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1、Part I Oral Communication (10 points)Section ADirections: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues andeach dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken fromthe dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to completethe dialogue and mark your answer on the

2、Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA.They had been in there for about 5 minutesB.Its the other man Im talking aboutC.I thought you said there were three menBurney: There were two men, I think. No, three. They ran into the bankand the one with the gun，the tall one, he runs up to the window,and starts shouting

3、something, I dont know, Give me all yourmoney and the other onePolice officer: _ 1_ ?Burney: No, there were two men and a girl. _ 2_ the onecarrying the suitcase, well, he goes up to the other guyPolice officer: The one with the gun?Burney: Yes, and he opens the suitcaseand the cashier, well, she -

4、well,all the other people behind the window - they hand over piles ofmoney and two men put it into the suitcase and they run out. Itwas l:35._3_Dialogue TwoA.I like a good storyB.They still make movies like thatC.People today dont like thatSpeaker A: I like watching old l movies and I think they are

5、 the best.Speaker B: I agree with you, even though theyre in black and white. Ithink a good story is more important than color.Speaker A: And there was no violence in old movies.Speaker B: No, there wasnt. _ 4_Speaker A: They like lots of action.Speaker B:_ 5_Speaker A:I like to see actors who are l

6、ike real people.Speaker B: Like real people with real problems.Speaker A:_6_Speaker B: Yes, but they never make much money.Section BDirections: In this section there is one incomplete interview which hasfour blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill ineach of the blanks w

7、ith one of the choices to complete the interview andmark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A.I do a lot of research on the Internet tooB.I document everythingC.Of course they mail their friends endlesslyD.I do a lot of my shopping on the net nowInterviewer: Ms. Chen, can you tell us which pieces of te

8、chnology areimportant to you?Interviewee: Three things: my Sharp laptop; my iphone5; and myOlympus digital camera. _7_: the kids, art,buildings, clothes, scenesthat catch my eye as I walk past.Interviewer: What do you use your computer for?Interviewee: Well, I send emails all the time. But I do a lo

9、t of my designwork on screen now and I can send my ideas straight todirectors and producers. _ 8_ - thereare some fantastic sites around now.Interviewer: Who uses the computer at home?Interviewee: The kids use the computer all the time at home. _9_- and on top of that theyre always texting on their

10、mobilephones! They play computer games when they think I ortheir father arent looking! They dont like doing homework,of course, but there are some really good revision sites onthe Internet. _ 10_ - 15minutes for a whole supermarket visit! That feels reallygood.Part II Vocabulary (10 points)Direction

11、s: In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word orphrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, Cand D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer onthe Answer Sheet.11. Now and in the future, we will live as free people, not in fear and neverat t

12、he mercy of any foreign powers.A. in the in terest ofB. un der the con trol ofC .for the sake ofD. at the cost of12. Public acceptanceof rabbit as an economical source of protein depends on how aggressively producers market it.A. vigorously B. effectively C. efficie ntly D. rigorously13. Many New En

13、gland communities do not permit the constructionmodernist building, st it alter their overall architecturalin tegrity.A.in case that B. in spite thatC. for fear that D. in order that14. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what iscon ceived to be reality .A. imag in ati o

14、n B. impressi on C. prese ntati on D. expressi on15. Televisi on commercial have bee n un der con sta nt scruti ny for thelast few years.A. pressure B. reflect ion C. exam in ati on D. attack16. The mayor has spe nt a handsome amount of time in his last termworking to bring down the tax rate.A. suff

15、icie nt B. ple ntyC. con siderable D. moderate17. His poor performa nee maybe attributed to the lack of motivatio n.A. caused by B. focused onC. take n forD. viewed as18. The new cut in interest rate is meant to promote domestic inv estment.A. en courage B. obtai n C. publicize D. advertise19. Condi

16、tions for the growth of this plant are optimum in early20. She ofte n says her greatest happ in ess con sists in help ing thedisadva ntaged childre n.A. is proporti on ate to B. is composed ofC. lies inD. relies onof asummer.A. most acceptableC. most favoriteB. most expressiveD. most desirablePart I

17、II Reading Comprehension (25 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there are four passages followed by questionsor unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C andD. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneOf all the lessons taught by the

18、financial crisis, the most personalhas been that Americans aren t so good at money-management. Wetake out home loans we cant afford. We run up sky-high credit-card debt.We dont save nearly enough for retirement.In response, supporters of financial-literacy education are movingwith renewed enthusiasm

19、.School districts in states such as New Jerseyand Illinois are adding money-managementcourses to their curriculum.The Treasury and Education departments are sending lesson plans tohigh schools and encouraging students to compete in the NationalFinancial Capability Challenge that begins in March.Stud

20、ents with top scores on that exam will receive certificates -butchances for long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is littleevidence that traditional efforts to boost financial know-how help studentsmake better decisions outside the classroom. Even as thefinancial-literacy movement has

21、gained steam over the past decade,scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learnabout things such as budgeting, credit cards, insurance and investments.A recent survey of college students conducted for the JumpStart Coalitionfor Personal Financial Literacy found that students

22、 whod had apersonal-finance or money-management course in high school scored nobetter than those who hadnt.We need to figure out how to do this the right way, says LewisMandell, a professor at the University of Washington who after 15 yearsof studying financial-literacy programs has come to the conc

23、lusion thatcurrent methods dont work. A growing number of researchers andeducators agree that a more radical approach is needed. They advocatestarting financial education a lot earlier than high school, putting realmoney and spending decisions into kids hands and talking openly aboutthe emotions and

24、 social influences tied to how we spend .Other initiatives are tacking such real-world issues as thecommercial and social pressures that affect purchasing decisions. Whyexactly do you want those expensive brand-name shoes so badly? Ittakes confidence to take a stand and to think differently, says Je

25、rooBillimoria , founder of Aflatoun, a nonprofit whose curriculum, used inmore than 30 countries ,aims to help kids get a leg up in their financiallives . ”“ This goes beyond money and savings21. The financial-literacy education is intended to_.A. help Americans to overcome the financial crisisB. en

26、able Americans to manage money wiselyC. increase Americans awareness of the financial crisisD. renew Americans enthusiasm about money-management22. According to the author, the National Financial Capability Challengewill be_.A. well-received B. costlyC. rewarding D. ineffective23. By saying that the

27、 financial-literacy movement has gainedsteam(Para .3) , the author means that the movement_ .A. has gone through financial difficultiesB. has received much criticismC. has been regarded as imaginativeD. has been more and more popular24. Lewis Mandell suggests that we should figure out how toA. help

28、students score better in money-management coursesB. improve the social awareness of financial educationC. carry out financial-literacy education properlyD. manage money in a more efficient way25. Jeroo Billimoria is most likely to agree that commercial and socialpressures make ones purchasing decisi

29、ons_ .A. difficult B. feasible C. unwise D. acceptablePassage TwoCheating is nothing new, but today, educators and administratorsare finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of studentshave become more frequent -and are less likely to be punished - than inthe past. Cheating appears

30、to have gained acceptance among good andpoor students alike.Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows .Someblame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among todaysyouth. Others have attributed increased cheating to the fact that todaysyouth are far more pragmatic （实用主义的）tha

31、n their more idealisticpredecessors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies， studentswere filled with visions about changing the world ，today s students feelgrperaetssure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students at highschools and colleges around the country, both young men and w

32、omensaid that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out ofspite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game.Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty. People arecompetitive, said a second-year college student named Anna, fromChicago. Theres an un

33、derlying fear. If you dont do well, your life is goingto be ruined. The pressure is not only form parents and friends but fromoneself .To achieve .To succeed .It almsost as though we have to outdoother people to achieve our own goals,Edward Wynne , a magazine editor ,blames the rise in academicdisho

34、nesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachershave been too hesitant to take action .Dwight Huber, chairman of theEnglish department at Amarillo seesthe matter differently, blaming therise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. I would cheat if I felt Iwas being cheated, Mr

35、. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachersgives short-answer tests rather than essay questionasnd rate students bythe number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they canput information together, students will try to beat the system. Theconcept of cheating is based on the false as

36、sumption that the system islegitimate and there is something wrong with the individual who are doingit, he said. Thats too easy an answer. Weve got to start looking at thesystem.26.Educators are finding that students who cheat_ .A. are not only those academically weakB. tend to be dishonest in later

37、 yearsC. are more likely to be punished than beforeD. have poor academic records27.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A.Reform in the testing system will eliminate cheating.B.Punishment is an effective method to stop cheating.C.Students cheating has deep social roots

38、.D. Students do not cheat on essay tests.28.Which of the following points of view would Mr. Huber agree with ?A.Cheating would be reduced through an educational reform.B.Students who cheat should be expelled from school.C.Punishment for cheaters should be severe in this country.D.Parents must take r

39、esponsibility for the rise in cheating.29.The expression the individuals (the last paragraph) refers toA. school administratorsB.students who cheatC. parentsD. teachers30.The passage mainly discusses_A: ways to eliminate academic dishonestyB: factors leading to academic dishonestyC: the decline of m

40、oral standards of todays youthD: peoples tolerance of students cheatingPassage ThreeLast week, I read a story about a 34-year-old British woman who isextremely afraid of metal forks. Shes been using plastic ones for 17 yearsbecause the sound of a fork rubbing against a plate gives her a panicattack.

41、Stran ge, right? But shes not alone. While popular phobias 恐惧 症)about snakes and spiders might get all of the attention, there are a widevariety of not-so-obvious horrors that make people nervous.While some phobias might seem a bit silly, they can cause seriousemotional distress. My co-worker Magda

42、is terrified of pigeons, a phobiathat is taking over her life. She wont walk in certain parts of the city andruns screaming from the subway when one of these rats with wingsfinds its way onto the platform. Another friend is disgusted withcheese.Once I saw her run away from a slice of it. So where do

43、es anirrational fear of cheesecome from?Are phobias something we inherit from our genes or do we acquirethese unusual anxieties over time?Ever since I can remember I have been unreasonably frightened ofelevators. There was no terrible childhood experience and I am fine withconfined spaces, but somet

44、hing about elevators makes me nervous. Andso, when my boyfriend and I found ourselves trapped in an elevator lastyear - becausethese sorts of things always happen eventually- I wasanticipating the worst.While he gave me a suggestive eyebrow raise and proposed wetake advantage of the situation, I beg

45、an screaming uncontrollably. I wasfar from turned on by the whole facing my worst nightmare thing.However, after the fear subsided(消 肖退)I realized that, yes, thiswas my greatest fear come true, and yet - it wasnt all that bad. Nervousand inconvenient maybe, but terrifying? Not so much.Liberating you

46、rself from a deep-seated phobia can be a long anddifficult process, but sometimes it can be as simple as confronting it headon.31. The 34-year-old British woman is extremely afraid of metal forksbecauseA. she has never used them beforeB. she has been injured by them beforeC. she couldnt bear their s

47、ound on plateD. she is afraid that they may hurt her32. The phrase rats with wings (Para. 3) refers to_A. strange birds B. pigeonsC. devilsD. exotic rats33. The authors fear of elevators is the result of_A. her phobia for no reasonB. her nervousness of being aloneC. her dislike of being in closed sp

48、acesD. her terrible experience34. After the fear subsided, the author realized that_A. her boyfriends help was importantB. she could have had a good time with her boyfriendC. an elevator ride could be excitingD. it was not as horrible as she had thought35. The purpose for the author to share her exp

49、erience is to_A. illustrate conquering a fear can be difficultB. encourage people to overcome their fearsC. introduce what strange fears people haveD. explain why people have strange fearsPassage FourThe American publics obsession with dieting has led to one of themost dangerous health misconception

50、s of all times. Many television ads,movies, magazine articles, and diet-food product labels would haveconsumers believe that carbohydrates （碳水化合 物） are bad for thehuman body and that those who eat them will quickly become overweight.We are advised to avoid foods such as potatoes, rice and white brea

51、d andopt for meats and vegetables instead. Some companies promote this ideato encourage consumers to buy their carb-free food products. But thetruth is, the human body needs carbohydrates to function properly, and abody that relies on carbohydrates but is exhaustedof this dietary elementis not in go

52、od shape after all.Most foods that we consume on a daily basis like potatoes and riceare loaded with carbohydrates. Contrary to popular belief, carbohydrateshave many health benefits some fight diseases such as high bloodpressure and heart disease, and others help to prevent cancer and stroke.Cuttin

53、g these foods out of your diet may deprive your body of the manyhealth benefits of carbohydrates.One of the best benefits of carbohydrates is their ability to help tomaintain the health of our organs, tissues, and cells. Scientific studieshave shown that one type of carbohydrate called fiber reduces

54、 the risk ofheart disease. Carbohydrates also containantioxidants（抗氧化剂 ）, which protect the bodys cells from harmful particles withthe potential to cause cancer.This does not mean that the human body can survive on a diet composedentirely of carbohydrates. We also need certain percentages of protein

55、s and fats tomaintain healthy bodies. But carbohydrates certainly should not be avoidedaltogether. In fact, the food pyramid, the recommended basis of a healthy diet,shows that a person should consume six to eleven servings of breads and grains, aswell as three to four servings each of fruits and ve

56、getables - allcarbohydrate-containing foods. It is easy to see why cutting carbohydrates out of apersons diet is not a good idea.The only way to know what is truly healthy for your own body is to talk to anutritionist or dietician, who can help you choose foods that are right for you as wellas guide

57、 you toward a proper exercise program for weight loss, or muscle gain.These professionals will never tell you to cut out carbohydrates entirely! The bottomline: listen to the experts, not the advertisers!36. As is used in Paragraph l, the word exhausted most possibly meansA. derived B. deprivedC. st

58、artled D. starving37. According to the author, advertisers who sell “ car-bfree ” productsA. offer healthy optionsB. are responsible for obesityC. are not telling the truth D. value consumers well-being38. Which of the following is NOT one of the health benefits of carbohydrates?A. Prevention of fib

59、er reduction.B. Prevention of heart disease.C. Prevention of stroke.D. Prevention of cancer.39. It can be inferred from the passage that a healthy diet .A. needs enough proteins but no fat for us to maintain energyB. is balanced between carbohydrates, and proteins and fatsC. is low in carbohydrates

60、and high in proteins and fatsD. contains equal amounts of carbohydrates and proteins40. The main purpose of the passage is toA. promote more physical exerciseB. advocate a healthy dietC. describe the variety of carbohydratesD. explain how to live a healthy lifeSection BDirections: In this section, y