BOW ik 4 1, Listening Comprehension Section A # 10 5) Directions; In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. (|) 1. A. She didn’t visit the tower B. She doesn’t like high places. C. She agrees with the man. D. She plans to visit the tower again. ©). 2.,A. Where the meeting is being held. B, Where she should meet the manager. C. What the topic of the meeting is. D. What she should prepare for the meeting. ( .) 3. A. It’s better to do some cycling. B. They can do both hiking and cycling. C. It doesn’t matter which one they do. . They should each do a different one. . It’s too late to study for the exam. . The woman is well prepared already. . He will help the woman to go over her courses. The woman has missed too many classes before. . His vacation plans need to be changed. . He will be flying home for vacation soon. QOr>uae>rs . The woman had a very busy semester. D. The woman will be too busy in her vacation. —97 -(6. A. He wants to have a banana for dinner. B. He will cook for the woman. C. He is also ready for dinner. D. He will get hungry very soon. (_) 7. A. The bike probably needs repairing. B. He is late for class himself. C. He has lent the bike to a friend. D. He left his bike on campus. (_) 8. A. The show has already started. B. She bought the tickets yesterday. C. She will go find the man’s wallet. D. She will pay for the tickets to the show. () 9. A. He isa popular teacher B. He assigns too much homework. C. He only teaches one class. D. He wants to change the schedule: (10. A. A trip to Paris may be too expensive for the man. B. She thought the man had been to Paris before. C. Now it is not a good time to go to Paris. D. She could lend the man some money. Section B_ #£ 15 5} Directions: In Section B, you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages, and you will be asked several questions on the conversation and each of the passages. The conversation and 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 14 are based on the following conversation, (_) 11. A. Her parents are worried about her schoolwork. B. Her parents want to have a word with the headmaster. C. Her parents don’t agree with her decision to become an artist. D. Her parents don’t want her to transfer to an Art School. (12.4. A teacher. B. An actor. —98 —) 13. 14 C. A commercial artist. D. A painter. ‘A. Change her mind before she breaks her parents’ heart B. Go to a Technical College and get a good job after that. C. Become a teacher after getting trained at an Art School. D. Ask her parents to consult the art master. ‘A. Which Technical College she will be able to go to. B. What Mr. Smith thinks of her artwork at school. C. How her parents think of her future after the talk. D. What her chances of becoming an artist would be. Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage, ¢ > 15. ) 16. 7 A. Evening news should not last for so long every evening. B. TV broadcasting should be banned for some time in the evening. C. Families should be required to watch evening news. D. The law should protect TV broadcasting in the US. . Family members communicate actively with each other. . Family members watch TV together. . Family members have a rich and quiet meal. . Family members talk over the recent news. . Watching sunset. . Taking a ride. . Watching TV. . Reading a story. DOP>UOD> Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. ( ¢ « ) 18. ) 19. » 20. A. Medical influence. B. Too much pressure. C. Using computers D. Taking work home. A. A person's general lifestyle. B.A person’s exposure to daylight. C. A person’s sleeping patterns. D. A person's status at workplace. ‘A. Choose a job that doesn’t require you to work too hard. aB. Change your seat in the office to a place near the window. C. Wear a hi-tech watch to measure your physical activity. D. Participate in the research by the University of Illinois, Il, Grammar and Vocabulary Section A # 10 5} Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 cach blank. Signs of Life? In addition to Lake Vostok. scientists found a huge system of rivers and almost 400 lakes hidden below the Antarctic ice. This could be the (21) (large) wetland in the world, as much as one and a half times the size of the United States. While some scientists mapped out these hidden lakes on Earth, others were discovering ice-covered environments elsewhere in the solar system. During the 1990s. the Galileo spacecraft flew by the planet Jupiter and its moons. It sent back photographs (22) (suggest) that an ocean exists below the surface of the ice-covered moon called Europa. (23) time went on, more research provided new possibilities. Other moons of Jupiter and Saturn seemed to be worlds (24) thick, icy shells surround large bodies of liquid water. Could life exist in such an extreme environment? It certainly seems unlikely. As with the discovery of Lake Vostok, the clues for scientists seeking life pointed in “unlikely” directions. Most life on Earth depends on sunlight. (25) could sunlight go through an ice cover thousands of feet deep? Living things also depend on nutrients (2) (grow). Where would these come from? Scientists wondered how nutrients could enter a system (27) (isolate) from the world above for millions of years. What's more, they knew that any kind of life in this extreme environment would have to survive tons and tons of pressure from the ice above. Yet, in the deep ocean, some life. forms exist (28) sunlight. ‘Their nutrients come from the chemi Is that rise through the ocean floor from deep inside the Earth. These creatures (29) ___ (develop) qualities that allow them to grow under the weight of tons of water. Could living things with similar abilities exist in Antarctica’s subglacial Ck)I| F 89) — 100 —wetland? If they do, life (30) also be possible in the icy moons of the outer solar system. Section B 3§ 10 3} Directions; Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can. be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. | A-conversational —B. critical C. guesses D. highlights | | E. identities F. impacts G. limits H. optimistic | | Le personalizes J. proof K. reliance | Machines That Think Predicts the Future of Artificial Intelligence Movies and other media are full of mixed messages about the risks and rewards of building machines with minds of their own. While some tech titans (Ek) such as Elon Musk warn of the threats artificial intelligence presents, others, including Mark Zuckerberg, are more (31) AT researcher Toby Walsh's Machines That Think is for anyone who has heard the hype GHIEFC) and is seeking a(n) (32) __assessment of what the technology can do—and what it might do in the future. Walsh’s (33) ___ style is welcoming to nonexperts while his endnotes point readers to opportunities for deeper dives into specific aspects of Al. Walsh begins with a history of AI, from Aristotle's foundation of formal logic to modern facial-recognition systems. Excerpts (#8) from computer-composed poetry and tales of computers beating humans at strategy games are (34) ___of how far AI has come. But Walsh also (35) _ weaknesses, such as machine-learning’s (36) __on so much data to master a single task. This 30,000-foot view of AI research packs a lot of history. as well as philosophical and technical explanation. Walsh (37) ___ the account with his own programming experiences, AI in daily life—tike his daughter's use of Siri—and his absolute love of humour. Later in the book, Walsh makes (38) _ restrict further AI development and legal (39) ___ that society may want to impose. _- about technical barriers that may He also explores the societal impact that increasingly intelligent computers may have. In fact, Walsh argues. all aspects of Al's future (40) are in our hands al intelligence can lead us down many different paths, some good and some bad,” he writes. “Society must choose which path to take.” — 101 —J. Reading Comprehension Section A # 15 5} Directions: For cach blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, Cand D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. You and many of your friends have cellphones. But your school has a rule _41____ cellphone use in the classroom. Do you and your classmates agree with that policy? The best way to find out is to ask the question of everyone in your class. You might discover, 42 __, that 21 students think the school should allow cellphone use, and 9 say it is not a good idea. It’s pretty easy to get a(n) 43 __ answer when you're dealing with just 30 people. It’s a little trickier if you want the opinion of all the students in your school—and much, much harder if you want the opinion of 10 million middle schoolers. It’s just not ___44__to ask everyone and collect all the answers. Can you 45 __ the opinion of a lot of people by asking just a few? Yes, experts say, but you have to be careful, and the results give you only a rough idea of the answer. Suppose you ask the question of 1,000 students, selected at random from among 10 million middle schoolers. You might find that 65 percent favor cellphone use in the classroom. The math behind such polling (FWY) suggests that, witha «46 of 1,000, the result has a margin of error of about 3 percent. 47, if you were to conduct the poll over and over again, with a new group of 1,000 students each time, the result of each poll would lie somewhere between 62 percent and 68 percent 95 out of 100 times. So, you can be fairly sure (but not 48 __) that the percentage of all students holding this opinion is somewhere in that range. Polling math also shows that it doesn't 49 whether the total number of students is 100,000, 10 million, or 100 million. A properly selected sample of 1,000 would give you results that have a margin of error of 3 percent whatever the _50 of the entire population. You can gain a little more certainty by using a(n) __51___ sample. Within 2,000 people, the margin of error goes down to about 2 percent. ‘The most troubling polls, in terms of reaching large-scale conclusions or making predictions, are those that don't even try to survey a(n) selected sample of people. You see them all the time on various websites, where anyone can just click on a choice, and a computer collects the results. All you get are the opinions of the people who respond __53__. It may be fun, but it tells you nothing __54_about people — 102 —in general ‘The figures and graphs can look pretty official. But when it comes to polls, it pays to be ___55___ about the results. (41. A. forbidding B. surveying C. permitting D. considering (9.42. A. in addition BB. for example C. above all D. to date (43. A. positive B. expected C. short D. definite (44. A. common B. necessary C. important D. practical (45. A. figure out B. believe in C. look into D. take on ()46.A. proportion ——_B. number C. sample D. population (_) 47. A To some degree B. On the other hand C. By comparison D. In other words ( -) 48. A. ideal B. certain C. feasible D. obvious (49. A. help B. matter ©. occur D. exist (-) 50. A. background —_B. age ©. size D. level (-) 51. A. older B. smaller C. younger D. larger (-) 52. A. carelessly B. randomly C. initially D. exclusively (-) 83. A. in brief B. with ease C. by chance D. on time (54. A. unusual B. interesting C. worthwhile. ordinary (55. A. cautious B. worried C. curious D. calm Section B # 22 5} Directions; 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) Nowadays, the sales of printed books have decreased in almost all markets across the world, while on the contrary, the sales of digital books have soared. Therefore. many people now question whether digital books will alter, or maybe have already altered. the way we read. Are printed books dead?__(1)_ Reading has always been extremely personal— some like old books while others prefer the latest releases. There is no end to the range or preferences, and in many ways the digital revolution has merely added one more choice to the readers. — 103 —Of course. we can’t deny that digital books have obvious advantages. Digital books recreational reading”. In other words, if you feel a are excellent for what is known strong urge to read War and Peace on your way to work, it would be wise for you to carry it in its slim digital version. And with the improvement of digital books, you can now easily mark your favourite quotes, and search for occurrence of words or phrases in a way you would never do with a printed book. But if you would like to have any kind of concrete sense of how much you've read, then the digital book is frustrating. Knowing what percentage of the book you have read is not the same. It is an essential component of reading that one should be able to see around the corner ‘There is, after all, one more thing that digital books can’t do; they can’t furnish your home with a record of what has passed through your mind. Many people have found that it isn’t enough to only read digital books. With printed copies on their bookcase, they say, they are able to have the possibility of remembering in future how they felt when they read those books. So, instead of wondering whether printed books are dead. perhaps we should ask: can we really live without them? (56. Which of the following sentences best fills blank 1 in Paragraph 2? A. Unfortunately, yes. B. No! It isn’t true at all. C. Maybe? D. There is not yet an answer to the question. (57. Which of the following is the most obvious advantage of di A. The digital version of a book is usually shorter than the printed one. B. You can easily find out what percentage of the book you have read. C. Digital books are easier to be carried around and marked on. D. You can search for the book you want to read on your way to work (_) 58. Why do many people want to furnish their home with books? A. They'd like to be reminded of old memories. B. They find bookcases a good way of decoration. C. They want to keep a record of what they've read. D. They enjoy the concrete sense of having a book. (_) 59. According to the author, what is a proper question to be asked about printed and digital books? = 104 —1254 1260 1262 1269 1271 1274 1275 1280's 1292 1293 1295 1298 1299 ing? A. Have digital books ¢! B. Who may prefer digital books to printed ones? anged our way of C. Which book may come better in digital form? D. Is it possible that we no longer need printed books? (B) Marco Polo Timeline (1254—1324) ‘On September 15, Marco Polo was born in Venice His wealthy father and uncle, Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, set sail from Constantinople to the Crimea on a trading journey. Nicolo and Maffeo Polo received an invitation to China to meet the Kubl: han. Nicolo and Maffeo Polo returned to Venice. Marco Polo accompanied his father and uncle on a journey through the Holy Land, Persia and Tartary and to the Empire of China. The travellers reached China after a three-year journey. Marco Polo’s father and uncle renewed their friendly acquaintance with the Kublai Khan and presented him with papal (Bcf) letters. They were given important positions at his court in return. Marco Polo learned to speak the Chinese language. Marco Polo was appointed as an envoy (fii) for the Kublai Khan and traveled through China on his missions Marco Polo traveled through Asia working for the Kublai Khan and was eventually appointed as a governor of one of his cities. A marriage was arranged for the daughter of Kublai Khan, the Princess Cocachin, and the Polos accompanied the wedding party, consisting of a fleet of fourteen ships, to Persia. ‘The Polos stayed in Persia to celebrate the wedding and then headed towards the Black Sea to make their way back to Venice. Marco Polo arrived in Venice with the finest collection of jewels ever seen. Venice was at war with Genoa. Marco Polo was made a “gentleman commander” of a Venetian galley. His ship joined in the battle of Kurzola and he was taken as a prisoner of war by the Genoese. When he was in prison he met a writer called Rustichello da Pisa and dictated (1138) to him an account of his travels and experiences in China, Japan, and other Eastern countries. Marco Polo was released as a prisoner of war in Genoa. — 105 —1300 Marco married a Venetian lady called Donata and together they had three daughters. 1307 Acopy of his book The Travels of Marco Polo reached France and Switzerland and Marco Polo became internationally famous. 1324 In January Marco Polo died in Venice. He was almost 70 years old ¢ ) 60. When did the Polos start their journey towards the Empire of China? A. 1262. B. 1269 c. 1271. D. 1274. (.) 61. Marco Polo's father and uncle were given important positions in the court of the Kublai Khan. It was probably because ___. A. they were very wealthy traders B. they were successful adventurers C. they brought to China papal letters D. they learnt to speak the Chinese language ¢ ) 62. According to the timeline, what was the last thing that Marco Polo did before retuning to Venice? A. He married the daughter of the Kublai Khan. B. He accompanied Princess Cocachin to Persia. C. He was made the commander of a fleet. D. He dictated an account of his trayels to the East. (c) Recently a personal friend of ours visited my wife and me at our home to discuss the plan of a forthcoming skiing holiday. In the course of the conversation our friend suddenly sat back in her chair, smiled broadly, rubbed her palms. together and exclaimed, “I can hardly wait to go!” Non-verbally she had told us that she expected the trip to be a big success. Rubbing the palms together is a way in which people non-verbally communicate Positive expectation. The dice (iF) thrower rubs the dice between his: palms as a sign of his positive expectancy of winning, the master of ceremonies rubs his palms together and says to his audience, “We have long looked forward to hearing our next speaker,” and the excited salesperson walks into the sales manager's office, rubs his palms together and says excitedly, “We've just got a big order, boss!” However, the waiter who comes to your table at the end of the evening rubbing his palms together and asking. “Anything — 106 —else, sir?” is non-verbally telling you that he is expecting a tip. The speed at which a person rubs his palms together signals who he thinks will receive the positive results that are expected. Say, for examples you want to buy a house and you go to see a real estate agent. After describing the property you are seeking, the agent rubs his palms together quickly and says, “I’ve got just the right place for you!” The agent has signaled that he expects the results to be to your benefit. But how would you feel if he rubbed his palms together very slowly as he told you that he had the ideal property? He would then appear to be crafty or devious CBtiF#) and would give you the feeling that the expected results would be to his advantage rather than yours. Sales people are taught that if they use the palm rub gesture when describing products or services to potential buyers, they should be certain to use a fast hand action to avoid putting the buyer on the defensive. When the buyer rubs his palms together and says to the sales person, “Let's see what you have to offer!” it is a signal that the buyer is ‘expecting to be shown something good and is likely to make a purchase. A word of warning; a person who is standing at a bus terminal in freezing winter conditions and who ‘rubs his palms together quickly may not necessarily be doing this because he is expecting a bus. He does it because his hands are cold! (_) 63. According to the passage. rubbing one’s palms together is very likely a signal toshow one’s. A. eagerness towards next trip B. excitement of going skiing soon C. high expectation of a coming event D. kind wishes for becoming successful (©) 64: Which of the following situations may NOT represent the message it usually communicates? ‘A. When a passenger rubs his hands quickly while waiting for a bus. B. When a salesperson rubs his hands quickly while talking to his boss. C. When a waiter rubs D. When a gambler rubs his hands quickly while placing another bet. hands quickly while taking another order. (65. Why is a’ salesperson taught to use a fast hand action when introducing a product? A. Because ideal products are often sold out very quickly. B. Because it leaves the customer a feeling that it's a bargain. C. Because such a gesture urges the customer to buy things. — 107 —D. Because it speeds up the process of offering and purchasing. (66. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? A. How to read others’ thoughts? B. How to spot a devious real estate agent? C. What does body language tell us? D. What does rubbing palms together mean? Section C #8 3 Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. | A. But people don’t always want to load their “Yos” with meaning. | B. It's like saying; “Yo ... Lam here. Is anybody out there?” C. Many people still see the app as a joke. D. The meaning behind a simple “Yo” could be complicated. | E; Whether the app will continue to arouse popularity is still a myth. F. With a single tap, users can send the word “Yo” to one another in a voice notification—and nothing else. Simple App Says It All in Style An app that does nothing but send a simple notification of “Yo” to recipients is the most popular app right now in the US. The app. named Yo, reached No.1 in the Apple App Store in the US last week, after The Financial Times broke the story on June 18 that the app has received $1 million in investment funding. Created in just eight hours by Or Arbel, a 32-year-old app developer from Tel Aviv, Israel, Yo claims to be the “simplest and most efficient communication tool in the world”. (67) Arbel enthused about his app in an interview with The New Yorker, “It's a whole new way for communication. It’s lightweight, easy. You don’t have to open a message the notification itself is everything you need.” When Yo was launched on April Fools’ Day this year. the Apple App Store decided to reject it on the grounds that it lacked substance. (68) ___ Some technology experts, like Polly Mosendz from The Wire and Judd Legum from Think Progress. point out that the way a simple app like Yo, got millions in funding says much about the coming burst of the tech bubble. Axbel calls Yo “context-based communication” and some people are beginning to — 108 —“get it”. Jordan Crook. from Tech Crunch, explains why the context of a “Yo” says much more than two little letters: “As with anything, a ‘Yo’ can just be a *Yo’. But you'll feel a very real difference between a Yo” you get in the morning from a friend and a Yo” you get at 2 a.m. from a close friend. Trust me. And that’s the magic.” (69) ___ David Shapiro. from The New Yorker, says now when he thinks about someone, he just “Yos” them instead of spending time starting and carrying on a conversation. He says it’s a great way of saying; “I'm thinking about you but I don’t have anything in particular to say.” Social media constantly demands our time and attention Not responding to text messages and e-mails can hurt relationships. But. Shapiro says, a “Yo” doesn’t seem to demand a reply. “What a relief,” he says. Andrew Leonard. from The Salon. says “Yo” also signifies something deeper. It “expresses our most essential humanity”. He says that the utterance of the word “Yo” is “a declaration, first, that I exist in this world, and second, that I seek connection and community with something outside myself”. (70) IV. Summary Writing #£ 10 4¢ Directions; Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible. Screen-addicted Teens Are Unhappy Happiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between adolescent life satisfaction and screen time. Teens whose eyes are habitually glued to their smartphones are markedly unhappier, said study lead author and San Diego State University professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge To investigate this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, analysed the data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) longitudinal study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U.S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their phones. tablets and computers, as well as questions about their in-the-flesh social interactions and their overall happiness. On average, they found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices— playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting—were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interaction. ‘Twenge believes this screen time is driving unhappiness rather than the other way = 109 —around. “Although this study can’t show causation, several other studies have shown that more social media use leads to unhappiness, but unhappiness does not lead to more social media use.” said Twenge. Total avoidance of screen doesn’t lead to happiness either, Twenge found. The happiest teens used digital media a little less than an hour per day. But after a daily hour of screen time, unhappiness rises steadily along with increasing screen time. “The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use,” Twenge said. “Aim to spend no more than two hours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising—two activities reliably linked to greater happiness.” 1. V. Translation # 15 3 Directions; Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 12. RRABWA ARTE NTR. (object) 73. SAMUS KABA ABE. Cexpose) — 110 —A. RRAARTALES SRR. (participation) 75. WEVA — AF ALA IRENA EAR A Ete EI A PERT A RR TERR BEE. (Not until) VI. Guided Writing £ 25 4} Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese. ABS AE BE AEE A ABC SHE DAG GT RAE Fl BORLA BH 5 EU ALA BEE HSE FMA — FEM. SOR. AAT: 1) PRT AE A LIE oh) EH; 2) MPAs eH - m1