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Section 1In this section, you will read five short texts. There is a question and four possible answers for each text. Choose the best answer for each question.1WEATHER(All information provided by the Central Meteorological Observatory)12 pm April 11 12 pm April 12 (Saturday) 12 pm April 12 12 pm April 13City Min Max Weather Min Max WeatherBeijing 20 26 drizzleChengdu 21 27 showerDali 17 25 drizzleDunhuang 14 32 cloudyGuangzhou 25 33 moderate rainGuilin 25 34 showerHangzhou 25 35 cloudyJiuzhaigou 13 21 drizzleLhasa 11 21 showerLushan 19 26 cloudyQingdao 22 25 moderate rainShanghai 27 34 overcastUrumqi 17 29 clearWutaishan 11 20 overcastXian 21 32 cloudyXiamen 25 30 shower 19 30 shower 22 29 cloudy 17 24 drizzle 15 31 cloudy 25 33 shower 25 32 drizzle 26 36 cloudy 11 20 drizzle 10 23 cloudy 22 27 cloudy 22 26 drizzle 27 34 cloudy 17 30 clear 8 11 drizzle 22 34 cloudy 24 32 drizzle1. Which cities share the same weather on the weekend? A. Guangzhou and Qingdao. B. Beijing and Dali. C. Shanghai and Wutaishan D. Lhasa and Chengdu2NOVEMBER SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930OCTOBERSUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031DECEMBER SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930301. Mary is allowed to order her lunch from a small restaurant on the third Thursday of every month. During the month of November, she orders it on the _. A. 16th.B. 17thC. 21stD. 14th3Advertising means to draw peoples attention to something. It is a central feature of our lives. Sales depend upon it. So does our knowledge of what is available. Read the following adverts and see how much you understand them.1. About what they advertise, we can safely say that _ . A. Adverts（I）and（）advertise two productsB. Adverts（）and（IV）advertise servicesC. Adverts（II）and（）advertise beliefs D. Adverts（I）and（IV）provide jobs4Part-time Work with Exchange StudentsYOUTH International is a nonprofit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The Community Representative is a parttime position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money.Applicants (申请人)best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in crosscultural communication , and feel comfortable network. Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the U.S. Positions available in most states.If interested, please email: or call 888-123-9872.1.Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International? AOne who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.BOne who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.COne who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.DOne who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.5HOW TO BOOK By phone:Call Ticketmaster 24 hr Booking Line on 0844 847 2484Online:www.PalaceandOperaH.ukor www.ticketmaster.co.ukIn Person:The Palace Theatre Ticket Centre,Oxford Street. Manchester,Ml 6FT(Mon Sat 10am-8pm)By Post:Stating the performance and choice of seats ,enclosing（附寄）a cheque , postal order ,or your credit card details to The Palace Theatre Ticket Centre , Oxford Street , Manchester , Ml 6FT . Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Save pounds on tickets NOW!Join Live Nations Card for just 30 a year and enjoy a whole range of discounts and benefits .Youll save money from the first time you use your Live Cardnot just on tickets ,but on programmes and reduced booking fees . Live Card members often join the audience on opening nights or enjoy generous discounts throughout the run of a show.Call 0844 499 6699 to join Live Card today. By getting together as a group of 10 or more you can save money on tickets for your favourite shows.Group bookers benefit from a direct free telephone booking line, and dont pay booking fees .Invitations to parties and book-now-pay-later progammes are all part of our great service to group bookers.Join the hundreds of people already taking advantage of our group booking.Call 0800 587 5007 to talk to one of our group booking assistants about your group visit to the Palace Theatre or Opera House.For further information please call 0161 245 6609.1. If you want to join Live Card to save money on tickets, you can call A0844 847 2484 B0800 587 5007C0844 499 6699 D0161 245 6609Section 2In this part, you will read five descriptions and six piece of information related to them. Match the description and the related information. Notice there is one extra piece of information you do not need.ANot only gives us advice but is free.B. We may control over what we eat.C. A new website gives us nutritional analysis.D. Eating properly does good to our health.E. We have to choose a new and healthy website.F. The recommendations are based on daily food.1_While we may not have any control over our body shapes and inherited genes (遗传), we are lucky enough to have control over what we choose to eat. And it is this choice that can make an un believable difference to our health and wellbeing (happiness)2_Just by eating properly, you and your family can make impressive improvement to your health, weight and energy levels. What you choose to eat can also reduce the risk of many diseases that may cause early death or disability, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes (糖尿病)3_Visit , a new website designed to help you work out exactly where your food choices are taking you. For instance, some food and vegetables are fast becoming known as one of the most popular defenses against cancer. But are you consuming enough of them and from the best sources? Or maybe you are constantly feeling very tired. If so, there is a chance your diet is imbalanced. This is where the Formula( a set of principles) for life analysis will help you to work out how much you are missing out on.4_The great thing about your analyzing your diet online at Formula for Life is that it is free to everyone and it gives you a chance to look at your diet realistically. If you do need to make some adjustments, it can also show how to get back on track for a healthy life.5_The recommendations are realistic. Formula for Life will only advise you to change your diet with everyday food. Jus-think, no supplements (补品), no special productsjust everyday food available from your local fruit and vegetable store, butcher and supermarket. So forget speculating (猜测 ) about how healthily you are eatingget the facts and do something about it with Formula for Life.Section 3In this part, you will read a passage and five questions about it. Choose the best answer for each question.Saturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskayas mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed(诊断) with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husbands funeral. “Your father will forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him,” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the day at the hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskayas apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind,” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner