1, Listening Comprehension Section A £10 3) 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. Today Three days ago . Two days ago. Yesterday . Her husband, A waiter. . An airport staff. . A taxi driver. . He will not attend the meeting. . He will call the woman back. |. He didn’t understand the message. . Discuss the need to arrive on time with Jack. . Praise Jack for his attendance . Give Jack more time to complete his share of work. |. Ask Jack to reschedule the meeting. . Look for Tom with the man. . Call Tom in a few minutes. Look for Tom’s phone number. D. Go to the class with the man. A. B. c D. A. B G D. A B. He didn’t get the message. c. D. A B iG D. A B c —sl—. A. Prepare healthier meals. Save money by eating at home. Buy a smaller TV. . Spend less on buying things. . Tony's disappointment won't last long. Tony's birthday party is boring anyway. He will go to the party with the woman. . He will ask Tony to postpone the party. . She'd also like to watch the show. B c. D. A. B G D. A. B. The man shouldn’t waste his time watching TV. C. The show doesn’t start till later that day. D. The man had better wait for her for 30 minutes. A. Ask Sandy to say sorry. B. Apologize to Sandy. C. Make clear why Sandy is mad D. Sandy probably is not really angry with the man. A. He can’t attend the soccer match. B. He’s surprised the woman likes soccer. C. He doesn’t enjoy playing soccer: D. He'd like to play soccer more often. Section B_ 3£ 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, ¢ ¢ du. ) 12. A. It’s kind of boring. B. It’s too stressful for him. C. It’s exhausting. D. It’s the right job for him. A. He wants to make more money. B. He prefers a more stressful lifestyle. iia« C 13. yu. C. He enjoys working in a bank D. He hopes to prove his working ability. A. She likes to help people look good. B. She enjoys talking to people about fashion. C. She hopes for a discount for the clothes she wants to buy. D. She knows how to talk people into buying more things. A. She was good at getting people to buy things. B. She liked to be with a lot of people. C. She enjoyed talking to strangers. D. She was easy to be persuaded. Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage. ¢ ) > 16. vorrounwrI0 A. Cooking lessons are mainly designed for girl students. B. Cooking courses will be compulsory for overweight students. . Cooking lessons are regarded as important as art lessons. . Cooking education used to be common in English schools. . They can’t find the right teachers for the new lessons. They have doubts on what kind of cooking to teach. . They don’t have enough school hour for cooking lessons. . They have no kitchens for hands-on cooking lessons. . To avoid a new crisis after another thirty years. . To discover their potential of living on themselves. . To learn a life skill which is of great fun. . To gain more knowledge than previous generations. Questions '18 through 20 are based on the following passage. ( ¢ ( > 18. 19. ) 20. ‘A. How we can fight against gender inequality today. B. There are dramatic differences between two genders. C. Why women are underrepresented in science and technology. D. A new study finds that females tend to have better jobs than men. ‘A. Many women who are good at Maths don’t choose STEM careers B. More female students achieve higher scores in the SAT than male ones. C. Females show strengths in both Maths and language skills. D. Fewer women work in science, technology, engineering or medicine. A. Females are just not that interested in these fields. = SesB. Women tend to choose jobs for which they get more support. C. Females are not very likely to be Maths geniuses. D. Women don’t have as much talent in these fields as men. 11, Grammar and Vocabulary Section A #10 3} 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 each blank. Thai Street Food “Queen” Wins Michelin Star Award Bangkok. Thailand, is known for having some of the best street food in the world. Now, one street seller is being officially recognized (21) __her tasty creations. The roadside restaurant Jay Fai in Bangkok was recently awarded a star in the highly respected Michelin Guide to restaurants around the world. Officials from the guide visit restaurants and then give them a rating of | to 3 stars, (22) base) on overall quality. Jay Fai is like many other street eateries across Bangkok, where a variety of Thai dishes (23) __ (serve) in simple surroundings. The owner and main cook is 72- year-old Fai Junsuta, (24) prepares the food in an open-air kitchen. She does (25) of the cooking in a couple of large pans called woks, and wears special glasses to protect her eyes from an endless stream of smoke. The Michelin Guide describes her restaurant as “a place that both taxi drivers and foodies wax lyrical about (AFUHLHTIE).” It says that crab omelets, crab curries and dried congee are (26) _ help the restaurant appeal to so many people. Many restaurants wait years (27) (receive) Michelin stars. But Fai Junsuta says she was not aware of the honor before (28) (choose), “Before, I knew the Michelin name but I did not know it had something to do with cooking.” she said. “I am very proud.” But she added that she (29) __ return) to the kitchen soon after attending an awards ceremony. “We do not have a lot of staff (30)__ I'ma bit difficult and crazy,” she said. Section B #10 3} Directions; Fill in cach 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. — 84 —A. complaints B. infected C. investigating D. monitoring E. official F. outbreaks G. overpriced H. passed J. scanned K. symptoms Social Media Helps If you've ever checked out the restaurant reviews on Yelp. you know that they can rack Illnesses tell you whether a restaurant is (31) ___ or understaffed or just nothing to write home about. But they may also be able to tell the’ local health department whether an establishment has been serving up salmonella (EGE). Researchers at Columbia University in New York City were (32) ___a case of food poisoning at a local restaurant a few years ago when they got the idea of using social media to track gastrointestinal (Jif) disturbances. “During the investigation, the Department of Health noted that customers had reported their illnesses on Yelp in the reviews but hadn’t reported them via 311, the city’s (33) ___reporting service.” said computer scientist Thomas Effland, who led the study Previous investigations had shown that (34) ___ social media for keywords associated with illness was a good way of rapidly identifying (35) __ of infectious disease such as the flu. So Effland and his team built a similar system for stomach (36) __. The Department of Health started using it in 2012. “The tool works by (37) through the recent Yelp reviews for New York City restaurants each day to identify potential reports of foodborne illness.” Yelp reviews get (38) ___ for telltale terms such as “vomit”, “diarrhea”, “food poisoning”, and “sick” Flagged entries then get (39) _along to epidemiologists (#t#T#8%R) for a closer look. Overall, the results are satisfactory. “We found that using Yelp data has helped the Health Department identify about 1,500 (40) __ of foodborne illness in New York City each year.” The study is in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The researchers plan to extend their analysis to other social media websites. After all, many people use social media to let everyone know that they're not well. IIL, Reading Comprehension Section A £15 3} 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. = HieYou may already be familiar with recent findings that suggest children as young as six months who read books with their parents several times a week show stronger literacy skills four years later, score higher on intelligence tests, and land better jobs than nonreaders. But recent research argues that reading may be just as important in ___41__. When practiced over a lifetime, reading and language-acquisition (2) #9) skills can support healthy brain functioning in big ways. 42 put; Word power increases brain power To ___43___ why and what each of us can do to get the most out of our words, start by asking this question; What is it about reading books in particular that increases our brain power while reading newspapers and magazines doesn’t? For one, the researchers assume, chapter books encourage “deep reading”. Unlike, say, skimming a page of 44 __. reading a book forces your brain to think critically and make connections from one chapter to another, and to the outside world. When you make connections. so does your brain, literally building new pathways between regions in all four lobes (fit) and both hemispheres. Over time, these neural networks can promote quicker thinking and may provide a greater 45 __ against the worst effects of cognitive decay GUAVREE). 46, reading books, especially fiction, has been shown to increase empathy (S£04) and emotional intelligence. One 2013 study found that participants who read just the first part or chapter of a story showed a noticeable increase in empathy one week later, while 47 readers showed a decrease. These findings may sound 48, but they're not; developing social tools such as empathy and emotional intelligence can lead to more (and more positive) human interaction, which 49 can lower stress levels—both of which are proved to help you live longer and healthier. That’s not to say that magazines. newspapers, and Web articles are without 50___. Reading anything that fills your mind and exposes you to new words, phrases, and facts seems to carry 51 _ benefits. New research indicates that a large ___52__ may lead to a more flexible mind by fucling what scientists call cognitive reserve. One way to think about this reserve is as your brain’s ability to adapt to 53___. Just as your blood cells will help to cover a cut on your knee, cognitive reserve helps your brain cells find new mental pathways around areas hurt by strokes dementia, and other forms of decay. This could explain why, after death, many seemingly healthy elders turn out to harbor advanced signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains despite showing few signs __54__. It's their cognitive reserve, researchers suspect. that may allow some seniors to___55__ hidden brain damage. — 86 —©) 41. A. childhood B. adulthood C. education D. occupation (42. A. Surely B. Obviously C. Interestingly. Simply (43. A-understand —_B. believe C. question D. confess (44. A. letters B. headlines C. figures D. documents ©) 45. A. appeal B. struggle C. defense D. warning ( -)46. A. Consequently B. However C. Besides D. Instead (47. A. news B. regular C. mind D. occasional (48. A. inevitable B, unofficial C. undeniable D. insignificant (49. A. in the meanwhile B. to date C. in turn D. to the full ( -) 50. A. advantages. ——-B. weaknesses. —_C. threats D. opportunities ©) 51. A. physical B. mental C. economic D. social © )52.A. proportion —_B, brain C. vocabulary D. range ( -) 58. A. decrease B. change C. increase D. damage ( ) 54. A. as before B. in total C. as usual D. in life ©) 85. A. look down on B. make up for C. get used to D. take out of Section B_ 3 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 Ay B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) How long will an unchained bicycle last on a city street before someone steals it? Using hidden cameras and cheap bicycles as bait (#4), an Argentine publicist set out to gauge (jfiit) crime in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. “The longer it takes for the bike to be stolen, the safer the area,” he supposes. “In a way it shows that in the places where the bicycle gets robbed really quickly, perhaps the quality of life is poorer,” said Mariano Pasik, 37. Pasik speeds up the videos, sets them to music and puts them on a website. He hopes other videographers will join his non-profit “Bicycle Test” project and create a worldwide insecurity index. “It could become an informal crime gauge similar to the ‘Big Mac Index’, which compares the cost of the same McDonald’s sandwich in different countries to give an idea of buying power of people in different places,” Pasik said. —37—Pasik said the project is part art, part reality show, part journalism and part fun. But it is definitely not looking for punishment. Pasik clouds over the thieves’ faces and was shocked at comments on his website where people have called for the death for thieves. “What you see on the videos is that they aren't professional thieves, they aren't people who went out to rob. They are people who ran into temptation and decided to commit a crime. They become thieves the moment they take the bike,” he said. In the videos, the thieves often seem more like opportunists than hardened criminals. “You see the person thinking and thinking and thinking, coming and going. Sometimes they talk by phone. They go away. They come back. It’s more about an internal struggle between good and bad, than about the bicycle itself.” Pasik said. Fans of the site have offered Pasik free bicycles and sent in their own tests from Uruguay and Spain. A neighbourhood “passes” the bicycle test when an hour passes or Bicycle Test”, no when the filmer gets tired or runs out of batteries. So far in the woman has stolen a bike ( _) 56. According to Pasik, what is the main purpose of organizing the “Bicycle Test”? A. To improve the quality of life in Buenos Aires. B. To measure the level of safety of different places. C. To find out the reason of theft in some neighbourhoods. D. To have fun and meet people with the same thoughts. (7. What does Pasik hope to create with the result of the “Bicycle Test” project? A. Big Mac Index. B. A platform of exposing thieves. C. A reality show. D. An informal crime gauge. ( _) 58. What does Pasik think of the thieves on the videos? A. They are hardened criminals. B. They deserve to be seriously punished. C. Their actions should be brought to light D. Their actions are not planned. ©) 59. A neighborhood passes the “Bicycle Test” when A. it turns out that there’s no female thief living there B. it has been proved to be a safe one by the police C. the bike is not taken away after an hour D. the filmer starts a new test elsewhere — 88 —(B) Travel reports can cover a wide range of activities and are called by different names to characterize those activities. Most likely, you will encounter the following four types of travel reports 1, Field trip reports, These reports, often assigned in a course, are written after a visit to a laboratory. hospital or other location to show what you have learned about the operation of a facility. (Such visits might even be done via “virtual tours” on the Internet.) You will be expected to describe how an institution is organized, the technical procedures and equipment it uses as well as ecological conditions. The emphasis in such reports is on the educational value of the trip. 2, Site inspection reports, These reports inform managers about conditions at a branch office. plant. or customer’s business, or report on the advisability of relocating an office or other facility. After visiting the site, you will determine whether it meets your employer's (or customer's) needs. Site inspection reports can provide information about the physical plant, the environment (air. soil, water, vegetation), safety standards. IT or financial operations. 3, Home health or social work visit reports, Nurses and social workers for instance. report routinely on their visits to patients and clients. Their reports describe clients’ lifestyles. assess needs, and make recommendations based on a variety of sources— clients, health care professionals, charitable organizations, and the like. These reports are often divided into Purpose of the Visit, Description of the Visit, and Action Taken as a Result of the Visit. 4, Sales/customer visit reports, Visiting current or potential customers can result in further business opportunities for you and your company. Your supervisor will need to know the following about your sales call: (a) What are the customer's needs and history of transactions with your company? (b) Which products or services that your company provides best meet those needs? (c) What types of demonstrations, samples, or written materials (brochures) did you give the customer? (d) What questions or reservations does the customer have about your products or services? (e) Who are your company’s chief competitors? (f) How does your firm stand in terms of landing a contract? (g) What kinds of follow-up visits, calls, or information might be necessary to win the deal? Make sure you spell out precisely how you successfully represented your company and its products or services. (_) 60. What kind of travel report may describe a virtual tour? — 39 —A.A field trip report. B. A site inspection report. C. A social work visit report. D. A sales visit report. (_) 61. What information can be found in a site inspection report? A. The educational value of a certain trip. B. The conditions of a certain location. C. Some potential business opportunities. D. Some recommendations of further action. (_) 62. Which of the following is true regarding home health or social work visit report? A. It focuses on the physical environment in which a patient lives. B. It includes the history of previous visits. C. It recommends what measures should be taken. D. It makes clear when necessary follow-up visits will occur. (c) Sit still. It’s the core of every classroom. But that is changing as evidence builds that taking brief activity breaks during the day helps children learn and be more attentive in class, and a growing number of programs designed to promote movement are being adopted in schools. “We need to recognize that children are movement-based,” said Brian Gatens, the superintendent of schools in Emerson, N.J. “In schools, we sometimes are pushing against human nature in asking them to sit still and be quiet all the time.” A report from the Institute of Medicine concluded that children who are more active “show greater attention, have faster cognitive CiA‘SIf4) processing speed and perform better on standardized academic tests than children who are less active”. But not all districts are welcoming the trend of movement breaks. “The bottom line is that with only six and a half hours during the day, our priority is academics,” said Tom Hernandez, the director of community relations for the Plainfield School District in Illinois, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. “Kids aren’t meant to sit still all day and take in information,” said Steve Boyle, one of the co-founders of the National Association of Physical Literacy, which aims to bring movement into schools. “Adults aren’t wired that way either.” Mr. Boyle’s association has introduced a series of three to five-minute videos called “BrainErgizers” that are being used in schools and Boys and Girls Clubs in 15 states and —90—A version of the program is available in Canada. Mexico, Ireland and Australia, he sai to schools at no charge. ‘The program is designed so that three to five times a day, teachers can set aside a few minutes for their students to watch a video and follow the signals given by the | video, the instructors are college students of all shapes and instructors. In one ty sizes at the University of Connecticut who do a quick warm-up and then lead kids through a mini workout involving movements from several sports: baseball, basketball and a triathlon (= 394 f8i2 ah). That's followed by a cool-down. “At the end of the week, kids have gotten an hour or more worth of movement. and it’s all done in the classroom with no special equipment,” Mr. Boyle said. “We're not looking to replace gym classes. We're aiming to give kids more minutes of movement per week. And by introducing sports into the videos, giving kids a chance to try sports they may not have ever tried before.” Julie Goldstein, principal of the Breakthrough Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, said her school has been using BrainErgizers since the spring of 2015. “It’s casy for the teachers to implement, and easy for the students to follow.” Mrs. Goldstein said. She said the program has “helped them focus and bring up their energy level in the classroom”. ( _) 63. According to the passage, what can brief activity breaks bring to kids? A. A new core of every classroom. B. More fun to enjoy at school. C. Better academic performance D. More interest in trying out new sports. (64. What is Tom Hernandez’s concern according to the passage? ‘A. Movement breaks will occupy the time that should be used for study B. It is against human nature to ask students to be active. C. The trend of movement breaks will not be popular in Illinois. D. Kids may not be able to take in too much information. (65. Which of the following is true regarding BrainErgizers? A. It has now become a well-received program all around the US. B. The program is designed for kids to have more movements at home. C. It is a series of short sports activities that require no special equipment. D. The program aims to replace gym classes and give kids more time for workout. (_) 66. Julie Goldstein is in favor of BrainErgizers probably because —o1—A. students can follow the instructions easily B. teachers need no training to implement it C. the program is available to schools at no charge D. students are more attentive and active in class Section C 38 3} Directions: Read the following passage. the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences in each blank with a proper sentence given in than you need. A. Amazon was, and still is by far, the biggest rainforest existing on the earth. | B. Consumption of everything on the planet has risen—at a cost to our ecosystems. | C. Fewer rainforests mean less rain. less oxygen for us to breathe, and an increasing threat from global warming. | D. However, the inner liveliness of a tropical rainforest is not as strong as it seems. E. In fewer than fi 'y years, more than half of the world’s tropical rainforests have fallen victim to fire and the chainsaw. | F. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the complex environments they are today. | Rainforests ‘The beauty and timelessness of a primary rainforest are indescribable. It is impossible to capture on film, to describe in words, or to explain to those who have never stood in the heart of a primary rainforest (67) ___ Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for a very long period of time. by virtue of their richness in both animal and plant species, have contributed a wealth of resources for the survival and wellbeing of humankind. These resources have included basic food supplies. clothing. shelter. fuel. spices. industrial raw materials, and medicine for all those who have lived in the forest. (68) ___ Everything is so interdependent that upsetting one part can lead to unknown damage or even destruction of the whole. Sadly, it has taken only a century for us to destroy what nature designed to last forever. The scale of human pressures on ecosystems everywhere has increased enormously in the last few decades. Since 1980 the global economy has tripled in size and the world population has increased by 30 percent. (69) ___In 2001, The World Resources Institute estimated that the demand for rice, wheat, and corn is expected to grow by —92—40% by 2020, increasing irrigation water demands by 50% or more. They further + unfortunately, it is reported that the demand for wood could double by the year 2 still the tropical forests of the world that supply most of the world’s demand for wood. In 1950, about 15 percent of the Earth's land surface was covered by rainforest. Today. more than half has already gone up in smoke. (70) _ Unbelievably, more more than 150 acres lost than 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day. That every minute of every day and 78 million acres lost every year! ing $10 5} 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. Getting into the Flow Do you ever find yourself so completely drawn by what you are doing that you lose track of time? All of a sudden you look up at the clock and realize that hours have IV. Summary Wi passed? When does this total engagement and loss of time typically occur for you? The loss of self-consciousness that happens when you are completely absorbed in an activity is described in psychology as a state of flow. In order to achieve flow, you must experience an activity as voluntary and enjoyable, and it must require skill and present an achievable challenge, with the goal being success. You must feel as though you have control and receive immediate feedback about your performance with room for growth. Thus, you can achieve flow while reading a good book or while fixing your car Scientists such as Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi study the impact of flow states on human and success. In one study, 250 high-flow and low-flow teenagers happiness, productivi were asked to report on their feelings and activities at regular intervals. The high-flow teenagers generally reported more time spent on hobbies. sports, and homework, and measured higher levels of self-respect and engagement. Interestingly, however, they self- reported lower levels of fun than the low-flow teenagers. Apparently, high-flow teenagers see their low-flow peers as experiencing more fun engaging in low-flow amusements, such as video games, TV, and socializing. However, the high-flow teenagers end up having greater long-term happiness as well as success in school. social relationships, and careers. If flow has such incredible benefits for our happiness, relationships, and success, ty? Why do we often choose our favorite TV program over an engaging fictional novel or game of then why do we usually choose to let ourselves be distracted by low-flow acti basketball? Maybe high-flow activities require more initial motivation because they arequire skill and concentration. In other words, high-flow activities are work—but work that pays off! 1. V. Translation £15 4} Directions; Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72. BAPTA BEAT SF AL. (good) 73. MMII FF » MEI AA HAE HY LELZ. (nothing more than) TA. HT SLE IER GR ERIT FA HET IBM. (get) 75. BRB DZ MH ANTE FS] AA EROS TT PEF EA RRA — A Fl ER MK, (not ... but ...) —itt =VI. Guided Writing #25 5+ Directions; Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese. ABS SE EA SE A Ek BERNE 22 FEE Bn SEE eT At BG EI SESLRE S-ARAM ASAHI: 1) PRES RAE BETA s 2) AHARRERT A 3) HRB BMT RMA. = ie