KEY
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. N 2. Y 3. NG 4. N
5. some older trees die
6. the canopy layer
7. kill the host tree
8. symbiotic
9. insects and birds／insects／birds／animals
10. an unknown planet
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C
Section B
26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D
31. D 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. A
Section C
36. described 37. condemned 38. computing 39. association
40. civilized 41. pretending 42. press 43. unsurpassed
44. encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservatives
45. had the right to ask for a less severe penalty, and he probably could have persuaded the jury to change the verdict
46. So he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students
Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47. divorced from reality／unrealistic
48. The backbreaking labor of the working poor. /The bowed backs of the working poor.
49. (their)lack of skill/(their)low skill
50. much greater
51. Poor.
Section B
52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. C
57. C 58. B 59. D 60. C 61. A
Part ⅤError Correction
The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that
has recognized the need for change and done something
about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the
diversity of the communities to which they provide
information. It must reflect that diversity with their news ____They_____ 62
coverage or risk losing their readers' interest and their
advertisers' support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20
percents racial minorities, the paper has put into place ____percent____ 63
policies and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse ___maintaining_ 64
workforce. The underlying reason for the change is that for
information to be fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should ____objective___ 65
be reported by the same kind of population that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors,
and photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle ____ evaluate __ 66
Times' content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff
about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a ______/_______ 67
content audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and
manner of representation of woman and people of color in _____women___ 68
photographs. Early audits showed that minorities were
pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a
disproportionate number of negative articles. The audit has
resulted from improvement in the frequency of ______in_______ 69
majority representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive ___ minority 70
situations. And, with a result, the Seattle Times has ___as_______ 71
improved as a newspaper. The diversity training and content
audits helped the Seattle Times Company to win the
Personnel Journal Optimas Award for excellence in
managing change.
