsidies, which is far higher than America actually spends. In the end, the deal fell over protection not for America’s farmers but for those of the developing world: a “special safeguard mechanism”, to kick in when imports surged. America wanted the trigger set high; India, joined by China, wanted it low. Both developing countries, it is said, also wanted to be able to jack tariffs up above existing ceilings, not merely those set in a Doha deal. After 60 hours of talk by Mr. Lamy’s count, there was deadlock; and that was that. Meanwhile, believe it or not, food is pricier than ever.India’s mountain ,America’s molehill You could call this “a collective failure”, as some ministers did. You could also be more specific.

India’s willingness to open its economy in reality is in lamentable contrast to its inability to commit itself at the WTO. Its stubbornness is explained by the ferocity of India’s politics on this subject and the desperate, even suicidal, poverty of many of its

farmers. But it and China must have known that they were asking too much. America has some answering to do, too. It seems to have misread the big story: in the WTO, rich countries no longer call the shots, as they did in its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. China and India, infuriating though they may be, are as powerful as America and the EU. The United States also fumbled with the details. It might have tied up a deal on cotton, and left the Chinese and Indians isolated on safeguards. And the ultimate stumbling-block, though a mountain to India, was surely a molehill to a country of America’s wealth. America has 1 million farmers, India over 200 million. In the WTO, there is a saying: nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. But all the effort of nine days -- or seven years -- should not be lost. Mr. Lamy should publish what has been agreed so far. Ideally, the ministers would then meditate over the summer on what they have lost -- and he could then ask for a final push. That, alas, seems a vain hope. With American elections looming, India heading for the polls by next May and a new European Commission due late next year, it may be 2010 before much can be done. There is a risk that by then, as Peter Mandelson, the EU’s trade commissioner, once put it,” the caravans have moved on in different directions”. The world will have to wait for a Doha deal, if it ever gets one. After coming so close, it should not have had to.

2． The longest ministerial conference in the history of WTO lasts for ______. A．nine days B．ten days

C．eighteen days D．twenty days

正确答案：A

解析：本题在文章中很容易定位。根据题干在文章中的定位，可以看到文章直接给出了答案，即they stuck at it for nine days and several night，in the longest．．．．所以本题答案为A 。

3． What was the 19th topic related with on the ministerial meeting of WTO? A．Cotton importation and exportation.

B．Protecting farmers in developing countries. C．The elimination of trade protection. D．Food safety and the environment.

正确答案：B

解析：文章中的a device for protecting farmers in developing countries against surges in imports是对the 19th topic的解释说明，所以本题答案为B 。

4． The S&P 500 index rose by 2.3% on July 29th as a result of ______. A．interruption of the ministerial talks B．the healthy pace of globe GDP

C．the growth of the world’s GDP by $70 billion D．other factors

正确答案：D

解析：在文章的第二段最后一句话确实给出了the S&P 500 index rose by 2.3%，并且给出了时间，即on July 19th；在这句话中还有一句话the day the talks broke up，意思是在这一天谈话破裂了，即两件事是同一天发生的，但是并没有因果关系，因此不可断定index rose就是由the talks broke up引起的；文章只给出是由于with so much on their minds。因此本题答案为D 。

5． In a more open market, which of the following benefits is excluded in the text?

A．Access to more customers. B．Prompting specialization. C．Improving productivity. D．Cutting tariffs.

正确答案：D

解析：本题的题干考查文章中没有讲到的benefits。根椐定位句，第三段第四句讲到了access to more customers，第五句讲到了specialization和productivity。因此，可以迅速排除A 、B 、C 选项。所以，本题答案为D 。

6． Brazil is now angry at the losing trade as a result of ______. A．trade protectionism

B．developed countries’ limitation on importation C．higher tariffs on successive stages of production D．western countries’ economic punishment

正确答案：C

解析：题干中的angry和原文中的seething是同义词，都有“愤怒的，生气的”的意思；而题干中的the losing trade与原文中的a deal slipped away属于同义转换；再结合该段第三句．．．higher tariffs are levied on successive stages of production可知贸易的流失是由于累积征税导致成本增高。所以，本题答案为C 。

7． Majority of countries suspect the statement that the world trade chains will collapse because ______.

A．they believe the agreements and the open trade system B．the globe economic is recovering

C．many countries’ governments support importation and exportation D．the globe trade is thriving

正确答案：A 解析：题干中的collapse和文章中的fall in有相同的意思；题干中的majority of和文章中的too many都有“许多，大多数”的意思；文章强调too much has been agreed和many countries and businesses value an open trading system；并且指出It would be silly to say that the sky is about to fall in，the sky指的就是 world trade chains。因

8． Why did the negotiation finally fall into an impasse? A．Because India and China insisted to raise tariffs. B．Because developing countries adopted protectionism.

C．Because developed countries’ subsidies are higher than the trigger set. D．Because the existing tariffs agreements are not fair.

正确答案：A

解析：题干中的fall into an impasse意思为“陷入僵局”，和第一个小标题下第三段倒数第二句中的there was deadlock意思相同，属于同义转述；该段都是围绕着subsidies和tariffs来展开的；在该段倒数第三句讲到both developing countries．．．jack tariffs up above existing ceilings(把关税提高到超过目前最高限额的程度)，印度和中国坚持提高关税，故本题答案应该是A 。

9． The United States made a mistake on the details of ______.

正确答案：not signing the deal on cotton

解析：题干中的made a mistake和定位句中的fumble意思相近，都有“犯错误”的意思；第五句使用了虚拟语气might have done．．．，表示本应该做而没有做的事情，即应该在棉花问题上签订协议却没有签订协议；所以根据文章的意思，本题答案是not signing the deal on cotton。

10． We learn that the number of Indian farmers is over 200 times ______.

正确答案：as many as American farmers

解析：定位句中讲到了美国有100万农民，而印度则超过2千万，由此可知印度农民的数量是美国农民的200倍多。故as many as American farmers即是本题答案。

11． In order to give impetus to final agreement, Mr. Lamy is supposed to make public of ______.

正确答案：what has been agreed so far 解析：题干中的give impetus to final agreement和文章中的ask for a final push意思相近；题于中的make a public of与原文中的publish属于同义转述，故publish后的内容what has been agreed so far即是本题答案。

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation 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.

听力原文：W: Where is the bus? It was scheduled to be here about thirty minutes ago. And I’m already late for work.M: Me, too. I hate riding the bus. It’s never on time, and we have to be at a bus stop for hours no matter how the weather is.Q: What are they talking about?

12．

A．The bus stop. B．The bad weather: C．The late bus. D．The traffic jam.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中，女士对晚点的公交车表示不满，因为30分钟前就该到了，她现在已经迟到了；男士表示赞同，他说自己讨厌坐公交车，因为公交车从来都不准时，而无论天气如何，他们都必须在公交车站等车。故C 为本题答案。

听力原文：W: I think a drought has set in. It hasn’t rained a drop for months. The soil has been baked so hard that the plow can’t even break it.M: Looks like it’s going to be an ongoing thing that would get worse each day. I can hardly harvest corn in my field in such weather.Q: What does the man probably do?

13．

A．A scientist.

B．A weather reporter. C．A farmer. D．A worker.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中女士说已经干旱好久了，几个月都没下雨了。土地很干，犁都耕不动了。男士也说自己都没法收玉米了，可推知男士是农民。故本题答案为C 。

听力原文：W: Wow, you look like a drowned rat! Didn’t you know there’s a thunderstorm today?M: I knew there would be a shower, but I didn’t realize it would rain cats and dogs today.Q: What’s the weather like today?

14．

A．It’s cloudy. B．It drizzles. C．It showers. D．It rains heavily.

正确答案：D

解析：对习语的考查。对话中女士说“你不知道今天有雷阵雨吗?”男士说他知道会有雷阵雨，不过没有想到会 rain cats and dogs(下倾盆大雨)。故本题答案为D 。

听力原文：W: I heard you took a trip to Mexico. How did you like it?M: Oh, I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food. It was such a long journey that I felt exhausted wherever I went. As the saying goes, east or west, home is the best.Q: How did the man tike his trip to Mexico?

15．

A．Great but tiring.

B．Relaxing and memorable.

C．Unsatisfactory and exhausting. D．Exhausting but worthwhile.

正确答案：C 解析：对话中男士谈起自己去Mexico的旅行时，主要说自己got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food(生病了，不喜欢宾馆和宾馆的食物)，并且他还felt exhausted(感到筋疲力尽)。可以看出男士对这次旅行不满意，而且感到疲倦。故本题答案为C 。

听力原文：W: Good morning. This is Ms Reed in Mr. Farnsworth’s office. I’d like to confirm a flight for Mr. Farnsworth. It’s flight 420 to Sydney on April 17th at 3: 20 p. m. The name is Roger Farnsworth.M: Certainly, Ms Reed. Hold on a second. That’s correct. You reserved it on 10th, didn’t you?Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

16．

A．Ms Reed is going to Sydney on April 17th.

B．Mr. Farnsworth is going to Sydney on flight 430. C．The flight leaves at 3:20 p. m.

D．They are talking at the ticket office.

正确答案：C 解析：女士的名字是Ms Reed，但并不是她要搭乘飞机，她是帮Mr. Farnsworth确认航班信息的，航班为4月 17日下午3点20分的420次。故本题答案为C 。

听力原文：M: Well, we have nothing in the refrigerator. We need some eggs, milk, and bread.W: Let me see. We also need to get some fresh vegetables. Oh, some beef, too. Anything else do we need?Q: What are they probably going to do?

17．

A．Go shopping. B．Cook meals. C．Eat out.

D．Buy a refrigerator.

正确答案：A

解析：对话中男士说we have nothing in the refrigerator(冰箱里什么都没有了)，并且说他们需要一些鸡蛋、牛奶和面包；女士接着说他们需要一些新鲜蔬菜和牛肉。可知他们接下来应该计划去购物。故本题答案为 A 。

听力原文：M: Can you help me with returning my late book?W: This is the right spot to pay your fee. Put your book down right here. I can see that you owe 25 cents a day, and that will be one dollar and fifty cents in all.Q: What was the expiry date on the man’s book?

18．

A．Three days ago. B．Four days ago. C．Five days ago. D．Six days ago.

正确答案：D

解析：对话中女士提到书过期后每天的，罚款是25美分，而这位男士共需要付1.5美元的罚款，所以应该是过期了6天。故本题答案为D 。

听力原文：W: Sorry, I am late. My clock didn’t work this morning, even though I did set the alarm last night.M: Don’t make up any excuse for your being late. What you have to do is to make up for the time you have lost.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

19．

A．The man’s clock was broken.

B．The woman worked late yesterday.

C．The man will help the woman with her work. D．The man doesn’t believe the woman’s words.

正确答案：D

解析：对话中女士说自己迟到是因为她的闹钟出了问题。但是男士说Don’t make up any excuse for your being late(不要为迟到找任何借口)，可以推测出男士不相信女士的话。故本题答案为D 。

听力原文：W：As a well-known public speaker，can you give us some suggestions on how to deliver a good speech?M：(19)To begin with, you should ask yourself a question, that is, what does your audience need and want? It’s better to question yourself before the speech．W：Why do we need to know their needs and wants?M：(21)If you are a public speaker Lit is absolutely essential to know how to capture and maintain the interest of your audience, which means you have to know what they want to know and what they want to hear．W：You mean we should pay

special attention to the content of the speech，right?M：Yes．If you elaborate on facts and figures that everyone is already familiar with，then it is quite possible that you will actually lose the attention of those who are listening to your presentation．W：What should we do then?M：(20)Many successful speakers will summarize that part or add some different viewpoints to it．This is a good way to increase their level of understanding of the topic．If your audience cannot follow your speech．it’s quite possible that they’ll leave or doze off．W：How about body language? I see many speakers use a lot of hand gestures．M：Not only hand gestures，but also facial expression，body movement and even voice changes．It is always important to remember that sometimes，how you say something will have a larger impact than what you say．

20．

A．Ask himself a lot of questions. B．Know his own needs and wants.

C．Figure out what his audience is interested in. D．Put his notes in order ahead.

正确答案：C 解析：对话中男士说演讲前应该问自己一个问题：什么是听众想要知道和了解的?也就是要了解听众的兴趣。故本题答案为C 。

21．

A．Summarize the material which is familiar to the listeners.

B．Give detailed facts and numbers that the audience have known. C．Ask the audience many questions.

D．Give different ideas which are beyond the audience’s understanding.

正确答案：A

解析：对话中男士说成功的演讲者对于听众比较熟悉的话题会做简单总结，而不会讲得过于详细，而且不应讲太多听众不懂的东西。故本题答案为A 。

22．

A．A good speaker knows clearly what he needs and wants.

B．A good speaker knows it’s very important to attract the attention of his audience.

C．A good speaker has to give his audience some in-depth views.

D．A good speaker knows how he delivers his speech determines the audience’s feedback.

正确答案：B 解析：对话中提到，作为一名公众演讲家，需要掌握吸引听众注意力的技巧。故本题答案为B 。

听力原文：W: Have you ever attended a group interview? I mean an interview with a group of interviewers from different areas of the company.M: Of course yes. Every interviewer has his own particular interest. An HR manager might want to know if you are a good fit for the company, (22) the team leader of the office you are interviewing for might want to see your personality and if it fits with other colleagues, and a supervisor might be there to assess your skills.W: It seems you do know a lot about it. Would you mind giving me some advice on how to handle it?M: Well, being interviewed by a group of interviewers is really stressful and the company wants to know if you can handle it. So, (23) I’d suggest practising a group interview with friends beforehand. This could help you deal with the real stress. I believe you can turn the interview into a positive experience by being confident and having the right mindset.W: Should I collect some information about the group?M: This might possibly work. (25) But what really matters is how you fit the job. Make sure you fully understand the job description and what will be required of you.W: How about the company profile?M: You should also know how the company works, its culture, and how they are structured.W: How should I make eye contact with the panel?M: (24)Look directly at the person who asked you the question, but take the time to make eye contact with the other interviewers. However, your attention should be mainly focused on the person who posed you the question.

23．

A．He wants to know if the interviewer is suitable for the company. B．He wants to know the interviewer’s personality.

C．He wants to know the interviewer’s former colleagues. D．He wants to know the interviewer’s skills.

正确答案：B

解析：对话中，男士说人力资源部主管想知道应聘者是否适合公司，而你所应聘的团队领导则注重你的个性。故本题答案为B 。

24．

A．Try to be very confident in yourself.

B．Try to know more about the interviewers. C．Practice an interview with your best friend.

D．Go over possible questions that may be asked with some friends.

正确答案：D

解析：对话中，男士就如何应对集体面试时的压力提出了解决方案：事先和朋友预演集体面试。故本题答案为D 。

25．

A．Give equal time to make eye contact with every interviewer.

B．Focus all the attention on the question and make little eye contact. C．Focus on the ‘questioner and look at others from time to time. D．Focus on the person who sits in the middle.

正确答案：C

解析：对话中，男士最后说到在集体面试中，应该直视提问者，并时不时地与其他人进行眼神交流。故本题答案为C 。

26．

A．The interviewers in a group interview are there to assess your working abilities.

B．Your understanding of the job requirements is very important. C．It’s not necessary to collect information about the company.

D．More attention should be paid to the question other than the interviewers.

正确答案：B

解析：对活中提到，在面试中，最重要的是应聘者是否符合要求，因此面试前务必了解该工作的职责和要求。故本题答案为B 。

Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： In a recent study, shoppers were asked to taste a chocolate-chip cookie. (26) When given a cookie from a full jar, they said it tasted all right; but when they were offered one from a nearly empty jar, they said it tasted better. This shows an interesting aspect of human nature. The scarcer something is, the more highly people tend to value it. D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover brought the author the most fame not when it was first published in 1928, (27) but when it was banned -- and when many thousands of black-market copies of the book were sold before it was finally made legal in the 1960s. According to social psychologists like Robert Cialdini, our instinctive interest in acquiring things that are rare reflects our evolutionary history. In the past, when food or raw materials were scarce, real value increased, because possession gave the owner an advantage for survival. (28) Salespeople love pressing the “scarce, therefore valuable” button, with warnings like “Buy now while stocks last!” and “Quick! Limited-Time Offer!” Clever advertisers know that it’s much more effective to focus on the fear of loss than on the benefit of gain. Experts at the University of California found that homeowners are 300 percent more likely to buy an energy-saving plan if the message is “Stop losing 50 cents a day” instead of “Start saving 50 cents a day”. Do you want to make a proposal to your management for a ＄100,000 savings plan? You’re more likely to. get it through if you present your message in terms of a ＄100,000 loss, should your plan not be accepted.

27．

A．It tasted as good as the one from a full jar. B．It tasted no better than the one from a full jar.

C．It tasted better than the one from a full jar. D．It tasted worse than the one from a full jar.

正确答案：C

解析：文章开头指出，当人们品尝从满罐子中取出的饼干时，会说味道还可以；而当品尝从几乎快空了的罐子中取出的饼干时，会说味道更好。由此可知C 为本题答案。

28．

A．It brought the author great fame after it was first published. B．It had been banned for years till 19708.

C．It became popular immediately after it was made legal. D．It was copied illegally when it was banned.

正确答案：D

解析：本文在例举劳伦斯的《查泰莱夫人的情人》时提到该书在被禁时期，各种盗版纷纷出现。故本题答案为 D 。

29．

A．Emphasize the good quality of his products. B．Emphasize the rarity of his products. C．Emphasize the discount of his products. D．Emphasize the function of his products.

正确答案：B

解析：文中提到推销员一般都会强调产品因为稀有，所以有价值，故本题答案为B 。

听力原文： Nothing can stop you from achieving your goals if you have the right attitude. By believing that you will fulfill your ambitions, then your chances of actually fulfilling them are already increased. My son Joey was born with club feet, (29) The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the age of six, Joey could go to school with other neighbor children. (30) By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a problem when you saw him walk. One year later, Joey would jump right in and nun as most children do during play. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn’t know. In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know. He continued to run four to five miles a day. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. (31)He was in seventh grade, while the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never

told him he shouldn’t expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it... so he didn’t know. He just did it.

30．

A．tie would never walk or run normally. B．He would walk and run normally.

C．He would walk normally, but he couldn’t run normally. D．He would walk normally, but he couldn’t jump normally.

正确答案：C

解析：文中明确提到医生认为he(Joey)would be able to walk normally，but would never run very well．由此可知本题答案为C 。

31．

A．Six-year-old. B．Seven year-old. C．Eight-year-old. D．Nine-year-old.

正确答案：C

解析：文中提到By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a problem when you saw him walk.可知Joey八岁的时候就可以像其他孩子一样正常走路，故本题答案为C 。

32．

A．Joey was in Grade Eight, while the others were in Grade Seven. B．Joey was in Grade Seven, while the others were in Grade Eight. C．Joey had trouble in training because of his feet. D．Joey did the best among the team members.

正确答案：B

解析：文中提到，Joey入选cross-country team时，只有他是七年级的，其他六人都是八年级的，故本题选B。

听力原文： Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown’s farm. As She tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree think. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, (32) Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy got up and began walking slowly with Lizzie. The water was now waist high. It was quite hard to walk in the water. Nancy’s pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on. About twenty minutes later, Lizzie managed to successfully pull herself and Nancy out of the raging water and onto a bit of high land, a small island now in the middle of acres of white water. Even though it was

about noon, the sky was so dark and the rain and lightning so bad that it took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy. A helicopter lowered a paramedic, who attached Nancy to a life-support hoist. (33) They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter. When the flood finally subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the “island”. (34) To her great grief, Lizzie was gone. She was one of nineteen cows that Nancy lost. “I owe my life to her,” said Nancy sobbingly.

33．

A．She was a farmer. B．She was a cow. C．She was a rescuer. D．She was a horse.

正确答案：B

解析：文中提到Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows，由此可知Lizzie是一头奶牛。故本题答案为B 。

34．

A．A school gym. B．A school yard. C．A park.

D．A parking lot.

正确答案：A

解析：文章中提到救援队救出了Nancy后把她送到了the school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter，由此可知A 为本题答案。

35．

A．She was taken good care of by some stranger.

B．She was lucky enough to survive the flood by herself. C．She was still waiting for Nancy to help her. D．She was taken away by the flood and drowned.

正确答案：D

解析：文章的结尾提到当两天之后，洪水终于退了，Nancy立刻回去寻找Lizzie, To her great grief, Lizzie was gone. She was one of nineteen cows that Nancy lost.，由此推测Lizzie最有可能的结局是被洪水卷走了，故 D 为本题答案。

36．

A．How a farmer helped her cow in the flood. B．How a cow helped her owner in the flood. C．How the rescuers helped a farmer in the flood. D．How Red Cross helped the victims of flood.

正确答案：B 解析：整篇文章讲述的是一头奶牛如何在洪水中帮助她的主人的故事，因此B 为本题答案。

Section CDirections: 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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

One of those rare local creations of America, cowboy poetry has a long

and vivid history, driven by its colorful practitioner and memorable poems. Cowboy poetry is a form of poetry which grew out of a tradition of instant composition carried on by worker on cattle drives and ranches. After a day of work, cowboys would gather around a campfire and【B1】______ one another with tall tales and folk songs.【B2】______ was common, so poetic forms were employed to help memory. Cowboy poetry is distinctive both in its【B3】______ specific subject matter and its traditional use of rhyme and meter. While the range of【B4】______ landscapes explored in cowboy poetry are the traditional province of poetry, from joy to【B5】______ , from humor to spirituality, the particulars【B6】______ from the American West: homes, cattle, fire, storms, mythic figures of cowboys and rancher, and the splendid 【B7】______ . In keeping with their subject matter, cowboy poets tend to write in a traditional, rhyming style. They【B8】______ folk songs more than modern poetry. Contrary to common belief, cowboy poetry does not actually

have to be written by cowboys, though adherents would claim that【B9】______ . The rise of the cowboy poet coincides with the virtual disappearance from popular culture of another Western figure. Hollywood used to make dozens of films a year about square-jawed gunslingers. 【B10】______ . But the departure of the heroic cowboy has opened some room for gentler, more reflective voices. Although it is growing, their audience is smaller:【B11】______

37． 【B1】

正确答案：entertain

38． 【B2】

正确答案：Illiteracy

39． 【B3】

正确答案：culturally

40． 【B4】

正确答案：emotional

41． 【B5】

正确答案：grief

42． 【B6】

正确答案：derive

43． 【B7】

正确答案：wilderness

44． 【B8】

正确答案：echo

45． 【B9】

正确答案：authors should have some connection to the cowboy life such that they can write poetry with an “insider’s perspective”

46． 【B10】

正确答案：It now produces almost none，and there is currently no new Western series to be found on television or basic cable

47． 【B11】

正确答案：unlike Western films, cowboy poetry is mostly produced by Westerners, for Westerners

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

The little creatures inside the eggs, mere days from hatching, aren’t the only ones with eagle eyes. Thousands of people from around the world are flocking to

the website for BC-based Hancock Wildlife Foundation to watch live streaming video of a pair of bald eagle eggs. Two cameras, set up near a nest in Delta, B.C., first caught the mother laying the eggs in February. With the little eagles ready to emerge any time now, more and more viewers are tuning in, watching for the slightest sign of their arrival. “We call ourselves eagle-holics because most of us really are,” Karen Bills, Hancock’s project coordinator, said with a laugh. Bills said the viewers, many of whom are elderly, some from as far away as Australia and Europe, are watching intently for little cracks in the eggs. As the expected arrival date has grown closer and closer, Hancock’s website traffic has grown busier and busier. Bills said so many people have been tuning in that she sometimes can’t get on the feed. But not all the reviews have been positive. Some have suggested the cameras interfere with nature and do more harm than good. But it’s a claim Bills disputes. “I can name you numerous cases where if the camera wasn’t there, the little eagle would have died.” She said a 10-week-old eagle tumbled out of another Delta nest last year and fell all the way to the ground. Viewers immediately contacted Hancock and a rescue crew was on the scene within seven minutes. “The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation (康复) Society kept him in their facility until he was ready to go and put on the proper weight.” The eagle was eventually released. The rehabilitation society’s Bev Day, who has been caring for birds since 1978, says the cameras also serve as an invaluable learning tool. “There may be other people that argue the fact, but I’m really a true believer in them,” she said, “I’ve been doing this 30 years now and I’m still learning.” Some of the eagle-holies have grown anxious waiting for the big moment. One user on the site’s discussion forum said Friday, “Not seeing any indication of cracks in the eggs,” a posting that was accompanied by a frowning emoticon. The not-for-profit Hancock Wildlife Foundation was established by David Hancock, a biologist, filmmaker, writer and publisher. It aims to promote the conservation of wildlife and its habitats through science and education.

48． Many people are flocking to the website for Hancock Wildlife Foundation to ______ .

正确答案：to watch the hatching of a pair of eagle eggs 解析：细节归纳题。原文中的第一段第二句说很多人上网去观看两只鹰蛋的即时视频，但这个答案并不准确，需要和第一句中的hatching结合起来才能构成完整的答案。

49． The viewers of the live video are from around the world and many of them are ______ .

正确答案：elderly 解析：细节辨认题。原文中说在网上看视频的人有些甚至是澳大利亚和欧洲的，这与题干中的“来自世界各地”是一回事，而原文中还有另外一个信息，那就是还有很多是上了年纪的人，所以，空格中应填入elderly。

50． There are also viewers who argue that this will be harmful because ______ .

正确答案：cameras interfere with nature 解析：同义转述题。题干中的views who argue也就是指的原文中的views who have not been positive，他们指出“摄像会干扰自然的进程”，这也就是他们反对这样做的原因。

51． In addition to helping save the animal in case of danger, the camera can ______ .

正确答案：also be an invaluable learning tool

解析：细节归纳题。本题中题干和原文的表达方式差别比较大，需要将两部分的内容综合起来考虑。第四段中说到摄像可以帮助及时救助动物，而在第五段中又说到摄像还可以作为一个很有价值的学习工具。注意空格中的内容与上半句有补充的关系，不要把also这个单词忘掉。

52． The frown emotion from the use of the discussion forum illustrates the ______ .

正确答案：growing anxiety of waiting for the big moment

解析：细节推断题。原文中的emotion意为“(网络上的)表情符号”，皱眉的表情(The frown motion)自然不会意味着好的心情。与本段第一句的内容“有些鹰迷们已经开始等得焦躁不安了”相呼应，所以，这个表情符号表明了“在等候这个重大时刻时，人们越来越强的急躁情绪”。

Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

When Oxford University raised the idea of establishing a business school six years ago, outraged Ionians unleashed (发起，释放) volleys of Ciceronian oratory, arguing that the groves of academe should be out of bounds to commerce. How times have changed. Frustrated by the British government’s reluctance to let the university charge red-world tuition fees, demoralized by mounting charges of elitism, with research and teaching stifled by inadequate state subsidies, the dons are realizing that capitalism might just be the key to their future. At the traditional 800-year-old institution, increasing numbers of them are calling for their university to be privatized. That’s a hugely controversial proposal in a country that still clings fiercely to the ideal of providing a free, state-funded education to anyone who merits it. Prime Minister Tony Blair wants 50 percent of Britain’s under 30s in full-time education by 2006, and given his no new-taxes style, universities suspect they’ll be responsible for finding a large proportion of the $15 million that will cost. Already Oxford is having trouble paying salaries sufficient to attract top teachers; a full-time Professor gets

$ 68,400 -- roughly half the salaries of their U. S. counterparts. For Oxford, long the global epitome(缩影) of top-drawer education, the question is whether the university’s days as a bastion (堡垒) of world-class excellence might be over. Lately the issue seems to have taken on a new urgency. Newspapers reported mini-scandal just last week that a 19-year-old deaf student, Anastasia Fedotova, failed to win place despite high exam scores. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown criticized the admissions system as” more reminiscent of the old boy network... than genuine justice in our society”. This highlighted just how vulnerable Oxford remains to charges of elitism. “More and more people are saying the only solution is independence,” says classics professor Richard Jenkyns. In the end, Oxford may be hoping for some in-between solution. Since 1998 it has been pumping funds into a private company called ISIS Innovation, set up to commercialize researchers discoveries. Of a total of 28 fledging spin-offs, ail are still in business. While big payoffs are still a long way off, “that could quickly change”, says managing director Tim Cook, “if one of them hits the jackpot. “More immediately, Oxford bigwigs report that permission to charge the full cost of tuition will almost certainly be given in government report due this November. Oxford still isn’t likely to let business interests run wild over its hallowed greensward. But it is learning that the academic freedom it so prizes can be preserved only at a price.

53． We can learn from the passage that _____.

A．Oxford University will gradually become a private university like Harvard B．Oxford University is beginning to think of commercial ways to collect money C．the only solution to Oxford University’s problems is being independent D．the British government will offer Oxford University more subsidies

正确答案：B

解析：推断题。第一段第一句提到，牛津大学6年前提出创办商业学校这一想法时，遭到很多牛津人的反对，最后一段又说到，牛津大学试图用商业的方式获取资金，因此，B 论述符合本文内容。

． The major reason for Oxford University’s lack of funding is that _____. A．the idea of building of a business school has been rejected by the teachers B．the government is reluctant to let it charge the students high tuition fees C．it has to pay sufficient salaries to attract top teachers D．the government can’t afford the high research subsidies

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。文章第一段提到了牛津大学面临的资金短缺原因，不愿让该大学收学费。接着第二段提到了其中的原因：英国认为应该提供免费的教育，但是对大学的资助很少，大部分费用要大学自己解决，而同时又不让收费，这就导致了牛津大学的资金短缺问题。所以，牛津大学资金短缺的主要原因是B 。

55． When mentioning the attitude of Prime Minister Tony Blair, some universities worry ______.

A．the future orientation of universities B．the financial problems of universities

C．the influence of government’s policy on universities D．the purity of universities in its field of academe research

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。本题针对这个难句出题，布莱尔要想让一般的年轻人上学，又不加税(言外之意是不给大学额外的补贴)，因此大学就面临经济问题。“given”是“考虑到”的意思，故选B 。

56． The example that Anastasia Fedotova was rejected by Oxford University illustrates that the university _____.

A．has taken on a new urgency

B．holds a strong discrimination against the disabled C．is in favor of a network of older applicants D．puts too much emphasis on elitism

正确答案：D

解析：推断题。第三段提到了一位名叫Anatasia Fedotova的聋人学生被牛津大学拒绝的例子。本段最后两句说，这说明社会缺乏真正的公正，牛津大学的那种高人一等的优越感依然存在。这表明牛津大学的招生制度不完善，它过分强调自己的优越感。第一段也提到牛津大学那种高人一等的优越感遭到指责，所以这个事例表明了D 。

57． The phrase” hits the jackpot” in the last paragraph probably means “_______”.

A．get out of business suddenly

B．be discovered accidentally by foresighted businessman C．make a lot of money unexpectedly

D．prove to be very useful in daily life by chance

正确答案：C

解析：语义题。该短语出现在最后一段，其含义可以通过上文来加以理解。前文说，牛津大学创办了一家公司，这样研究者的成果可以商业化，从而解决费用问题。接着本短语所在的句子说，虽然要解决巨额的工资问题还要很长时间，但是如果其中的一个项目hits the jackpot，那么这种状况很快就会有改观，即工资问题可以得到一定的解决，这就说明有了一笔资金，hit the jackpot在此处的意思应该和钱有关，所以答案C “意外获得一大笔钱”是正确答案。

Naturally the young are more inclined to novelty than their elders and it is in their speech, as it always was, that most of the vocabulary changes originate. But

listening critically to their talk I hear hardly my new words. It is all a matter of using old words in a new way and then copying each other as they wish to speak differently from their parents. They want even more to speak like people of their own age. A new usage once took time to spread, but now a pop star can flash it across the world in hours. Of course, it is not only the young who like to use the latest in-word. While they are describing their idols as smashing, great, or cosmic (宇宙的), their parents and the more discriminating of the younger set are also groping for words of praise that are at once apt and fashionable. However, their choice of splendid, brilliant, fantastic and so on will in turn be slightly dimmed by over-use and need replacement. Magic is a theme that has regularly supplied words of praise (and the choice must betray something in our nature). Charming, entrancing and enchanting are all based on it. So also is marvelous, which has been used so much that some of its magic has faded while among teenagers wizard has a great run. Another of this group, though you might not think it, is glamorous (迷人的), which was all the fashion in the great days of Hollywood. Glamour was a Scottish dialect form of “grammar”, which itself was an old word for enchantment (Grammar means the study of words, and words have always been at the heart of magic). The change from “r” to “l” may have come about through the association with words like gleaning and glittering. On the whole, when a new word takes over the old ones remain, weakened but still in use, so that the total stock increases all the time. But some that start only as slang and never rise above that class can disappear completely. “Did you really say ripping when you were young?” my granddaughter asked me, rather than asking if I ever wore a suit of amour. Of course I did and it was no sillier than smashing, which some of her contemporaries are still saying.

58． What do young people like to do in their speech? A．Invent words that older people cannot understand. B．Use words invented by pop stars.

C．Give words new meanings to mislead their parents. D．Copy the speech of their contemporaries.

正确答案：D

解析：细节题。由该句可知，青年人喜欢模仿同龄人说话，故 D 正确。

59． Words of praise keep changing because ______. A．they lose their freshness

B．there are more words available in this area

C．young people are becoming more discriminating D．older people try to avoid the in-words of the young

正确答案：A 解析：推断题。文章第二段均在讨论赞美之词变化是由于词语本身落后于时代和长时间的反复使用而被取代，尤其是段中为赞美之词的变化原因提供了有力

的证据。故A 正确。

60． The fact that magic is a frequent source of words of praise suggests that people ______.

A．lack linguistic originality

B．have always been interested in magic C．are becoming more superstitious D．are interested in magic when young

正确答案：B

解析：推断题。由第三段第一句中可知，魔力能揭示人类本性中的东西，所以人们对其探求不懈，正是兴趣所在。故B 正确。

61． To the author’s granddaughter the word “ripping” ______. A．has a clearer meaning than it does for the author B．is unacceptable because it is slang C．seems strange and old-fashioned D．means much the same as smashing

正确答案：C

解析：推断题。由文章最后一段中可以推知。在作者的孙女眼里，ripping一词即是a suit of amour“远古时的盔甲”，因此与选项中的strange和old-fashioned相对应。故C 正确。

62． What is the author’s attitude towards the young people’s inclination to novelty?

A．Angry.

B．Disbelieving.

C．Objective and tolerant. D．Pessimistic.

正确答案：C

解析：态度题。从整篇文章来看，作者只是对青年人novelty inclination加以客观陈述，并未加进个人的感情色彩，故符合选项中的objective。另外，这一趋势不但在青年人中盛行，其父母也在follow，因此说作者的态度是tolerant宽容的。故选C 。

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. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

Why work?【C1】______ you have periodically asked yourself the same question, perhaps focused on【C2】______ you have to work. Serf-interest in its broadest【C3】______ including the interests of family and friends, is a basic【C4】

______ for work in all societies. But serf-interest can【C5】______ more than providing for subsistence or【C6】______ wealth. For instance, among the Maori, a Polynesian people of the South Pacific, a desire for approval, a sense of duty, a wish to【C7】______ to custom and tradition, a feeling of emulation (竞争), and a pleasure in craftsmanship are【C8】______ reasons for working. Even within the United States, we cannot understand work as simply a response to【C9】______ necessity. Studies show that the vast【C10】______ of Americans would continue to work even if they inherited enough money to live comfortably. When people work, they gain a【C11】______ place in society. The fact that they receive pay for their work indicates that【C12】______ they do is needed by other people and that they are a necessary part of the social【C13】______ . Work is also a major social mechanism for【C14】______ people in the larger social structure and【C15】______ providing them with identities. In the United States, it is a blunt and【C16】______ public fact that to do nothing is to be nothing and to do little is to be little. Work is commonly seen as the measure of an individual.Sociologist Melvin L. Kohn and his associates have shown some of the ways work affects our lives.【B17】______ , people who engage in self-directed work come to【C18】______ serf-direction more highly, to be more open to new ideas and to be less authoritarian in their relationships with others.【C19】______ , they develop self-conceptions consistent with these values, and as parents they pass these characteristics on to their children. Our work, then, is an important【C20】______ experience that influences who and what we are.

63． 【C1】 A．Unpredictably B．Undoubtedly C．Unfortunately D．unconsciously

正确答案：B

解析：副词辨析。根据语义判断，第一句话问人们为什么工作，第二句话说你一定曾经不断地问自己同一个问题。两句之间是顺承关系。undoubtedly表示“毋庸置疑地”，因此选择B项。

． 【C2】 A．whether B．why C．when D．how

正确答案：B

解析：语义题。根据上下文，我们常问自己的问题和作者在文章开头问的问题是一致的，因此选择B项。

65． 【C3】 A．sense B．definition C．meaning D．way

正确答案：A

解析：语义辨析和固定搭配。此句旨在指出广义上利己主义所包括的范围，in a sense表示“在某种意义上”，因此选择A项。

66． 【C4】 A．reason B．move C．principle D．stimulus

正确答案：A

解析：名词辨析。该句意在说明利己主义是工作的根本原因。而且，第69题处重复出现了reason一词，因此A项正确。

67． 【C5】 A．relate B．offer C．involve D．engage

正确答案：C 解析：动词辨析。根据句义判断利己主义不仅仅包括维持生计等内容，involve意为“包括”，因此选择 C项。

68． 【C6】 A．increasing B．collecting C．diminishing D．accumulating

正确答案：D

解析：语义题。利己主义不仅仅包括维持生计和积累财富。accumulate意为“堆积、积累”，因此选择D项。

69． 【C7】 A．conform B．confirm C．confine

D．confide

正确答案：A

解析：动词辨析和词组搭配。人们工作还希望能够符合传统习惯，比较四个选项，只有A项符合题意并符合搭配要求。conform to“遵照、符合”，所以本题选择A项。

70． 【C8】 A．another B．additional C．extra D．other

正确答案：D

解析：语义理解。在上文中，作者指出了人们工作的一个根本原因：利己主义。在下文中，作者又列举出许多工作的原因，这些原因是除利己主义之外的原因，故选择D项。

71． 【C9】 A．economic B．economical C．financial D．commercial

正确答案：A

解析：形容词辨义。根据句义，即使在美国，我们也不能把工作理解为满足经济需要而做出的反应， economic意为“经济的”，所以本题选A项。

72． 【C10】 A．priority B．majority C．seniority D．minority

正确答案：B

解析：语义题。根据修饰词vast的意思及上下文的语境可以判断，喜欢工作的人是很多的。所以选择B项 majority“多数”。

73． 【C11】 A．rewarding B．contributing C．astonishing D．interesting

正确答案：B 解析：形容词辨析。从下文中我们得知，一些人的工作会被另一些人所需要，而且人们在社会上都有自己的价值。因此，我们可以判断这句话的意思是：当人们工作时，他们就会为社会做贡献。所以，本题答案为 B项。

74． 【C12】 A．what B．that C．which D．whether

正确答案：A

解析：主语从句用法。所填词作如的宾语，只有what符合题意，故本题答案为A项。

75． 【C13】 A．mechanism B．construction C．fabric

D．environment

正确答案：C

解析：固定搭配。本句意为：他们是社会结构中十分重要的一部分。social fabric/structure表示“社会结构”，因此选择C项。

76． 【C14】 A．putting B．placing C．pushing D．involving

正确答案：B

解析：动词辨析。这句话的意思是：工作也是一个很大的社会机制，可以将人们安置在更广大的社会范围内。place... in ... 意为“将……安放在……”，故本题答案B项。

77． 【C15】 A．in B．for C．as D．at

正确答案：B

解析：句型结构判断。在此句中存在着一个并列结构，for doing... and for

doing... ，因此，本题答案为 B项。

78． 【C16】 A．serious B．definite C．ruthless D．practical

正确答案：C

解析：形容词辨析。并列连词and前后的词语意义相近，因此空格处的意义应接近blunt“生硬的，直言不讳的，粗暴的”的意义。比较四个选项，C项ruthless“冷酷地、残忍地”，符合题意。

79． 【C17】 A．Consequently B．Frequently C．Generally D．Certainly

正确答案：C

解析：副词辨析。本段第一句话是论点，接下来的几句话就是在摆事实、讲道理。空格后面一句话的意思是：从事于自我管理工作的人们更加重视自我管理与调节，对新思想更加开放……，这些都是一般事实，因此选择C项Generally。

80． 【C18】 A．evaluate B．assess C．estimate D．value

正确答案：D

解析：动词辨义。根据语义，从事于自我管理工作的人们更加重视自我管理与调节，由此可知空格内的动词应有“重视”之意，value意为“评价、重视”，故选择D项。

81． 【C19】 A．Thus

B．Nevertheless C．Moreover D．However

正确答案：C

解析：句际关系。这句话是有关self-conception，而上一句是有关self-direction，两句话之间是递进关系，因此选择C项。

82． 【C20】 A．socializing B．modernizing C．globalizing D．urbanizing

正确答案：A

解析：动词辨析。本部分内容都在讲工作把人与社会联系起来：工作使人获得社会地位，满足人的经济需要，使人成为了社会化的人。因此，socializing“社会化的”符合题意，故选择A项。

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

83． I found quite a few classmates ______ (和我挺投缘).

正确答案：congenial to me 解析：①句子中出现了find+sb.，联想到形容词作宾语补足语。②be congenial to sb.与……志趣相投。

84． ______, it is often considered impolite to interject a remark when people are talking(无论在什么文化背景下).

正确答案：Whatever cultural context you are in 解析：后面是一个完整的句子，这里根据给出的中文判断需要填一个表示让步的状语从句；同时注意补充出状语从句中隐含的主语you。

85． As a housewife, she always ______ (把家里收拾得整洁漂亮).

正确答案：keeps her house in pretty neatness

解析：句子主干结构需要补充完整。根据always确定句子时态，注意第三人称单数后的动词形式。

86． He is well aware that ______ (他晋升的可能性根本没有).

正确答案：there is even no possibility for him to be promoted

解析：①that引导宾语从句，填写的部分应该是一个完整的句子。②promote“晋升，提拔”。

87． There is no evidence that ______ (大多数人愿意对生态环境无害的产品支付更多的钱).

正确答案：the majority are prepared to pay more for eco-friendly products

解析：that引导同位语从句，这里需要填写一个完整的句子。majority在这里表示多数人，是复数的概念，因此谓语动词要与复数含义的主语形式一致。