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2010 年 1 月 4 日听写文本Hi, everyone.Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.My name is Steve.Hi, everyone.My name is Hazel.Hazel, guess what?What?I decided to get a pet.A pet! That’s great, Steve.Pets are a lot of fun.Yeah.And pets are a lot of work too.It’s important to choose a pet that’s just right for you.Mm, that’s true, so I decided to get...A dog?No.A cat.No, no, no.I want a giraffe.A giraffe?Why?Well, giraffes are tall like me.Yeah, but giraffes are too tall to fit in your apartment, Steve.Hmm.Then how about a kangaroo?I can have it, you know, carry my stuff in its pocket.Uh, Steve, do you really want a kangaroo jumping on your bed at night?Hmm, I guess you’re right.So which pet should I get, Hazel?Hmm... Oh, I know.Let’s ask the pet expert.You mean an animal doctor?Yeah. Today’s guest is a veterinarian.Oh.Maybe he can help suggest a pet that fits my lifestyle.I think that’s what we should do, Steve:Ask the expert.Oh, wait!I just thought of the perfect pet.Oh, yeah?Oh, what is it?A fish.A fish!Steve, that’s a great pet for you.That’s right.I’ve always wanted to have a shark.A shark!Steve!Yeah. I can keep it in the swimming pool.Oh, Steve, wait.I think you’d better ask the expert.Hmm. Good idea, Hazel.Friends, let’s turn to page fourteen in our magazines and learn about pets.Happy Pets, Happy PeopleChoosing and caring for the perfect petWhat should a person consider when choosing a pet?The determining factor should be your lifestyle.Do you spend more time at home or outdoors?Do you have small children or elderly people in the house?Do you keep your house neat?You should also ask yourself how long you are willing to commit to the pet.Dogs and cats may live 15 to 20 years, but birds can live 30 years or more.How can people and pets adjust to living with each other?Hi, friends.I’m Chip.And I’m Chelsea.Thanks for joining us today for our Ask the Expert feature.Do you have a pet?If you do, you want your pet to be happy.And if your pet is happy, there’s a good chance you will be happy as well.This article is all about choosing and caring for the perfect pet.We talk to someone who knows quite a lot about how to do these things.Right.This month, we’re talking to an expert named Dr. Hung.And he is a uh... an expert in the field ofV eterinary Medicine.Now if something is involved with veterinary science, then we know that it has something to do with taking care of pets.We’re talking about pet care, pet health, uh, pet medicine.OK.And we could also say that he is a veterinarian since he practices V eterinary Medicine.A veterinarian is just a doctor for animals.We can shorten that and say that he’s a vet.But not only is he a veterinarian, he also acts as Chief Cardiologist uh, at the Cardiospecial V eterinary Hospital in Taipei.And a cardiologist is just a heart specialist.So I imagine, Chip, that that means he spends a lot of time checking the health of animals’ hearts.Right.And actually, uh... if you have your magazine on page fourteen,you can see a picture of Dr. Hung checking the heartbeat of the dog on the table there.And our article uh, first starts off with a question for Dr. Hung.Uh, Studio Classroom asks him:What should a person consider when choosing a pet?Now Chelsea, personally, I think I would probably choose a pet that’s cheap,a pet that uh... you know, is not too expensive.What kind of pet would you choose?Well, I think a... a cheap pet is... is good because, as you know, many pets can get very expensive.But I think I would want something that’s very cute.So I would maybe look for a cute puppy.But of course, we should probably go with the expert’s opinion on this one, so let’s find out what Dr. Hung says.He says that the determining factor or the deciding point should be your lifestyle, should be the way that you live your life.And he goes on to maybe ask some questions about your lifestyle.And he says, ”Do you spend more time at home or outdoors?”.So do you spend more of your time indoors or outdoors? At home or out away from your house?So do you have small children or elderly people in the house with you?That’s another thing to consider.And one other thing, Chelsea.Do you keep your house neat?If you like your house neat and clean and very organized, you might not want to buy a very large dog.I could see that that might get you into some trouble if the dog runs around and knocks things over on the floor.You might have a very messy house very fast.So the doctor tells us that you should also ask yourself:How long are you willing to commit to the pets?And he goes on to tell us specifically about pets’ lives.But before we go on, let’s look at that word:commit.Right. To commit to something is to promise yourself.So actually, in a wedding, you have two people committing to each other.Well, when you buy a pet or when you bring on... bring a pet into your home, then you are committing yourself to the life of that pet.You’re committing, you’re promising to take care of that pet.That’s right.And he goes on to say that dogs and cats may live 15 to 20 years, but birds can actually live 30 years or more.Now I know birds are pretty popular pets.So if you bring one home, you need to be prepared to keep it and take care of it for many, many years.That’s something to think about before you purchase one.We go on to ask Dr. Hung:How can people and pets adjust to living with each other?Let’s look at that word:adjust.Well, if you’re adjusting, then that means that you are changing yourself or you’re changing something in order to fit.So if you move to a different location, then you’ll probably adjust your lifestyle to fit that location.And here when you bring a pet, a new pet into your home,you will probably need to change your lifestyle or adjust your lifestyle to match living with the pet.All right.We have plenty more to ask Dr. Hung. And actually, we’ll get the answer to this question after we talk to Dr. Hung right now,and find out how he became a vet. And then we’ll take a break.But stay with us so we can answer this question when we return.We’re here today at the Cardiospecial V eterinary Hospital to meet with Dr. Joey Hung.He’s the Chief Veterinary Cardiologist here.And we’re going to ask him about taking care of your pets.Let’s go!Dr. Hung, tell us.Why did you decide to become a veterinarian?Um, I grew up in avery traditional Taiwanese family ­ and parents want you to be a doctor.But I love pets better than humans, so I want to be a veterinarian.And... and then I got a very good score in the entrance examination, and then I got into a vet school to become a vet.How do you become a veterinarian?In order to become a vet, of course you have to graduate from the vet school and pass the National Board.At my time, um, we didn’t have official clinical training course, so I went to the United States for my clinical training.I went to the Animal Medical Center in New York first for my internship.And then I went to the Ohio State University for my graduate study in cardiology.And that’s the time when I decided to become a veterinary cardiologist.And then after uh, graduating from the graduate school in Ohio State University,I went down to North Carolina State University for my uh, cardiology residency training.And then after that, I... I became specialized in Veterinarian Cardiology.What’s the difference between a normal veterinarian and a veterinary cardiologist?Most people come to me because their dogs suffer from heart disease.And the reason why they know their dogs...suffer from heart disease is that their doctors tell them their dogs have heart disease,because, of course, your... your pets will not tell you, ”I have a heart disease” or... or something like that.Or sometimes their dogs are having uh... clinical signs of coughing or... or short of breath or we call that exercising tolerance.It means they walk, but they... they’re tired easily.And that’s the time when people will start to think maybe their pets are suffering from heart disease.And of course our hospital here, we have other doctors who are doing uh, general practice.And they can also do general checkup, the skin problem, the GI ­ Gastroenterology problem, something like that.We do everything here.Welcome back from break, everyone.This month, Studio Classroom talks to Dr. Joey Hung about pets and pet care.Dr. Hung is the charter president of the Taiwan Academy of V eterinary Internal Medicine.He also serves as Superintendent and Chief Cardiologist at Cardiospecial Veterinary Hospital in Taipei.We hope that by asking Dr. Hung some key questions, we can make the issues of owning and caring for a pet clearer.Let’s listen to Dr. Hung’s response to our second question about adjusting to life with a pet beginning on line fourteen.Happy Pets, Happy PeopleGood, continuous training and lots of love are the keys to good relationships between pets and people.What is the best way to go about training your pet?Patience! Patience! Patience!Teach your pet one skill at a time, and reward your pet for good performance instead of just punishing it for failures.How much exercise do pets really need?As a general rule of thumb, most dogs need at least 30 minutes of exercise a day.Most cats, in contrast, exercise when they feel like it.Welcome back.Before the break, we... asked Dr. Hung, a veterinary specialist:What do people need to adjust or how can people and pets adjust so that they can live with one another?Well, Dr. Hung answers that first of all, you need to have good, continuous training.Now that... that’s the kind of training or the kind of teaching that is continuous.So it... it lasts a long time and it’s repeated very often.And this is training your pet to behave or to act in the way that you want it to act.That’s not the only thing he suggests.But in addition to continuous training, he also says lots of love is another key to a good relationship between pets and people.I think these are two very basic suggestions.But I think they are very good pieces of advice.There needs to be continuous training and there needs to be a lot of love in order for pet owners and their pets to adjust to one another.Sogood, continuous training and lots of love.Well, here’s a question for you.Can dogs eat chocolate?I think chocolate is pretty tasty, but can dogs eat it?Well, let’s find out.Can dogs eat chocolate?The simple answer is no.Chocolate contains a substance called theobromine, which dogs have a hard time digesting.Dogs will usually vomit and develop diarrhea after eating small amounts of chocolate.If dogs eat large amounts of chocolate, they may become restless or hyperactive, pant or have difficulty breathing.The heart may even stop working, resulting in the animal’s death.Well, that is some pretty good information to know if you own a dog.So now we come to the third question that Studio Classroom asks Dr. Hung.And we say, ”What is the best way to go about training your pet?”.Now this is an important question.We just talked about the fact that in order to adjust to one another, you need to provide continuous training for your pet.It kind of sounds like that’s going to take a lot of time and a lot of effort.But he has a pretty good answer for us.Right.And he sounds very passionate about his answer because he says it three times.He says, ”Patience! Patience! Patience!”.Now patience is the ability to wait for someone or something without getting angry.So if you want to train your pet well, you will need to have that ability.You’ll need to have patience.And he goes on to give some additional advice.He says, ”Teach your pet one skill at a time and reward your pet for good performance instead of just punishing it for failures.”.Let’s go back and look at the first part of that.He says, ”Teach your pet one skill at a time.”.Now it’s... it’s not very wise to think that the first time you bring home a new pet ­ we’ll say a... a new puppy ­ that you’re going to need...you’re going to need more than one day to teach it several different skills.You can’t teach it to sit and to go to the bathroom outside and all these different skills all at once.It takes time.Maybe just a little bit here and there.Right. So you teach your pet one skill at a time.And you reward your pet for things that it does well or for skills that it does correctly, for actions that it does correctly.If you reward someone or something, that means you give it something that it wants uh, because it did something that you wanted it to do.So for example, good teachers will reward their students when their students behave well.So be sure to reward your pet instead of just punishing it for its failures.One more question that we’ll ask today is:How much exercise do pets really need?Another important question.And Dr. Hung answers by saying:As a general rule of thumb, most dogs need at least 30 minutes of exercise a day.Now as a general rule of thumb...Well, a rule of thumb is not really a rule.It’s kind of a good tip that’s based on experience.So a good tip or a good thing to remember is dogs need about 30 minutes of exercise a day.Cats, on the other hand, in contrast, exercise whenever they feel like it.Now that’s all we have for today.But join us tomorrow when we talk more to our expert this month.Before we go today, let’s visit the Chat Room.Hey, Ashley.Did you lose something?Yes. I think I lost my keys.I thought I put them right here on the table, but I must’ve dropped them somewhere.You know, speaking of keys,I was just reading about the keys to good relationships between pets and people in today’s Studio Classroom magazine.Uh, what kind of key is the... article referring to when it says good, continuous training and lots of love are the keys to good relationships?Uh, I think I read about that too.But those are different kinds of keys.They are?How so?Well, I think we should ask Studio Classroom’s editor Linda about this.Let me contact her.Hi, Ken.Hi, Ashley.The kind of keys our lessen refers to isdifferent from the keys you use to open a door.The keys in the lesson are figurative.They don’t open up real doors, but they open up or provide opportunities.In today’s lesson, good, continuous training and love will help you open up an opportunity for a good relationship with your pet.The key leads to something you want or need.You know, many people claim to have the key to success.If you follow their guidelines, you will be successful in life.Or some people say they know the key to losing weight.Well, I hope I made this clear to you.Until next time.Bye!OK. Well, that makes sense except Linda said the keys were figurative.I don’t understand.OK. Figurative is symbolic or not literal.The keys I lost are literal.They are real.But the keys in the lesson are not real keys.They represent the secret to good relationships between pets and people.I see.So any luck with those real keys?Well, guess what?I left them inside one of my books.Oh, good.Well, you found your keys and I found the meaning of key from the lesson.Yes. Do you want to check out that book?Ah, yeah. In a minute.(Chinese).The key to mastering English.(Chinese).Hi, everyone. I’m Michelle.(Chinese).And I guess that’s all the time we have for today.See you tomorrow.Bye­bye.Thank you, Michelle.We always appreciate those helpful tips.Often when we talk about pets, the English vocabulary words seem pretty easy, right?We use words like cat, cute and furry.Well, with this lesson because we’re talking with a veterinarian, the words are a little more challenging.So if you need to get a handle on the World Bank and More Information words,try a little preview and review before tomorrow’s lessons.Friends, go home and hug your dog, cat, bird or fish, and then join us again here for day two of our Ask the Expert lesson.Bye­bye。

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第I卷（共103分）I. Listening prehensionSection ADirections: 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 possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. 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 school.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 a puter in the lab. B. Take a chemistry course.C. Help him revise his report.D. Get her puter repaired.8. A. Amused. B. Embarrassed.C. Shocked.D. Sympathetic.9. A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.B. She has already told the man about her plan.C. She isn't planning to leave her university.D. She recently visited a different university.10. A. It spoke highly of the mayor.B. It misinterpreted the mayor's speech.C. It made the mayor's view clearer.D. It carried the mayor's speech accurately.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three 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 the following passage.11. A. 70. B. 20. C. 25. D. 75.12. A. The houses there can't be sold. B. It is a place for work and holiday.C. The cabins and facilities are shared.D. It is run by the residents themselves.13. A. A skiing resort. B. A special munity.C. A splendid mountain.D. A successful businesswoman.Questions 14 through 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. Those who were unmarried.15. A. They responded more slowly than usual. B. They sent more messages.C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.D. They edited more passages.16. A. Why chemical therapy works.B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.C. How unmarried people survive cancer.D. How cancer is detected after marriage.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, 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.plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 blank.(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 finda good job. （26）______ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as 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 at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big panies. Mother had just said that （29）______ I want to have a better career ad-vancement, 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 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 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 country’s first automatic pushbutton shop. Now res idents in the 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 and 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 ing months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural munities.He said:“ I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn’t find a manufacture w ho 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 mercial pressure from supermarket chains （38）_____ (force) village 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 orsetup new munities stores.Hundreds of munities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteerrun shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution （40）______those villages without a local shop.Section BDirections: plete 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.Let's say you've decided you want to eat more healthfully. However, you don't have time to carefully plan menus for meals or read food 41at the supermarket. Since you really 42 yourself to a healthier lifestyle, a little help would e in handy, wouldn't it? This is where a "choice architect" can help43some 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 de-cides the layout of your local supermarketincluding which shelf the peanut butter goes on, and how the oranges are piled up — is a choice architect.Governments don’t have to44healthier lifestyles through laws for example, smoking bans. Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architectone that encourages us to choose what is bestwe will do the right things. In other words, there will be designs that gently push customers toward making healthier choices, without removing freedom of choice. This idea bines freedom to choose with 45hints from choice architects, who aim to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.The British and Swedish governments have introduced a socalled "traffic light system" to 46foods as healthy or unhealthy. This means that customers can see at a glance how much fat, sugar, and salt each product contains 47by looking at the lights on the package. A green light48that the amounts of the three nutrients are healthy; yellow indicates that the customer should be49; and red means that the food is high in at least one of the three nutrients and should be eaten in50. The customer is given important health information, but is still free to decide what to choose.III. Reading prehensionSection ADirections: For 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 twothirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films we've just watched or books we've just finished reading, but plain and simple51.Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we52do with it? We gossip. About others' behaviour and private lives, such as who's doing what with whom, who's in and who's outand why; how to deal with difficult53situations involving children, lovers, and col-leagues.So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural54, of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life? It's not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really55 issues.Dunbar56the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities more effectively, or even to promote the exchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend twothirds of our time gossip-ing just because we can talk, argues Dunbar—57, he goes on to say, language evolved spe-cifically to allow us to gossip.Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the58of the higher primates(灵长类动物)like monkeys. By means of groomingcleaning the fur by brushing it, monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support in the event of some kind of conflict within the group or59from outside it.As we human beings evolve from a particular branch of the primate family, Dunbar 60 that at one time in our history we did much the same. Grouping together made sense because the bigger the group, the greater the 61it provided; on the other hand, the bigger the group, the greater the stresses of living close to others. Grooming helped to62the pressure and calmeverybody down.But as the groups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be63to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more64kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal(有声的)grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with everlarger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would be possible by onetoone 65contact.51.A. claim B. description C. gossip D. language52.A. occasionally B. habitually C. independently D. originally53.A. social B. political C. historical D. cultural54.A. admirers B. masters C. users D. wasters55.A. vital B. sensitive C. ideal D. difficult56.A. confirms B. rejects C. outlines D. broadens57.A. for instance B. in addition C. on the contrary D. as a result58.A. motivation B. appearance C. emotion D. behaviour59.A. attack B. contact C. inspection D. assistance60.A. recalls B. denies C. concludes D. confesses61.A. prospect B. responsibility C. leadership D. protection62.A. measure B. show C. maintain D. ease63.A. saved B. extended C. consumed D. gained64.A. mon B. efficient C. scientific D. Thoughtful65.A. indirect B. daily C. physical D. secretSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree?Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodiesand behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that manyanimals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds e out, their adoptive parents feed them.Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bana-nas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps e running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.66.A plover protects its young from a predator by______.A. getting closer to its youngB. driving away the adult predatorC. leaving its young in another nestD. pretending to be injured67.By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means______.A. chimps are ready to attack othersB. chimps are sometimes dishonestC. chimps are jealous of the winnersD. chimps can be selfish too68.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.B. The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.C. Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.D. Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.69.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Do animals lie?B. Does Mother Nature fool animals?C. How do animals learn to lie?D. How does honesty help animals survive?（B）Let's say you want to hit the gym more regularly this year. How do you make that happen? Consider putting the habit loop to use.Here's how it works:A habit is a 3step process. First, there's a cue, something that tells your brain to operate auto-matically. Then there's a routine. And finally, a reward, which helps your brain learn to desire the behavior. It's what you can use to createor breakhabits of your own.Here's how to apply it:Choose a cue, like leaving your running shoes by the door, then pick. a rewardsay, a piece of chocolate when you get home from the gym. That way, the cue and the reward bee interconnected. Finally, when you see the shoes, your brain will start longing for the reward, which will make it easier to work out day after day. The best part? In a couple of weeks, you won't need the chocolate at all. Your brain will e to see the workout itself as the reward. Which is the whole point, right?70.Which of the following best fits in the box with a “?”in THE HABIT LOOP?A. Pick a new cue.B. Form a new habit.C. Choose a new reward.D. Design a new resolution.71.According to THE HABIT LOOP, you can stick to your plan most effectively by______.A. changing the routineB. trying it for a weekC. adjusting your goalD. writing it down72.What's the purpose of putting the habit loop to use?A. To test out different kinds of cues.B. To do something as a habit even without rewards.C. To work out the best New Year's resolution.D. To motivate yourself with satisfactory rewards.73.“This year when I see the Harry Potter poster, I will read 30 pages of an English novel or anEnglish newspaper in order to watch TV for half an hour." What is the cue in this resolution?A. The Harry Potter poster.B. Reading 30 pages of an English novel.C. An English newspaper.D. Watching TV for half an hour.(C)If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star? A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality(虚拟现实)device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. "As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dressed in my partner's pants," she said. "That's the picture I remember best."The setup is relatively simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see it. If you move your arm, she sees it.To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised(同步的)movement bees fortable, and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwardspotentially for the bet-ter. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racismthe bias(偏见)that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of people's associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good,bad, athletic or awkward. Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants' bias scores were lower. The idea is that once you've "put yourself in another's shoes" you're less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. "At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms," says Arthur Pointeau, a pro-grammer with the project. "It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience. I would really, really remend it to everyone."74.The word "swapping" (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to______.A. buildingB. exchangingC. controllingD. transplanting75.We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that______.A. our feelings are related to our bodily experienceB. we can learn to take control of other people's bodiesC. participants will live more passionately after the experimentD. The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes76.In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital character, ______.A. they fought strongly against racismB. they scored lower on the test for racismC. they changed their behaviour dramaticallyD. they were more biased against those unlike them77.It can be concluded from the passage that______.A. technology helps people realize their dreamsB. our biases could be eliminated through experimentsC. virtual reality helps promote understanding among peopleD. our points of view about others need changing constantlySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words.More and more corporations are taking an interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR).CSR is made up of three broad layers. The most basic is traditional corporate charity work. panies typically spend about 1% of pretax profits on worthy projects. But many feel that simply writing cheques to charities is no longer enough. In some panies, shareholders want to know that their money is being put to good use, and employees want to be actively involved in good works.Money alone is not the answer when panies e under attack for their behavior. Hence the sec-ond layer of CSR, which is a branch of risk management. Starting in the 1980s, with environmen-tal disasters such as the explosion at Bhopal and the Exxon V aldez oil spill, industry after industry has suffered blows to its reputation.So, panies often responded by trying to manage the risks. They talk to nongovernmental or-ganisations (NGOs) and to governments, create codes of conduct(行为准则) and devote them-selves to more transparency(透明)in their operations. Increasingly, too. they, along with their pet-itors, set mon rules to spread risks.All this is largely defensive, but there are also opportunities for those that get ahead of the game. The emphasis on opportunity is the third layer of CSR: the idea that it can help to create value. If approached in a strategic way, CSR could bee part of a pany's petitive advantage. That is just the sort of thing chief executives like to hear. The idea of "doing well by doing good" has bee popular.Nevertheless, the business of trying to be good is bringing difficult questions to executives. Can you measure CSR performance? Should you be cooperating with NGOs and you’re your pet-itors? Is there any really petitive advantage to be had from a green strategy?Corporate social responsibility is now seen as a mainstream. Big panies want to tell the world about their good citizenship with their devotion to social responsibilities. Done badly, CSR is of-ten just windowdressing and can be positively harmful. Done well, though, it is not some separate activity that panies do on the side, a corner of corporate life reserved for virtue(美德)：it is just good business.(Note: Answer the questions or plete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78.Both _________ in some panies find it no longer enough to simply donate money to charities.79.Give one example of the defensive measures of risk management according to the passage.80.With the emphasis on opportunity, the third layer of CSR is meant to_________.81.According to the passage, "good business" (paragraph 6) means that corporations ________while making profits.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 我习惯睡前听点轻音乐。

空中英语教室5月课文内容The Air English Classroom is a popular language learning platform that offers a variety of engaging and informative lessons to help students improve their English skills. In May, the classroom featured a diverse range of topics that covered various aspects of the language, from grammar and vocabulary to conversational skills and cultural awareness.One of the key lessons in May focused on the importance of proper grammar usage. The lesson delved into the nuances of subject-verb agreement, exploring how to ensure that the verb form correctly matches the subject, even in more complex sentence structures. Students learned strategies for identifying and correcting common grammatical errors, such as the use of singular and plural forms, as well as the appropriate use of verb tenses. By the end of the lesson, participants had a stronger understanding of how to apply grammatical principles to their written and spoken English, enabling them to communicate more effectively.Another notable lesson in the May curriculum centered onexpanding students' vocabulary. The lesson introduced a range of new words and phrases, covering both everyday language and more specialized terminology. Participants engaged in interactive exercises that reinforced the meanings and usage of these new vocabulary items, such as matching words to their definitions, using them in contextual sentences, and even playing word games to solidify their understanding. The lesson also emphasized the importance of regularly practicing and incorporating new vocabulary into one's speech and writing, as this is a crucial step in building a robust and versatile language repertoire.In addition to grammar and vocabulary, the Air English Classroom also dedicated a lesson to improving conversational skills. This lesson focused on developing fluency and confidence in spoken English, with a particular emphasis on common conversational scenarios and strategies for engaging in natural-sounding dialogues. Students learned techniques for initiating and maintaining conversations, such as asking open-ended questions, responding appropriately, and using transitional phrases to smoothly move the discussion forward. They also had the opportunity to practice these skills through role-playing activities, which allowed them to apply their newfound knowledge in a simulated real-world setting.Furthermore, the May curriculum included a lesson on cultural awareness and understanding. This lesson explored the diversecultural traditions, customs, and social norms of English-speaking countries, providing students with a deeper appreciation for the richness and complexity of these cultures. Participants learned about various cultural practices, such as etiquette, holidays, and social interactions, and discussed how an awareness of these cultural nuances can enhance cross-cultural communication and understanding. By gaining this cultural knowledge, students were better equipped to navigate international settings and engage with people from different backgrounds in a respectful and culturally sensitive manner.One of the standout features of the Air English Classroom is its commitment to incorporating real-world examples and practical applications into its lessons. In keeping with this approach, the May curriculum included a lesson that focused on using English in professional and business-related contexts. This lesson covered topics such as writing effective emails, participating in meetings, and delivering presentations in English. Students learned strategies for organizing their thoughts, using appropriate language and tone, and effectively conveying their ideas to diverse audiences. By the end of the lesson, participants had acquired valuable skills that they could immediately apply in their professional lives, enhancing their ability to succeed in the global business landscape.In addition to the core lessons, the Air English Classroom alsooffered supplementary resources and activities throughout May to further support students' language learning journey. These included interactive quizzes and exercises to reinforce the concepts covered in the lessons, as well as opportunities for students to engage in peer-to-peer discussions and practice sessions. The platform also provided access to a library of supplementary learning materials, such as articles, podcasts, and video content, allowing students to delve deeper into the topics that piqued their interest.One of the standout aspects of the Air English Classroom is its commitment to personalized learning. The platform recognizes that each student has unique learning styles, goals, and challenges, and it strives to tailor the learning experience accordingly. Throughout the May curriculum, the classroom offered opportunities for students to receive individualized feedback and guidance from experienced instructors, who provided targeted recommendations and support to help each learner progress at their own pace.Overall, the Air English Classroom's May curriculum was a comprehensive and engaging learning experience that catered to the diverse needs and interests of its students. By covering a wide range of topics, from grammar and vocabulary to cultural awareness and professional communication, the classroom empowered participants to develop a well-rounded set of English language skills. The interactive and practical nature of the lessons, combined with thepersonalized support and supplementary resources, made the Air English Classroom an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to improve their English proficiency and succeed in an increasingly globalized world.。

Energy Drinks-Good or Bad?-(2-1)-Can you get lasting energy from a drink?空中英語教室-2012-06-08[Medium]关键词：flunk,pass out,load,definitely,caffeine,boost,vibeHi,everybody,welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide.Thanks for joining us today.My name is Steve.Well,where do you go,what do you do when you need extra energy?You go to the sofa for a nap.Do you go to the kitchen for a piece of fruit or a candy bar?Now, how about getting your energy from a can?That's right.This month,in our Studio Classroom VIEWPOINTS feature,we tackle the pros and cons of energy drinks.Energy drinks,in some form or another,have been around for ages.But have you noticed that in the last year or two,they really seemed to have exploded in number.Let's open our magazines to page22and meet this month's VIEWPOINTS friends Luke and Amy.Energy Drinks-Good or Bad?Can you get lasting energy from a drink?Hi,Amy.How are you doing?You look really tired!I'm so exhausted.I didn't sleep at all last night!Why?What were you doing?I was studying for my world history test.I started studying at11:00,and I didn't stop until8:00this morning.I don't want to flunk.Wow!How did you manage to concentrate for that many hours?I would have passed out on my books long before8:00this morning.Simple.I had an energy drink.Really?Do those drinks really help you study?I know they're loaded with sugar and caffeine.(Music).Hello,friends,thank you so much for joining us here in the studio.My name is Kaylah.(Background Noise).My name is Ryan.Um, Ryan,you look a little sleepy.Oh,yeah,I've felt a little tired.I don't think I got enough sleep last night.Well,I have an energy drink.Would you like to try it?Oh.Uh,well,actually,no thanks.I don't like to drink energy drinks.Why not?Well,we're going to talk a little bit about that today in our VIEWPOINTS article which is all about energy drinks:are they good or are they bad?That's right.Are they good or are they bad?Sometimes we'd like to have an energy drink just in case we need some extra energy.But our question is:Can you get lasting energy from just a drink?And that's a great question.OK.So in order to find out, we're going to look at a conversation between Luke and Amy.And we start off with Luke.And Luke says,"Hi,Amy.How are you doing?You look really tired."Now,first of all,I said Ryan looked a little sleepy.That's another way of saying,"You look tired."But Ryan,is that really polite?Uh,actually,it's usually not polite to tell someone that they look tired.That's another way of saying:You don't look very good right now.That's right.It's more polite than saying,"You look bad."But it's also very rude.So just be careful how you say it and who you say it to.Yeah.Maybe ask,"Do you feel OK?"And if they're tired,they'll let you know.But Luke asks Amy if she is tired.So she said,"Oh,I am.I'm so exhausted," which we remember means to be really tired.Well,why is she exhausted?She says,"I didn't sleep at all last night!"Now Ryan,I think I understand why she's tired.Right,you'resupposed to sleep every night.And usually depending on your age,you need to get about eight hours of sleep a night.That's right.Well,Luke has a good question:Why?What were you doing?Why were you awake that late?And that's a great question.Most of us need to get a lot of sleep,and if you're staying up late,there's probably a reason,especially if you didn't sleep at all.Now Amy has an answer that unfortunately many of us understand.She says:I was studying for my world history test.I started studying at11:00,and I didn't stop until8:00this morning.I don't want to flunk.Oh,dear!OK.So I think many of you have probably dealt with this at some point.I know I have.You have a huge test coming up or you have a lot of homework to do,so you stay up all night long because you don't want to flunk.That's right.Now"flunk"means to fail an exam...examination or a course of study.So you can flunk a test.That means you fail the test.But you can also fail a class or a course.That is to flunk.Wow.So you don't want to fail.You want to do well.But you end up spending a lot of time awake at night and that can actually be really bad for you.He says: Wow!How did you manage to concentrate for that many hours?I would have passed out on my books long before8:00this morning.OK.If you pass out,that means you are unconscious,which means you're not awake.And so he said:I would have fallen asleep much sooner than you would have.How did you stay awake?Simple.I had an energy drink.Oh,OK.Well,energy drinks can give you energy.So Luke says:Really?Do those drinks really help you study?Now that's a good question.Do they help you study or are they just keeping you awake?Right,that's a great question.He says,"I know they're loaded with sugar and caffeine."So he knows they can help you,uh,stay awake,but can they really help you study if they're loaded with that much sugar and caffeine?Well,to be loaded with something means to have a lot of it,to...contain a lot of something.So if you have a lot of money,you are loaded with money.These drinks have a lot of caffeine and sugar,so these drinks would say they are loaded with caffeine and sugar.Right.So they have a lot of caffeine and sugar.And we know sugar is very common in sweet things-sweet foods and sweet drinks.Uh,and caffeine,we think of usually coffee.It is a chemical you can find in some drinks and some foods that gives people a lot of energy;makes them very active.That's right.Now we can say that was a...Another word for caffeine would be it gives you energy,it's a stimulant,it makes you have a lot of energy,it keeps you awake.We drink coffee in the morning to help us wake up,and that has a lot of caffeine... caffeine.Unfortunately,we can become addicted to it.You can rely on it too much.So be careful how much caffeine you drink.And be careful how you drink it.Do you get caffeine from coffee or from energy drinks?Well,right now let's watch this interview.In my opinion,I don't like energy drinks because it gives me the shakes in my hands,and it also increases my heart rate.But I did have an interesting experience with energy drinks.I was at a job interview one day,and I was very tired,so I took half a bottle of those Red Bull shots.And I'm telling you,I was jumping off the walls and I was just talking so fast,and I couldn'tconcentrate.I was just looking all over the place.Well,it was obvious that I had too much energy and I was way too hyper.But you know what happened in the end?I was hired.I was hired as one of the clowns in a theme park.So,unless you want to be a clown,I suggest you stay away from energy drinks.When I study in university,I always stay up very late to finish my artworks.Sometimes I will buy energy drinks to keep me awake.I see the vitamin in drinks can help me be more efficient and keep me from the doctor.And yes,I finish my works in the morning with an exhausted body.But guess what?I need twelve hours of sleeping each day for three days to recover from only one all-night working.Is it worth it?No,I don't thinkso.OK.Welcome back.One popular energy drink has roughly a quarter cup of sugar per16 ounce can.I think that's equal to8sugar cubes,and you can check my math on that.And if you've never heard about how bad sugar is for your health,go back and review our April HEALTH article titled Sugar and Your Health.OK.Let's jump back into our conversation with Amy's next comment on line16.Energy Drinks-Good or Bad?In my opinion,they are very effective.The caffeine in the drink gives me a little energy boost.When I drink one,I don't feel tired or sleepy when I'm forced to study for hours on end.So you think they're pretty useful when you need to stay awake.Definitely.A lot of people in our class have been drinking them recently.Energy drinks are so in style right now.You should try one sometime!Yeah,I've seen a lot of commercials for energy drinks on TV and in magazines.The vibes are really cool.But I've also read that they are extremely unhealthy.(Music).Well,are energy drinks good or bad?We've learned that they have a lot of sugar and a lot of caffeine.We said they are loaded with those.Well,we know that's how you stay awake.The sugar energy as well as the caffeine that stimulates your brain so you stay awake.But do they really help you study?Hmm,that's the question Luke left us with before the break.And Amy answers by saying:In my opinion,they are very effective.So she says,"In my opinion..."This is a phrase we can use to say:I don't know for sure,or it's not a fact all over,but from what I think,this is what I think about,so in my opinion.She says she thinks they're very effective.So they work for her.That's what she says."And the caffeine in the drink,"she says,"gives me a little energy boost."Now the caffeine is what's going to give you the most energy in an energy drink or coffee,and that could help give you a nice boost.Now to boost something,it means to improve or increase something.So it is increasing or improving her energy level.So we can boost other things.Maybe you need to...You're feeling really sad and depressed,and your friend comes over and makes you laugh.They boost your energy,they boost your confidence by bringing some joy back to life.Yeah,to raise it quickly.Now,Amy continues to say:When I drink energy drinks,I don't feel tired or sleepy when I'm forced to study for hours on end.And I know many ofyou sometimes are forced to study for hours on end.That's right,and that's our Grammar on the Go sentence,so let's visit Liz.Hi,there,friends,greetings from Toronto,Canada.I hope you're all doing well today.My name is Liz,and it's time for Grammar on the Go.So we're talking about energy drinks in today's VIEWPOINTS article and whether they're good or bad.A lot of people question the benefits of energy drinks,but there are many who really believe energy drinks are great,especially for those who have to work for a long time and are feeling tired.We read in today's article:When I drink one,I don't feel tired or sleepy when I'm forced to study for hours on end.That's our Grammar Tip sentence.Notice the phrase at the end of the sentence:on end.It's an idiom that means"continuously or without stopping."So today's sentence just means:When I drink an energy drink,I don't feel tired or sleepy when I'm forced to study for a very long time.This idiom is usually found in informal conversations when people want to describe situations that continue for a very long time.For example,Alice is depressed because it has been raining for weeks on end.Or,Linda has been having trouble with her computer for days on end;I think she should have it checked.So give this idiom a try next time when you want to talk about how something has been going on continuously.And if you like to see some more example sentences,you can check out today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.That's all the time we have for today.This is Liz with Grammar on the Go signing off in Toronto.Bye-bye.Thank you,Liz.So Amy says she gets a nice energy boost from energy drinks.And Luke says:Well,so you think they're pretty useful when you need to stay awake.That's right.We know she needs to stay awake because she's studying for hours on end.Yeah,so,and like many of you,you might be forced to study...for hours on end.And if you're forced to do something,that means you are made to do it.Someone is telling you that you need to do that.Or you feel like you are not prepared enough and you have to stay awake.That can be the other way that you're forced into studying for hours on end.Amy says this definitely helps her.She uses the word"definitely"in the beginning.Now what does that mean?All right.The word"definitely"means"absolutely;without any doubt."So she says yes,sure,the energy drinks do help her stay awake.Now we see that that is a full sentence all by itself.So it's an expressive way of saying it.You would say, "Definitely,"because you completely believe it without any doubt that this is true.Mmhm, that's right.And so you use that word to express that.Uh,but Amy continues to say,"A lot of people in our class have been drinking them recently."So a lot of people...I know a lot of you,maybe your friends,drink energy drinks.And they're so in style right now.That's right.So if something is in style,that means it's very popular,people are using that product a lot.Now if you are a student and are studying late at night,or you're professional and you work late hours and are up early in the morning,energy drinks are very tempting.Or even if you're an athlete,sometimes you are tempted by them.She's so convinced that they're good.She says that we should definitely try them.You should try it once sometime.Yeah,OK,so she thinks energy drinks are wonderful;they are in style;people like them.She thinks it helps her study,so she recommends that Luke should have some too.But Luke continues saying now.He says,"Well,yeah,I've seen a lot of commercials for energy drinks on TV and in magazines."They are popular.That's right.They are very popular.We see advertisements for them all the time.So we can...You know,we even think about some of the big brands:Monster brand or Red Bull.We all know that Red Bull gives you wings.It's a very famous phrase that we know from advertising.So we are familiar with them.We know what they are.Right.And he continues to say the vibes of energy drinks are really cool.Now the word"vibes"describes the character or the mood of something.That's right.We can use vibes when we talk about music as well.It gives me good vibes.It makes me feel good.It's a cool rhythm.So energy drinks have good,cool vibes.But I've also read that they're extremely unhealthy.He's making a great point right here at the end of today's article.OK,yeah,and this is,I think,the biggest problem with energy drinks.So we're just now starting to get talking about this.And we're going to continue talking about how healthy energy drinks are tomorrow.That's right.But for right now,we need to jump on over and visit Ken in the Chat Room.Hi,this is Bryan calling from the library.Is Donna Jones there?Oh.If you see her,can you tell her to return The Joy of Cooking?Yeah,it's overdue,and there's a person requesting it.OK.Thank you very much.Good-bye now.Hey,Bryan,are you looking for Donna Jones?Yes,one of the books she checked out is overdue,and someone wants to borrow it.She was in the library lately.I saw her the other day.She was?Oh,if you see her again,tell her I'm looking for her.Sure, of course.Uh,Ken,you should have just said she was in the library recently,not lately.Recently?Doesn't"recently"mean the same thing as"lately"?Yes,they do have the same meaning,but they are used differently.When we talk about a single action or event, we should use"recently".So seeing Donna in the library was a single event?That's right.You just saw her one time,right?Right.Just the other day.I saw her on the second floor.So she was in the library recently.OK.What about"lately"?"Lately"is used with continuous actions.Let's say,you've seen Donna in the library many times this past week.Then you can say she has been coming to the library a lot lately.So I can't say "recently"?Well,actually,you can.In this case,both"lately"and"recently"would work.So from your perspective,what should you say:I haven't seen Donna lately,or I haven't seen Donna recently?Either one is fine because"recently"can refer to a single event or continuous events in the near past.The thing to remember is that when you talk about a single event that happened in the near past,you can only use"recently".Thanks, Bryan.You know,I was eating a pizza recently and thought of you.Yep,you've got it, Ken.(Chinese).Hi,everyone,I'm Michelle.(Chinese).And we're running out of time.Don't forget to come back tomorrow.Bye-bye.Thank you,Michelle.We appreciate those tips all the time.So Luke leaves us with the thought that energy drinks can be extremelyunhealthy.No doubt he's been reading stuff on the Internet that says energy drinks can create or complicate problems like diabetes,heart attacks,psychological disorders,and yes,even death.Friends,what this means is you need to do more homework before you get into the habit of getting your energy from a can.OK.We'll continue this VIEWPOINTS discussion tomorrow.Until then,have a wonderful day.(Music).。

听写16-30篇文本16. The Statue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty represents a woman holding a torch of fire. It stands on an island at the entrance to the New York City harbor. It is almost 93 meters tall, one of the tallest statues ever built. Its complete name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the people of the United States from the people of France. It was an expression of friendship and the goal of liberty shared by the people of both countries.The statue was designed and built in France. France officially presented the statue to the United States Minister to France in Paris on July 4th, 1884. The statue was then taken apart and sent to the United States. New York City celebrated with a huge parade. Since then, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of freedom for people all over the world.17. Universities' Grading SystemsMost American colleges and universities use the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two points and a D one point. Getting a grade like a B-plus or a C-minus adds or subtracts a few tenths of a point. An F is a failing grade worth zero toward a student's grade point average.A small number of colleges reject the traditional grading system. They are organized into programs taught by teams of professors. Each program brings together different subjects and extends in length over 2 or 3 quarters. Students are required to do a major research project at the end of each program.The professors write detailed evaluations of the students.These are combined with evaluations written by the students themselves.Most teachers would probably agree that traditional grades are sometimes unfair. But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.18. Strange FestivalsEvery country has its strange festivals. Cheese Rolling is a much-loved event traditionally held in Britain. Participants chase an eight-pound cheese down a long slope, hoping to catch it and become the champion. In Spain, baby jumping is a famous ritual, in which local men jump over all the babies born that year. It is believed to rid the babies of sin and serves as a kind of baptism. There is a naked festival held at various times in Japan. Wearing just a small piece of cloth, the freezing participants run around a city, competing for lucky charms. From chasing cheeses to running naked, it is hard to explain where most of these ideas came from and what they mean to us now. However, they are part of our cultures. Despite our different traditions, languages and histories, we do seem to have one thing in common: our love of celebrations.19. Teaching AssistantsForeign students at American colleges and universities may earn money after they successfully complete an entry-level study program. Those wishing to continue their education could work as a teaching assistant, or T.A.A teaching assistant usually works about twenty hours each week. Teaching assistants are paid to help professors teach students in entry-level studyprograms.Generally, the professor gives a talk, or lecture, to a large group of students one or two times a week. The teaching assistant meets with smaller groups of students during the week. The T.A. gives tests and reads any homework or reports the students may be required to write.Teaching assistants also meet with students who seek help. They attend teaching meetings. And some working with science professors help to organize laboratory equipment.Most American colleges and universities must honor legal requirements when employing foreign students as teaching assistants. One of these is that the T.A. must speak English well.20. American Education SystemThe education system in the United States is controlled by state and local governments. But education laws are similar in each state. For example, in all 50 states and 6 territories, all children must attend school from the age of 6 or 7 to the age of 16. Public schools are free of charge for grades 1 through 12. Private schools also operate in all states and territories. Some private schools are operated by churches and religious groups. Other private schools are not linked to any religious organization. Private schools must be approved by the state in which they operate. Most private schools do not receive government money. The parents of private school students pay the school. The school year usually begins in September and continues until June. Most states require a school year of 180 days. Some schools have changed this schedule and require students to attend school throughout the year.21. ThanksgivingThe American Thanksgiving, by law on the fourth Thursday of November, has a long tradition in the United States. The firstAmerican Thanksgiving occurred in 1621, with early North American settlers celebrating their first harvest after a harsh winter in the new world. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made it an official holiday. Today, Thanksgiving serves as a day for family gatherings with luxurious turkey feasts, accompanied by a wide array of side dishes and pies. So this holiday is one of the busiest times for travel in America. Millions of people travel by car, train, or air, to feast with family. Besides, other traditional Thanksgiving events are prominent in the United States as well, including religious services and key youth and professional football games. What's more, the US president pardons a single turkey every year on this holiday. It is a tradition begun by former president Harry Truman in 1947.22. Music in British SchoolsMusic plays a big part in British schools. Pupils can learn an instrument at school. Traditionally, school children learn classical instruments. Younger children often learn the recorder. As they get older, they start to play the violin or piano. In fact, nearly one out of five music students is learning the violin. The piano, or keyboard, is more popular with older children at secondary school. However, more pupils than ever before are now learning the guitar, as they think playing the guitar is cool. British schools do not just offer lessons for instruments,but they have music classes for all pupils. In the past, the focus of classes was very much Western classical music. But the classes now cover a far wider range of styles, including folk music and world music. Many schools have orchestras and put on concerts each term. It is also common for pupils themselves to form their own bands.23. University DaysBritish universities start in September or October. Courses normally last 3 years, but some, such as languages, engineering or medicine, can take much longer to complete. Students usually go to university in a different town, so they need to get used to living alone, paying bills and washing their own clothes! For many, this is a difficult time, but everyone soon becomes used to it!Universities in Britain used to be free, but many students now have to pay for part of their course. Similarly, students used to receive a grant from the government. Nowadays, they have to apply for student loans or take part-time jobs. Either way, it can be difficult and many students have money problems.University life is not just about studying, however. Many students take part in drama productions or play music. Others, of course, take part in a wide range of sports, such as football, rugby and cricket.24. Test of English as a Foreign LanguageIt is the most widely respected English-language test in the world, recognized by more than 8,000 colleges and universities in more than 130 countries. It is called TOEFL, which stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL is an important test for foreign students who want to study inAmerica. More than 4,000 American universities and other schools require students seeking admission to take the test. Each year, nearly a million individuals of all ages take the TOEFL test to demonstrate their English-language proficiency. It measures your ability to use and understand English at the university level. And it evaluates how well you combine your four skills, listening, reading, speaking and writing skills to perform academic tasks. There are two formats for the TOEFL test. The format you take depends on the location of your test center. Nowadays, most testtakers take the Internet-based Test. Test centers that do not have Internet access offer the Paper-based Test. 25. In-service Education and Vocational DevelopmentMany people feel that finding a job successfully is the end of their schooling. This idea is rarely true, however, as each field of work requires a thorough knowledge of it. This may go beyond what could be learned in high school or university. Universities, with their complete curriculum, are intended to first teach us about everything. Later studies fill in the gap of knowledge by offering more specialized courses. Universities, however, are meant to teach the theories of any particular field, not the practical knowledge needed to do our jobs. Vocational schools has risen to fill this gap of practical knowledge. Vocational schools can aid us in this by teaching us to be especially good at one thing. If a person has enough health and energy, as well as determination, he may go to night school to take a self-teaching program.26. DictionaryA dictionary is a reference book that focuses on defining words and phrases,including multiple meanings. The most frequently used dictionary is a language dictionary that includes the majority of frequently used words in a language. Language dictionaries are made for different types of users: scholars, office workers, schools, and second language learners. There are many competing dictionaries put out by different companies. Not only do they have different forms - paperback, hardback, and online editions - but they differ in other ways. Each company, for example, uses its own version of phonetic respelling based on the research done by its experts. Other differences between dictionaries showup in other features. Many dictionaries include their experts' guidance on grammar, usage, and the history of the language. Definitions differ slightly, and sample sentences may be the work of the editorial staff or taken from real-world usage, perhaps the first known written use.27. The Graduation CeremonyIn American high schools and colleges, the last day of the school year is graduation day. The students who finish their last year in the school will graduate. The graduation ceremony is often in the school gymnasium. The people who come to watch the graduation are teachers, parents and friends of the graduates. Those students who will graduate will wear long robes and caps with square tops. The graduate who has the best record in school will make a speech. The school principal and other officials will also make speeches. Then each graduate will receive a diploma or a degree, which has his name and the name of the school. After the ceremony, students often chat with their teachers, friends and relatives who come to congratulate them. They take pictures of eachother and will show each other these pictures a few nights later at the graduation party. Graduation is a memorable event.28. The International Student Exchange ProgramThe International Student Exchange Program, or ISEP, was started in 1979. ISEP is a group of colleges and universities around the world. They cooperate to provide international educational experiences for their students.Students can study for up to one year in the United States or any of the other countries involved. They do not have to go through the usual application process to get into a school. And they pay only what they would have to pay for a term at theirown school at home.To take part in the ISEP program, students must attend a member college or university. Each school has an ISEP coordinator, who helps students apply to the ISEP office in Washington, D.C. To be accepted, students must have good grades. They are asked to list up to ten choices of American schools they would like to attend. Officials at the ISEP office then place students in the openings offered in colleges and universities.29. On-campus HousingHousing policies differ from school to school in American universities. Some schools have limited housing or none at all.Dormitory buildings might house a small number of students or many hundreds. Some dorms have suites. A suite has several bedrooms, a common area and a bathroom. Other dorms have rooms along a common hallway. Two, three or four students might share a room.Males and females often live on different floors of the same building. Or they might live on the same floor, or in some cases even share a suite if permitted. But single-sex housing is usually also available.Different groups and organizations such as fraternities might have their own houses where their members live. And there is often housing for married students.Some dorms are nice, others are not so nice. But many students say they like the chance to make friends and be near their classes.30. Working While Studying in the USInternational students are permitted to work for the college or university they attend or for a business at the school. But thebusiness must directly provide a service to students. You could work at the bookstore, for example, but not for a construction company that is building something on campus. Also, a foreign student cannot displace an American citizen in a job.Foreign students normally cannot take a job that has no connection to their school. But the government may give permission if students are suddenly faced with a situation that is out of their control. Examples include large medical bills, the loss of financial aid or an unexpected change in the financial condition of their source of support.Students must also meet other conditions. They must have attended their American school for at least one year. Government approval is given on a case-by-case basis. Students must re-apply after a year if they want to continue an off-campus job.。

62014年全国高考英语试卷听力+原文+答案（新课标Ⅰ、Ⅱ）2014年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标I）听力试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例:How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15.B.￡9.18.C.￡9.15.答案是C.1.What does the woman want to do?A.Find a place.B.Buy a map.C.Get an address.2.What will the man do for the woman?A.Repair her car.B.Give her a ride.C.Pick up her aunt.3.Who might Mr.Peterson be?A.A new professor.B.A department head.C.A company director.4.What does the man think of the book?A.Quite difficult.B.Very interesting.C.Too simple.5.What are the speakers talking about?A.Weather.B.Clothes.C.News.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(全国新课标卷1)英语答案解析第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力第一节1.【答案】A【解析】由对话中女士说“This is the address. How do I find it?”可知女士想找个地方，故选A2.【答案】B【解析】由对话中男士说“I can drop you off on my way.”可知，男士将送女士一程，故选B.3.【答案】C【解析】由对话中男士说今天早上已经叫了各部门负责人到他办公室，他们需要向Mr. Peterson汇报工作。

由此可知，Mr. Peterson 是公司负责人，故选C.4.【答案】B【解析】由对话中男士说“…once I started I simply couldn’t put it down”可知男士认为书很有趣，故选B 5.【答案】A【解析】由对话中女士说都已经五月份了，还得穿御寒的衣服，男士说收音机广播了好消息，说不定从明天起女士就可以穿短裤了呢。

由此可知，谈话者在谈论天气，故选A.6.【答案】B【解析】由男士说“You know there is a basketball match on TV today. Let’s just stay home and watch it.”可知男士想要看电视，所以拒绝加入女士，故选B.7.【答案】C【解析】女士邀请男士一起打乒乓球，男士不想参加，女士最后说她和海伦一起打。

由此可知，女士接下来会做运动，故选C.8.【答案】A【解析】由“I should be home from work at 5:45.”，故选A.9.【答案】C【解析】女士说也许UME电影院七点的电影更好，Jacky Chan 主演的，男士说可以。

由此可知，谈话者要去UME电影院，故选C.10.【答案】A【解析】由“So we're leaving on Monday from Hartsfield International Airport…”可知答案．故选C.11.【答案】A【解析】对话中女士说公司安排了车送他们到机场，并且公司负责这次旅行的费用。

空中英语教室 2011年 01月 07日全文听写文稿(Music). Hello, everyone. Welcome to Studio Classroom Worldwide. Thanks for joining us today. My name is Steve. And my name is Hazel. And today, we're having a quiz. A quiz? Oh, no. Oh, yes! A quiz about soccer. Ah! Soccer! Well, that will be easy because I know everything there is to know about soccer. Oh, really? Well, here's question number one: How many players are on a soccer team? Easy! 10 players. Huh? Plus the goalie. Everybody knows that. Right. OK. Question two:A soccer match has two periods. How long is each period?45 minutes.And the periods are called halves. Ah, very good. Question three: What is Asia's top soccer team?Um, sorry, Hazel. You're going to have to wait for that answer. Wait? Why do we need to wait?本资源由空中英语教室论坛独家分享，更多英文资料就在Because first, we need to see who wins the Asian Cup. The Asian Cup? That's right. Friends, turn to page 18 in your magazines and you'll find out all about it.Determining Asia's Best.Asia's biggest soccer tournament starts today. Today, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) begins one of the world's foremost soccer tournaments. In the AFC Asian Cup, Asia's top 16 national teams will contend to be the region's best. How it all got started. The AFC organizes the Asian Cup every four years. Stretching from Australia to Lebanon, this confederation is the most wide­reaching of FIFA's six confederations. The AFC began in 1954 with 12 participating nations. As soccer, called football in most countries, grew in popularity throughout Asia, so did the confederation.Hi, friends and welcome to Studio Classroom. I'm Chelsea. And I'm Brandon. We're so glad that you've joined us here today for our SPORTS article. Today, we're talking about Determining Asia's Best. And we see the word determining there, that just means finding out something, so we're going to find out Asia's best. And we're talking about the world of soccer. This is a SPORTS article that we have here today. And we see there in the deck: Asia's biggest soccer tournament starts today. Now we talk about soccer a lot here on Studio Classroom. And I always enjoy these articles because I don't know very much about the sport.So I hope that all of us can learn today about this special tournament. Our article begins by saying: Today, the Asian Football Confederation, also known as the AFC, begins one of the world's foremost soccer tournaments. Now we see that word "foremost" there. If something is "foremost," that means it's the most important, or the most popular of something. So this is a very important soccer tournament, and it begins today. That's right. And we see next, in the AFC Asian Cup, Asia's top 16 national teams will contend to be the region's best. We see the word contend there, that just means that they are going to compete.So all of these teams, they are coming together to play soccer. And of course, they all want to win the tournament, so they're going to compete against one another. So 16 national teams, that means there are 16 different countries or 16 different nations that are competing or contending against one another to try to be the champions of this tournament. Well, before we look at the tournament itself, let's learn how it all got started. It started many years ago, but we read first that the AFC organizes the Asian Cup every four years. Now this sounds a little bit, to me, like the World Cup or the Olympic Games. It seems like a lot of these big athletic events happen every four years.That's right. I was also thinking of the Olympics, Chelsea. It happens every four years, not something that happens every year, so it is really important to soccer fans, and to the players as well. And we get a little bit more background here. We see: Stretching from Australia to Lebanon, this confederation is the most wide­reaching of FIFA's six confederations. And we see the term there, the word there, stretching, it's the idea of going from point A to point B. So it goes from Australia to Lebanon. And you see the term "FIFA" there underlined. If you remember, FIFA is just the organising body, the body of people who oversee professional soccer throughout the world.They oversee the six confederations. This one, of course, being the most wide­reaching, as it stretches from Australia to Lebanon. Now that is our Grammar on the Go sentence today. So let's visit Liz right now and see what she can teach us.【Grammar on the Go】Hi, there, friends. How are you doing today? My name is Liz and I'm in Dubai right now. And I'll be traveling on to Qatar soon to watch FIFA's Asian Cup. According to our writer: Stretching from Australia to Lebanon, this confederation is the most wide­reaching of FIFA's six confederations. That's our Grammar Tip sentence for today. And notice how the sentence begins with the phrase, stretching from Australia to Lebanon. The word "stretching" is normally used to talk about making something wider or longer, like: If you pull the shirt, you can stretch it.But in the case of today's sentence, the writer uses "stretch" in a different way. Obviously, this area doesn't have arms or legs for it to stretch from Australia to Lebanon, but it's a fun way to describe how wide an area is. This creative use of "stretch" can be used to talk about how "long" something is. For example, we can say: Stretching from northern Peru to the Atlantic Ocean, the Amazon River is the world's second­longest river. Or we can say: The Rocky Mountains of North America stretch from Alaska to Mexico.So next time when you're doing some creative writing and need to describe something wide or long, try using stretch. And if you'd like to see some other examples using stretch, you can check out today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine. That's it for today. Time for me to head on over to Qatar. This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off, in Dubai. See you next time.Thanks, Liz. Well, we've been talking about the Asian Football Confederation and we're going to get some more history right now. We see next, the AFC began in 1954 with 12 participating nations. So we see that it began a long time ago and it has 12 participating nations. There are 12 nations that... participate in this confederation. And if you "participate" in something, that just means that you take part in an activity or an event. So, as we see here in the beginning, when it started in 1954, there were only 12 participating nations. In other words, there were 12 countries who took part in this event, in this confederation.And now we know that today, it has grown to 16 nations. So, it has grown a lot over the years. There are many more participating nations today because probably it's because a lot of people love soccer around the world. That's right. Huge sport. Soccer is so huge around the world. So many people are participating in the sport. I'm sure many of our viewers, maybe you, participate in this game, or maybe participate in some other game. But that word "participate" there just means that you're taking part, you're getting involved in the game. So as soccer, which is called football in most countries, grew in popularity throughout Asia, so did the confederation.We've kind of already talked about that a little bit. Now Brandon, I have a question for you. Have you ever participated in soccer or football? Now we know that soccer is called football in most countries. But in the country we come from, America, there's something else called football, right?本资源由空中英语教室论坛独家分享，更多英文资料就在That's right. I've never participated in soccer, which is called football in most nations. But I have participated in American football, which is very different from soccer. American football, of course, you actually throw the ball with your hand and it's mostly played in America.And with American football, you wear a lot of padding on you because it's often very large men who are running into each other and falling over on the ground. So it's quite different than soccer, which is kicked... uh, it's a ball that's kicked with the foot primarily and the players don't wear padding, so, quite different. But we do know that soccer is very, very popular not just throughout Asia as we see here, but also throughout the entire world. In fact, we've learned before at Studio Classroom that it is the most popular sport in the world. And so it's no wonder that it is popular in Asia as well. Well, right now we're going to take a break. But before we do, let's visit the Chat Room.【Chat Room】Hi, Rachel. Hi, Ken. Did you go to the grocery store? No. I bought these at the farmers market. Oh. The farmers market in town is really good. I love buying fresh vegetables. I do too. I also like it that it is right outside the town. But you know, the market can be really loud sometimes. Well, do you know why it is that way? It is because all of the vendors want my business. They always contend for my business. Ken, do you mean to say "contend" for your business? "Contend" for my business? Is that how you pronounce that word? Yes. The stress is on the second syllable, "con­tend". If you say "contend," people might think you're referring to content, c­o­n­t­e­n­t. Wait. Isn't that word pronounced "content"? Well, that's using it as an adjective.To be content means to be satisfied. Well, I'm satisfied once I buy the food. Yes. But are the vendors trying to satisfy you or convince you to buy their food? Well, when they're yelling, it is so that, you know, I will buy their food. Right. So they "contend" for your business. But a baby is "content" when he is fed. That makes sense. So "contend" means to win something? That's right. To contend is to compete to win something. And when we say someone had to contend with something, we mean they have to fight in order to win. For example, the child had to contend with the dog for the rope. The child had to fight the dog for the rope.I like that. Spain and Holland soccer teams had to contend for the World Cup last year. Good example. And now here's a sentence using "content." The child was content playing with the babysitter while her parents were away. OK. That makes sense. Next time I go to the market, I would know who is contending for my business by how loud the market is. Thanks, Rachel. No problem. (Chinese).Welcome back, everyone. We're learning about the Asian Cup. Right. It's one of the world's foremost soccer tournaments. And it starts today. 16 teams will contend to be the world's best. Right. If you love soccer, you'll love the Asian Cup. And you'll love today's lesson. So let's continue down on line 14.Determining Asia's Best.Today, the AFC claims 46 member nations ­ representing over half the world's population! AFC tournaments started in Hong Kong in 1956 with Korea Republic winning the first two. In the 1960s, victories shifted to the Middle East where they stayed until the 1990s. Japan brought triumph back to the Far East in 1992, winning three of the next four championships. Who will win this year's Asian Cup? The next 32 games will answer that.Well, we've been talking, again, about soccer today, and we particularly been talking about the AFC. And we continue with: Today, the AFC claims 46 member nations ­ representing over half the world's population. We have the word "representing" there. You can think of players, they go and represent their team, they go and they play for their particular country. So there are many nations that are involved in this whole confederation. But only 16 countries are actually represented at this tournament. I think it's really fascinating that these 46 member nations make up over half of the world's population.So we know that Asia is very populated. And these soccer players... it's very... a very big sport there. And so it's very interesting that over half the world's population is represented in this, this portion of the world. That's right. And it gives us an idea of how big this sport really is because there're so many nations involved and there are so many people who are playing. We see next: AFC tournaments started in Hong Kong in 1956 with Korea Republic winning the first two. So we see there a little bit of the background and who won these tournaments. And it continues with: In the 1960s, victories shifted to the Middle East.And we see the word "shifted" there. That just... means it moved, it moved from one place to another. So although this all got started in 1954, it took a couple of years before they were actually playing tournament games. And we do see that the victory shifted from one part of Asia to another part of Asia. And they have been in the Middle East, the champions, uh, from the 1960s through the 1990s. But then we see that Japan shows up and they brought triumph back to the Far East in 1992. And it goes on to tell us, Brandon, how many tournaments did they win? Well, it sees... We see there that winning three of the next four championships.So there were four championships there and they actually won three of them. So we know that they were a very good team. And we... we see the question: Who will win this year's Asian Cup? And maybe you're thinking the same thing, who is going to win? Well, we have to wait and find out. You know, as I said at the beginning of this program, I don't know very much about soccer. But I have to admit, over the last year I've gotten very interested in it. I watched a lot of the World Cup that took place in South Africa. And so, who knows? Maybe I'll find myself tuning in to some of these AFC games here for determining Asia's best.I'm kind of curious to know who the champions are going to be this year's as well. I'm also curious, Chelsea. I've not been in... that into soccer before. But as you said, the World Cup that recently occurred, it kind of got me into soccer a little bit. And so I'm interested to see who is going to win this tournament. And we see that the next 32 games will answer that. And so we have to wait and see who will win. We have to watch each of the games and see who will come out on top. So we本资源由空中英语教室论坛独家分享，更多英文资料就在have 16 teams from 16 different nations. And once these teams qualify for this tournament, there are 32 games total that are played.Now that does not mean that every single team plays 32 games as we'll see in our next section tomorrow. But there are 32 games that have to be played in order to determine who is going to be the champion of this tournament. That's right, Chelsea. So we've learned today how this tournament all got started. We learned that soccer is really popular around the world. And maybe many of our viewers, maybe you, play soccer, so you are very interested in this particular article. Well, we hope that you'll continue to follow this story and find out who is going to actually win this tournament. We hope that today that you have learned some new words that can help you talk about this subject in English, especially using the word participate.That is an important word to remember today. You participate in a sport, and you can participate in many different activities. And we hope that you will participate in watching these games this year. In fact, if you like to participate in a sport, why don't you write us and tell us about it at letters@. We will love to hear the sports that you participate in. Perhaps you're even a person who enjoys playing soccer. If that's you, then let us know about it. Let us know how you got involved in that sport. That's right, Chelsea. And if you look on page 18, you'll find... that you'll see players both from the UAE and Malaysia.They played in the Asian Cup qualifying match, and the UAE won that game and that earned them a spot in the 2011 Asia Cup Finals. So you can look for the UAE in this tournament. So it will be interesting to see who wins this year's tournament. Perhaps it will be the United Arab Emirates, who knows? It might be somebody else. All we know is there are 16 teams who have been practicing and getting ready for a long time for this big tournament that takes place in Asia. We have plenty more to tell you about this tournament tomorrow. We hope you've enjoyed our article today. And we will go to Michelle to learn her Language Tips before we go today. So we'll see you next time back here on Studio Classroom. Have a great day.【Language Tips】(Chinese). And don't shift your attention to anywhere else. Stay tuned for more.Well, here we are, learning about the Asian Cup. Right. This article will tell you everything you've ever wanted to know. Well, everything except who the winning team will be. Oh, right. Friends, you'll have to watch the Asian Cup to find that out. Yes. Enjoy watching the games and enjoy watching Studio Classroom. See you next time. Goodbye, friends. (Music).。

Day 1Listening SectionI. Pictures 看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(D) 1. What is probably true about these men?A. They have no enthusiasm.B. They’re taking a holiday.C. They both lost their jobs.D. Their work is a priority.(B) 2. What is the man on the right probably saying?A. Let’s check the prices of these suits.B. Have you found any evidence yet?C. I could sit in this chair all day long.D. Why are you wearing the glasses?B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(B) 3. What is the woman doing?A. She’s taking an afternoon break.B. She’s juggling two phone calls.C. She’s relaxin g quietly at her desk.D. She’s taking a peek at the movie.(C) 4. What is the woman doing to the man?A. She is giving him a banner.B. She is boasting about her new job to him.C. She is neglecting him.D. She is exchanging her ideas with him.II. Best Response 最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.B. Her class began at noon.C. I bet she wasn’t pleased.D. It’s on the second floor.(C) 6. Was the head of the committee swayed byyour arguments? (4/2, 3)A. Yes, she said it wasn’t intelligent.B. Yes, I’ll try to control my temper.C. No, she refused to change her mind.D. No, the meeting didn’t end on time.(B) 7. Did Johnny mind his manners at Mary’sbirthday party? (4/5)A. Yes, he forgot all about it.B. Yes, he behaved very nicely.C. No, she hated the games.D. No, she got great presents.(A) 8. Peter seems to be getting a bit chubby.(4/8-10)A. He needs to watch his weight.B. He’s mad about losing his wallet.C. He was late for school again.D. He usually studies with friends.III. Short Conversations 简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(B) 9. (4/2, 3)W: Hello. Are you from the police department?M: Yes, I am. My partner and I are investigating the robbery that took place here at the bankyesterday.W: Do you know who did it yet?M: We think so, but we need more evidence. We’ll be looking for that today.W: Oh, I see.Q: Who is the woman probably talking to?A. An immigrant.B. A detective.C. An accountant.D. A reporter.(D) 10. (4/5)M: There was a party for me at my office today. W: That’s nice. Was today your last day there? M: No, tomorrow is.W: Well, you had a wonderful career. Are you sad that it’s ending?M: Yes, a little. But I’m sixty-five, so it’s time. And I’m looking forward to spending more time withmy grandchildren.W: That will be nice.Q: Why is the man a little sad?A. His family’s aw ay.B. He invested poorly.C. His health is bad.D. He’s retiring now.(B) 11. (4/6, 7)W: Good morning, Steven.M: Hi, Sophie. Hey, I thought your maternity leave was starting today. Why are you here at thestudio?W: It doesn’t start today. It starts next month.M: Well, that’s good for me because I need your help with a new project that the boss has in mind for our department.W: OK, just let me get a cup of coffee first.Q: What is true about the woman?A. She expects to get a promotion.B. She’s going to have a baby.C. She’s in trouble with her manager.D. She’s very new in her position.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.My aunt Sophie is typical of mothers these days. She’s juggling a successful career and a growing family. Sophie works all day long at a trading company, where she’s a supervisor. After work, she rushes home to take care of her family. She makes dinner for them and afterwards helps her two kids with their homework. She gets some help from her husband. But she’s very tired at the end of every day. Sophie makes a lot of sacrifices for her family because they’re her top priority. But her enthusiasm for life never changes. In fact, she’s one of the most cheerful people I know.(A) 12. What does the writer imply about mothers?A. Most of them are like Sophie.B. One of them gives Sophie rides.C. They avoid Sophie sometimes.D. They all get along with Sophie.(C) 13. What is true about Sophie?A. She enjoys frequent vacations.B. She spends mornings at home.C. She has lots of responsibilities.D. She wants a much larger salary.Day 2Listening SectionI. Pictures看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(A) 1. What is probably true about the man?A. He’s proud of his antique car.B. He drives this bus for a living.C. He’s making a left ha nd turn.D. He hates this cloudy weather.(D) 2. What is the woman probably saying?A. Let’s get off at the next stop.B. It’s the door to the freezer.C. What an impressive scooter.D. The finish is really shiny.B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(B) 3. What is probably true about the boy?A. His math skills aren’t improving.B. His vision isn’t particularly good.C. He’s arriving for a fun interview.D. He’s nearly finished with his calls.(A) 4. What is the boy probably asking?A. Do you have any reference books?B. Can I have the sports section please?C. Which of these towels are on sale?D. Why are the advertisements so big?II. Best Response最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.(D) 5. Are any of these jewelry boxes antiques?(4/12, 13)A. Yes, their closets are still open.B. Yes, they’ll be cheap to produce.C. No, their prices are already low.D. No, they’re only a few years old.(B) 6. Martha’s vision is pretty bad these days.(4/12, 13)A. Then she should study harder.B. Does she need an operation?C. She’d prefer a different color.D. Can she drive the car instead?(C) 7. Why do you want to visit the aviary for thesecond time this week? (4/15-17)A. Some novels are on sale.B. I just love a good meal.C. The birds are fascinating.D. It’s holding a car show.(A) 8. Paul has been wasting his money at thecasinos. (4/15, 17)A. I wish he wouldn’t gamble.B. Movie tickets are expensive.C. Can’t he just take buses?D. Which trucks will he buy?III. Short Conversations简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(D) 9. (4/12, 13)M: You can tell that these old, wooden chairs weren’t mass-produced.W: How do you know that?M: Look at the precise joints and careful attention to detail. No, my guess is the carpenters produced them using only simple tools.W: You may be right.Q: What does the man think about the chairs?A. They contain some plastic.B. They look really modern.C. They need several repairs.D. They were made by hand.(D) 10. (4/14)W: What are you looking at?M: Live bacteria. Here take a look.W: How do I do that?M: Just look through this lens.W: OK. Does it focus automatically?M: No, turn this dial to adjust the focus.W: Oh, now I can see them. That’s amazing!Q: What is the woman probably using?A. A photograph.B. A headphone.C. A copy machine.D. A microscope.(B) 11. (4/15, 17)M: Ben and Sandy invited us to dinner at their home on Saturday.W: I can’t have dinner there.M: Why not?W: Because they have a new cat, and you know how terribly allergic I am to cats.M: Oh, that’s right.W: Perhaps we can have dinner with them at a restaurant instead.M: I’ll suggest that to them.Q: Why does the woman want to have dinner at a restaurant instead?A. To save some time.B. To protect her health.C. To try new dishes.D. To avoid an argument.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.Would you like to own a wonderful dog? Then come to the Dog Rescue Center in Lake City. You’ll be overwhelmed by the love and affection of our dogs. Some of them were rescued from homes where they were battered and abused. Like all of our dogs, they need new homes where they’ll be cuddled a nd cared for. If you’re allergic to dog dander, don’t worry. We have small dogs that are suitable for you because they produce very little dander. The Dog Rescue Center is a non-profit enterprise located at 353 Spring Road in Lake City. Visit us soon to se e our dogs. We’ll help you find the one that’s just right for you!(A) 12. According to this talk, what does the centerwant to do?A. Give dogs away.B. Sell dog supplies.C. Cure dog diseases.D. Study dog habits.(B) 13. What does the speaker imply about some ofthe dogs?A. They’ve won national awards.B. They haven’t been treated well.C. They grew up on large farms.D. They can’t stand cold weather.(D) 14. What does the speaker provide in this talk?A. A phone number.B. Opening hours.C. Discount prices.D. An address.Day 3Listening SectionI. Pictures看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(A) 1. What is this couple enjoying?A. A solo performance.B. An orchestra concert.C. A piece on the violin.D. A local dance contest.(B) 2. What is the woman probably saying?A. It’s a very long symphony.B. What an amazing musician.C. This is my favorite band.D. Look at the beautiful guitar.B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(D) 3. What does this picture show?A. A cloudy sky and a fierce wind.B. Kids and adults inside a mall.C. Several special events at a park.D. People from two generations.(C) 4. What is the woman probably saying?A. Aren’t you enjoying our short jog?B. You’re holding my arm too tight ly.C. This weather is a blessing, isn’t it?D. Let’s get off at the next station.II. Best Response最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.A. Are you going to buy more?B. Do you think you passed?C. Which present did you give?D. Were you cleaning house?(A) 6. What is your family doing now to be moregreen? (4/22)A. We’re recycling old clothes.B. We’re eating lots of beef.C. We’re painting the kitchen.D. We’re locking our doors.(C) 7. These two English words are not actuallysynonyms. (4/23, 24)A. Wasn’t that new article about finance?B. I apologized for my rude remarks.C. Don’t they have the same meaning?D. There were three extra sentences.(B) 8. Is the birthday party commencing yet?(4/23, 24)A. Lots of lovely gifts.B. Not until three o’clock.C. My friend’s little boy.D. Fun games and prizes.III. Short Conversations简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(A) 9. (4/19, 20)W: I’m proud of myself.M: Why?W: I resisted the temptation to have a doughnut after lunch.M: Why are you so concerned about one doughnut? W: One doughnut leads to another. And I’m trying to control my weight.M: Well, good for you. I need to do the same.Q: Why is the woman proud of herself?A. She didn’t eat an y doughnuts.B. Her doughnuts are delicious.C. She hasn’t forgotten doughnuts.D. Her menu includes doughnuts.(D) 10. (4/19, 20)M: Where is Amy this afternoon?W: She’s at her flamenco lesson.M: Really? When did she take up flamenco?W: She had h er first lesson last week. She’s loved flamenco since she saw it in Spain two years ago. M: Oh, that’s right. Amy took a vacation there.Q: What is Amy probably doing this afternoon?A. She’s taking photos.B. She’s drawing pictures.C. She’s practicin g piano.D. She’s learning a dance.(D) 11. (4/23, 24)W: Which inning is this?M: The eighth.W: And the Lions are down three runs. It doesn’t look good for our favorite team.M: Don’t worry. They’ll probably score in this inning.And if they don’t, they’re sure to score in theninth.W: You seem pretty confident about that.M: I know this team very well.Q: Which sport are these people probably watching?A. Basketball.B. Football.C. Volleyball.D. Baseball.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.There have been many wonderful composers in history. Perhaps the greatest of them all was Ludwig von Beethoven. Born in 1770, Beethoven became the preeminent composer of his generation. His long list of accomplishments include compositions for orchestra, solo piano, violin and other instruments. These works were so successful that Beethoven became a celebrity during his lifetime. Sadly, the composer began to lose his hearing while he was in his thirties. By the age of forty-nine, he was completely deaf. Nevertheless, he continued to write music until shortly before he died in 1827. Since his death, Beethoven’s beloved symphonies and other pieces have continued to thrill audiences around the world. There may never be another composer quite like him.(A) 12. What information does the speaker provide inthis talk?A. The year of the composer’s birth.B. The country this composer’s is from.C. The names of the composer’s offspring.D. The composer’s early ed ucation.(A) 13. What did the composer have problems with?A. His ears.B. His back.C. His eyes.D. His feet.(C) 14. What does the speaker imply about thecomposer’s music?A. It isn’t difficult to play.B. It sounds very modern.C. It hasn’t lost i ts appeal.D. It’s mainly for singers.Day 4Listening SectionI. Pictures看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(B) 1. What does this picture show?A. The boy is sitting by his bed.B. The woman is in a bad mood.C. The room is getting dark now.D. The sun is behind some clouds.(C) 2. What is the woman probably telling the boy?A. Here’s your new uniform.B. Why are you standing up?C. You’ve had enough sleep.D. Can you stop eating, please?B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(C) 3. What is the girl doing?A. Watching busy traffic.B. Pressing the doorbell.C. Typing a text message.D. Holding onto her desk.(A) 4. What is the boy probably saying?A. How big are your cell phone bills?B. I’d love to own a bracelet like that.C. Are you serving some of the guests?D. Let’s pr actice these pieces together.II. Best Response最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.(D) 5. There’s a big controversy over a company’splan to build a new factory by the lake.(4/26-28)A. Sure, my class begins in an hour.B. Oh? Will you lose your job there?C. Yes, the work conditions are great.D. Why? Are some people against it?(A) 6. John and Patricia Woodhouse are patrons ofthe arts in both Europe and America. (4/26-28)A. They must be quite wealthy.B. Did they have fun on that trip?C. Trade relations are excellent.D. Really? Aren’t they relatives?(C) 7. Is the TV sometimes a distraction when you’reworking on papers? (4/29, 30)A. Yes, one subject is marriage.B. Yes, they’re in your desk.C. Yes, so I usually turn it off.D. Yes, it was channel twenty.(C) 8. Grandpa’s immune system is pretty weak now.(4/29, 30)A. He probably needs new glasses.B. Speak louder when you talk to him.C. Then he could get sick easily.D. He broke his arm two years ago.III. Short Conversations简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(B) 9. (4/26, 28)M: Are you doing some research?W: Yes, on the Black Death.M: What’s that?W: A plague that swept through Europe in the fourteenth century.M: Why are you so interested in that?W: Because it resulted in remarkable social changes.Q: What is the woman investigating?A. A war.B. A disease.C. A law.D. A fashion.(A) 10. (4/26-28)W: Who made these kitchen cabinets for you, Bill? M: My brother.W: Really? And who installed your new sink?M: That was also my brother.W: Wow. I guess he’s a jack-of-all-trades.M: He sure is. My father was, too, for that matter. Q: What does Bill mean about his father?A. He knew how to do lots of things.B. He was very humorous at times.C. He could make new friends easily.D. He became a wealthy person.(D) 11. (4/29, 30)M: Our daughter has been staying out too late at night lately.W: I know. We should set a curfew for her.M: What time do you think?W: How about ten o’clock?M: That seems fair. Will you tell her?W: Yes, as soon as she gets home from school.Q: What do these people want their daughter to do?A. Do her homework in the library.B. Use their phone less in the future.C. Stop worrying about her grades.D. Come home earlier in the evening.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.Ben is a high school student with lots of friends. To stay in the loop, he texts his friends every day. In the past, the number of text messages that he sent sometimes surpassed two hundred per day. This didn’t affect his cell phone bill because he had an unlimited texting plan. But it became a serious distraction that affected his grades at school. Finally, Ben’s parents established a texting limit and texting curfew for their son. The limit was twenty text messages a day. And he could not text between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Now Ben is getting more sleep at night, and his grades are improving again.(C) 12. What is true about Ben?A. He’s texting more than he used to.B. His texting habit hasn’t changed yet.C. He’s texting less than he did before.D. His interest in texting has disappeared.(A) 13. What does the curfew prevent Ben fromdoing?A. Texting late in the evening.B. Texting before school starts.C. Texting during lunch time.D. Texting after school is over.Day 5Listening SectionI. Pictures看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(B) 1. What does this picture show?A. Journalists at a news conference.B. Environmentalists near a factory.C. Photographers at a sports event.D. Musicians inside a concert hall.(A) 2. What are these people doing?A. Taking part in a demonstration.B. Calling for an end to high taxes.C. Protesting a rise in school fees.D. Shouting at a business meeting.B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(A) 3. What is probably true about the boy?A. H e’s caught up in a video game.B. He’s holding his books carefully.C. He’s watching a travel program.D. He’s l ooking for his house keys.(C) 4. What is the girl probably saying?A. Let me see the book, too.B. You play the piano well.C. That must be your avatar.D. I like this rock band best.II. Best Response最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.(D) 5. There’s a terrible odor in this k itchen. (5/3, 4)A. I keep plenty of milk in the refrigerator.B. It will only take a moment to prepare.C. Let me make a nice sandwich for you.D. It must be the garbage under the sink. (B) 6. Why is your sister studying geology? (5/5, 6)A. The campus is lovely.B. It’s her favorite subject.C. There are two libraries.D. She lives in a dormitory.(C) 7. The contents of that box are extremely fragile.(5/5, 6)A. No, I hav en’t mailed it yet.B. Sure, I have a new one for you.C. Then I’ll handle it car efully.D. Sorry, I’m not s trong enough.(C) 8. Has the weather been very harsh this winter?(5/7, 8)A. Yes, only a little snow has fallen.B. Yes, it’s been sunny every day.C. No, temperatures have been mild.D. No, we’ve had t errible storms.III. Short Conversations简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(B) 9. (5/3, 4)M: What’s wrong with the plants in my garden?They’re all dying!W: Well, I can see that there isn’t enough moisture in the soil.M: Oh? I didn’t think that th ese plants needed much moisture.W: They don’t need as much moisture as most plants, but they do need some.M: I guess I need to take better care of them then. W: Yes, or they’ll all die.Q: What is the problem with the man’s plants?A. They were planted too close together.B. They haven’t been watered very much.C. They’re being destroyed by insects.D. They aren’t getting enough sunshine.(A) 10. (5/3, 4)W: What was Andy doing today?M: He was competing in a marathon.W: Really? Has he done that before?M: Yes, several times.W: How did he do today?M: Wonderful! He left all of the other competitors in the dust.Q: What did Andy probably do today?A. He won a long race.B. He gave a good speech.C. He passed a math test.D. He got a big promotion.(A) 11. (5/7, 8)M: Are you and your husband interested in buying real estate?W: Yes. What do you have for sale?M: I have a five-bedroom house overlooking Spring Lake. I also have a lovely four-bedroomapartment in the downtown area.W: Can I see pictures of them?M: Yes. Please have a seat and I’ll get them.Q: What does the man probably sell?A. Expensive properties.B. Living room furniture.C. Gold and silver jewelry.D. Fine clothes for women.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.Through computers and the Internet, people can experience virtual reality within virtual worlds. One of the largest virtual worlds on the Internet is called Second Life. In Second Life, players create their own avatars and use them to explore the Second Life world and interact with one another. Players can buy real estate, marry and raise families, and even set up businesses within Second Life. One consequence of Second Life’s popularity is that its economy is steadily growing. As of 2009, Second Life’s economy was worth half a billion U.S. dollars. For some people, Second Life is an obsession that consumes time and money. For others, it’s just a fun place in which to experience a different kind of reality.(D) 12. According to the speaker, what is remarkableabout the virtual world in Second Life?A. Its poor quality.B. Its few people.C. Its long history.D. Its great size.(D) 13. What is true about the economy of this virtualworld?A. It’s been damaged.B. It’s likely to shrink.C. It’s not very popular.D. It’s still expanding.(B) 14. According to this talk, what can you find inthis virtual world?A. Concerts.B. Weddings.C. Museums.D. Hospitals.Day 6Listening SectionI. Pictures看图辨义Listen to the questions. Then choose the best answer according to each picture.A.For questions number 1 and 2, please look at picture A.(B) 1. What is true about the dog?A. It’s reaching for a ball.B. It’s eager to get a burger.C. It’s climbing onto a chair.D. It’s ready to go for a walk.(C) 2. What is the woman probably saying?A. Stay away from those kids.B. Why are you running so fast?C. You’re getting into mischief.D. Is that new medicine for you?B.For questions number 3 and 4, please look at picture B.(A) 3. What does this picture show?A. A large plane is airborne.B. Two workers are smoking.C. A forest is growing fast.D. Rain is falling on the trees.(C) 4. What is the man on the right probably saying?A. We’d better run or we’ll miss our flight.B. It’s a perfect day for a hike in the woods.C. This fire is causing a lot of destruction.D. I’m gettin g tired of carrying these tables. II. Best Response最佳回应句Choose the best response to each question or statement.(D) 5. Did your mom ever go on blind dates whenshe was young? (5/10-12)A. Yes, her family has lots of money.B. Ye s, we’ll have a party for her.C. Yes, she had trouble with her eyes.D. Yes, that’s how she met my dad.(B) 6. The film that Mary and I saw turned out to bea cute romance. (5/10-12)A. Yes, I read one.B. Who did it star?C. It’s a great novel.D. Was she in love? (A) 7. Why are the policemen forming a barrier infront of the concert stage? (5/13)A. To keep fans away from the band.B. To make sure playgrounds are safe.C. To catch drivers who are speeding.D. To find illegal vendors in a market.(C) 8. Amy has decided to join the school choir.(5/14, 15)A. She’s in the principal’s office.B. Which position will she play?C. I didn’t know she liked to sing.D. Is French her favorite subject?III. Short Conversations简短会话Listen to the conversations. Then answer the questions.(B) 9. (5/10-12)W: Did you go to a movie with Sara today?M: Yes, I did.W: What did you see?M: A new movie starring Brandon Lee.W: Was it good?M: Well, it’s just a silly comedy, but we enjoyed it. Q: What did the man probably like about the movie?A. It was about a dog.B. It made him laugh.C. It had fight scenes.D. It scared him a lot. (B) 10. (5/13)M: What is your organization trying to do?W: Protect people in poor countries from malaria. M: How do you do that?W: By giving them bed nets. The nets keep mosquitoes away from people while they’resleeping at night.M: That’s good.W: We’re also sponsoring research on malaria. We hope that scientists will develop more effectivetreatments for it in the future.Q: What is the organization mainly concerned about?A. A poor economy.B. A serious disease.C. A lack of food.D. A housing problem.(D) 11. (5/14, 15)W: What are you going to do this weekend?M: Practice with the string quartet.W: Oh. Are you getting ready for a performance? M: Yes, it’s coming up in a f ew weeks.W: So you have plenty of time to practice.M: And we’ll need it. The songs that we’ve chosen are quite difficult.Q: Who is the woman probably talking to?A. An experienced salesman.B. An amateur historian.C. A well-known scholar.D. A classical musician.IV. Short Talk 短文Listen to the talk. Then choose the best answer to each question.Attention music lovers! A wonderful weekend is in store for you at the National Concert Hall. On Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 P.M., the London String Quartet will perform chamber music by Haydn. This will be the third visit to Taipei by this immensely popular quartet. On Sunday, the Taipei Choir will give two performances at 1:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. Their program will comprise of romantic songs by German and French composers of the nineteenth century. Tickets for all the performances are available at the National Concert Hall box office. Ticket prices start at NT$800. Students receive a ten percent discount.(A) 12. According to this talk, how many afternoonperformances will there be?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.(C) 13. What does the speaker point out about thesongs?A. They were discovered quite recently.B. They’re often played on the radio.C. They were written during the 1800s.D. They’re mainly for young children.。

2014年6月大学英语6级考试真题(第二套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: 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), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B) College students are in general politically active nowadays.C) He took part in many protests when he was at college.D) He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action.2.A) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.B) Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.C)Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.D)The dean will come to Jay’s birthday party.3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase.B) He went to the lost-and-found office.C) He told the woman to go and pick up his car.D) He left his things with his car in the garage.4. A) The show he directed turned out to be a success.B) He watches only those comedies by famous directors.C) TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960sD) New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s.5. A) The man should stop boiling the vegetables.B) The man should try out some new recipes.C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D) All vegetables should be cooked fresh.6. A) Help them to decode a message.B) Help them tidy up the house.C) Figure out a way to avoid taxes.D) Sort out their tax returns.7. A) The woman remains a total mystery to him.B) He has devoted a whole month to his research.C) The woman is still trying to finish her work.D) He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon.8.A) He has failed to register for the course.B) He would like to major in psychology too.C) There should be more time for registration.D) Developmental psychology is newly offered.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) The brilliant product design. B) The unique craftsmanship.C) The new color combinations. D) The texture of the fabrics.10. A)Fancy products. B) Local handicrafts.C) Traditional Thai silks. D) Unique tourist attractions.11. A)It will start tomorrow. C) It will last only one day.B) It will be out into the countryside. D) It will be on the following weekend. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) A year of practical training. C) A happy childhood.B) A pleasant neighborhood D)A good secondary education.13. A) He is good at carpentry. C) He is academically gifted.B) He should be sent to a private school. D)He ought to get good vocational training.14. A) Donwell School. C) Carlton Abbey.B) Enderby High. D) Enderby Comprehensive.15. A) Put Keith in a good boarding school. B) Send their children to a better private school.C) Talk with their children about their decision. D) Find out more about the five schools. Section BDirections: 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 A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) It will be well ventilated. B) It will be brightly lit.C) It will provide easy access to the disabled. D) It will have a large space for storage.17. C) Opposite to the library. D) On the same floor as the labs.A) On the first floor. B) On the ground floor.18. A) To make the building appear traditional.C) To cut the construction cost to the minimum.B) To match the style of construction on the site.D) To embody the subcommittee’s design concepts.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Sell financial software. B) Write financial software.D) Conduct research on financial software. C) Train clients to use financial software.20. A) Rewarding. B) Unsuccessful.C) Tedious. D) Important.21.A) He provided individual support.B) He held group discussions.C) He gave the trainees lecture notes. D) He offered online tutorials.22. A) Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.B) The trainees’ problems have to be dealt with one by one.C) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.D) The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) Their teachers meet them only in class.B) Their parents tend to overprotect them.C) They have little close contact with adults.D) They rarely read any books about adults.24. A) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.B) Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law.C) More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up.D) Opportunities are created for children to become writers.25. A) Children like to form partnerships with each other.B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.C) Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation.D) Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers.Section CDirections: 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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and (26) __________ about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning’s sake.But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test (27) __________ what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance (28) __________ that of others. And knowing that you’ll be tested on (29) __________ material is certainly likely to (30)__________ you to learn the material more thoroughly.However, there’s another reason you might dislike tests: You may assume that tests have the power to (31) __________ your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you’ve received some (32) __________ information about yourself from the professor, information that says you’re a failure in some significant way.This is a dangerous—and wrong-headed—assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or stupid. Or that you’ll never do better again, and that your life is (33) __________. If you don’t do well on a test, you’re the same person you were befo re you took the test—no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That’s it.(34) __________, tests are not a measure of your value as an individual—they are a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and (35) __________ measures of what we know.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Fear can be an effective way to change behavior. One study compared the effects of high-fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene(卫生). One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of ___36___ teeth and diseased gums; another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth, charts, and graphs. Subjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater ___37___ to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low-fear group did.But were these reactions actually ___38___ into better dental hygiene practices? To answerthis important question, subjects were called back to the laboratory on two ___39___ (five days and six weeks after the experiment). They chewed disclosing wafers(牙疾诊断片) that give a red stainto any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct ___40___ of how well they werereally taking care of their teeth. The result showed that the high-fear appeal did actually result in greater and more ___41___ changes in dental hygiene. That is, the subjects ___42___ to high-fear warnings brushed their teeth more ___43___ than did those who saw low-fear warnings.However, to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given ___44___ guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear. If this isn’t done, they may redu ce their anxiety by denying the message or the ___45___ of the communicator. If that happens, it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur.A) accustomed B) carefully C) cautiously D) concrete E) credibility F) decayed G) desire H) dimensions I) eligible J) exposed K) indication L) occasions M) permanent N) sensitivity O) translated Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from whichthe information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Street-Level SolutionA) When I was growing up, one of my father’s favorite sayings (borrowed from the humorist Will Rogers) was: “It isn’t what we don’t know that causes the trouble: it’s what we think we knowthat just ain’t so.” One of the main insi ghts to be taken from the 100,000 Homes Campaign andits strategy to end chronic homelessness is that, until recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didn’t.B) That led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why people become homeless and what they need. Many of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneous group. It’s only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problem—distinguishing the “episodically homeless” from the “chronically homeless” in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envisage a different approach—and get better results. C) Most readers expressed support for the effort, although a number were skeptical, and a few utterly dismissive, about the chances of long-term homeless people adapting well to housing.This is to be expected; it’s hard to imagine what we haven’t yet seen. As Nic colò Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, one of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the “incredulity of men,” which is to say that people “do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.” Most of us have witnessed homeless people on the streetsfor decades. Few have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfully.We don’t have reference points for that story. So we generalize from what we know—or think we know.D) But that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground, which currently operates 2,310 units of supportive housing (with 552 more under construction), what had been her biggest surprise in this work, she replied: “Fifte en years ago, I would not have believed that people who had been so broken and stuck in homelessness could thrive to the degree that they do in our buildings.” And Becky Kanis, the campaign’s director, commented: “There is this sense in our minds that someone who’s on the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a house. The campaign is creating afirst-hand experience for many people that that is really not the case. ”E) One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless person—all it takes is a traumatic(创伤的) brain injury. A bicycle fall, a car accident, a slip on the ice, or if you’re a soldier, a head wound—and your life could become unrecognizable. James O’Connell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 years, estimates that 40 percent of the long-term homeless people he’s met had such a brain injury. “For many it was a head injury prior to the time theyb ecame homeless.” he said. “They became unpredictable. They’d have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior. They couldn’t hold onto their jobs. Drinking made them feel better. They’d end up on the streets. ”F) Once homeless people return to housing, they’r e in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But it’s important to note that housing alone is not enough. As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you have another problem to solve which is no less challenging. But it is a better problem.G) Over the past decade, O’Connell has seen this happen. “I spend half my time on the streets or in the hospital and the other half making house calls to people who lived for years on the streets,” he said. “So from a doctor’s point of view it’s a delightful switch, but it’s not as if putting someone in housing is the answer to addressing all of their problems. It’s the first step.”H) Once in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely. If they’ve lived on the streets for years, they may have acquired a certain standing as well as a sense of pride in their survival skills. Now indoors, those aspects of their identity may be stripped away. Many also experience a profound disorientation at the outset. “If you’r e homeless for more than six months, you kind of lose your bearings,” says Haggerty. “Existence becomes not about overcoming homelessness but about finding food, begging, looking for a job to survive another day. The whole process of how you define stabili ty gets reordered.”I) Many need regular, if not continuous, support with mental health problems, addictions and illnesses—and, equally important, assistance in the day-to-day challenges of life, reacquainting with family, building relationships with neighbors, finding enjoyable activities or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food.J ) For some people, the best solution is to live in a communal(集体) residence, with special services. This isn’t available everywhere, however. In Boston, for example, homeless people tend to be scattered in apartments throughout the city.K) Common Ground’s large residences in New York offer insight into the possibilities for change when homeless people have a rich array of supports. In addition to more traditional social services, residents also make use of communal gardens, classes in things like cooking, yoga, theatre and photography, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four ofCommon Ground’s residences, found jobs.L) Because the properties have many services and are well-managed, Haggerty has found posthousing problems to be surprisingly rare. In the past 10 years, there have been only a handful of incidents of quarrels between tenants. There is very little graffiti(涂鸦) or vandalism(破坏). And the turnover is almost negligible. In the Prince George Hotel in New York, which is home to 208 formerly homeless people and 208 low-income tenants, the average length of tenancy is close to seven years. (All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent; for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits.) When people move on, it is usually because they’ve found a preferable apartment.M) “Tenants also want to participate in shaping the public areas of the buildings,” said Haggerty. “They formed a gardening committee. They want a terrace on the roof. Those are things I didn’t count on.” The most common tenant demand? “People always want more storage space—but that’s true of every New Yorker,” she adds. “In many ways, we’re a lot like a normal apartment building. Our tenants look like anyone else.”N) As I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems. A number of readers asked whether the campaign will address family homelessness, which has different causes and requires a different solution. I’ve been following some of the promising ideas emerging to address and prevent family homelessness. Later in 2011, I’ll explore these ideas in a column. For now, I’ll conclude with an update on the 100,000 Homes Campaign. Since Tuesday, New Orleans and a few other communities have reported new results. The current count of people housed is 7,043.46. Tenants in Common Ground’s residences all want more room for storage.47. Homes Campaign provides first-hand proof that the homeless are not what they were once believed to be.48. Common Ground’s residences are well-managed and by and large peaceful.49. Housing the homeless is only the first step to solving all their problems.50. A large percent of the chronically homeless have suffered from brain injury.51. After being housed many homeless people become confused at first as to how to deal with life off the street.52. Some people think the best way to help the homeless is to provide them with communal housing.53. The homeless with health problems should be given regular support in their daily lives.54. Until recently American society has failed to see what homelessness is all about.55. Many formerly homeless tenants in New York’s Common Ground’s residences got hi red. Section CDirections: 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 centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Technology can make us smarter or stupider, and we need to develop a set of principles to guide our everyday behavior and make sure that tech is improving and not hindering our mental processes. One of the big questions being debated today is: What kind of information do we need to have stored in our heads, and what kind can we leave “in the cloud,” to be accessed as necessary?An increasingly powerful group within education are championing “digital literacy”. In theirview, skills beat knowledge, developing “digital literacy” is more important than learning mere content, and all facts are now Google-able and therefore unworthy of committing to memory. But even the most sophisticated digital literacy skills won’t help students and workers navigate the world if they don’t have a broad base of knowledge about how the world actually operates. If you focus on the deliver y mechanism and not the content, you’re doing kids a disservice.Indeed, evidence from cognitive science challenges the notion that skills can exist independent of factual knowledge. Data from the last thirty years leads to a conclusion that is not scientifically challengeable: thinking well requires knowing facts, and that’s true not only because you need something to think about. The very processes that teachers care about most—critical thinking processes—are intimately intertwined (交织) with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory.In other words, just because you can Google the date of Black Tuesday doesn’t mean you understand why the Great Depression happened or how it compares to our recent economic slump. There is no doubt that the students of today, and the workers of tomorrow, will need to innovate, collaborate and evaluate. But such skills can’t be separated from the knowledge that gives rise to them. To innovate, you have to know what came before. To collaborate, you have to contribute knowledge to the joint venture. And to evaluate, you have to compare new information against knowledge you’ve already mastered.So here’s a principle for thinking in a digital world, in two parts. First, acquire a base of factual knowledge in any domain in which you want to perform well. This base supplies the essential foundation for building skills, and it can’t be outsourced (外包) to a search engine.Second, take advantage of computers’ invariable memory, but also the brain’s elaborative memory. C omputers are great when you want to store information that shouldn’t change. But brains are the superior choice when you want information to change, in interesting and useful ways: to connect up with other facts and ideas, to acquire successive layers of meaning, to steep for a while in your accumulated knowledge and experience and so produce a richer mental brew.56. What is the author’s concern about the use of technology?A) It may leave knowledge “in the cloud”.B) It may misguide our everyday behavior.C) It may cause a divide in the circles of education.D) It may hinder the development of thinking skills.57. What is the view of educators who advocate digital literacy?A) It helps kids to navigate the virtual world at will.B) It helps kids to broaden their scope of knowledge.C) It increases kids’ efficiency of acquiring knowledge.D) It liberates kids from the burden of memorizing facts.58. What does evidence from cognitive science show?A) Knowledge is better kept in long-term memory.B) Critical thinking is based on factual knowledge.C) Study skills are essential to knowledge acquisition.D) Critical thinking means challenging existing facts.59. What does the author think is key to making evaluations?A) Gathering enough evidence before drawing conclusions.B) Mastering the basic rules and principles for evaluation.C) Connecting new information with one’s accumulated knowledge.D) Understanding both what has happened and why it has happened.60. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A) To warn against learning through memorizing facts.B) To promote educational reform in the information age.C) To explain human brains’ function in storing information.D) To challenge the prevailing overemphasis on digital literacy.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.America’s recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been the brainier and trendier of the two. Texas has trailed behind: its stereotype has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots. But twins can change places. Is that happening now?It is easy to find evidence that California is in a panic. At the start of this month the once golden state started paying creditors in IOUs (欠条). The gap between projected outgoings and income for the current fiscal (财政的)year has leapt to a horrible $26 billion. With no sign of a new budget to close this gulf, one credit agency has already downgraded California’s debt. As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released early and schemes to protect the vulnerable will be rolled back.By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. In part this is because Texan banks, hard hit in the last property bust, did not overexpand this time. Texas also clearly offers a different model, based on small government. It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state.Despite all this, it still seems too early to hand over America’s future to Texas. To begin with, that lean Texan model has its own problems. It has not invested enough in education, and many experts rightly worry ab out a “lost generation” of mostly Hispanic Texans with insufficient skills for the demands of the knowledge economy.Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California. Even if Hollywood has gone into depression, it still boasts an unequalled array of sunrise industries and the most brisk venture-capital industry on the planet. The state also has an awesome ability to reinvent itself—as it did when its defence industry collapsed at the end of the cold war.The t ruth is that both states could learn from each other. Texas still lacks California’s great universities and lags in terms of culture. California could adopt not just Texas’s leaner state, but also its more bipartisan(两党的)approach to politics. There is no perfect model of government: it is America’s genius to have 50 public-policy laboratories competing to find out what works best.61. What does the author say about California and Texas in Paragraph 1?A) They have been competing for the leading position.B) California has been superior to Texas in many ways.C) They are both models of development for other states.D) Texas’s cowboy culture is less known than California’s.62. What does the author say about today’s California?A) Its debts are pushing it into bankruptcy.B) Its budgets have been cut by $26 billion.C) It is faced with a serious financial crisis.D) It is trying hard to protect the vulnerable.63. In what way is Texas different from California?A) It practices small government.C) It has a large Hispanic population.B) It is home to traditional industries.D) It has an enviable welfare system.64. What problem is Texas confronted with?A) Its Hispanic population is mostly illiterate.B) Its sunrise industries are shrinking rapidly.C) Its education cannot meet the needs of the knowledge economy.D) Its immigrants have a hard time adapting to its cowboy culture.65. What do we learn about American politics from the passage?A) Each state has its own way of governing.B) Most states favor a bipartisan approach.C) Parties collaborate in drawing public policies.D) All states believe in government for the people.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.最近，中国科学院(Chinese Academy of Sciences)出版了关于其最新科学发现与未来一年展望的年度系列报告。