题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION 3. LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE 4. CLOZE 5. READING COMPREHENSION 6. WRITING
PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.
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正确答案： The Story of Tea Tea remained unknown to the western world / until the sixteenth century, / when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries / returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages. / Very soon a thriving commerce in China teas was established. / In 1826 the Dutch established plantations on Java, / followed some ten years later by British, / who set up tea estates in India. / The production of tea has since spread rapidly. / Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen tropical and subtropical plant.
解析：根据关键词tea茶，plantation种植园可知这是一篇介绍茶叶的短文。
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
听力原文： Counseling Team and the Services Hello everyone. I’m the counseling administrator here at St. Ive’s College and I’ve been asked to come and talk to you about our counseling team and the services that we offer. We have three professional counselors here at St. Ives: Louise Bagshaw, Tony Denby and Naomi Flynn. They each hold daily one-on-one sessions with students, but which counselor you see will depend on a number of factors. If you’ve never used a counselor before, then you should make an appointment with Naomi Flynn. Naomi specializes in seeing new students and offers a preliminary session where she will talk to you about what you can expect from counseling, followed by some simple questions about what you would like to discuss. This can be really helpful for students who are feeling a bit worried about the counseling process. Naomi is also the best option for students who can only see a counselor outside office hours. She is not in on Mondays, but starts early on Wednesday mornings and works late on Thursday evenings, so you can see her before your first class or after your last class on those days. Louise staffs our drop-in centre throughout the day. If you need to see someone without a prior appointment then she is the one to visit. Please note that if you use this service then Louise will either see you herself, or place you with the next available counselor. If you want to be sure to see the same counselor on each visit, then we strongly recommend you make an appointment ahead of time. You can do this at reception during office hours or by using our online booking form. Tony is our newest addition to the counseling team. He is our only male counselor and he has an extensive background in stress management and relaxation techniques. We encourage anyone who is trying to deal with anxiety to see him. Tony will introduce you to a full range of techniques to help you cope with this problem such as body awareness, time management and positive reinforcement. Each semester the counseling team runs a number of small group workshops. Our first workshop is called Adjusting. In this workshop, we will introduce you to what is necessary for academic success. As you might expect, we’re targeting first-year students with this offering. Getting Organized follows on from the first workshop. Here, we’re going to help you break the habit of putting things off and discover the right balance between academic and recreational activities. With Getting Organized, we’re catering to all undergraduates and postgraduates. Next up is a workshop called Communicating. The way people interact here may be quite different to what you’re used to, especially if you’ve come from abroad. We’ll cover an area that many foreign students struggle with—how to talk with teachers and other staff. International students tend to get a lot out of this class, but I must say that sometimes students from a local background find it helpful too. So, everyone is welcome! Well, that’s it, thanks for your time.
Counseling Team and the Services 1. Counseling team - Naomi Flynn a. Targeting: Those who have never used a counselor before Those who can only see a counselor outside【T1】______【T1】______ b. Specializing in: seeing new students offering a【T2】______ session【T2】______ - Louise Bagshaw a. A staff in the【T3】______ centre【T3】______ b. Students can visit her without a(n)【T4】______【T4】______ - Tony Denby a. A newest and the only【T5】______ member to the counseling team【T5】______ b. Specializing in: 【T6】______ management【T6】______ relaxation techniques c. Targeting: anyone who is trying to【T7】______ anxiety 【T7】______ 2. Group workshops run by the counseling team - Adjusting a. Introducing what is necessary for academic success b. Targeting【T8】______【T8】______ - Getting Organized a. Helping you —break the habit of putting things off —strike a【T9】______between academic and recreational activities【T9】______ b. Targeting all undergraduates and【T10】______【T10】______ - Communicating a. Covering how to talk with teachers and other staff b. Targeting everyone
2． 【T1】
正确答案：offiee hours／working hours
解析：本题与Naomi Flynn的服务对象有关。根据空格前的介词outside，可以推测空格应填入名词或名词短语。录音提到，Naomi是那些在上班时间之外来的学生的最好选择，因此答案可填录音原词office hours或同义表达working hours。
3． 【T2】
正确答案：preliminary
解析：本题与Naomi Flynn的专长相关。空格前的a和空格后的session提示空格处可能需填入形容词或名词作定语。录音提到，Naomi的专长是接见新生，并且会讲一节预备课，因此空格应填入preliminary。
4． 【T3】
正确答案：drop-in
解析：本题跟Louise Bagshaw的身份有关。空格处需要填入名词或形容词性质的词或短语作定语。录音提到，Louise是drop-in centre的一位员工，因此空格处填入drop-in。
5． 【T4】
正确答案：prior appointment
解析：本题跟Louise Bagshawde的服务对象有关。空格前的a(n)提示，空格处应填入可数名词单数。录音提到，如果没有预约(without a prior appointment)，你可以去拜访Louise，因此答案填入prior appointment。
6． 【T5】
正确答案：male
解析：本题与Tony Denby的身份有关。空格前为the only，而空格后为member，因此空格处应填入形容词修饰member。录音提到Tony是唯一的一位男性辅导员，因此空格应填入male。
7． 【T6】
正确答案：stress
解析：本题与Tony Denby的专长有关。录音提到，Tony在压力应对(stress management)和放松技巧方面有广博的知识，因此只需要填入stress即可。
8． 【T7】
正确答案：deal with
解析：录音与Tony的服务对象有关，空格位于不定式符号to之后，空格后为名词anxiety，因此空格处应填入动词或动词短语。录音提到，鼓励任何努力应对压力的学生去拜访Tony，故录音可填入原词deal with。
9． 【T8】
正确答案：first-year students/freshmen
解析：空格前的Targeting提示本题与Adjusting这个项目的针对对象有关，录音提到，Adjusting针对的对象是一年级学生，故本题可填入录音原词first-year students或填入同义表达freshmen。
10． 【T9】
正确答案：balance
解析：本题与Getting Organized的服务内容有关，空格前的a提示空格处应填入可数名词单数。录音提到，Getting Organized能帮助学生打破拖延症，并让学生在学业和娱乐方面找到平衡，录音中的discover the right balance可用strike a balance代替，故填入balance。
11． 【T10】
正确答案：postgraduates
解析：本题与Getting Organized的服务对象有关。录音提到，Getting Organized适合所有的本科生和硕士生，故空格填入postgraduates。
SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of [A], [B], [C] and [D], and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have thirty seconds to preview the questions.
听力原文：W: So, you’re an architect?M: Yes.W: Do you work for a public or private organization, or are you self-employed?M: I’m working for a private design and construction company.W: How did you start your career?M: I started with the government.W: Oh, did you? What made you decide to work for the government?M: Well, it was a matter of chance really. I saw an advertisement for a vacant position in a newspaper, and I thought “Why don’t you try it?” In fact, I have no preferences to where I work, public or private. W: And do you still have this idea, or... M: More or less, yes, although I’m now working for a private firm, I worked for the government for about three years. W: And what made you leave the public sector? M: Money mainly. You see, I got married, and my wife doesn’t work, and we wanted to start a family right away. So we thought it might be better off if I moved to the private sector. This is why it’s hard, for me to be self-employed because self-employed work has the disadvantage that there may be time, or a period of time when you’re unemployed. W: I see, so did you join this company straight away or... M: No, I worked in a couple of private firms before I came to this one. W: Hmm, hmm. Now what qualifications does one have to have to become an architect? M: Well, you’ve got to have a degree in architecture. That means before you apply to study architecture in any university, you have to pass exams, usually three A-levels with good results. W: Does one need a scientific background? M: Well, yes, mainly scientific, but it helps if you have some general arts background too. You know, architecture is not a pure science. W: Now, if one wants to take up architecture, one has got to be able to draw? Is that really true? M: Well, it is true that the work of an architect involves a lot of drawing, and to be an architect you must be able to draw. But this doesn’t mean that if you can’t at present draw, you won’t have the opportunity to be an architect, because you can be taught to draw. In fact drawing in architecture is different from drawing in art. W: Now what qualities do you think make a good architect, apart from being accurate in his drawings? M: Well, I’m not sure if I can generalise about that. You see architecture is a mixture of theory and practice. So I suppose a good architect should be good at both.1. What was the man’s first job with?2. What’s the main reason that the man quit his first job?3. What is the requirement for one to apply to study architecture in a university?4. What do we learn about drawing in architecture from the conversation?5. What does the man say about the job of an architect?
12．
A．A construction firm.
B．A private company.
C．A newspaper.
D．The government.
正确答案：D
解析：选项都是与公司或机构相关的名词短语。对话开头男士回答自己怎么开始职业生涯时，提到：I started with the government。由此可知他的第一份工作是D项The government“部门”。A项“建筑公司”是现在的公司。
13．
A．Because his wife likes him to work for a firm.
B．Because he prefers working for the government.
C．Because he planned to do self-employed work.
D．Because he faced financial pressure.
正确答案：D
解析：①选项以because开头，由此推测问题与原因相关。②女士问男士是什么促使他离开公共部门，男士用Money mainly作了回答，并解释说当时结婚，妻子没工作，他们想要马上生孩子。由此可知D项faced financial pressure“面临财务压力”是对原文的总结。A“妻子想要他为公司工作”、B“他更喜欢为工作”和C“他计划创业”都与对话不符。
14．
A．Studying a pure science first.
B．Getting good exam results.
C．Being interested in arts.
D．Being good at drawing.
正确答案：B
解析：在回答what qualifications does one have to have to become an architect这一问题时，男士说到要有建筑学学位，即申请学习建筑学之前，要通过考试，并取得好的成绩。B项Getting good exam results“取得好的考试成绩”与原文意思一致。
15．
A．The work of an architect involves much drawing.
B．Drawing is not necessary to become an architect.
C．Drawing in architecture is similar to drawing in art.
D．Accuracy is important in an architect’s drawings.
正确答案：A
解析：①选项都与drawing和architect相关，听音时可留意相关内容。②录音提到，建筑师的工作包含了大量的画画，A项几乎是原文再现，只是把a lot of替换成了much，为答案。
16．
A．It is more theoretical than practical.
B．It is more practical than theoretical.
C．It combines practice and theory.
D．It is attractive and interesting.
正确答案：C
解析：①选项都是it开头，由theoretical，practical等词可推测问题与工作或职业相关。②录音最后，男士提到建筑是理论与实践的结合(a mixture of theory and practice)，C项用combines同义替换了mixture，为答案。
听力原文：M: Talking about illnesses, I’m quite surprised to see that in the UK, illnesses are very different from those in Algeria, to some extent. For instance, in the UK people seem to suffer from heart disease and stress quite a lot, whereas in Algeria, they seem to suffer from bowel problems more often.W: Do the Algerians get cancer?M: Cancer? Well, cancer exists there as well. But I think it’s more frequent in Britain than it is there. The reason for it, I think, is mainly to do with pollution, the levels of pollution that Britain has. It goes again with industry, and of course, stress. Algeria is slightly developed in the north, and that’s where we record most cancers, whereas the south is pretty healthy. So there is that kind of illness that is recorded there, but not very frequent. Other types of illnesses that people suffer from, especially young children here is asthma. There’s a lot of asthma. When it comes to other types of illnesses, like psychological disturbances and psychiatric related problems, it appears to me that in Britain people are madder than in Algeria.W: Really?M: It seems to be so. In the sense that less people go to the psychiatrist in Algeria than here. Is it a fashion? Is it a true reflection of the state of the society? I’m not sure.W: Are there more psychiatrists here?M: Oh, far more psychiatrists here than in Algeria. Yes. And people in Algeria would resort to a psychiatrist almost as a last resort for mental illnesses. They tend to rely on the family, because the family structure is again very different from that one in Britain.W: Much stronger?M: Yes, it’s much stronger. So the family would tend to support, or even hide, in some cases, they’re mentally ill. And try to help them within the family, often by ignoring their illness. Saying you are normal, therefore behave normally. And that’s what is expected from you. And it seems to work. But when you move away from these cases or psychological problems, you end up... you fall into the category of normal medicine. Like, if you have a broken limb, you end up in hospital. And you find hundreds of people with broken limbs being treated the same way as they would be treated in Britain. Really. Perhaps one thing to mention is that people use herbal medicine, or used to use herbal medicine more than in Britain. But I think now Britain uses it quite a lot as well.6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?7. According to the man, what is the reason for more cancers in Britain?8. Which part of Algeria recorded most cases of cancer according to the conversation?9. What would people in Algeria tend to do for mental illnesses?10. What would happen if one has a broken limb in Algeria?
17．
A．Illnesses in the UK and in Algeria.
B．Psychiatrists in Algeria.
C．Environment pollution.
D．Herbal medicine in Algeria.
正确答案：A
解析：①由选项中的illness，Algeria，medicine等词可推测对话与阿尔及利亚的医疗相关。②对话开头，男士提到illness，接着对比了英国(UK)和阿尔及利亚(Algeria)两国人民的疾病，因此A项Illnesses in the UK and in Algeria是他们谈论的主题。B“阿尔及利亚的精神病医生”、C“环境污染”、D“阿尔及利亚的草药”都是对话中的细节，不是主旨。
18．
A．The pollution level is higher in Britain.
B．The food in Britain is less healthy.
C．People in Britain seldom see a doctor.
D．People in Britain work longer hours.
正确答案：A
解析：本题问男士觉得英国有更多癌症的原因是什么。对话中男士提到，他觉得这主要与污染有关(mainly to do with pollution)，由此可知A“英国的污染程度要更高”正确。B“英国食物没那么健康”没有在对话中提到。对话中只提到阿尔及利亚人很少看心理医生，C“英国人很少看医生”不对。对话中虽然提到英国人压力大，但没有提到D“英国人工作时间更长”。
19．
A．The Eastern part.
B．The Northern part.
C．The Southern part.
D．The Western part.
正确答案：B
解析：①选项都是表示位置的名词短语，问题应与此相关。②对话中男士提到阿尔及利亚北部略发达，也是癌症记录最多的地方，故选B项The Northern part。
20．
A．Count on the family.
B．Rely on herbal medicine.
C．Ignore their illness.
D．Resort to a psychiatrist.
正确答案：A
解析：①选项都是动词原形短语，问题应与行为动作相关。②对话中男士提到阿尔及利亚人只在万不得已时才求助精神科医生，他们往往依靠家庭。A项count，on是对rely on的同义替换，为正确答案。
21．
A．He would be sent to a normal hospital.
B．He would be given special treatment.
C．He would be treated in a psychological way.
D．He would be treated with animals’ blood.
正确答案：A
解析：对话中男士提到，在阿尔及利亚如果不是精神疾病，会分到常规医学类别。比如伤了四肢，会去医院治疗(end up in hospital)。本题问如果在阿尔及利亚伤了四肢，会怎么样，故A“会被送到普通医院”符合原文。B“给予特别治疗”与原文normal medicine不符。C“用心理法治疗”和D“用动物血治疗”都与对话不符。
PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence.
22． Which of the following is a stative verb (静态动词)?
A．Step.
B．Push.
C．Run.
D．Understand.
正确答案：D
解析：D项Understand“理解”为表示静止状态的动词，所以选D。其他三项都是表示动态动作的，均排除。
23． Which of the following is CORRECT?
A．The first roses.
B．A few space.
C．That workers.
D．Many a milk.
正确答案：A
解析：A项中的The first可以与可数名词的单、复数搭配，正确，故选A。B项A few只能与可数名词复数搭配，C项That能与可数名词单数和不可数名词搭配，D项Many a只能与可数名词单数搭配。
24． Which of the following sentences indicates ABILITY?
A．The police are doing all they can to find her.
B．Can I have a cigarette, please?
C．I am confident that a solution can be found.
D．Any police officer can insist on seeing a driver’s license.
正确答案：A
解析：A“在尽其所能寻找她”中的can表示“能力”。B“请问我能抽烟吗?”表“许可”；C“我确信可以找到一个解决方案”表示“可能性”；D“任何一位警官都有权要求查看司机的驾照”表示“权力，命令”。因此选A。
25． I’m going to ______ to visit my brother.
A．hospitals
B．the hospital
C．hospital
D．a hospitals
正确答案：B
解析：考查冠词用法。在英语中，当普通名词表示抽象意义时，前面不用冠词；如果用了冠词，则表示某个特定的地方，如go to school“上学”，go to the school“去学校(目的不一定是上学)”。题目说的是去医院，因此选B。go to hospital表示“住院”，可排除A、C。D的a不跟可数名词复数连用，也排除。
26． Which of the following italicized parts indicates a subject-predicate relationship?
A．Dad was pleased at Molly’s quick recovery from illness.
B．He was reading Lucy’s letter in the meeting room.
C．Have you seen my father’s new car.
D．The radio has reported the prisoner’s release.
正确答案：A
解析：考查名词属格的意义。A项Molly’s quick recovery表主谓关系，相当于Molly quickly recovers；B项Lucy’s letter表来源；C项my father’s new car表所有关系；D项the prisoner’s release表动宾关系，可理解为release the prisoner。
27． Which of the following tag questions is INCORRECT?
A．There’s no hope for it, is there?
B．None of the boys can do it, can’t he?
C．I’m late, aren’t I?
D．One can’t be too careful, can one?
正确答案：B
解析：A和B项陈述部分含有否定词no和None，附加疑问部分应该用肯定形式，B用了否定，故为本题答案。A是陈述部分是there be句型，且含有否定词no，故附加疑问部分因应用be+there，句子正确；当陈述部分为I’m…结构时，附加问句一般用aren’t I，C正确。D项陈述部分的主语是one，附加疑问部分的主语在正式场合用one，在非正式场合用you，故D也是正确的。
28． Which of the following reflexive pronouns (反身代词)is used as an object?
A．The boss himself will interview Nancy.
B．He often puts himself forward.
C．I spoke to the manager himself.
D．Lucy will perform the operation herself.
正确答案：B
解析：B“他经常摆架子”，himself是puts的宾语，故为答案。A“老板自己面试了南希”，himself作The boss的同位语；C“我跟经理本人说了话”，himself作宾语the manager的同位语；D“露西会亲自做手术”，herself作主语Lucy的同位语。
29． The children were allowed to do______they liked.
A．whenever
B．whichever
C．wherever
D．whatever
正确答案：D
解析：do是及物动词，其后需跟宾语；而空格后的句子也缺宾语，故填入疑问代词whatever(相当于anything that)。whenever与wherever为关系副词，引导状语从句，不符合句法要求。whichever强调“多个选择中的任何一个”，而这句话里并没有选择的含义，故也排除。
30． Which of the following italicized parts modifies an adverb?
A．My own position is rather different.
B．It feels very cold today.
C．He was limping rather badly.
D．I live about 10 miles away.
正确答案：C
解析：C项中的rather修饰副词badly，意为“相当，颇为”，表示“badly”的程度，C为本题答案。A项中的rather修饰形容词different；B项中的very修饰形容词cold；D项中的about修饰名词短语10 miles。
31． When the sentence “You should take good care of the little kid” is turned into passive voice, which of the following is CORRECT?
A．The little kid should be taken good care of.
B．Good care should be taken little kid.
C．Good care should be taken for the little kid.
D．The little kid should be taken good care.
正确答案：A
解析：由“动词+名词+介词”构成的多词动词，由主动态转换成被动态时通常有两种形式，一种形式是把整个多词动词当作一个及物动词处理，即题目句子可转换成The little kid should be taken good care of．注意介词不能丢掉。第二种形式是把多词动词看作“动词+宾语+介词”结构，转换成被动语态后，注意介词词组要放到动词过去分词后面，即Good care should be taken of the little kid。因此本题选A。
32． The British constitution is _____ a large extent a product of the historical events described above.
A．at
B．within
C．by
D．to
正确答案：D
解析：考查固定搭配。to a large extent为固定搭配，意为“在很大程度上”。
33． She feels it a disgrace to speak to those socially _____.
A．inferior
B．down
C．below
D．under
正确答案：A
解析：考查词语辨析。inferior意为“差的，下级的”，符合题意。down多作副词用，不合句子结构；below和under意为“在……之下”，其后都必须接名词或代词作宾语，不合题意。
34． As the mountains were covered with a _____ of cloud, we couldn’t see their tops.
A．coating
B．film
C．veil
D．shade
正确答案：C
解析：考查词组辨析。a veil of意为“一层”，如：A veil of fog covered the valley．(一层雾笼罩了山谷。)a coating of意为“一层”，但指的是“(覆盖在表面的)外层，漆的涂层”，如：The walk was covered with a thin coating of snow．(走道上覆盖着薄薄的一层雪。)a film of意为“薄薄的一层”，如：There was a film of dust on the desk．(桌上积了薄薄的一层灰尘。)a shade of意为“一点，少许”，如：There is a shade of difference in meaning between the two forms of the word．(这个词的两种形式在词义上有着细微的差别。)选项C是正确答案。
35． _____ we have not made any arrangement for our picnic.
A．So far
B．Up to now
C．Thus far
D．As yet
正确答案：D
解析：考查词组辨析。as yet，so far，thus far，up to now都表示“到目前为止”，但在否定句和疑问句中常用as yet。
36． We expect Mr. White will _____ Class One when Ms Jenny retires.
A．take over
B．take up
C．take off
D．take to
正确答案：A
解析：考查词组辨析。take over意为“接收，接管”；take up意为“开始采用；采取，承担”；take off意为“脱去；拿掉”；take to意为“开始从事；开始沉湎于”。根据题意，选项A为正确答案。
37． She is only _____ satisfied to copy the homework of others without the pain of thought for herself.
A．very
B．so
C．much
D．too
正确答案：D
解析：考查固定搭配。too…to…为固定结构，一般是具有否定意义的结果句式，但当too的前面有all，only，but等词修饰时，该结构就含有十分肯定的意义了。由此可见，选项D为正确答案。
38． In order to strengthen his arguments, George _____ respectable social scientists who agree with him.
A．recites
B．confirms
C．quotes
D．convinces
正确答案：C
解析：考查动词辨析。quote意为“引用……的话，引证”，符合本题题意，如：The author frequently quoted Shakespeare．(作者经常引用莎士比亚作品里的话。)recite意为“背诵，朗诵”；confirm意为“证实，确认”；convince意为“使信服，确信”。
39． The _____ of our trip to London was the visit to Buckingham Palace.
A．summit
B．height
C．peak
D．highlight
正确答案：D
解析：考查名词辨析。参观白金汉宫在旅途中无疑是一次重要活动，highlight意为“最突出的部分，精彩场面”，因此符合题意。其他三个词都跟高度有关：summit意为“顶点，成就的顶峰”；height意为“(从底部到顶部)距离，高度”；peak意为“最高峰，山顶”。
40． You cannot imagine how _____ I feel with my duties sometimes.
A．overflowed
B．overthrown
C．overwhelmed
D．overturned
正确答案：C
解析：考查动词辨析。overwhelm“制服，压倒，使不知所措”，用在本题中能表达不安的感觉，因此为正确答案，又如：Your kindness quite overwhelms me．(你的好意使我感激不尽。)overflow意为“使溢出，使泛滥”；overthrow“推翻，，废除”；overturn“倾覆，废除”。
41． Tom went through the documents again carefully for fear of_____ any important data.
A．relaying
B．overlooking
C．deleting
D．revealing
正确答案：B
解析：考查动词辨析。overlook意为“忽略，遗漏”，与题目中的carefully相对，为正确答案，又如：The secretary is careful and never overlooks any little points．(秘书是个细心人，从不遗漏任何细节。)relay意为“转播”；delete意为“删除，消去”；reveal意为“显示，显现”。
PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.
A. inappropriate B. attend C. slips D. track E. financeF. unchangeable G. organize H. participate I. formal J. as much asK. slides L. schedules M. calls for N. trail O. punctuality Americans believe time is a limited resource: they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often【C1】______seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to【C2】______ their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners—some in electronic form—to keep 【C3】______ of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more life out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: “Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” To Americans,【C4】______ is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually【C5】______ an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less【C6】______ the situation, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive 【C7】______ 30 minutes past the appointed time. But they usually don’t try that at work. To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than 【C8】______. In these societies, people don’t try to control time, but to experience it. Many Eastern cultures, for example, view time as a cycle. The rhythm of nature—from the passing of the seasons to the monthly cycle of the moon—shapes their view of events. People learn to respond to their environment. As a result, they find it easier to “go with the flow” than Americans, who like plans to be fixed and【C9】______. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time, like money,【C10】______ all too easily through our fingers. And time, like the weather, is very hard to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of life’s most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.
42． 【C1】
正确答案：B
解析：空格后的or read表明，此处填入动词原形。本句所表达的意思是美国人经常参加有关时间管理的讨论会或阅读这方面的书籍。attend“出席；参加”符合句意。participate表示“参与，参加”时，为不及物动词，与介词in连用。
43． 【C2】
正确答案：G
解析：空格位于不定式to之后，故应填入动词原形。上文提到美国人经常参加有关时间管理的讨论会或阅读这方面的书籍，可推断本句是说他们似乎都希望能把自己的时间“安排”得更好。organize表示“组织；使有条理，安排”，符合句意。
44． 【C3】
正确答案：D
解析：由空格后的of短语判断，此处填入名词。空格所在的不定式说明专业人士随身携带记事本的目的。短语keep track of表示“跟上……的进展；保持与……的联系”，符合语义。此处表示专业人士随身携带记事本，以留意约会时间和工作期限。trail“踪迹，痕迹，形迹”，一般指跟踪追击，不符合上下文语义。
45． 【C4】
正确答案：O
解析：空格位于谓语前，判断此处填入名词或分词。下文提到迟到超过十分钟要道歉或解释，以及知道自己会迟到时要预先通知，由此可推断空格所在句说的是punctuality“守时”。本句表达的是“守时是尊重他人时间的一种行为方式”。
46． 【C5】
正确答案：M
解析：本句缺乏谓语，故此处填入动词或动词词组。本句句意是“约会迟到超过10分钟通常……道歉或解释原因”。短语call for表示“要求，需要”，符合题意。
47． 【C6】
正确答案：I
解析：空格前的less提示，此处填入形容词。由下文举例的informal get-togethers可推知，本句讲的是“会面场合愈不正式，精确准时的重要性就愈小”。formal“正式的，合礼仪的”，此处与less搭配表示“不正式的”，符合语义。inappropriate表示“不适当的，不相称的”，不符合上下文语义，故不选。
48． 【C7】
正确答案：J
解析：空格所在句的主谓结构完整，推断此处填入修饰30 minutes的词。as much as“多达，整整”符合语义。
49． 【C8】
正确答案：L
解析：本句的value A more than B结构提示，此处填入名词。上一句提到美国人似乎受制于时钟，由此可推断本句的大意是其他文化背景的人不会如此看重与clock相关的东西。schedule表示“时间表，进度表”，和前面的clock相呼应，符合语义。本文没有涉及财务、经济等信息，故不选finance“财政，金融”。
50． 【C9】
正确答案：F
解析：此处需要填入一个与fixed“事先确定而不能更改的，既定的”并列的形容词。unchangeable“不变的；不可改变的”符合语义。
51． 【C10】
正确答案：C
解析：空格所在句缺少谓语，故此处填入动词。由through our fingers可推知，此处表达的是“时间溜走”。slip“滑(倒)，滑落；溜走”符合语义。slide“(使)滑动，(使)滑行”，通常指与光滑表面保持接触并且迅速地连续滑动，空格处的动词要与Time搭配使用，故不妥。
PART V READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
(1)College students are more stressed out than ever before—at least according to the latest findings of a large, national survey that has been conducted annually for the last 25 years. The survey includes more than 200,000 students attending nearly 300 colleges and asks them to rate how their own mental health stacks up with their classmates’—for example, is it “above average” or in the “highest 10%”? (2)This somewhat unusual methodology typically results in the statistical Lake Woebegon effect in which most people tend to overestimate themselves in relation to others (it refers to the fictional Lake Woebegon, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average”). But the most recent results indicate that fewer and fewer freshmen feel like they are in top form in terms of coping with stress. (3)A quarter century ago, nearly 70% of freshmen put themselves in the top 10% of mentally stable people in their class: today only 52% rate themselves that highly, down 3 points since last year. Students’ self-esteem, however, is still strong: a full 71% of freshmen put themselves in the top 10% in terms of academic abilities. It’s hard to know what these numbers actually mean: obviously, it’s not mathematically possible for 52% or 71% of people to be in the top 10% of anything. And, as I explored earlier, people’s attempts to compare themselves with others are skewed (倾斜)in various ways. Nevertheless, the finding is in line with previous research, which found that almost half of all college students who seek counseling now have a major mental illness. That’s more than double the rate seen 10 years ago. (4)So what’s going on? Obviously, the economy and high unemployment rate make for a scary time to be in college, potentially facing terrifying levels of debt—that alone could account for the increase in stress. (5)Secondly, a much more rigorous large study recently found that empathy among college students had declined 40% since 2000—and since caring relationships are essential to mental and physical health, a decline in empathy could also produce a decline in mental health and coping. (6)My final point brings us back to my earlier post on a Stanford study that looked at the psychological effects of comparing ourselves to others. It found that the way people tend to conceal their negative emotions while broadcasting their happy ones makes the rest of us feel somehow “less than”—as though all our friends and neighbors have better lives than we do. Social media sites like and Twitter seem to have made these comparisons even more harmful by providing the perfect venue through which people can continually present a perfect version of themselves. (7)This phenomenon, too, might tie into why the new survey, “The American Freshman: National Norms,” found that students are feeling less confident about their level of emotional and mental stability. If all the students around you are desperately trying to put on a happy face—and you perceive that face as a true reflection of their inner selves, even as you work to hide your own sadness—well, it’s not surprising that so many students might be getting a bit stressed out. (8)Instead, if students were encouraged to feel safe expressing their honest emotions, even about their fears and failures, everyone might feel more connected, happier—and, yes, healthier.
52． What is true about the result of the survey?
A．It didn’t manifest the typical Lake Woebegon effect.
B．The typical Lake Woebegon effect wasn’t expected.
C．The students underestimated themselves.
D．The students overestimated themselves.
正确答案：A
解析：第2段第1句提到本次调查使用的方法可能会产生沃博艮湖效应，而下一句开头的But表明在本次调查中没有出现预料中的情况，也就是说，本次调查并没有完全显示出这个效应，因此，本题应选A。
53． It was also found in previous research that _____.
A．almost half of all college students have to seek counseling
B．almost half of all college students have some mental illness
C．more and more students become mentally unstable
D．more and more students develop strong self-esteem
正确答案：C
解析：第3段最后一句开头的That指的是上一句提到的最近患上心理疾病的学生的数目，结合两句可知现在患上心理疾病的学生数目是10年前的两倍多，而根据该段倒数第2句中的in line with可知新旧研究的结论相同，新的研究发现越来越多的学生表明自己的心理不稳定，因此，本题应选C。
54． According to the author, social media sites like and Twitter enable people to _____.
A．realize the harmful effects of comparison
B．conceal their negative emotion efficiently
C．feel somehow superior to others
D．share the perfect lives of others
正确答案：B
解析：第6段第2句提到“人们往往会隐藏自己的消极情绪，而向人展示自己幸福的一面”，从最后一句的内容可知，在和Twitter这些社交网站上，人们只展现“自己完美的一面”，再结合第2句提到的内容可以推断，这些网站让使用者可以很好地隐藏自己的消极情绪，因此，本题应选B。
55． The author points out that, while the students are trying to hide their own sadness, they tend to believe that other students _____.
A．are similarly stressed out
B．are happy with their lives
C．seldom reveal their negative feelings
D．often refuse to face their inner selves
正确答案：B
解析：第7段第2句中的you perceive that face as a true reflection of their inner selves表明人们通常愿意相信别人脸上幸福的表情就是他们内心真实的写照，也就是说，人们相信别人是幸福的，选项B就是这个意思，故为本题答案。
(1)How many times a day do you check your email? When you wake up? Before bed? A dozen times in between? If you’re like many of us, the red blinking light of a BlackBerry is the first thing you see each morning—you’ve got mail!—and the last glimpse of color to fade out before bedtime. It’s constant and nagging—yet most of us say we can’t live without it. Add Twitter, , and the rest of our social-media obsessions to the mix, and the technology that was supposed to simplify our lives has become the ultimate time-suck: the average teen spends more than seven hours a day using technological devices, plus an additional hour just text-messaging friends. (2)The advantage to all that gadgetry, of course, is connectedness: email lets us respond on the go, and we are in touch with more people during more hours of the day than at any other time in history. But is it possible we’re more lonely than ever, too? That’s what MIT professor Sherry Turkle observes in her new book, Alone Together, a fascinating portrait of our changing relationship with technology, the result of nearly 15 years of study. Turkle details the ways technology has redefined our perceptions of intimacy and solitude—and warns of the perils of embracing such virtual relationships in place of lasting emotional connections. (3)Turkle talks to high-school students who fear having to make a phone call, and elementary-school children who become distraught when their toy robot pets “die.” She wonders how her daughter will remember their relationship 40 years from now, if every long-distance communication between them happens via text message. But for Turkle, a psychologist by training, the biggest worry is what all this superficial engagement means for us developmentally. Is technology offering us the lives we want to live? “We’re texting people at a distance,” says the author, the director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. “We’re using inanimate objects to convince ourselves that even when we’re alone, we feel together. And then when we’re with each other, we put ourselves in situations where we are alone—constantly on our mobile devices. It’s what I call a perfect storm of confusion about what’s important in our human connections.” (4)What can’t be denied is that technology, no matter its faults, makes life a whole lot easier. It allows us to communicate with more people in less time: it can make conversation simple—no small talk required. It can be therapeutic: robots are now used to help care for the elderly: in Japan, they’re marketed as a way to lure addicts out of cyberspace. But it can also be seductive, providing more stimulation than our natural lives make possible. “The adrenaline (肾上腺素)rush is continual,” Turkle says of our wired lives. “We get a little shot of dopamine(多巴胺)every time we make a connection.” One high-school student she spoke with put it simply: “I start to have some happy feelings as soon as I start to text.” (5)But are any of those feelings equal to the kind we feel when engaged in real, face-to-face intimacy? Online, you can ignore others’ feelings. In a text message, you can avoid eye contact. A number of studies have found that this generation of teens is less empathetic than ever. That doesn’t spell disaster, says Turkle—but it does mean we might want to start thinking about the way we want to live. “We’ve gone through tremendously rapid change, and some of these things just need a little sorting out,” she says. If she has her way, the dialogue will start here—and not just on somebody’s computer.
56． A time-suck (Para. 1)is most probably characterized by being ______.
A．complicated
B．high-tech
C．time-consuming
D．appealing
正确答案：C
解析：第1段最后一句冒号后的内容表明time-suck的特点是“花时间”，因此，本题应选C。
57． Turkle’s book is focused on discussing ______.
A．the advantages and disadvantages of technology
B．how technology influences human relationships
C．our expectations on technology
D．our views on virtual relationships
正确答案：B
解析：第2段第3句中的our changing relationship with technology和第4句中的the ways technology has redefined our perceptions都表明Turkle的书主要讨论technology对人际关系的影响，因此，本题应选B。
58． Paragraph 2 is most similar in structure and ideas to ______.
A．Paragraph 1
B．Paragraph 3
C．Paragraph 4
D．Paragraph 5
正确答案：C
解析：第2段先提到了科技的优点，再引出Turkle认为科技使人际关系变得疏离，以此指出科技对我们的负面影响。该段前后两部分形成转折对比关系，包含对科技正和反的评价。第4段也提到了正、反的评价，也是在段落前后两部分形成转折关系，因此，本题应选C。
(1)When a customer fell deathly ill, waitress Jessica Grant called on a skill she never thought she’d need. (2)The man eating chicken chimichangas at table 25 asked for more tortillas and a Dr Pepper. Jessica Shafer Grant, eight hours into a 12-hour double shift at Abuelo’s restaurant in Abilene, Texas, checked on her other customers, then made her way downstairs to the kitchen to place the order. Grant, 29, called “Jay,” was well liked at work. The starting shortstop on the restaurant’s softball team, she had recently moved to Abilene with her five-year-old daughter and was supplementing the income she earned as a dental assistant by waiting tables on weekends. (3)In the restaurant’s courtyard, Walter Wheat, 74, had just polished off a plate of enchiladas. A former sergeant major in the U.S. Army, the grandfather of four had taken on a job as a substitute teacher at an elementary school. “I’ve been doing that for ten years,” he’d recently quipped. “I’ve been quitting for nine.” Wheat signed his credit card bill and stood up to leave. He dropped his jacket and staggered. His wife, Doris, 67, and the dinner companion grabbed Wheat’s arms and brought him carefully to the floor. Then Wheat, who’d survived a heart attack eight years earlier, stopped breathing and stared up vacantly. (4)Doris fell to her knees and leaned over her husband. “Daddy, breathe! Breathe! “ A man who identified himself as a doctor shot up from a nearby table and rushed to Wheat’s side. Wheat’s skin was pale, and his lips were turning blue. A crowd of patrons gathered as the man placed his fingers on Wheat’s neck. He looked up and shook his head. Wheat had no detectable pulse. Doris turned to a nearby waitress. “Help my husband! “ she cried. “Please! “ (5)Grant was coming down the stairs when she saw a crowd in the courtyard, with Doris sitting on the floor near the center of the group. Then Grant saw Wheat on the ground. She pushed her way in. (6)”What’s going on?” she asked. (7)”He doesn’t have a pulse,” the doctor said. (8)Grant had learned CPR as part of her dental training, though she’d never had to use it before. “Can I give him mouth-to-mouth?” she asked Doris. (9)”Please! “ (10)The doctor backed away and left the restaurant before anyone got his name. Grant knelt by Wheat’s head and bent close to listen for his breath. Then she felt for his pulse. Nothing. He looks pretty bad, she thought. He’s not going to make it. She began CPR anyway—I need to do that for him, she thought—alternating between two consecutive bursts of mouth-to-mouth breathing and a series of chest compressions. (11)Within a couple of minutes, bartender Jeff Womble was at Grant’s side. He had been mixing margaritas when the restaurant’s manager alerted him to the crisis downstairs. A nursing student, Womble wordlessly took over the chest compressions on Wheat. (12)Soon the two workers had synchronized their efforts: Grant breathed into Wheat’s mouth, then counted as Womble launched into compressions. “One one-thousand, two one-thousand...” (13)The restaurant was nearly silent. Some patrons prayed softly. Doris twisted a napkin in her hands, repeating to herself, “God, please don’t take him from me yet.” (14)Grant and Womble persisted for nearly ten minutes. Then Wheat gasped. Grant sat back and told Womble to stop. “Keep going! “ someone shouted. “Why are you stopping?” (15)But Grant followed her instincts. “Let’s not mess with this,” she instructed. “He’s breathing.” (16)The restaurant erupted into applause. (17)But Grant was already upstairs delivering tortillas and a Dr Pepper to table 25, apologizing profusely to the patrons for the delay. After she explained the situation, the customers tipped her $100. It took Grant an hour to realize the magnitude of the incident, and she trembled from head to toe. Meanwhile, doctors determined that Wheat had suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm, which kills 90 percent of its victims. A few days later, Grant and her daughter paid a visit to Wheat in the hospital, where he was recovering from surgery. She hugged him carefully, and Wheat managed a cheerful greeting. “I couldn’t believe he was actually talking,” Grant says. Doris sat by Wheat’s bedside, and everyone in the room held hands, cried, and prayed together. “It was amazing,” says Grant. “They treated us like family.”
59． What do we know about Jessica Grant’s job?
A．She took a part-time job at the restaurant.
B．She turned from a dental assistant to a waitress.
C．She gave up the former job for a higher income.
D．She worked only on weekends for her daughter’s sake.
正确答案：A
解析：第2段最后一句中的supplementing“补充”表明在餐厅的工作是正职之外的“外快”，也就是说，餐厅的工作是一个“兼职”，因此，本题应选A。
60． What is true about Walter Wheat?
A．He went to the restaurant with his wife and daughter.
B．He had never told his wife about his heart disease.
C．He was treating his wife and a friend to dinner at the restaurant.
D．He showed the same symptom as eight years ago.
正确答案：C
解析：第3段第5句提到是由Walter Wheat付账的，第7句中的his wife和companion“同伴”表明Walter Wheat在餐厅是请客吃饭的，因此，本题应选C。
61． Before beginning CPR, Jessica Grant _____.
A．wanted to do the chest compressions for Wheat
B．confirmed the conclusion given by the doctor
C．believed that Walter Wheat would come round
D．gave Walter Wheat mouth-to-mouth breathing
正确答案：B
解析：第10段第2～5句描述Jessica Grant测不到Walter Grant的呼吸脉搏，这与第4段提到的医生的诊断相同，注意题目中问Before being CPR时的情况，因此本题应选B。
SECTION BIn this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with No more than TEN words in the space provided.
PASSAGE ONEWhy did the girl play basketball over and over again?
62． Why are the flowers and candles being dismantled?
正确答案：Because the funerals are over．
解析：第1段第2句中的flowers，candles和该段最后一句的funerals互相关联，最后一句指出“葬礼”结束了，用于纪念死者的鲜花和蜡烛自然也要撤走，根据此因果关系，可确定答案为Because the funerals are over。
63． What is most probably the author’s career?
正确答案：A news reporter．
解析：根据第3段第2句中的I had to．．．ask questions和下一句I had to file a story可以推断该作者本身是一个新闻工作者，他要就这次击事件写一个报道。另外，第5段中的wrote，reported和covered更进一步的证明了他的身份，故答案为A news reporter。
PASSAGE TWO
． What have advertisers least used to catch our ear when taking advantage of hearing?
正确答案：Everyday sounds．
解析：根据题目中的catch our ear定位到第3段倒数第2句。该句中的largely ignoring everyday sounds表明广告商在利用听觉时很大程度上忽略了everyday sounds，题目中的least used对应原文的largely ignoring，故Everyday sounds为答案。
PASSAGE THREE
65． What does “snag” in Paragraph One mean?
正确答案：Unexpected obstacle．
解析：根据题目直接定位到第1段。snag之后的破折号内容的意思是“如果没有碳排放，就不能给市民提供自行车”，可见这是一个“意想不到的障碍”，故答案可填入Unexpected obstacle。
66． What is TfL’s present aim?
正确答案：To enable 50,000 people to use hire bikes every day．
解析：根据题目中的TfL和aim定位到第7段最后一句。题目中的aim对应该句开头的TfL’s target，答案可在介词短语of 50,000 people a day using hire bikes获得。目标问题的回答一般用不定式形式，故可简答为To enable 50，000 people to use hire bikes every day。
PART VI WRITING
67． More and more Chinese science and technology papers have been included in SCI. Look at the following chart carefully and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should start with a brief description of the chart, interpret the chart, and give your comments. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
正确答案： A Growing Number of Chinese Papers in SCI As is shown in the chart, the number of Chinese science and technology papers published in SCI journals has been on the rise. The proportion of Chinese papers against the world total has generally been increased, except for two minor dips in the years of 2005 and 2008. But the world ranking of the number of Chinese papers has been going up, from 8th in 2001 to 2nd in 2009, and remained in 2nd up to 2011. The impressive research output in science and technology in China, represented by the papers published in SCI journals, might be attributed to the following reasons. First, more research funds have been granted to researchers in universities and institutes. Second, more and more postgraduate students with Ph.D. degrees have graduated. They become assistants, participants or even chief researchers of many national-level research projects, contributing to publishing more papers. Given this trend and the government’s increasing input in scientific endeavors, I believe that the number and proportion of Chinese papers published in SCI journals will continue to increase for the next few years.
解析： 柱状图和表格反映了中国科技论文占世界论文总数的比例是上升的，世界排名也是稳步上升。根据这一思路，并按照题目要求，全文可以安排如下： 第一段简要描述图表。 第二段指出该趋势的可能原因：其一，大学和研究所得到更多的研究资助，让他们能从事更多的科学研究。其二，投人研究的人员增加，发表的论文数也会增多。 第三段提出个人预测：从中国对科研的投入来看，SCI收录中国科技论文的数目会不断增加。 下载本文
