参考答案
Key to 1-55
Part I (1-15)
1-5 C B D A D 6-10 B A C A C
11-12 D B B B C
13 a) where 13b) carriage 14a) inventors 14b)in 1790 15a)expensive 15b)to feed
Part II (16-35)
16-20 D D B C A 21-25 A C C A B
26-30 B D B A C 31-35 C D D C A
Part III (36-55)
36-40 C D A C C 41-45 B B B D D
46-50 A C A D A 51-55 C B D A C
Part IV
1.Finally, aw method was discovered of producing artificial rubber which is in many ways superior and in some ways inferior (劣的)to natural rubber. Artificial rubber is produced in factories by a complicated chemical process. It is usually cheaper than natural rubber.
最后，发现了一种生产人造橡胶的方法：人造橡胶在许多方面优于天然橡胶，在某些方面又劣于天然橡胶。
2.Because noise is unavoidable in a complex, industrial society, we are constantly responding in the same ways that we would respond to danger.
在一个错综复杂的工业社会里，由于噪音无法避免，我们总是会像对待任何危险事物那样对其立即作出反应。
3.This meant that the value of currencies(货币)would now be determined by the markets instead of individual governments.
这就意味着货币的价值由市场而不是由各国政府决定。
4.…if enough warning is given, steps can be taken to limit the destruction and suffering that following a bad EL Nino.
如果事先得到充分的警报，就可采取措施，减轻严重的厄尔尼诺带来的破坏和灾难。
Part V
Composition Model (for Reference only)
Family Cars in China
With the development of car industry and the improvement of the people’s living standard in China, more and more cars are going into Chinese families. Some families have cars made in China, and others own cars imported from abroad. They drive them either to work or for holidays.
Cars have quite a number of advantages. It is very convenient to travel by cars, and this saves a lot of time. As a means of transportation easy to handle, family cars can carry not only people, but also goods. They can go almost anywhere owing to their small size. That’s why more and more families are trying to buy them.
However, just as a coin has two sides, cars also have some disadvantages. They cost the owners a lot of money for the fuel, insurance and maintenance; they are responsible for air pollution; and what’s more, car accidents kill hundreds of people each year and traffic jams happen very often. All these cause us many problems. Therefore, we should work out some ways to solve them.
