RD ih I. Listening Comprehension Section A 4 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. ©) 1. A. Jack is sick and feels awful. B. Jack seldom makes public speeches. . The man is worried about Jack . The woman believes in Jack. . In a hospital. Ina school. . In a post office. . In a travel agency. Dull. . Enjoyable. . Exhausting. . Inspiring. The man’s colleague. . The woman's brother. The woman. The man. . Have dinner with the man. See her grandparents . Visit the man’s place. POP > UO > UNE > UN E>OO . Go to her grandparents’ with the man. cafe¢ ) 6. A. A break from what he’s doing. B. Someone to have a chat with. '. Some time to be left alone. . A friend's timely help . She liked the movie very much. She missed the movie last night. She was disappointed with the movie. . She recommended the man to see it. . Bored. Curious. . Delighted. . Annoyed. . The man doesn’t like his boss. The man’s boss is asking him to do extra work. . The man is tired of working . The man’s boss doesn’t like to hear bad news. (-) 10. A. Get an extra ticket at the gate Give the ticket to someoné else. . Try getting a better seat. DORP>UNR>DOF>UOR>UN . Sell the ticket to someone else. Section B 4 15 3} 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. His flash drive is no longer working. B. His newly bought computer has broken down. C. He has lost all his files due to the new computer. D. He needs a computer engineer's professional help. (©) 12. A. Send the man a brand-new computer. B. Ask a service agent to apologize to the man. -2-C. Guide the man to recover his data on the phone. D. Meet the man at his home the next morning. (© —-) 13. A, 10:00 a.m, B. 11:00 a.m. C. 3:00 pm. D. 5:00 p.m. ©) 14. A. Replace it with a new computer. B. Add an extra hard disc in it. C, Recover the man’s data. D. Bring it back to BES. Questions 15 through 17 are hased on the following passage, ( -) 15. A. Between 1652 to 1654. B. At the beginning of the 1990s. C. During the Victorian era. D. Just recently. (_) 16. A. It was a trend started by the Duchess of Bedford. B. It was a popular event carried out in the queen's palace. C. It was a grand meal, involving many dishes and desserts. D. It was a private meeting, held by noble people. ( ) 17. A. Achance to have some snacks before supper. B. An opportunity for young men and women to socialize. C. A time for people to stop working and enjoy life a bit. D. A culture and a practice of social custom. Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. (_) 18. A. A firm handshake is essential to a successful interview. B. Dressing smartly leaves a good impression on the interviewer. C. Smile is what really matters when it comes to job interviews. D. Female interviewers prefer job-hunters with firm handshakes. (_) 19. A. Shaking hands without a smile on the face. B. A not very long but firm handshake. C. Shaking hands without eye contact. D. A not very firm but warm handshake. ( _) 20, A. She would be considered weak and less impressive. a8 =B. She would be supposed to be traditional and shy. C. She would be favored by the interviewer. D. She would be judged to be different from others. 11, Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 3£ 10 3} Directions; After reading the p: ge 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. Africa’s Largest Animals Decrease in Wartime War can be deadly for wildlife, too. A new study reports that war is'the biggest threat to Africa’s animals Researchers examined (21) years of conflict in Africa have affected populations of large animals. More than 70 percent of Africa's protected wildlife areas have been within a war zone at some point in the last 70 years “The more frequent the fighting, the (22) (great) the drop in animal populations.” said Josh Daskin, an ecologist at Yale University. He is the lead author of the study, (23) (publish) Wednesday in the journal Nature. “Areas with frequent fighting—but not necessarily the bloodiest fighting~lose 35 percent of their large animal populations during each year of war,” he said. “Some animals (24) (kill) by weapons of war. Yet, many also die because of changes in social and economic conditions in an area as a result of war.” said Rob Pringle. He is an ecologist at Princeton University and the study’s co-author: “People in and around war zones are poor and hungrier. So they may begin to illegally hunt animals for valuable tusks ($3) or hunt endangered animals to eat,” Pringle said. “And during wartime, animal conservation programs do not have as much money or power (25 _ (protect) wildlife.” Greg Carr is head of a nonprofit group (26) works in and around Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. He said the study’s findings are not surprising and that Gorongosa’s wildlife populations (27) (fall) during the country’s civil war. “(28) ___ Gorongosa is an example of how bad war is for wildlife, it is also an example of how quickly wildlife populations can recover,” rescarchers say Mozambique’s civil war ended in 1992. The war hurt its animal popula . “Rebeland government soldiers hunted much of the wildlife in Gorongosa,” Daskin said. Species came close to (29) (disappear). “But today,” Daskin said, “wildlife is back to 80 percent of pre-war levels.” “The effect of war (30) wildlife is bad,” Pringle said. “But it’s not lasting.” Section B_ 4 10 4} 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. astonishing, B. comfortable C. freedom D. head E. illogical F. opposite G. self-centered _H. self-confidence L. self-document J. separate K. upload Sorry, Selfie Lovers. Science Has Bad News for You It’s become something of a ritual for many of us. When you're tired of online shopping, you (31) ___ to the bathroom to put on your very best makeup. Your goal is clear; to get the perfect selfie for WeChat, Instagram, or, more likely, all of the above. But wait, have you ever wondered what's behind your burning desire to (32)__? Most people would say that this is a form of expression or perhaps even a way of enhancing their (33) ___. Whatever your reasons may be. the moment you ’s no longer yours to judge. Instead, you pass over that (34) ____ that picture, immense power to the online world. While you may think that your ever-growing collection of selfies makes you popular. quite the (35) ___ may be true, That is, at least, according to a recent study, conducted by Sarah Diefenbach, a professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and published in Frontiers in Psychology. Diefenbach surveyed a total of 238 people in Austria. Germany, and Switzerland to find out how many people regularly take and upload selfies and what they thought when others did the same thing. Rather unsurprisingly, 77 percent of the people surveyed admitted to engaging in regularly taking selfies. What was more interesting, though. was the fact that a(n) (36) ___ 82 percent of people said that they would rather see fewer selfies on social media In short, this research suggests that there is a massive difference between how see our own selfies and how we judge other people's pictures. It suggests that we are @32) with the selfies we post since we believe they are obviously not serious or vain GERERBAE AY). but we think everyone else is (38) for doing the very samething. “This may explain how everybody can take selfies without feeling narcissistic (AA 9). If most people think like this, then it is no wonder that the world is full of selfies,” explains Diefenbach. So, as (39) ___as it sounds, this could be why we unashamedly post selfies and then judge other people for doing so. Somehow, we are able to (40) __ our own selfies from the sea of them online and think that ours are the only authentic ones. 111, Reading Comprehension Section A # 15 5¢ Directions: For cach blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Traditional farming practices that degrade soil health weaken humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run. Regenerative (Fi4:{1)) practices like those used on the farms I visited show that we can readily 41 ‘soil fertility on both large farms and small ones. 42 do I see debates about the future of agriculture as simply traditional versus organic. In my view, we've oversimplified the complexity of the land and 43. the cleverness of farmers. I now see adopting farming practices that build soil health as the key to a stable agriculture, And the farmers I visited had ctackéd this code, adapting no-till methods (#1). cover cropping CHL FL) and complex rotations (4#P) to their particular soil, environmental and socioeconomic conditions. Whether they were organic or still used some fertilizers and pesticides, the farms 1 visited that adopted this transformational set of practices all reported harvests that 44___ or overtook those from neighboring farms after a short transition period Another __45___was as simple as it was clear; Farmers who 46 their soil used fewer inputs to produce higher yields, which translated into higher profits. No matter how one looks at it, we can be ___47_ that agriculture will soon face another revolution. Agriculture today runs on cheap oil for fuel and to make fertilizer and our supply of cheap oil will not___48__ forever. There are already enough people on the planet that we have less than a year’s supply of food for the global population on hand at any one time. This simple fact has critical ___49___ for society So 50 __ do we speed the adoption of an agriculture that can recover soon? ile research to Creating demonstration farms would help, as would carrying out system: = Be___51____ what works best to adapt specific practices to general principles in different settings. We also need to reframe our agricultural policies and subsidies (#hlip).It_52 to continue encouraging traditional practices that degrade soil fertility. We must begin supporting and __53__ farmers who adopt regenerative practices. Once we fully understand modern agriculture, practices that improve soil __ become the lens through which to assess strategies for feeding us all over the long run. Why am Iso 55___ that regenerative farming practices can prove both productive and economical? The farmers I met showed me they already. are. ( ) 41. A, exclude B. degrade C. include D. improve (42. A. No longer B. In no time C. Not necessarily D. At no cost ) 43. A. underestimated B. overcorrected C. overexposed D. underrepresented ©) 44. A. joined B. matched C. managed D. dropped © 45. A. challenge B. strategy C. message D. concern ©) 46. A. presented B. restored C. approached —_D. exhausted ©.) 47. A. proud B. delighted C. ashamed D. certain G48. A. last B. belong C. grow D. fall ©) 49. A. elements B. priorities C. implications. issues (80. A. where B. when C. how D. why (81. A. assume B, change C. question D. evaluate (52. A. gains no access B. makes no sense C. takes no time —_D. puts no limit (-) 53. A. rewarding B. punishing C. asking D. oppressing « . production —_B. price CC. health D. depth t . worried B. confident C. relieved D. sorry Section B 3§ 22 > 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) If you live in America in the 21st century, you'll probably have to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. Almost everyone I know is busy. They feel anxious andguilty when they aren’t either working or doing something to promote their work. Even children are busy now, scheduled down to the half-hour with classes and extracurricular activities (i343). They come home at the end of the day as tired as grown-ups. I was a member of an older generation and had three hours of totally unstructured, largely unsupervised time every afternoon, time I used to do everything from surfing the World Book Encyclopedia, to making animated films (3) iti #1). to getting together with friends in the woods, all of which provided me with important skills and insights that remain valuable to this day. Those free hours became the model for how I wanted to live the rest of my life. So. yes. I’m not busy. I’m the laziest ambitious person I know. Like most writers, T fecl like I do not deserve to live on any day that I do not write, but I also feel that four or five hours is enough to earn my stay on the planet for one more day. On the best ordinary days of my life, I write in the morning, go for a long bike ride in the afternoon, and in ning 1 see friends, read or watch a movie. This, it seems to me, is a pleasant pace for a day Perhaps the world would soon slide to ruin if everyone behaved as I do. But I would suggest that an ideal human life lies somewhere between my own laziness and the rest of the world’s endless hustle ({t:R0E BE). I did make a conscious decision, a long time ago, to choose time over money, since I've always understood that the best investment of my limited time on Earth was to spend it with the people I love. I suppose it’s possible I'll lie on my deathbed regretting that I didn't work harder and say everything I had to say. but I think what I'll really wish is that I could have one more beer, another long talk. one last good hard laugh. Life is too short to be busy. ©) 56. People are keeping themselves busy all the time because A. they live in America in the 21st century B. everyone else seems to be very busy C. most of them are filled with ambition D. they feel guilty if they are not busy ( _).57. Which of the following is true of the author's childhood? A. The author participated in a lot of extracurricular activities. B. The author had quite a long period of free time after school C. The author came home exhausted at the end of the day. D. The author enjoyed taking long bike rides in the afternoon. () 58. In the author’s mind, what is an ideal human life?A. To earn a living by working all day long. B. To work just in the morning, for four to five hours. C. To enjoy life with no work to do at all D. To work harder than him but less hard than most Americans. (_) 59. The author believes that as our life on this planet is limited, A. it’s important to spend it with the one we love B. it’s essential to realize our ambition before we die C. it’s meaningful to say everything we have to say D. it’s necessary to feel busy so as to work harder (B) Saint Louis Zoo Hours Summer Hours (May 23 through Sept. 1) Friday—Sunday; 8 a.m.—7 p.m. for Summer Zoo Weekends Monday Thursday: 8 a.m.—5 p.m. daily Check out our Calendar of Events for details on what’s happening on the days you plan to visit. Attraction Fees: ‘Admission to the Zoo is FREE, although there are fees for some attractions Attractions are weather dependent and subject to change. © Sea Lion Show is $4 per person. Children under 2 are free. © Children’s Zoo is $4 per person. Free admission the first hour the Zoo is open. Children under 2 are free. © Zooline Railroad is $5 per person. per round trip ticket. You may leave the train, visit exhibits and re-board. Children under 2 are free. © Movie in The Living World is $3 per person. Children under 2 are free. © Safari Tours are $5 per person. Parking All-day parking is available on the Zoo's North Lot on Government Drive and igiSouth Lot on Wells Drive. Limited street parking is available in Forest Park. Parking is $15 per vehicle throughout the Zoo's peak season. @ Limited parking for buses. motor homes and R.V.s on South Lot only is $30 throughout the Zoo's peak season. @ Only cash and charge are accepted for parking payment. No bills over $20 will be accepted. ATMs are available inside both entrances. Visitor Tip Animal buildings typically open beginning the first hour of operation (9-10 a.m. in off-season; 89 a.m. in summer). Our keepers work very hard to have animals in outdoor displays by 9 a.m. Due to husbandry concems beyond our control, there may be times certain animals are not on display or certain animal buildings are closed to the public. You may occasionally see keepers working in an animal habitat. This is a great opportunity to ask our keepers about their work and the animals in their care! Some of the animals are more active in the cooler hours of early morning and early evening. Occasionally. some animals may need to go to sleep early. ¢ ) 60. When a mother takes her 5-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son to the Safari Tours. how much does she have to pay? A. Free of charge. B. $5. c. Slo. D. $15. (_) 61. Which of the following rules applies only to buses, motor homes and R.V.s that visit the 200? A. Parking fee could only be paid in cash. B, Street parking is available only in summer. C. Such vehicles could only park on South Lot. D. Bills over $20 will not be accepted. () 62. You are advised to __when seeing keepers working in a habitat: A. talk to them B. leave at once C. play with the animals D. stay outside (c) Catch yourself daydreaming while washing the dishes again? If this happens often, you probably have a pretty capable working memory. new research suggests. ‘This mind wandering actually gives your working memory a workout. Working —10-memory is the mental work space that allows the brain to deal with multiple thoughts simultaneously (i)B}i). The more working memory a person has. the more daydreaming they can do without forgetting the task at hand. “Our results suggest that the sorts of planning that people do quite often in daily life—when they're on the bus. when they're cycling to work, when they're in the shower—are probably supported by working memory.” study researcher Jonathan Smallwood said in a statement. “Their brains are trying to assign resources to the most pressing problems. Researchers studied groups of people from the University of Wisconsin-Madison community, ranging in age from 18 to 65. The first group was asked to perform simple tasks. like pressing a button every time they took a breath or clicking in response to a letter popping up on a computer screen; these tasks were so easy that their minds were likely to wander, the researchers figured. The researchers checked in periodically. asking the participants if their minds were on task or wandering. When the task was over, they measured each participant's working memory capacity by having them remember letters while doing maths tests. Though all participants performed well on the task, the researchers noticed that the individuals who indicated their minds had wandered more than others also scored higher on the working memory test. “What this study seems to suggest is that when circumstances for the task aren't very difficult, people who have additional working memory resources tend to think about things other than what they're doing,” Smallwood said. People with overall higher working memory were better able to stay focused when the task at hand required it. Those who had low working memory often had their thoughts drift away CHS1W25FF) from the task, and did less well at it. ‘The findings add to past research suggesting ‘these mind drifts can be positive moments. For instance, daydreaming has often been associated with creativity researchers think that our most creative and inventive moments come when daydreaming, It’s likely that the most intelligent among us also have high levels of working memory. Levinson noted. (_) 63. According to the author, a person with a capable working memory is more likely to A. wash dishes while they are daydreaming B. think of more than one thing at the same time C. wander around when they are daydreaming =da =D. daydream without doing anything else ©) 64. “The n t pressing problems” in Paragraph 3 refer to those problems that are A. related B. stressful C. easy D. urgent (_) 65. Some participants of the study reported that their minds were more likely to wander because 7 A. they were assigned easier tasks than the others B. they were allowed more time to complete the tasks C. they had working memory resources that were not in use D. they knew they could perform better on the tasks (_) 66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage? A. The advantage of daydreaming B. How to improve one’s working memory C. Working memory decides one’s creativity D. Why daydreaming is linked to working memory Section C 3 85> rections; Read the following passage. Fill the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences cach blank with a proper sentence given in than you need. | A. That turning point might be Bezos’ greatest accomplishment. B. Amazon executives would tell you; the empty chair, the internal nickname of the figure that rules their lives. | C. Bezos could have done it earlier. but he took over twenty years to complete that target. | D. Even the tiniest delay in loading a webpage isn’t insignificant. | E. Customers do enjoy quick delivery. quality products and great after-sales service. | | ¢ that target without getting pinned down by technical issue F. He Jeff Bezos Reveals His No. | Leadership Secret Amazon has reached what its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called “an interesting milestone”. The retailing (4k) giant so highly associated with books and then music and video, now has tens of millions of products in stock and a majority are non-media goods, from drills to tennis balls to almost anything else that can be shipped. 1g(67) ___ The 48-year-old has officially transformed Amazon. which he founded in 1994, from an online bookstore that sells other stuff to a retailer—and business services provider—that once sold mostly books. Amazon's stock is up 397% in the last five years. So, what's behind the success of the world’s largest online retailer? (68) Bezos regularly leaves one seat open at meetings and informs all attendees that they should consider that seat occupied by their customer—the most important person in the room. Alwi trying to find out what customers want, Bezos is even stricter about what customers don’t want. They hate delays. defects (SxI#i) and out-of-stock products. so the company constantly looks to make them as rare as possible. (69) _ Amazon data show that 40.1 second delay in page loading cai translate into a 1% drop in customer activity. But great customer service doesn’t fully explain Amazon’s extraordinary success. For Bezos, a data-driven customer focus lets him take risks to innovate. Amazon's Kindle, for example, came into being because Bezos believed millions would want an e-book reader that could download any book within 60 seconds. (70) __ Engineers were free to solve technical challenges as they saw fit, only needing to make it right for consumers. Efficieney—cheapness, in the eyes of Amazon's critics—is also an important part of the Amazon culture. In fact, Bezos links the two. In 2009. Bezos declared that Amazon had begun fighting against waste. The more he could get rid of needless costs. the easier it would be to deliver rock-bottom prices to customers. IV. Summary Writing # 10 3} 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. Lucy; An Unusual Chimpanzee KES!) Lucy liked drinking tea and looking in the mirror. But she wasn’t human—she w: chimpanzee. Maurice and Jane Temerlin raised Lucy just like a human baby. The chimpanzee began her life with the Temerlins as the subject of research but soon became a daughter. Maurice, who we would become. She | parents. In his book, Lucy: Growing Up Human. he wrote; “If a psychotherapist, wanted to know how human Lucy ned sign language and seemed to truly care for her adoptive jane is distressed. Lucy notices it immediately and attempts to comfort her by putting an arm about her. grooming (HSE) her, or kissing her.” When Lucy grew up, though, life became difficult for the Temerlin family. An adult chimpanzee is about five times stronger than an adult human, and Lucy got into —13-everything. What's more. she could not live a full life in a human home. Eventually. the human “parents” decided to send Lucy to live with other chimps in the wild. They found a nature reserve in the Gambia, a country in western Africa. Janis Carter, a student who had been helping take care of Lucy, went along to help the chimp adjust. But Lucy didn’t have a clue how to live in the wild, and her health suffered during the adjustment. Carter ended up staying with Lucy for years. She ate ants and leaves to show Lucy what to do. She even lived in a cage so Lucy and the other chimpanzees couldn’t reach the human objects that distracted them from normal activities like seeking food and shelter: Eventually. Lucy did start finding her own food, and Carter moved a short distance away. One year, Lucy went missing. Carter returned from a visit to the United States to join the search. She and members of the reserve staff found Lucy’s body. The chimp had spent half her life in a human home and half in the wild. 7. V. Translation 3 15 $+ Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72, SCRBELWIE ARIAS AR APE» (as ... gies73. RPO RERENER ARAL. (stay) 74, FRAT APR BE EMME HWA LAE TRIAL IE. (instead) 15. REAR AT MBE SA, — MAS ME ET AR S. (that) VI. Guided Writing £25 5} Directions; Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given in Chinese. ‘ ABR Ae eA IRE AL RICE LEER EEA Gp ELA A i aR EE EM BR PATA 1) fi PS a — EE 2) MASE.