Part IWriting (30 minutes)
　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡l上。
　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: What Jobs Do College Graduates Want to Take? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

        1． 目前大学毕业生的择业情况
　　2． 男、女学生就业选择的区别
　　3．我的观点
　　What Jobs Do College Graduates Want to Take?
 

　　Part IIReading 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 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.

　　Google Closes In on DoubleClick Deal
　　Score one for Googie. The Federal Trade Commission ruled Dec. 20 that it would not block Google's (GOOG) proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of leading online ad-serving and tracking firm DoubleClick. The 4-1 decision in Googie's favor marked
　　a major win for the Web search Goliath, which is battling to expand its considerable share of the $30 billion online advertising market beyond tiny text ads related to Web queries.
　　But Google can't claim victory yet. The European Union's antitrust commission still needs to sign off on the merger before Google can begin incorporating DoubleClick into its business. That may not happen without Google agreeing to certain conditions, if at all. Already, the EU has raised concerns about its impact on consumer privacy. "This is round one of a two-round battle," says Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), a nonprofit public interest group that opposed the merger. "The EU can kill the deal, there is no question about it."
　　The FTC said in its decision that it could only consider privacy concerns as they relate to marketplace competition. But it did issue a separate statement with some recommendations concerning online customer data collection and privacy.
　　The Personal Business of Ad Placement
　　Google has faced strong opposition to its online advertising ambitions since it announced plans to acquire DoubleClick in April (BusinessWeek.com, 4/14/07 ). Competitors for online ad dollars, such as Microsoft (MSFT), argue the merger will
　　enable Google to effectively control the market. Ads placed beside Web search results account for more than 40% of the dollars spent online, and Google controls more than two-thirds of that market, according to eMarketer. Much of the remaining online ad dollars go to display ads, the poster-like banners--DoubleClick's forte--that run on most Web sites.
　　Online ads are priced based on how well they are matched to the target consumer. Google collects data on searches performed by individual computers, and DoubleClick records information about the computers that visit the Web pages in its network. The more data they collect, the better they can match a marketer's ad to a potentially interested customer, and the higher the premium they can charge on the ad.
　　But consumer groups see the issue another way: the more data collected, the higher the risk of violating someone's privacy. For the past eight months, groups voiced concerns to the FTC that a combined Google/DoubleClick would aggregate too much information about what Web surfers do online, putting consumers at risk. In the end, the majority of the commissioners decided DoubleClick does not control enough of the display-ad market to give Google an unfair monopoly.
　　"Competition among firms in this market is vigorous and will likely increase," the commission majority wrote in a statement.
　　Increased Competition
　　Recent announcements by Googie's chief competitors support this argument. On Dec. 19, Microsoft--one of the few to challenge Google's merger before the FTC--announced a $500 million, five-year advertising deal to place ads on Viaeom's (VIA) network of popular Websites, including MTV.com. Microsoft will also be able to sell ad space on Viacom pages that are not in a premium position, based on the data it has about visitors to Viacom's sites.
　　Microsoft also recently solidified multiyear advertising agreements with Facebook, the second most popular social.network in the U.S., after News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace, and well-trafficked social news site Digg (BusinessWeek.com, 9/19/07 ). "When Microsoft comes into a room and talks about anticompetitive behavior and threats to privacy, no one can take them seriously," says the CDD's Chester.
　　It also didn't help Google opponents that many of the company's competitors recently struck agreements to buy ad networks themselves, similar to Google's proposed deal with DoubleClick. Microsoft bought DoubleClick competitor a Quantive for $6 billion in May (BusinessWeek.com, 5/18/07 ). Yahoo! (YHOO) and Time Waruer's (TWX) AOL also
　　scooped up ad-serving and targeting firms earlier this year. Meanwhile, independent players, such as Specific Media, have secured millions in funding to consolidate their operations with other smaller ad networks (Business Week.com, 11/1/07 ).
　　In a statement on Google's blog, Chief Legal Officer David Drummond applauded the ruling: "The FTC's decision publicly affirms what we and numerous independent analysts have been saying for months, our acquisition does not threaten competition in what is a robust, innovative, and quickly evolving online advertising space."
　　Privacy Violation?
　　But will it threaten Web users? The final answer may rest with the European Commission. In November the commission delayed a decision on the deal (BusinessWeek.com, 11/14/07 ), saying it was more complicated than many competition cases and demanded further review. The EC has until Apr. 2 to issue a ruling.
　　Privacy advocates worry that Google, combining its wealth of search data with the information DoubleClick collects on who visits clients' sites, would violate consumer privacy. The sheer volume of information that DoubleClick collects would make it easy for Google to understand nearly everything about what millions of individual consumers do on the Web, critics say.
　　G0ogle counters that DoubleClick clients own information about who visits their sites and what they do there. Many of those clients would consider it a violation of that agreement for Google to, say, sell car ads on its Gmail service to people who have recently visited an automotive site that uses DoubleClick. As a result, Google says, it can't simply fuse its data with DoubleClick's customer information. However, privacy groups argue that Google could easily encourage DoubleClick clients
　　to relinquish their data in exchange for, say, free search ads.
　　The FTC did offer a ray of hope for privacy advocates. The commissioners issued several recommendations about behavioral targeting, where information about users' Web activity is used to tailor online ads. The FTC said sites should clearly notify users when they're collecting data on their actions, and that sites should limit the length of time they store that data to reduce the risk of it falling into the wrong hands.
　　The FTC said it plans to look into whether "heightened protections" are needed to safeguard consumer privacy online.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；8-10题在答题卡1上。
　　1. Why Google can't claim victory?
 

　　2. The EU has raised concerns about it's influence on

　　3. What percentage does Google master the market?

　　4. Consumer groups have the other idea about the issue, they think the risk of violating someone's privacy is higher if~~

　　5. With whom Microsoft solidified multiyear advertising agreements?

　　6. According to the CDD's Chester, nobody can take Microsoft seriously when __

　　7. Who can be regarded as independent player?

　　8. In November the commission delayed a decision on the deal, saying it was more than many competition cases and demanded further review.
 

　　9. Google counters that DoubleClick clients own information about who visits their sites and _____________
 

　　10. The FTC did offer a ray of hope for _____________
 

　　Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Section A
　　Directions: 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], [BI, [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
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　　Section B
　　Directions: 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 I A 1, I B 1, ~ C ~ and [ D 1. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　Passage One
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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　　Passage Two
　　Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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　　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 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 haue just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you hove written.
　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。
　　Part III Section C
　　 A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a (36)__ investment. The College Board (37) __ that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the (38)__ percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the (39)_ rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones.
　　 Financial aid often helps. But financial (40) __ tell parents to start college (41) __ plans when their child is still very young.
　　 All 50 states and the District of Columbia (42) __ what are called 5-20-9 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to (43) most programs.
　　 Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans. Some of the plans are free of state taxes. And all are free of federal taxes. (44) (45)
　　Families must decide how aggressively they want to put money into stocks, bonds or other investments.(46) This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan.
 

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

　　Section A
　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each
　　choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
　　 Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug (自鸣得意的 ): a new Danish study says looking young 47 means a longer life. Research suggests that people who look younger than their years also live longer.
　　 In 2001, Danish researchers 48 physical and cognitive tests on more than 1,800 pairs of twins over aged 70, as well as taking photos of their faces. Three groups of people who didn't know the twins' real ages guessed how old they were. The researchers then 49 how long the twins 50 over 7 years.
　　The experts found that people who looked younger than their 51 age were far more likely to survive, even after they 52 for other factors like gender and environment. The bigger the difference in 53 age within any twin pair, the more likely it was that the older-looking twin died first.
　　They also found a possible biological 54 _: people who looked younger also tended to have longer telomeres (端粒), a key DNA. 55 that is linked to aging. People with shorter telomeres are thought to age faster. In the Danish study, the more fresh-faced people had longer telomeres.
　　The authors said that perceived age, which is widely used by doctors as a general 56 of a patient's health, is a good biomarker of aging that predicts survival among people over age 70.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
 

　　Section B
　　Directions: 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 and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
　　Passage One
　　Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
　　 Media mogul (显要人物 ) Ted Turner yesterday sold more than half of his AOL Time Warner Inc. holdings for about $780 million, a move that reflects his efforts to slash his financial stake in the media giant.
　　 After the close of regular trading yesterday, Turner sold a block of 60 million shares to Goldman Sachs & Co. for $13.07 per share, or 31 cents below the stock's closing price yesterday. Goldman was said by Wall Street sources to be offering the
　　stock to major investors for $13.15.
　　 An outspoken critic of the corporation, Turner remains AOL Time Warner's largest individual shareholder, with 45 million shares, and a member of its board of directors. A spokeswoman for Turner referred questions to AOL Time Warner.
　　 At his peak Turner owned about 130 million shares, but he lost billions of dollars in wealth and grew bitter after the stock plunged following the merger of America Online and Time Warner in January 2001.
　　 Turner, who initially supported the merger, later expressed outrage over revelations that America Online had manipulated its financial results. The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating AOL, and the corporation has acknowledged discovering tens of millions of dollars of overstated revenue.
　　 Turner resigned as vice chairman earlier this year and has been spending less of his time on AOL Time Warner matters.
　　He stepped down after achieving his goal of pressuring the founder of America Online---Steve Case---to resign as the corporation's chairman. Case said he was giving up the post to avoid a bruising public battle for reelection at next week's
　　annual meeting.
　　 In the effort to oust Case, Turner teamed up with Gordon Crawford, the senior media portfolio manager at Capital Research & Management, the largest institutional shareholder in AOL Time Warner. Capital Research has indicated it will vote against Case's election to remain on the board of directors next week--a position that analysts said should not affect the outcome. Turner, meanwhile, has said he will support the management slate (候选人) that includes Case and will make Richard D. Parsons the company's chairman and chief executive.
　　 Turner, a visionary who started Cable News Network, is in the midst of rolling out a new chain of restaurants, Ted's Montana Grill, featuring bison burgers. He recently moved his residence from Georgia to Florida for estate-planning purposes
　　and is spending time and money on his independent film company, which lost millions of dollars on a lengthy movie about the Civil War.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　57. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that __
 

　　58. Turner became extremely angry because __

　　59. All of the following about Case are true EXCEPT __

　　60. The last paragraph shows that __

　　6l. The best title for this passage could be

　　Passage Two
　　Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
　　 The era of the cowboy really began after the Civil War (1861-1865). During this decisive war the Texas cattle had roamed undisturbed in the wild, breeding freely on the plains and greatly increasing in number. By the end of the war, however, Texas was filled with wild cattle. The people in the mushrooming cities of the East and in the Middle West wanted more meat for their diet and local farmers could not keep up with their demands. Therefore, the need for the cowboy emerged from the demands of the people and the nature Of the culture.
　　 An image of American folklore which has inspired songs, stories, folk tales and legends has been the cowboy. These romantic figures of the wild frontier probably can trace their origin back to the time of the Spanish conquistadors. The Spanish
　　brought with them to the New World many young men who were experienced with cattle and horses. They were to evolve into the modem-day cowboy. These men were handy with tools and knew how to handle a horse. Some of them discovered the use of rope to catch cattle and developed the lariat.
　　 Their life was not an easy one. In winter they watched over the herds and in the springtime they selected cattle for market, often driving herds of them hundreds of miles to the nearest town. The cattle were then sold to buyers and the routine would start all over again.
　　 The life of a cowboy was an outdoor one endttred nnder harsh conditions. His wide-brimmed hat protected him from the glaring summer sun and his heavy leather jacket and gloves were his defense against the cold winters.
　　 His workday was long beginning before sunrise and lasting well into the night. His best friend was his horse and he spent most of his waking hours in the saddle. His speech was a mixture of Spanish and English and at night by a campfire he wove
　　his speech into songs about life on the prairie.
　　 A great boon to the life of the cowboy was the building of the railroads which connected eastern cities to those out West.
　　In 1866 when the Kansas and Pacific railroad reached the small dusty village of Abilene in Kansas, the life of the cowboy was connected to the rest of the country. Hundreds of small cow towns grew up along the old trails which led the cattle to market,and thus the west became integrated into the economic life of the country.
　　 Today the life of the cowboy is quite different from those early days after the Civil War. Helicopters rather than horses are now used to round up the cattle and modem technology used in the ranches has made the cowboy's life less formidable.
　　Yet, the legends which surround him continue to perpetuate his image as the masterful hero of the Wild West.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　62. The appearance of the cowboy in the United States was due to __

　　63. The cowboy may catch the cattle with the help of~

　　64. Which of the following is true about the life of a cowboy?

　　65. The word "boon" (Line 1, Para. 6) most probably means

　　66. What does the author say about the cowboy?

　　Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
　　Drections: 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 center.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星 ) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts 67 our protective blanket on 68 . Light gets through, and this is essen- tial 69 plants to make the food which we 70 Heat, 71 , makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays (紫外线) penetrate the 72 . Cosmic ( 宇宙的) rays of various kinds come 73 the air from outer space, but 74 quantities of radiation from the sun are
　　screened off. As 75 as men leave the atmosphere they are 76 to this radiation; 77 their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, 78 prevent a lot of radiation damage.
　　Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in 79 . Doses of radiation are measured in 80 called "rems (雷姆 )". We all 81 radiation here on earth from the sun, from cosmic rays and from radioactive minerals.
　　The " 82 " dose of radiation that we receive each year is about 100 millirems; it 83 according to where you live, and this is a very rough estimate. Scientists have reason to think 84 a man can 85 up with far more radia- tion 86 this without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed.
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　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
　　Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。
　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
　　87．Aromatherapy is___________ (不仅有利于放松，而且对减肥也很有效)．
 

　　88．___________ (只要你不断尝试)，you will be able to resolve the difficult problem sooner or later．
 

　　89．Most of my classmates would like that job，therefore，___________(要得到那份工作，竞争将会很激烈)．
 

　　90．Supermarkets are beginning to stock organic food，___________ (以满足顾客对更安全、更健康的肉类和蔬菜的需求)．
 

　　91．The issue price ofthe company'S shares___________ (对许多人来说太高了)．