1、4. A. The train will arrive on time. B. The train is late due to the storm.C. The woman will take the next train. D. The woman has to wait for the train.5. A. She talks too much. B. She doesnt like speaking.C. She is always very frank. D. She often talks loudly.6. A. She doesnt want to have a birthd
2、ay party. B. She doesnt like the gift.C. She wants to forget her birthday. D. She doesnt want to grow old.7. A. The woman doesnt want to go out in the evening.B. The film is not worth seeing at all.C. The man wont go to the movies with the woman.D. The mail is very tired from his work.8. A. The summ
3、er this year is terribly hot. B. Last summer was even hotter.C. Hot weather helps people lose weight. D. Light was stronger this morning.9. A. He should have invited Mary. B. He is doing business with Mary.C. He was not a man of his word. D. He didnt want to ask Mary to the party.10. A. She would ra
4、ther invite more people to come.B. They prepared too much food at a previous meeting.C. The family members always eat a lot.D. They should prepare more food and drinks.Section B In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on eac
5、h of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 t
6、hrough 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. She was born in a poor family.B. She worked as a doctor in her early life.C. She spent her whole life in London.D. She decided to help the poor when she was young.12. A. Because of the poor living conditions.B. Because she was sent to a settlement
7、house.C. Because of her health problem.D. Because her family moved to another city.13. A. She founded the first settlement house in America.B. She wrote books about the problems faced by the poor.C. She introduced laws to help workers, women, and children.D. She helped those had come to America from
8、 other countries.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They are available in different languages except Russian.B. They are a range of useful desktop publishing packages.C. They are not allowed to be taken out of the college.D. They can help the students with their langua
9、ge learning.15. A. Consult him frequently. B. Use the computer regularly.C. Occupy the computer early. D. Print essays patiently.16. A. Micro-computer lab service. B. Facilities of a college.C. The use of micro-computers. D. The operating of printers.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the followin
10、g conversation.17. A. He is the journalist of a local newspaper.B. He is a huge fan of international stories.C. He is an experienced editor of a TV program.D. He is an advocate for environmental protection.18. A. Current trends in economic development. B. Domestic issues of general social concern.C.
11、 International relations and foreign policies. D. Conflicts among different political parties.19. A. Based on what the public wants to know.B. By interviewing people who have stories.C. By analyzing the current social problems.D. Based on public expectations and editors judgment.20. A. First-hand st
12、ories. B. Practical experience.C. Audiences feedback. D. Educational background. Grammar and Vocabulary After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given w
13、ord; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.The Grasshopper in Van Gogh PaintingArt conservators (管理员) dream of finding (21) _ (hide) secrets in the masterpieces they look after. Rarely do they expect to find a dead grasshopper.Conservators at the Nelson-Atkins museum of art in
14、 Kansas City said they discovered the dead insect in one of its star paintings, Vincent van Goghs Olive Trees, when it (22) _ (scan) as part of the research for a catalogue of its French painting collection.It was spotted by Mary Schafer. She told a local broadcaster that she found it in the works l
15、ower foreground. “(23) _ (look) at the painting with the microscope, I came across the tiny body of a grasshopper covered in the paint, so it (24) _ have occurred in the wet paint back in 1889.“We can connect it to Van Gogh painting outside, so we think of him battling the elements, dealing with the
16、 wind, the bugs, and then hes got to walk back to his studio through the fields. Whats fun is that we can come up with all these stories for (25) _ the insect landed in the paint.”Schafer said they were curious to know if the grasshopper could be studied (26) _ (far) to possibly identify which seaso
17、n Van Gogh painted Olive Trees.Michael Engel, a professor at the University of Kansas, was approached (27) _ (examine) the grasshopper further. He discovered that part of the insects body was missing and there was no sign of movement in the surrounding paint. In other words, it was already dead (28)
18、 _ it somehow landed on the artists wet canvas and could not be used for dating purposes.Van Gogh painted Olive Trees in 1889, the year after his falling out with his friend Gauguin, (29) _ may have led to his famous act of self-mutilation in the history of art: cutting off his own ear.The grasshopp
19、er may not help in any art historical research but it has become a talking point for museum visitors, looking closely into the painting to see (30) _ they can spot the dead insect. Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one w
20、ord more than you need.A. concerns B. illegal C. circulation D. recommended E. launched F. conducting G. witnessing H. innovation I. emphasized J. regulations K. criticismsExperts agree that it is becoming a growing trend that more and more consumers across the country are using cashless payment met
21、hods.In fact, as early as 1988, the State Council released _(31)_ to encourage bank transfers and to reduce using cash during economic activities. Today, the move toward a cashless society could “reduce the risks of using cash, save on costs and as a matter of convenience, prevent _(32)_ activities
22、such as money laundering (洗钱),” Dong Ximiao, a research fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told the Global Times.But China is not the first country to seek a cashless society. Developed states like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also _(33)_ the
23、increase of cashless payment. The rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no challenges and _(34)_.Alibabas Hema store, where customers can shop, dine and order goods for delivery from their mobile phones, have come into the spotlight recently. Media reports said that consumer
24、s cant purchase goods with cash there, which would be considered illegal. A Hema PR representative told the Global Times that all 13 Hema stores in the country do in fact allow consumers to pay in cash. She noted that Hema store simply _(35)_ consumers to pay via Alipay for convenience purposes.Alip
25、ay and WeChat Pay, the nations two major third-party mobile payment tools, also _(36)_ campaigns this month to encourage more merchants and customers to use cashless payment methods. Both called for the establishment of a “cashless society”, which caused _(37)_ over whether cash will soon disappear.
26、 Dong _(38)_ that a cashless society would not mean that cash would completely disappear. “As the economy grows,the _(39)_ of cash is still very huge,” noted Dong.“Also, its important to remember that nearly half of Chinas population lives in rural areas, especially in undeveloped western regions, a
27、nd therefore is not able to enjoy _(40)_ brought by the Internet,” Dong said. “And when it comes to Chinas senior citizens, most of them prefer to use cash in their daily life,” he added. Reading Comprehension For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and
28、 D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Eating fast food makes people impatient even when they are not short of time, a new study claims.Students in the study became _(41)_ even when shown the logo of burger chain McDonalds so quickly on screen that they could not _
29、(42)_ it.Researchers say that daily exposure to fast food brands could have a subliminal (潜意识的) effect on _(43)_, making people hurry regardless of whether they are pushed for time. They conclude: “Our experiments suggest that the _(44)_ goal of saving time embedded in fast food may have die unexpected consequence of causing hurriedness and impatience.”Thinking about fast food increases _(45)_ for time-saving products. “More _(46)_, we found that the mere exposure to fast food symbols reduced people
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