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Section A (5 marks)
In this section, youwill hear five short conversations. Each conversation will beread only once. At the end of each conversation, one questionwill be asked and you will have fifteen seconds to read the fourchoices marked A, B, C and D, decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the answersheet with a single linethrough the centre.
1. A. In the library.
B. In the shop.
C. In therestaurant.
D. In thehospital
【答案】 A
【解析】 录音中男士说：“I’m trying to get thisbook renewed.”译为：我想续借这本书。由此可推断说话场景是图书馆。
【录音原文】
W: Are you being served, sir? What can I dofor you?
M: No, I’m trying to get this book renewed. You know, it’s sohelpful that I can’t finish my research paper without it.
Question: Where does this conversationprobably take place?
2. A. She is in favour of it.
B. The womandoesn’t like it.
C. Nobody knowswhat it is.
D. E-learningwill encourage people to read more.
【答案】 B
【解析】 通过文中对话“I don’t think I wouldenjoy reading things on laptops”和“I will say that I’m against digital learning”可知，这位女士不喜欢用电子书，故选B项。
【录音原文】
M: I wouldn’t hesitate to say that I’m in favour of e-learningbecause I wouldn’t have to carry several heavy books to school.
W: I’m not quite sure why, but I feel more comfortable with papertextbooks. I don’t think I would enjoy reading things on laptops. If I have tochoose, I will say that I’m against digital learning.
Question: What is the woman’s opiniontowards e-learning?
3. A. He is going tointerview her on media matters.
B. They are going to start a new company together.
C. He will help her cope with an interview.
D. He wants to recommend a new product to her.
【答案】 C
【解析】 录音开头女士便指出“Carl，听说你将会帮我应对即将到来的面试”，关键是理解“nailthis upcoming interview”的含义，此外根据Carl随后介绍的“我们公司可以帮你学会怎样表现出最佳的一面“put your best foot forward”、避免哪些陷阱以及怎样使自己显得友好且真诚”，也可推测C项正确。
【录音原文】
W: Hello Carl. So ... I hear you can helpme nail this upcoming interview.
M: Our company specializes in media matters. We can help you learnhow to put your best foot forward, what pitfalls to avoid and how to soundfriendly without sounding insincere.
W: Those would be good points ... okay,let’s hear what you got.
Question: Why does Carl meet the woman?
4. A. Spend a holiday in a zoo.
B. Look forinformation.
C. Visit a petmotel.
D. Go to hisneighbour’s.
【答案】 B
【解析】 录音中两人在商量如何解决宠物的照看问题。女士说到“I’ll goonline and look for reviews about the place.”由此可知女士是要寻找一些关于宠物旅馆的信息。因此B项为正确答案。
【录音原文】
W: What should we do about the animalswhile we’re on vacation?
M: I was thinking of asking our neighbour, Ray, to take them in.But, we’ve got three cats and a dog. It’s really a lot to ask.
W: Yeah, it is. You know, there’s a pet motel on Portland Avenue. I’llgo online and look for reviews about the place.
Question: What was the woman going to doaccording to the conversation?
5. A. He is recalling his childhood.
B. He is talkingto a small girl.
C. He wants tocelebrate a festival.
D. He wants toshow his smartness.
【答案】 C
【解析】 录音中，女士问William为什么像小孩那样说话，太奇怪了，随后男士解释说上个周日是InternationalDay of the Family，因此感觉研究一下孩子们之间所用的语言比较好。因此C项正确。
【录音原文】
W: William. Why are you speaking so strangely? Like a child!
M: I’m pretending that I’m six years old.
W: Oh, I see. Hmm, that makes you seemsmarter than usual.
M: Ha ha, very funny. Well, the reason I’m talking like asix-year-old is that last Sunday, 15 May, was International Day of the Family.So I thought it might be nice to look at some language which is used by childrenand with children.
Question: Why is William speaking like achild?
Section B
In this section, youwill hear two long conversations. Each conversation will beread only once. At the end of each conversation, there will bea one-minute pause. During the pause, read the questions andmark your answers on the answersheet with a single linethrough the centre.
Conversation One
Listen to theconversation, and mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to what you hear.
6. There are no more than 5 essay titles thatstudents can choose from for their first assignment.
7. The woman is going to write about theshort-term future of third world economies.
8. The essays are required to be 3,000words.
9. The deadline for the second essay is bythe end of November.
10. They will meet up later to have lunchtogether.
【答案与解析】
6. F 录音中提到“I think there are about 10 you can choose from”。由此可知，第一项作业有10个题目可供选择，而不是少于5个。故该说法错误。
7. T 录音中女士提到“It’s about theshort-term future of third world economies”。由此可知她要写的题目是第三世界经济的短期预测。故该说法正确。
8. F 录音中提到“last year all the essayshad to be 3,000 words in length? Well, that’s gone up by a thousand words”。由此可知，今年的论文字数比去年多了一千字，应该是4,000字。故该说法错误。
9. T 录音中女士提到“The first one has to bein by the 30th October and the second by the 30th November.”。由此可知，第一篇论文截止日期是10月底，第二篇是11月底。故该说法正确。
10. F 录音最后提到“We could go over somequestions.”。由此可知，他们之后见面是要讨论论文问题，而不是一起吃午餐。故该说法错误。
【录音原文】
M: I know it’s early but do you knowanything about the first assignment that we have to do?
W: Yes, it’s already up on the economics faculty notice board. There’sa choice of essays up there. I think there are about 10 you can choose from. Ican’t remember any of the titles though apart from the one that I think I’mgoing to write about.
M: What’s that one then?
W: It’s about the short-term future ofthird world economies.
M: Ooh. I don’t like the sound of that. Itseems very wide-ranging.
W: It is. But remember that I spent some of the summer vacationtravelling in Africa and Asia, so that has made me more interested in thesubject, and I’ve also got some firsthand ideas on the subject.
M: Does the essay list mention how long theessays have to be and the deadlines?
W: Yes. You remember that last year all the essays had to be 3,000 wordsin length? Well, that’s gone up by a thousand words!
M: Oh no! They’ll take ages.
W: I know. I was hoping that they’d stay at 3,000 words or only goup to 3,500, but no luck I’m afraid.
M: What about the deadline?
W: The first one has to be in by the 30th October and the second bythe 30th November. It looks like one essay a month like last year.
M: Well at least that hasn’t changed but as it’s the end ofSeptember now, that leaves only a month to get the first one done. I’m going tohave got onto that straight away.
W: Yes, you’d better. If you want to talk about it, I’m going to beat the campus cafeteria at 1:30 for lunch. We could go over some questions.
M: OK. See you then. Bye.
W: Bye.
Conversation Two
Listen to theconversation. Then read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer according to what you hear.
11. How much did Bob cost in total?
A. ￡20,000
B. ￡21,000
C. ￡30,000
D. ￡31,000
12. What did the woman say about personalbranding?
A. It’spopular.
B. It’suseless.
C. It irritatesAmericans.
D. Its main aimis to find a spouse.
13. Which one is correct about Bob’s film?
A. People canmake a comment on the website.
B. It can bedownloaded.
C. It failed atfirst and Bob made some changes.
D. People needto pay to watch it.
14. How can the Internet help Bob in hisjob search?
A. Bob’s filmwas profitable and he used the money to find a dream job.
B. Bob sent hisvideo to email addresses he found on recruitment websites.
C. People sentBob’s job-hunting video from one to another.
D. Bob gotfamiliar with many HR managers of big companies by chatting with them online.
15. What does the woman think of Bob’s jobhunting strategy?
A. She thinksthat it is a waste of money.
B. She thinksBob should use it to find a spouse.
C. She believesit helps in his job hunting.
D. She remindshim of its disadvantages.
【答案与解析】
11. B 根据录音中男士的描述，Bob总共在找工作上面花费了21000英镑。因此选B项。
12. A 由录音中的“Personal branding is allthe rage in the United States, where bestsellers ... promote themselves asbrands to attract the perfect partner”可知，自我推销现在在美国很流行。因此选A项。
13. B 录音中，男士说道Bob制作的视频将会在网上被下载。因此选B项。
14. C 根据录音中的“If you like it, you willsend it to three others each, and so on and so forth”可知，人们可以把视频转发给别人。因此选C项。
15. C 录音最后指出，女士认为制作视频是一个找工作的好方法。因此选C项。
【录音原文】
W: Pleased to meet Bob Highfield, who made the news in the businessworld last month. So, Bob, tell us what you did!
M: I decided to give traditional job-seeking strategies a miss, andinstead, spent ￡20,000on a website and an eye-catching film, broadcasting my desire for aninteresting job. I also confessed to offering ￡1,000 to anyone who can get me my dream job.
W: Personal branding is all the rage in the United States, wherebestsellers like The Brand called You and The Personal Branding Phenomenonencourage people to promote themselves as brands to attract the perfectpartner.
M: I took a few months off to think between jobs. Only when I hadbegun to do research, did I realize the power of the Internet.
W: So you made full use of it.
M: Sure! No sooner had I devised my campaign, Give Bob a Job, andhad the film made, than the Bob branded merchandising fell into place! Thevideo is in the format of an easy-to-download attachment! As long as I harnessthe power of the Internet, my influence will be unlimited.
W: How can the Internet help you in your job search exactly?
M: It’s what we call viral marketing. If you like it, you will sendit to three others each, and so on and so forth. After a week, the numbers arefrightening! And in case only, say, 100,000 people look at my video, theremight be two or three to give me my dream job, and they are also the only onesI would want actually to work for!
W: That’s amazing! I have to admit to thinking it would be a greatway to find a husband or a wife as well! It’s a shame I’m already married!
Section C
In this section, youwill hear five short new items. Each item will be read only once. After each item there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
16. How does theBritish Queen feel about the Internet?
A. She is enthusiastic about the Internet.
B. She thinks the Internet is boring.
C. She dislikes the Internet.
D. She is indifferent to the Internet.
【答案】 A
【解析】 由录音第二句话“Royal watchers describe the 82-year-old Queen as a silver surfer,who’s enthusiastic about the Internet and ...”可知，英国女王对于网络很热衷，选项A为正确答案。
【录音原文】
It might seemlike an unlikely match—an ancient institution getting to grip with cutting edgetechnology—the British royal family had been active online for more than adecade. Royal watchers describe the 82-year-old Queen as a silver surfer, who’senthusiastic about the Internet and who keeps in touch with younger members ofher family by email.
17. How could Britonsavoid being fined on foreign holidays according to the Foreign Office?
A. They must stand before monuments while they feedpigeons.
B. They’d better make sure the laws in their holidaydestination.
C. They could hook to do those forbidden things before theyarrive.
D. They should consult their lawyers before they getarrested.
【答案】 B
【解析】 录音中听到“It warned that Britonsbooking foreign holidays without researching their destination risk beingcaught out by unfamiliar laws”，由此可知，the Foreign Office警告英国人，预订外国假日而没有研究目的地，会有被陌生法律抓走的危险，所以他们应该是最好先确认假日目的地的法律，B项符合题意。
【录音原文】
Britishholidaymakers have faced fines or worse for feeding pigeons, playing bingo oreating while sitting on a monument, the Foreign Office has said. It warned thatBritons booking foreign holidays without researching their destination riskbeing caught out by unfamiliar laws. More than a quarter of consular assistancecases were for arrests or detentions last year, it found.
18. What is the Royal Society of PublicHealth’s proposal in this report?
A. To reducethe calories, salt and sugar content in food and drink.
B. To study thehealth problems may be caused by additional calories.
C. To add moredetailed information on food and drink packaging.
D. To label thecalories consumed with the amount of exercise.
【答案】 D
【解析】 录音提到皇家公共卫生学会的提议是建立一个新的卡路里标签系统，用运动量对其消耗的卡路里数进行换算，故D正确。
【录音原文】
Food and drinkpackaging already contains information such as calories, salt and sugarcontent, but the Royal Society of Public Health believes many people find thisconfusing. It’s proposing an additional labeling system—what it calls activityequivalent calorie label—linking the calories consumed with the amount ofexercise that would need to be done to work them off. So a can of fizzy drinkwould take an adult of average height and weight about 26 minutes to walk off,a bowl of cereal, 16 minutes of running.
19. How long will it take for new foreststo grow back?
A. 65 years.
B. 20 years.
C. 40 years.
D. 30years.
【答案】 B
【解析】 新闻中提到，被烧毁的树林至少需要two decades来恢复。decade是“十年”的意思，故选B项。
【录音原文】
Theenvironmental group the WWF says it will take at least two decades for newforests in areas of Greece destroyed by recent fires to grow back. The fireswhich killed 65 people raged across much of southern Greece in August. The WWFdirector in Greece Dimitris Karavellas told BBC that they would establish agroup of lawyers to intervene if lands’ developers try to take advantage of thedisaster.
20. Why did the government drop leaflets overthe town?
A. To express the concern over a build-up of troops.
B. To warn the rebels the preparing attack on Qusair.
C. To make the people aware of the danger and leave.
D. To advertise for the government to collect more money.
【答案】 C
【解析】 该则新闻中指出美国人权组织首席对于利比亚政府军在叛军占据的Qusair镇周围集合表示担忧，其担心这次军队集合是为了对Qusair镇进行大规模进攻，并指出据报道政府已经向整个镇撒下传单，来警告人们离开。因此答案选C。
【录音原文】
The UnitedNations human rights chief Navi Pillay has expressed concern over a build-up ofSyrian government troops around the rebel-held western town of Qusair. She saidshe feared the troop build-up was in preparation for a major attack on Qusair.The government is reported to have dropped leaflets over the town, warning thepopulation to leave.
Section D (10 marks)
In this section, youwill hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. After each passage there will be a thirty-second pause. During the pause, write the answers on the answer sheet.
Dictation
Listen to thepassage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.
Alaska isdisappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as muchas (21) _____ of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state bedisappearing?
One reason forAlaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting of its glaciers. According to onegeologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaciersare either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to theincrease in (22) _____. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature hasincreased by 5℉. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by8℉. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskanglaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientistspredict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10℉ by the year2100.
Another problem (23)_____ Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its thawing permafrost. Much of theland in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus (24)_____. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on land.Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost whichoriginally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting.Affected villages are (25) _____. For villages on small low islands, oneterrible storm could wipe out the entire community.
【答案】
21. 15 percent
22. global temperatures
23. contributing to
24. maintaining its integrity
25. forced to relocate
【录音原文】
Alaska isdisappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as muchas 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state bedisappearing?
One reason forAlaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting of its glaciers. According to onegeologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaciersare either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to theincrease in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-roundtemperature has increased by 5°F. Furthermore, the average winter temperaturehas increased by 8°F. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearingfrom Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, assome scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to10°F by the year 2100.
Another problemcontributing to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its thawing permafrost. Muchof the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year,thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a numberof problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hardpermafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violentstorms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villageson small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.
Summary
Listen to thepassage. For questions 26—30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.
1969 and 2001were two of the most important years in (26) _____ for very different reasons.Neil Armstrong provided a historic moment when he became the first man to walk (27)_____. Thirty-two years later, Dennis Tito achieved fame when he paid $20million to become the world’s (28) _____. He enjoyed his eight-day vacation ofseeing Earth from space and the experience of (29) _____very much. This mayopen the door for many others to travel into space in the future, but it won’t (30)_____.
【答案与解析】
26. space travel
(根据录音中的“two important years inthe history of space travel were 1969 and 2001”可知，在人类太空旅行的历史中，1969和2001是非常重要的两年。故横线处应填space travel，表示“星际旅行；太空飞行”。)
27. on the moon
(根据录音中的“on the 20th of July 1969,the American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon”可知，1969年7月20日，美国宇航员Neil Armstrong代表人类首次登上月球。故横线处应填on the moon，表示“在月球上”。)
28. first space tourist
(根据录音中的“In 2001, a 60-year-oldAmerican man called Dennis Tito also made history. He didn’t go to the moon,but he did become the world’s first space tourist. He paid $20 million to visitthe International Space Station”可知，2001年，60岁的美国人Dennis Tito为访问国际空间站花费两千万美金，成为世界上第一名太空游客。故横线处应填first space tourist，表示“首位太空游客”。)
29. being weightless
(根据录音中的“During his vacation, hesaw Earth from space and experienced being weightless”可知，在这场旅行中他从外太空看到了地球并体验到了失重的感觉。故横线处应填being weightless，表示“失重”。)
30. be cheap
(根据录音中的“space vacations won’t becheap”可知，太空假期花费可不会少。故横线处应填be cheap，表示“便宜的；廉价的”。)
【录音原文】
Two importantyears in the history of space travel were 1969 and 2001. On the 20th of July 1969,the American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.The words he spoke as he stepped from his spacecraft will always be rememberedin history: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
In 2001, a 60-year-oldAmerican man called Dennis Tito also made history. He didn’t go to the moon,but he did become the world’s first space tourist. He paid $20 million to visitthe International Space Station. During his vacation, he saw Earth from spaceand experienced being weightless. “My eight days there were the best days of mylife,” he said.
There could bethousands of space tourists like Dennis Tito in the future. People are thinkingof building space hotels where tourists can stay and enjoy the pleasure ofbeing in space. Imagine looking down at Earth from a comfortable chair. Needsome exercise? Handstands and somersaults are easy in zero gravity. And you canforget table manners in space—just throw a cookie across the room and watch itfloat slowly into someone’s mouth!
The space tourists of the future willcertainly have fun. But space vacations won’t be cheap. One company thinkstickets will cost around $200,000. So if you want to follow Dennis Tito, youshould start saving now. Or maybe you could try getting a job in a space hotel.
There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blankthere are five choices marked A, B, C, D and E. Choose the one that best completes thesentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
31. So nervous _____ that she didn’t knowhow to start her speech.
A. since shebecame
B. would shebecome
C. that shebecame
D. did shebecome
E. will shebecome
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：她如此紧张，以至于不知道怎样开始她的演讲。以so开头的句子，要部分倒装。部分倒装是指将谓语的一部分如助动词或情态倒装至主语之前。如果句中的谓语没有助动词或情态动词，则需添加助动词do，does或did，并将其置于主语之前。本句陈述的是过去发生的事情，所以用过去时态。在句子中添加did，故选项D正确。
32. Unpopular government policies havegiven _____ to widespread public discontent.
A. grounds
B. rise
C. cause
D. consequence
E. effects
【答案】 B
【解析】 句意：不受欢迎的政府政策引起了公众的普遍不满。这里考查固定搭配，giverise to表示“导致……的出现；引起”。rise产生；出现。ground根据；理由。cause原因。consequence后果。effect效果；结果。
33. _____ user comments, a cover has been designed that can be addedto give protection to the patient and attendant in poor weather.
A. In contrastto
B. In additionto
C. In responseto
D. With respectto
E. Withreference to
【答案】 C
【解析】 句意：作为对用户评价的回应，一张被子被设计出来，可为恶劣天气下病人和照看者提供保护。in response to作为回应。in contrast to相形之下。in addition to除……以外。with respect to考虑到；关于。with reference to关于；根据。
34. Most elderly people have to live _____ themoney they _____ when they were working.
A. off; laid up
B. up; set up
C. on; putaside
D. by; put back
E. to; layaside
【答案】 C
【解析】 句意：很多老年人都凭借着他们以前工作所攒下的钱过活。考查关于live和put的短语。live on靠……生活。live off以……为食料；靠……生活。live up快乐地过日子。live by以……为生。live to活到……。put aside储存……备用。lay up储存；搁置。set up建立；开业。put back放回原处；推迟。lay aside把……搁置一旁；储存。其中live on强调唯一性，这里强调的是很多老人都只凭借以前的储蓄过活。综合两个空的答案，本题选C项。
35. He _____ another career but, at thetime, he just wanted to earn money to study abroad.
A. had chosen
B. might choose
C. had tochoose
D. must havechosen
E. might havechosen
【答案】 E
【解析】 句意：他本可以选择另一种职业，但那时候他只想为出国学习而赚钱。might/would/could ＋ have done的意思是“本来可以做而没有做，或本来应该做而没有做。”
36. Small and Medium Enterprises _____ provides lots of jobopportunities as compared with large-scale ones.
A. special
B. specific
C. especially
D. inparticular
E. particularly
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：比起大型企业，中小型企业尤其提供了大量的工作机会。inparticular尤其，特别。适用于两者对比时强调一方情况更甚，通常位于被修饰的词语之后。especially和particularly也表示“尤其，特别”，一般位于被修饰的词语之前。故选D。
37. _____ yesterday meant that we’d bettertake seriously the words of the president.
A. What I said
B. As I said
C. That I said
D. When I said
E. For I said
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：我昨天说的意思是我们最好严肃对待总统说的话。由句中的谓语动词meant可知该句缺少主语，所以meant之前的部分为主语从句，故选A。
38. Odysseus was known for his clevernessand cunning, and for his _____ as a speaker.
A. eloquence
B. backbone
C. sympathy
D. comprehension
E. intelligence
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：奥德赛以其聪明狡黠和能言善辩闻名。eloquence雄辩。backbone毅力。sympathy同情心。comprehension理解力。intelligence智力，脑力。由as a speaker可知横线部分应为一个演讲者的相关品质，故A正确。
39. _____, however, once you’ve motivated yourself to get out of bedand start pedaling, matters always improve eventually.
A. Quiteroughly
B. Somewhatparadoxically
C. Oddly enough
D. Ratherlately
E. Basicallyspeaking
【答案】 C
【解析】 句意：然而，说来也奇怪，一旦你下决心从床上起来并开始行动，事情常常在最后都会变好。oddly enough说来也奇怪。quite roughly大约。somewhat paradoxically有些矛盾地。rather lately很晚。basically speaking从根本上说。
40. Magazine circulations are in the millionsand _____ revenue is rising, _____ the growth of TV and electronic media.
A. advertising; despite
B. to advertise; although
C. advertisement; as
D. advertise; along with
E. advertisement; even if
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：尽管电视和电子媒体不断发展，杂志的发行量仍是数百万，而且广告营业额在上升。第一个空格修饰名词revenue，应该用修饰事物的形容词advertising，后一空表示“尽管”，空格后接的是名词性成分，可使用介词despite。
41. Japanese researchers have found a cheap, convenient and drug-_____way for diabetics to lose weight.
A. void
B. free
C. empty
D. resistant
E. null
【答案】 B
【解析】 句意：日本研究者发现了一种低成本、便捷并且不依赖药物的糖尿病患者减肥方式。此题考查构词法，-free为表示“无……”的形容词后缀，故B正确。
42. _____, it’s said that Schmidt’s about to resign due to the hugemistake he made brought great loss to our company.
A. Amongourselves
B. Among us
C. Between us
D. Betweenourselves
E. Amidourselves
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：不要外传，有消息称施密特即将辞职，因为他所犯的巨大错误给我们公司带来了巨大的损失。此题考查固定搭配，between ourselves私下说的话；不可外传；我们之间的事。
43. Grandparents are being used as _____ babysitters by their _____children, who, on average spend six and a half hours a week looking after theirgrandchildren.
A. unpaying;overworking
B. unpaid;overworked
C. unpaying;overworked
D. unpaid;overworking
E. unpaying;overwork
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：祖父母和外祖父母们总是被他们加班的子女当作免费的保姆来使唤，他们平均每周都要花费六个半小时来照看他们的孙子。此题考查定语形式，第一个横线处的unpay与其修饰的babysitter是被动关系，而第二个横线处的overwork与其修饰的children是主动关系，故选D。
44. — You did an excellent job yesterday,Jim! I really enjoyed your presentation.
— _____
— Oh yeah, itwas fabulous. It seems the English program is a great way to practice English.
— Yeah. It isfun and motivating.
A. Did youreally think so?
B. Oh, thankyou. You are so kind.
C. Really? Whatabout yours?
D. Not at all.My pleasure.
E. No. It’snothing.
【答案】 A
【解析】 一般听到别人的赞扬后，要礼貌性地回答thank you。但在本题中，根据下文的回答可知，要填的句子应该是表示疑虑和怀疑的，所以选项A正确。
45. —Carol, do youthink David’ll fit in? You don’t seem so sure.
—_____ So he probably won’t get on well with most of thegroup!
—OK! We want people with stronger personalities.So let’s look at the second contestant .
A. Yes, I think he’s fantastic!
B. Well. He’s my cup of tea.
C. Hmm. He seems too serious.
D. Oh, he must like to be here.
E. Yes, I think he’ll fit in.
【答案】 C
【解析】 根据空格后一句“所以他可能不会和大多数人相处得很好”可推测，前面应该是不好的评价，C项“嗯，他看起来太严肃了”符合语境，其他四项都是褒义的，故排除。
Read the followingpassage and fill in each blank with one word.Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to thecontext, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the givenletter(s) of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
By degrees the shutters were opened; the window-blinds weredrawn up, and people began passing to and (46) _____. Some few stopped to gazeat Oliver for a moment or two, or turned round to stare at him as they hurriedby; but none relieved him, or troubled themselves to inquire how he came there.He had no heart to beg. And there he sat. He had been crouching on the step forsome time, (47) _____ (wonder) at the great number of public-houses (everyother house in Barnet was a tavern, large or small); gazing listlessly at thecoaches as they passed through, and thinking how strange it seemed that theycould do, with ease, in a few hours, what it had taken him a whole week ofcourage and (48) _____ (determine) beyond his years to accomplish; when he wasroused by observing that a boy, who had passed him carelessly some minutesbefore, had returned, and was now surveying him most earnestly from the (49) _____side of the way. He took little heed of this at first; but the boy remained inthe same attitude of close observation so long, that Oliver (50) _____ (raise)his head, and returned his steady look. Upon this, the boy crossed over, and, (51)_____ close up to Oliver, said, “Hello! My covey, what’s the row?”
The boy (52) _____ (whom) addressed this inquiry to theyoung wayfarer was about his own age, but one of the queerest looking boys thatOliver had ever seen. He was snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough,and as dirty a juvenile(青少年) (53) _____ one would wish to see; but he hadabout him all the airs and manners of a man. He was short of his age, withrather bow-legs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top ofhis head so lightly, that it threatened to (54) _____ off every moment andwould have done so very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of (55) e_____now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its oldplace again. He wore a man’s coat, which reached nearly to his heels.
【答案与解析】
46. fro
(句意：百叶窗拉上了，人们开始来回走动。此处为固定搭配，“toand fro”表示“来来回回地，往复地”。)
47. wondering
(句意：他已经在台阶上蹲了一段时间，对这么多的酒店感到惊奇。分析句式结构可知，逗号前的内容构成完整的句子，此处wonder应该使用现在分词形式，作伴随状语。)
48. determination
(and前后形式要对应，courage勇气，是名词，所以要使用determine的名词形式determination。)
49. opposite
(from theopposite side of the way从路的另一边。后面第75个空前面提到了“cross over（横穿，横越）”，即他是在路的对面的。)
50. raised
(此处“raise his head”和后面的“return his steady look”为并列结构，应使用raise的过去式raised与returned相呼应。)
51. walking
(本句的句子主干是“the boy crossed over,and said ...”，and前后连接的是“crossed over”与“said”，并非“crossed over”与空格处。所以空格处只能用现在分词作伴随状语，修饰后面的动词“said”。cross over横穿，横越。walk close up to走进，靠过来，与cross over相对应。)
52. who
(句意：向奥利弗问话的这个男孩跟奥利弗差不多大，但他是奥利弗所见过的最古怪的人之一。此空作主语引导定语从句，要用whom的主格形式who。)
53. as
(句意：他塌鼻梁，扁额头，相貌平平，像人们所期望见到的任何一个青少年一样的脏。as ... as ...像……一样。)
54. fall
(句意：他的帽子松松垮垮地戴在头上，好像随时会掉下来的样子，要不是他有不时地突然戳自己的脑袋一下使之恢复原位的高超技艺的话，它真的可能早都不知道掉过多少次了。fall off掉下来，落地。)
55. every
(此处为固定搭配，“every now and then”表示“不时地，时常地”。)
Read the followingpassages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to thequestions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers onthe answer sheet.
Section A (5 marks)
Questions 56-60 arebased on the following passage.
It’s only 36 centimeters tall, but to fans throughout theworld, it represents the highest achievement in football. Every four years,teams from all over the globe compete to take home the FIFA World Cup Trophy,yet nobody ever does.
Do you know why? Nobody ever takes it home because the 18-caratgold trophy is kept under lock and key by FIFA (Federation Internationale deFootball Association).The champions of each World Cup tournament receive only areplica. This is to protect the valuable prize from thieves, who have stolenthe World Cup trophy twice in its 75-year history.
The little trophy has certainly had a troubled existence.The original trophy was made by a French sculptor, Abel Lafleur, and was calledthe “Jules Rimet Cup”, in honor of the World Cup tournament. Sometime duringthe first three World Cup events (1930, 1934, 1938), the name changed to simplythe “World Cup”. Then during World War Ⅱ,not much was seen or heard of the trophy. It was being kept hidden in a shoebox under the bed of Dr. Ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA,to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Nazi army.
Although the trophy made it safely through the war, itdidn’t fare so well during the turbulent 1960s. In 1966, the Cup was stolenduring a public showing of the trophy prior to the World Cup tournament inEngland. Luckily, it was found a short time later none the worse for wear in atrash container, by a little dog named Pickle.
Four year later, Brazil earned permanent possession of theoriginal trophy by winning its third World Cup title. Unfortunately, the trophywas stolen a second time, in 1983, and was never recovered. The BrazilianFootball Association had to have a duplicate trophy made.
After the First trophy became the possession of Brazil’sfootball association, a new World Cup Trophy for FIFA was designed by anItalian artist, Silvio Gazazniga, in 1974. This trophy cannot be won outright,but remains in the possession of FIFA, and rest assured they are keeping aclose eye on it. Today, World Cup winners are awarded a replica of the trophythat is gold-plated, rather than solid gold like the real one.
Gazazniga’s World Cup trophy weighs almost five kilograms, itsbase contains two layers of a semi-precious stone called malachite, and hasroom for 17 small plaques bearing the names of the winning teams—enough spaceto honor all the World Cup champions up to the year 2038. After that, a newtrophy will have to be made.
Questions 56-60
Complete thefollowing schema with no morethan three words for eachblank according to the passage.
【答案与解析】
56. in honor of
(第三段第二句“The original trophy wasmade by a French sculptor, Abel Lafleur, and was called the ‘Jules Rimet Cup’,in honor of the World Cup tournament.”提到最初的奖杯是由一个法国雕像家制作的，为了纪念世界杯锦标赛而取名为“Jules Rimet Cup”。由此可知该空应填in honor of，为了纪念……。)
57. the Nazi army
(根据第三段最后一句“It was being kepthidden in a shoe box under the bed of Dr. Ottorino Barassi, the Italianvice-president of FIFA, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Naziarmy.”可知，FIFA奖杯由副主席妥善保管，以免落入纳粹军队手里。因此该空应填theNazi army。)
58. winning teams’ names
(最后一段倒数第一句“... and has room for17 small plaques bearing the names of the winning teams—enough space to honorall the World Cup champions up to the year 2038.”提到新的FIFA奖杯有足够的空间将所有冠军队伍的名字记录下来。因此该空应填winning teams’ names。)
59. a public showing
(由第四段第二句“In 1966, the Cup wasstolen during a public showing of the trophy prior to the World Cup tournamentin England.”可知，奖杯第一次丢失是在一次公开展览奖杯时发生的。因此该空应填a public showing。)
60. possessed
(从倒数第三段可得知，巴西获得了奖杯的永久占有权，但是不幸的是后来奖杯被偷窃了。即第二次奖杯被偷是在巴西永久占有奖杯之后，因此该空应填possessed，动词应用过去时。)
Section B (10 marks)
Questions 61-65 arebased the following passage.
Tropic rain forests are found in the Amazon region of SouthAmerica, as well as in Central America, Africa and Asia. Almost half of therain forests are Brazil. Tropical rain forests are very old, thick forestswhere it rains more than 1.8 meters per year. The oldest rain forest in theworld is in Sarawak. It is 10 million years old, and has 2,500 different kindsof trees.
(61) __________ The lowest branches of the trees are about ten metersabove the ground. Below the trees, there is another level of plants thatconsists of many kinds of smaller trees, shrubs, and flowers.
(62) __________ The lower level is protected by the trees above. Thetemperature and humidity (the amount of water, or moisture, in the air) stayabout the same in the lower level. There is not much sunlight. In the upperlevel, the sun, rain, and wind change the temperature and humidity often.
(63) __________ There are monkeys, members of the cat family, birds, andinsects such as bees, butterflies, and many kinds of flies. Other animals thatusually live on the ground also live here—mice, and even earthworms.
(64) __________ Most plants get nutrients from the ground through theirroots. These plants in the upper level take their nutrients from the trees theylive on and from the other plants that die there.
(65) __________ They make paths along the branches of the trees. A researcherfound a path that stretched for eighteen meters in one tree. One kind of tinyant makes a path only three millimeters wide.
Unfortunately, humans are still destroying the Earth’stropical rain forests. Nearly 80,000 square kilometers are being destroyedevery year. About a quarter of the destruction comes from people cutting downtrees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. Theremaining trees are cut down to sell the wood or to start farms. Thedestruction of rain forests is an international problem. One country—or even afew countries—cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world mustwork together to find a solution before it is too late.
Questions 61-65
Complete the passagewith the following sentences. There are two extrasentences that you do not need to use.
A. Rain forests arevery important to the world’s climate.
B. In rain forests,there are huge trees forty-five meters high.
C. An amazing animalworld lives in the upper level.
D. There is another surprisingthing about rain forests.
E. The upper level of the forest is thick withplant life because the trees are covered with other plants.
F. Each level of therain forest is its own world.
G. The animals in the rain forest need “streets”so that they can move along the upper level without going down to the ground.
【答案与解析】
61. B 空前一段介绍了热带雨林，空后一句讲“最低的树枝是大约十米的地方”，由此推测此处讲述的应该是热带雨林的树，B项“在热带雨林，巨大的树木有45米高”衔接恰当。
62. F 根据空格后的“The lower level”“In the upper level”可知，此处讲述的应是热带雨林中不同层次环境的情况，F项“每个层次的雨林都有不同的世界”，衔接恰当。
63. C 空格后面介绍了很多居住在雨林的动物，再结合后面的“Otheranimals that usually live on the ground ...”,可推测空格处介绍的应该是上层居住的动物。C项“一个神奇的动物世界生活在上层”衔接恰当。
64. E 空格后介绍了雨林上层的植物吸收营养，E项“森林上层植物茂密，因为树木覆盖着其他植物”，也是介绍上层植物的情况，衔接恰当。
65. G 空格后讲到动物沿着树枝制造路径，研究员发现了一个在树上延伸了18米的道路，一种小蚂蚁的路径只有三毫米宽。G项“雨林中的动物需要‘街道’，这样他们可以沿着上层走动而不必下降到地面”，内容上都谈论的是树上的道路，G项衔接恰当。
Section C (10 marks)
Questions 66-70 arebased on the following passage.
If you were on adistant planet, and if you had instruments that could tell you the compositionof Earth’s atmosphere, how would you know there was life on this planet?
Water in theatmosphere would suggest there could be water on the surface, and as we allknow water is considered crucial to life. But water would only suggest thatlife is possible. It wouldn’t prove it’s there.
Carbon? Thatbasic component of “life as we know it?” Not necessarily. A diamond is purecarbon, and it may be pretty, but it isn’t alive.
What really setsEarth apart is nitrogen, which makes up 80 percent of the planet’s atmosphere.And it’s there only because there is abundant life on Earth, say scientists atthe University of Southern California.
The report grewout of a class discussion two years ago in a course taught by Capone andKenneth Nealson, professor of earth sciences. Students were asked to come upwith different ideas about searching for life on other planets. What is adistinct “signature,” as Capone puts it, that would show there is life onanother planet?
That’s aquestion that has been kicked around in many quarters in recent decades,especially since all efforts to find some form of life, no matter whether onMars or in the distant reaches of space, have failed. At least so far.
The currenteffort to search for some evidence of life on Mars focuses primarily on thesearch for water, because it has long been believed that water, or at leastsome fluid, is necessary for the chemical processes that lead life to takeplace. But that’s probably the wrong approach, the USC group argues.
“It’s hard toimagine life without water, but it’s easy to imagine water without life,” saysNealson, who was on the Mars team before moving to USC.
But nitrogenwould be a much clearer signature of life. Only about 2 percent to 3 percent ofthe Martian atmosphere is nitrogen. That’s just a trace, and it probably meansthere is no life on Mars today, and if there was in the past, it probably endedmany, many years ago.
But, the USCteam adds quickly, that doesn’t mean there’s no life anywhere else in theuniverse. They don’t know where, of course, but they may have found a way tonarrow down the search. Look first for nitrogen, then look for biologicalactivity that should be there.
So if lifeexists elsewhere, and is similar to life as we know it, there should benitrogen, and that’s what we should be looking for first, the researchers say.
If they don’tfind nitrogen on Mars, Capone says, “that will probably bring us to theconclusion that there likely never was life on Mars.”
But how aboutelsewhere? Could this technique be used to search for life in other solarsystems?
Maybe. It mightbe possible to detect a nitrogen-rich atmosphere around a planet orbitinganother star, but not yet. Current instruments aren’t that sensitive.
If they everare, the search for life might be narrowed down to the most promisingprospects, chiefly because of the presence of nitrogen. And won’t that be fun!
Questions 66-70
Answer the followingquestions according to the passage.
66. What can suggest life is possible butcannot be proved according to the author?
67. What is a clear “signature” of life onanother planet according to Capone?
68. What is considered as a wrong way tosearch for evidence of life on Mars?
69. What can probably prove there is nolife on Mars today based on the new theory?
70. Why is it impossible to use the newtechnique to search for life in other solar systems now?
【答案与解析】
66. Water.
(根据文中第二段“But water would onlysuggest that life is possible. It wouldn’t prove it’s there.”可知，水只能表明生命存在的可能性，但不能证实。）
67. Nitrogen./ The presence of nitrogen.
(文中第九段第一句话很明确地告诉我们“nitrogen wouldbe a much clearer signature of life”，氮气是生命的标志。）
68. The search for water.
(第七段最后一句话指出“But that’s probablythe wrong approach, the USC group argues”，在火星上通过搜索水来搜索生命的存在是不正确的。）
69. The small amount (2% to 3%) of nitrogen in the Martianatmosphere.
(文中第九段提到“Only about 2 percent to3 percent of the Martian atmosphere is nitrogen. That’s just a trace, and itprobably means there is no life on Mars today ...”，火星上氮的含量很少可以表明目前火星上没有生命的存在。）
70. Because current instruments aren’t very sensitive.
(文中倒数第二段指出“Current instrumentsaren’t that sensitive”，由于现在的设备还不是那么敏感，所以不能够用来在太阳系的其他星球上探测生命。）
Section D (10 marks)
Questions 71-75 arebased on the following passage.
In August 2008,athletes from the United States and around the world will compete in theBeijing Olympics. But did you know that in September of next year, disabledathletes will compete in the Paralympic Games in Beijing?
The Olympics andthe Paralympics are separate movements. But they have always been held in thesame year, and since 1988, they have also been held in the same city. TheInternational Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committeesigned an agreement in 2001 to secure this connection. The next winter gameswill take place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010.
The ParalympicGames grew out of a sports competition held in 1948 in England and a doctor named Ludwig Guttmann organized it for men who suffered spinal cord injuries in World WarⅡ. Four years later, it became an international event ascompetitors from the Netherlands took part. Then, in 1960, the firstParalympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed. By2004, the Paralympic Games in Athens had almost 4000 athletes from 136countries, who may have physical or mental limitations and may be blind or inwheelchairs. Yet sometimes they perform better than athletes withoutdisabilities.
In 1968, EuniceKennedy Shriver, the sister of former President John F. Kennedy, started theSpecial Olympics, which are just for children and adults with mentallimitations and whose programs currently serve more than two million people in160 countries. In November 2006, in Mumbai, India, teams competed in the FirstSpecial Olympics International Cricket Cup. In addition to India, there weremen’s teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lankaand the West Indies. There were also women’s cricket teams from India andPakistan.
There are manyorganizations in the United States that help people with disabilities playsports. Wheelchair tennis is a popular sport. So is basketball. In fact, thereare more than one hundred professional teams playing wheelchair basketballthanks to the special wheelchairs for athletes that are lightweight anddesigned for quick moves. For people who want to go really fast in theirchairs, there is a Power Wheelchair Racing Association.
In the state ofUtah there is a place called the National Ability Center, which teaches allkinds of sports to people with all kinds of physical and mental disabilitiesand even gives friends and family members a chance to try a sport as if theywere disabled.
A reporter fromthe Washington Post wanted to know what it would be like for a blind person touse a climbing wall. So, protected by a safety line, the newspaper reporterclosed his eyes and started to feel for places to put his hands and feet.Trainers on the ground urged him on: “Take your time. You can do it.” Finallyhe reached the top.
At the NationalAbility Center people can learn to ride horses and mountain bikes. They can trywinter mountain sports, and learn scuba diving and other water activities. Thecenter also prepares athletes for the Paralympics.
These days, thefirst place many people go when they want to travel is the Internet, where theycan get information about hotels, transportation and services like tourcompanies. The Internet can also help travelers find special services for thedisabled. For example, there are groups that help young people withdisabilities travel to different countries.
Susan Sygall,who uses a wheelchair herself, leads an organization called MobilityInternational USA, and has traveled to more than twenty-five countries to talkabout the rights of people with disabilities. She says people with disabilitiesare all members of a global family and working together across borders is themost powerful way of making changes.
Questions 71-75
Complete the summary with words from thepassage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for eachblank.
The Olympics andthe Paralympics are (71) _____ but they have always been held in the same yearand also in the same city since 1988 when the International Olympic Committeeand the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 tosecure this connection.
The ParalympicGames grew out of a sports competition organized by a doctor named (72) _____in 1948 in England for men injured in World WarⅡ. In 1952, it became an (73) _____and in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome for people who may havephysical or mental limitations or may be blind or in wheelchairs.
The (74) _____was started in 1968 in the United States by Eunice Kennedy Shriver just forchildren and adults with mental limitations and to help people withdisabilities play sports and enjoy other activities, many (75) _____ arefounded, such as the Power Wheelchair Racing Association, the National AbilityCenter and Mobility International USA.
【答案与解析】
71. separate movements
(由原文第二段第一句“The Olympics and theParalympics are separate movements”可知，奥运会和残奥会是两项分开的运动盛会。)
72. Ludwig Guttmann
(由第三段第一句“The Paralympic Gamesgrew out of a sports competition held in 1948 in England and a doctor namedLudwig Guttmann organized it for men who suffered spinal cord injuries in WorldWar Ⅱ”可知，这位医生的名字是LudwigGuttmann。)
73. international event
(由第三段中“Then, in 1960, the firstParalympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed”可知，为脊髓病患者举办的运动会在1960年变成世界性的运动会。)
74. Special Olympics
(由第四段第一句“In 1968, Eunice KennedyShriver, the sister of former President John F. Kennedy, started the SpecialOlympics”可知，特殊运动会发源于1968年。)
75. organizations
(由文中第五段“There are manyorganizations in the United States that help people with disabilities playsports.”可知，世界各国建立了很多组织，帮助残障人士进行各项运动。)
Section A (5 marks)
Translate thefollowing paragraph into Chinese. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet.
76. Much of the discussion of environmentalproblems in the popular press leaves the reader with the impression that mattershave been growing steadily worse, and that pollution is largely a product ofthe profit system and modern industrialization. There are environmentalproblems today that are both enormous and pressing, but in fact pollution isnothing new. Medieval cities were pestholes—the steers and rivers were litteredwith garbage and the air stank of rotting wastes. At the beginning of theeighteenth century, a German traveler reported that to get a view of Londonfrom the tower of St. Paul’s, one had to get there very early in the morning“before the air was full of coal smoke”.
【答案】 大众媒体对环境问题的诸多讨论给读者留下了这样一种印象：问题一直在日益恶化，污染在很大程度上是利益驱动和现代工业化的产物。今天确实存在着巨大的、亟待解决的环境问题，但是环境问题并非始自今日。中世纪的城市就是疾病的温床，街道、河面上布满了垃圾，空气中散发着阵阵腐臭。18世纪初，曾有一位德国游客说，若想在圣保罗大教堂的塔楼上一览伦敦风光，就必须一大清早趁煤烟还没在空气里散漫开来时赶到那里。
【解析】
（1）句式结构：①第一句句子较长，首先找出主干部分，即impression前的部分，两个that引导的从句为并列成分，作impression的同位语。翻译时，先译句子的主干部分，将从句单独译出。②第二句中，that引导的从句作problems的定语，其中，that为从句的主语，逗号后but连接的句子表示转折。③第三句破折号后面的内容是对前面内容的解释说明，翻译时顺译即可。④第四句中，that引导的从句作report的宾语。
（2）翻译要点：①thepopular press大众媒体。②leave sb. with the impressionof给……留下印象。③profit system利益驱动。④pressing本意为“紧迫的；迫切的”，在此译为“亟待解决的”。⑤be littered with本意为“布满；乱扔垃圾在……”，在此译为“布满了”。⑥stank of rotting wastes散发着阵阵腐臭。
Section B (10 marks)
Translate theunderlined sentences in following paragraph into English. Remember to write theanswer on the answer sheet.
你不能选择你出生时父母给你取的名字，但在许多国家当你成年后你可以合法更改它。77. 当然，即使大多数人对自己的名字感到不满意，也不会改名字。 （evenif）然而有些人，特别是艺术家们，的确采取了改名字的行动。是什么让一位艺术家想要改名字呢？葡萄牙诗人Fernando Pessoa用75个不同的名字来写诗。“78. 每当我用一个不同的名字的时候，我就会用不同的方式来创作， ”（状语从句）他解释说。大多数情况下，人们更改名字是由于社会、历史或文化等原因。以下是一些最常见的情况：
79. 一个人的真名太长，以至于很难记住。 （realname）短名字更容易记住，因此威廉·布拉德利改成了布拉德·皮特。有时，改名是出于营销的目的。80. 例如，如果一个名字听起来太陌生（ foreign ），就可能被改为在市场中更容易被识别的名字。 （recognizable）因此在电影界，拉蒙·艾斯特维兹接受了马丁·辛这个新名字。改名字的另一个原因可能是出于实用性。81. 过去，女人们觉得出版自己的作品很难，为了避免这种状况，她们有时会给自己起男人的名字。 （findit difficult to）因此英国作家玛丽·安·埃文斯把她的名字改成了乔治·艾略特，并且她的书的确出版了！
【答案与解析】
77. Of course, most people never change their names even if they feelunhappy about them.
(even if即使。翻译此句时使用让步状语从句，“对……感到不满意”可译为“beunhappy about ...”。)
78. When I use a different name, I always write in a different way.
(根据括号中的提示，以及原文中的“当……的时候”，可知应使用when引导的状语从句。“用不同的方式”可译为“in differentway”。)
79. The person’s real name is just too long and too difficult toremember.
(real name真名。根据原文中的“太……以至于……”，翻译时可使用“too... too ...”结构，表示“太……而不能……”。)
80. For example, if a name sounds too “foreign”, it may be changedto something that is more recognizable in the market.
(recognizable可辨认的；可认识的。翻译时用if引导的条件状语从句。原文中“名字”前的定语略长，可将其转化为定语从句。)
81. In the past, women found it very difficult to get their works published.To avoid this situation, they sometimes gave themselves men’s names.
(find itdifficult to do sth.发现很难做某事。注意书是“被出版”，因此在翻译时应转化为被动。“为了……”可意为“in order to”，也可直接省略为to。)
Proofread the passageas required. Each indicated line contains a maximum of one error. Correct the passage in the following ways: for aright line, put the sign “√” in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word,underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank; for a missingword, mark the position of the missing word with the sign “∧” and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank;for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with the sign “\” and putthe word with the sign in the blank. Write the answers on the answer sheet.
【答案与解析】
82. them→us
(句意：我们不可避免地在破坏我们周围的生物多样性。此处surround后面的宾语应该是us。)
83. irresponsible→responsible
(一些专家估测人类活动对于每天有大约一百种动植物灭绝是有责任的。根据文章逻辑，此处应该填入的是irresponsible的反义词。)
84. ∧means→which
(此处为非限制性定语从句，对前面的内容进行附加说明。which指代前面的“the extinction of about ahundred species of plant and animal life a day”，且在从句中作主语。故应该在means前面增加which。)
85. way∧which→in
(句意：人类活动危及无数生物形式的主要方式是破坏动植物自然栖息地。此处which引导的定语从句缺少介词，无法与way搭配，故补充in。)
86. √
87. survival→survive
(to后面应该接动词原形，此处大意为：动植物以及昆虫赖以生存的自然栖息地。因此应改为survive。)
88. 去掉the
(此处的热带雨林为泛指，没有特定指哪一片，因此去掉the。)
89. in→of
(lack of为固定搭配，意为“缺乏某样东西”。)
90. are→is
(此处的be动词应该与contamination保持主谓一致，由于contamination是单数形式，因此将are改为is。)
91. it→that
(此处缺少claim后面从句的引导词，由于“our existence is underserious lineal”是一个完整的句子，不缺成分，所以此处用that引导。)
There are five IQ test questions in this part. Write the answers on the answer sheet.
92. Live is to Evil just as 5423 is to________.
93. Using this alphabet, you must try to identifya regular pattern in the letters given. Once identified you must continue thispattern, filling in the empty brackets.
D/FH/J L/N P/R ___ ___
94. Ann is taller than Jill, and Kelly is taller than Ann. Then wecan draw the conclusion that Jill is definitely _____ Kelly.
95. One boy and a girl caught 40 frogs. Jack caught four times asmany as Jen did. The number of frogs caught by Jen was ________.
96. Complete the puzzle by fitting the five words on the right-handside of the grid into the correct positions.
【答案与解析】
92. 3245
(live和evil的区别体现在字母顺序的变化，由此可知与5423相对的即是3245。)
93. T/V；X/Z
(按26个英文字母的排列顺序，每个/代表了其两边字母中间字母的省略。即，D/F之间省略了E，H/J之间省略了I，D/F与H/J之间又省略了F与H之间的G，由此类推，最后两个括号分别省略的是字母U和Y，填的是T/V和X/Z。)
94. shorter than
(由题干可知，Ann比Jill高，而Kelly比Ann高，所以Jill肯定要比Kelly矮。)
95. 8
(本题是一道数学题，男孩和女孩共捉到40只青蛙，男孩捉到的青蛙数是女孩的4倍，由此可以算出女孩捉到了8只。)
96.
(字母T、E与N分别是右边三个单词SAT、AGE与YON的最后一个字母。由此推断竖排分别是此三个单词的拼写。)
Section A (10 marks)
97. Write a report on the income of Chinese citizens through the years of2011—2016. Write at least 120words. Write the report onthe answer sheet.
【参考范文】
According to the chart, generally, during the years of 2011-2016,the per capita disposable income of Chinese citizens shows an upward trend,with a steady growth rate of about 2000 yuan per year. The per capitadisposable is only about 1400 yuan in 2011. Then the number reached 20,000 yuanin 2014 and exceeded 25,000 yuan in 2016, which is 1.7 times the value of 2011.Therefore, we can speculate that China’s economy is developing steadily.Chinese citizens’ income level is increasing, their purchasing power is goingup and the economic growth can be promoted in turn. According to this trend,the level of income will continue to rise steadily in around 2000 yuan per yearafter 2016.
【解析】
报告首先介绍了整体情况，2011年至2016年，国民人均收入整体呈上升趋势，每年增长约2000元。2011年人均收入只有大概1400元，2014年突破了2000元，直到2016年增长到2500元，是2011年1.7倍。接着总结图表特点，通过图表我们可以看出，中国的经济正在稳定发展。然后分析增长的原因：国民的收入水平在提高，购买能力增强，促进了经济的增长，反过来促进了收入的提高。最后根据表格预测，在2016年后，人均收入依旧会以每年2000元的速度增长。
Section B (20 marks)
98. Now in China the anti-addiction systemand a “real name checking” system have been adopted in Cyber cafes to preventplayers under 18 from becoming addicted to online games. What do students thinkabout this system? What is your opinion about this? Write an essay in about 180 words to state your opinion. Write the essay on the answer sheet.
【参考范文】
Now in China,the adoption of the anti-addiction system and a “real name checking” system innetbars has led to a heated debate among students.
Some say thatstudents’ self-discipline is very limited and now at least 14 percent of theurban teenage players are addicted to the Internet and some children evenrepeatedly disappear from home to spend their nights at local Internet cafes,and play truant from school. Therefore, they have failed quite a few school exams.In this sense, the new policy can prevent minors from developing onlineaddiction.
Others claimthat the anti-addiction system is only a means to an end and cannot remove theroot of the online addiction completely and they believe the key is to guidethe minors to improve their self-control and balance their work and play.
In my opinion,the latter point hits home because it cuts to the chase. However, education isa long process and takes time, which means before education exerts effects onchildren, some supplementary measures should also be taken to speed up theprocess and the anti-addiction system is one of them.
【解析】
本题要求就反沉迷系统以及实名制政策叙述学生的观点，并发表自己的看法。范文开篇就直入主题，引出现状。第二段首先提出支持者的看法，认为学生自制力差，这一政策能够防止学生沉迷网络。第三段接着叙述反对者的观点，认为这只是控制的手段，不能彻底根除网瘾。最后一段提出自己的看法，认为反对方言之有理，但是教育是一个漫长的过程，在教育起到作用之前，有必要采取措施来加速教育进程，而反沉迷系统就是其中之一。