1、Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four po
2、ssible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. policewoman. B. A judge. C. A reporter. D. A waitress.2. A. Confident. B. Puzzled. C. Satisfied. D. Worried.3. A. At a restaurant. B. At a car rental agency. C. In a bank. D. In a driving schoo
3、l.4. A. A disaster. B. A new roof. C. A performance. D. A TV station.5. A. Catch the train. B. Meet Jane. C. Get some stationery. D. Clean the backyard.6. A. Ask for something cheaper. B. Buy the vase she really likes. C. Protect herself from being hurt. D. Bargain with the shop assistant.7. A. Use
4、a computer in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course. C. Help him revise his report. D. Gel her computer repaired.8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Shocked. D. Sympathetic.9. A. She doesnt plan to continue studying next year. B. She has already told the man about her plan. C. She isnt planning to leave
5、her university. D. She recently visited a different university.10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor. B. It misinterpreted the mayors speech. C. It made the mayors view clearer. D. It earned the mayors speech accurately.Section B In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked th
6、ree questions on each of the passages. The passages 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 through 13 are based on
7、 the following passage.11. A. 70 B. 20 C. 25. D. 7512. A. The houses there cant be B. It is a place for work and holiday. C. he cabins and facilities D. It is run by the residents themselves.13. A. A skiing B. A special community C. A splendid mountain D. A successful businesswomanQuestions 14 throu
8、gh 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Those who often sent text messages. B. Those who suffered from heart disease. C. Those who did no physical exercise. D. whose who were unmarried15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages. C. They typed 10 percent faster on av
9、erage. D. They edited more passages.16. A. Why chemical therapy works. B. Why marriage helps fight cant C. How unmarried people survive D. How cancer is detected after marriage.Section C In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each c
10、onversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Travellers Survey SheetTravel purpose: for a(n) 17
11、 in LondonComments on the airport environment / facilities: Likes: 18 19 walkways Dislikes: 20 shops small trolleysBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What is critical thinking in reading?Assessing the writers
12、 ideas and thinking about the 21 of what the writer is saying.What is the first step in reading an academic text critically?Finding out the argument and the writers main line of 22 .What may serve as the evidence? 23 , survey results, examples, etc.What is the key to critical thinking?To read active
13、ly and 24 .II. Grammar and vocabulary After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blan
14、k.(A)My Stay in New YorkAfter graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, (25)_I might have a better chance to find a good job. (26) _ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local caf as
15、a waiter. I believe that (27) _ _ _ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (28) _ (exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature a
16、t university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that (29) _ I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps (30) _my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.Soon I had
17、 lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty (31) _ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned (32) _I realize
18、that a quiet town life was the best for me.(B)The giant vending machine (自动售货机) is a new village shop Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in form of the countrys first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in th
19、e Derbyshire Village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week. Peter Fox, who is (33)_electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working on the project. The machine (34)_ (equip) with securing cameras and alarms an
20、d looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window. Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, (35)_ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities. He said:“ I had this idea a few yea
21、rs ago but I couldnt find a manufacture who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by (36)_. The result is what amounts to huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term “automatic shop” is far (37)_ (appropriate) In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains (38)_ force vil
22、lage shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, (39)_ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new communities stores. Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteer-run
23、 shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution (40)_these villages without a local shop. Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. alert B. classify C. commit D. delicately E. ge
24、ntle F. imposeG. labels H. moderation I. relieve J. signals K. simplyLets say youve decided you want to eat more healthfully. However, you dont have time to carefully plan menus for meals or read food _41_ at the supermarket. Since you really_42_ yourself to a healthier lifestyle, a little help woul
25、d come in handy, wouldnt it? This is where a choice architect can help_43_some of the burden of doing it all yourself. Choice architects are people who organize the contexts in which customers make decisions. For example, the person who decides the layout of your local supermarket-including which sh
26、elf the peanut butter goes on, and how the oranges are piled upis a choice architect.Governments dont have to_44_healthier lifestyles through laws for example, smoking bans. Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architect-one that encourages us to choose what is best-we will do the rig
27、ht things. In other words, there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices, without removing freedom of choice. This idea combines freedom to choose with_45_hints from choice architects, who aim to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.The British and
28、 Swedish governments have introduced a so-called traffic light system to _46_foods as healthy or unhealthy. This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat, sugar, and salt each product contains_47_by looking at the lights on the package. A green light _48_that the amounts of the three nu
29、trients are healthy; yellow indicates that the customer should be_49_; and red means that the food is high in at least one of the three nutrients and should be eaten in _50_. The customer is given important health information, but is still free to decide what to choose.III. Reading Comprehension For
30、 each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films weve just watched or books weve just finished reading, but plain and simple _51_.Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we _52_ do with it? We gossip. About others behaviour and private lives, such as whos
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