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Listen to the following passage.Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning.For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds.The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE．
In this section you will hear a talk.You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY.While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
Now listen to the talk.When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.
In this section you will hear two conversations.At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY.After each question there will be a ten-second pause.During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices.
Now, listen to the conversations.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1．A.It's the fuel line.
B．It's the engine.
C．It's the battery.
D．It's not clear.
2．A.$200.
B．$100.
C．$125.
D．$75.
3．A.She thinks it is reasonable.
B．She thinks it is expensive.
C．She thinks it is fair on holidays.
D．She thinks it is high but acceptable.
4．A.Tuesday.
B．Friday.
C．Saturday.
D．Sunday.
5．A.She extremely wants to attend a meeting.
B．She is angry and does not want to wait.
C．She needs to meet her friend in Chicago.
D．She wants to go to the town and find Mike.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.
6．A.She wanted to extend her stay in the dormitory.
B．She wanted to make a complaint about the warden.
C．She wanted to inquire about the summer courses.
D．She wanted to check if there is any other room available.
7．A.In July.
B．In August.
C．In September.
D．In October.
8．A.She has stayed in here for a whole year.
B．Her accommodation is temporary according to the document.
C．She was punished because she has made a mistake.
D．The dorm has a problem.
9．A.It has separate rooms for each student.
B．It is offered for free.
C．It is easy to find.
D．It is popular among students.
10．A.483 5902.
B．483 5103.
C．482 5903.
D．482 5093.
There are twenty sentences in this section.Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
11．All our attempts to______ the woman from drowning were in vain.
A．reserve
B．recover
C．rebel
D．rescue
12．Sir Dennis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection______ to the State.
A．has left
B．is to leave
C．leaves
D．is to be left
13．Mike's father asked him to spend his time on something______ researching into instead of fooling around all the time.
A．worthy
B．valuable
C．worth
D．precious
14．The Chinese nation has______ many national heroes.
A．brought forward
B．brought forth
C．brought up
D．brought with
15．______ that it was going to rain, he took a raincoat with him and went out.
A．Seeing
B．Saw
C．Seen
D．To see
16．Which of the following is NOT a causative verb（使役动词）？
A．have
B．keep
C．make
D．look
17．Which of the following expressions is INCORRECT?
A．a good number of students
B．a great deal of cars
C．a large amount of work
D．plenty of money
18．I appeal to the local football fans to come out and support their country.The underlined part means______.
A．call for
B．call on
C．deal with
D．ask
19．The______ of the question lay in the seizure of the land of Ireland by the English ruling class.
A．source
B．resource
C．root
D．origin
20．Ultrasonic sounds produce pulse signals______ various defects in metal can be detected.
A．for which
B．as a result of which
C．of which
D．by means of which
21．The problem is believed______ at the meeting last week.
A．to have discussed
B．to have been discussed
C．being discussed
D．having been discussed
22．She has a terribly hot temper,______ she is really a compassionate person.
A．on the other hand
B．in the other hand
C．on second thoughts
D．on the contrary
23．Only in recent years______ begun to realize the importance of protecting the environment.
A．people have
B．have people
C．that people have
D．did people
24．The committee ultimately adopted his suggestions.The underlined part means all the followings EXCEPT______.
A．finally
B．eventually
C．in the end
D．at the end
25．Please prove that you have sufficient funds to support yourself and your family after you arrive in Canada.The underlined part means______.
A．massive
B．valid
C．enough
D．available
26．Excessive dosage of this drug can result in injury to the liver.The underlined part means______.
A．lead to
B．result from
C．come out
D．bring up
27．The school committee hoped that their new policy would be______ with the students and their parents.
A．recognized
B．popular
C．fascinated
D．favorable
28．He is used to driving in all kinds of weather as an experienced driver.The underlined part means______.
A．is applied to
B．is accustomed to
C．is utilized to
D．is subject to
29．There used to be a bus station near your parents' house,______?
A．didn't it
B．doesn't there
C．usedn't there
D．didn't there
30．Those businessmen want the government to abolish the tax on alcohol.The underlined part means______.
A．cancel
B．erase
C．repeal
D．resent
Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank.The words can be used ONCE ONLY.Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
A．affect B.avoid C.beneficial D.conclusions E.convincing F.fight G.frustrating H.less I.opponent J.partner K.persuade L.poison M.practiced N.promising O.understanding
Arguments are tricky.We spend a lot of our time trying to (31)______ others.We think that if we show them the facts that we have they will, logically, reach the same (32)______ we did.Unfortunately that's not how it works.When is the last time someone changed your mind this way?
Sometimes we don't want to argue.We'd rather (33)______.This doesn't make the problem go away.In fact the suppressed resentment that builds up can (34)______ a relationship.A good argument shouldn't involve screaming, quarrelling or fistfights, even though too often it does.Shouting matches are rarely (35)______ to anyone.We should treat the ability to argue as a skill that needs to be (36)______ and developed.
Arguments should be about seeing things through the other person's eyes.They should lead to a better (37)______ of another person's view.With that in mind, here are Three Golden Rules of Argument.Firstly, make sure you know the essential points you want to make.Research the facts you need to convince your (38)______.Secondly, spend time thinking about how to present your argument.Body language, choice of words and manner of speaking all (39)______ the result of your argument.The last but not least, listen carefully to what the other person is saying.If you're not listening to the other person and addressing their statements, they won't agree with your points and the argument quickly becomes (40)______.
In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple choice questions.For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
(1) When Tess Vigeland came home from work and cried in her backyard for three hours, she knew it was time to leave her job.Then she turned in her notice the following week.
(2) With her recently published book, “Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want,” she is encouraging people to make similar moves.While doing so certainly involves some risk, Vigeland says it doesn't mean being reckless.“I'm not saying,‘Leave a job without bothering to think about the consequences,’” she says, adding that doing some financial planning in advance is important.Saving, trimming expenses and picking up freelance work are just a few of the ways to make leaving your job more manageable financially.
(3) Indeed, Vigeland says that as the economy appears to recover, more and more people are looking to walk away from being an employee in order to pursue big dreams, self-employment, travel or other opportunities.If you are considering a similarly big change, Vigeland suggests you keep the following in mind:
(4) Vigeland recommends considering your current expenses and income, including from alternate sources, such as a partner's salary or freelance work, to consider whether you can cover your basic living costs without your primary income.“I did some calculations with my husband and we figured his salary could pay the mortgage with me not working at all,” she says.In addition, she planned to take on freelance work so her income would not go to zero.“I also knew I had a large retirement account that I could tap into if I had to, and home equity,” she adds.
(5) After leaving her job in public radio, Vigeland's income the following year was just one-third of what it had been previously, which meant she and her husband had to cut certain expenses from their budget.“We didn't go out to dinner as much, we didn't go on big vacation trips and we just did a lot of road trips around California, and that was fine,” she says.
(6) Vigeland hasn't contributed much to her retirement accounts since she left her full-time job, and she's OK with that.“I stopped living for retirement.I don't want to stop working at age 65．I'm 46 now, and I hope I'm working for the next 30 years,” she says.Instead of saving money for retirement and saving your adventures for old age, Vigeland suggests traveling and living on less now, when you can enjoy it even more.
(7) Vigeland wishes she had saved more money before leaving her job, and it's something she encourages others to do now.“I felt pressure to be churning out dollars and getting a paycheck, and I think better savings, even three months, would have saved me from a lot of that,” she says.Instead of scrambling to pick up freelance assignment as soon as possible after quitting, she could have taken her time more.
(8) While leaving a steady job does come with some financial risk, Vigeland says the benefit is that it offers the chance to dream big about your next steps.“It allows you to think about possibilities outside of what you would automatically assume.When you're in a job, it's hard to have the time to explore and think about what other options might be out there for you,” she says.
41．Vigeland gives the following suggestions for people who plan to leave their jobs, except______.
A．going through your finance carefully
B．trying your best to keep your way of life as before
C．considering retirement in a new way
D．trying your best to save up in advance
42．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Vigeland?
A．She was encouraged to save money by others before leaving her job.
B．She has saved enough money before quitting.
C．She managed to do freelance work before quitting in order to save up.
D．She did not save more money before leaving her job.
(1) Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.But Thursday's announcement that all Chinese couples will be allowed two children is as good a moment as any to write the obituary（讣告）for this controversial policy：China's one-child policy died on October 29th, 2015．It was thirty-five years old.
(2) Xinhua, the official news agency, reported that China will “fully implement a policy of allowing each couple to have two children as an active response to an aging population,” but said the implementation and timing would be up to the provinces.
(3) Demographers have long warned that, because of the one-child policy, the Chinese economy will be hobbled by a shortage of workers.China's fertility rate, estimated by the World Bank in 2013 to be 1.7 births per woman, is below the replacement rate of 2.1．One in ten Chinese is now over the age of sixty-five, and that number is likely to double by mid-century.By 2022, India will become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
(4) Baby-related stocks reacted Thursday with the giddiness of, well, toddlers.Chinese companies that make strollers, car seats, baby formula, and baby food all advanced, according to the Wall Street Journal.
(5) Beyond that, though, the near-term impact might be mainly symbolic.By switching to a “two-child policy”, the Chinese government has signaled that it does not intend to dismantle its family-planning infrastructure.Restrictions will still apply, especially to unmarried couples and single mothers; families that want more than one child will still need to go through an application procedure, although it will be simplified.
(6) The English-language China Daily reported on Friday that ninety million Chinese couples will be eligible to have a second child, but it appears likely that only a fraction will choose to do so.In late 2013, the government announced that adults who had grown up without siblings would be permitted to have two children, but, of the eleven million eligible citizens, only 1.5 million have applied.In an online survey conducted by Sina News on Thursday, which received a hundred and seventy-four thousand responses, only twenty-nine per cent of couples said they would like to have a second child.“Only if the government raises my salary” was a typical response of those who said they would not.
43．In which year China's one-child policy was issued?
A．1979.
B．1980.
C．1981.
D．1982.
44．What is the main concern for those who would not have a second child?
A．They are too busy to raise a second child.
B．The government policy does not allow them to do so.
C．They could not afford to raise a second child.
D．The government would not simplify the application procedure.
45．Which of the following is INCORRECT about China's population situation?
A．China's fertility rate is not optimistic at present.
B．One-child policy is correlated to the aging population problem.
C．It's likely that one in five Chinese will be over the age of sixty-five by 2050.
D．The aging population problem will be solved soon because of the new policy.
(1) The old saying of never forgetting a pretty face might be untrue as psychologists believe beautiful people are less likely to be recognized.A new study suggests that attractiveness can actually prevent the recognition of faces, unless a pretty face is particularly distinctive.
(2) German psychologists think the recognition of pretty faces is distorted by emotions.Scientists at the University of Jena, Germany, discovered that photos of unattractive people were more easily remembered than pretty ones when they showed them to a group of people.Researchers Holger Wiese, Carolin Altmann and Stefan Schweinberger from the university, wrote in their study: “We could show that the test subjects were more likely to remember unattractive faces than attractive ones, when the latter didn't have any particularly noticeable traits.”
(3) For the study, which was published in science magazine Neuropsychologia, the psychologists showed photos of faces to test subjects.Half of the faces were considered to be more attractive and the other half as less attractive, but all of them were being thought of as similarly distinctive looking.The test subjects were shown the faces for just a few seconds to memorize them and were shown them again during the test so that they could decide if they recognized them or not.
(4) The scientists were surprised by the result.“Until now we assumed that it was generally easier to memorize faces, which are being perceived as attractive, just because we prefer looking at beautiful faces,” Dr.Wiese said.But the study showed that such a connection cannot be easily sustained.He assumes that remembering pretty faces is distorted by emotional influences, which enhance the sense of recognition at a later time.The researchers' idea is backed up by evidence from EEG-recordings（脑电图记录）which show the brain's electric activity, which the scientists used during their experiment.
(5) The study also revealed that in the case of attractive faces, considerably more false positive results were detected.In other words, people thought they recognized a face without having seen it before.“We obviously tend to believe that we recognize a face just because we find it attractive.” Dr.Wiese said.
46．What can be inferred from the new study?
A) Beautiful people are particularly distinctive.
B) People are reluctant to recognize ugly faces.
C) Attractive faces are always easy to be recognized.
D) Attractiveness sometimes prevents the recognition of faces.
47．What does “ false positive results ” (Line 1, Para.5) mean?
A) People recognize fewer faces than they have thought.
B) People recognize more ugly faces than pretty ones.
C) People claim to recognize a face they have never seen.
D) People actually only recognize few pretty faces.
(1) For more than fifty years, eating at fast-food restaurants has been an almost clinically impersonal experience: the food is rapidly prepared, remarkably cheap, utterly uniform, and served immediately.
(2) I asked a woman Davis working at Sweetgreen, the destination of which is fast and delicious food made with organic ingredients sourced from local farmers, if they ever patronized McDonald's or similar restaurants.She shuddered and said nothing.After a brief silence, another worker Nguyen owned up to eating at McDonald's once or twice a month, but not for a Big Mac or French fries.“They have some surprisingly good food these days,’’she said in a confessional whisper.“But I would never be seen walking down the street with a McDonald's bag in my hand.’’I asked why.“Shame,” she replied.“I don't know anyone who would feel differently.’’
(3) Speed and convenience matter as much as ever to American diners.But increasingly people also demand the information that places like Sweetgreen offer.They want to know what they are eating and how it was made; they prefer to watch as their food is prepared, see the ingredients, and have a sense of where it all came from.And they are willing to pay more for what they perceive to be healthier fare.
(4) When I asked Dan Coudreaut, the company's executive chef and vice-president of culinary innovation, what mattered most to McDonald's, taste, price, or efficiency, he sighed.“Our main job is to create value for our shareholders, for our company, for our restaurateurs,’’he said.“We are not a nonprofit organization and we are not married to any one area.We are married to being a successful business.Society is shifting in a major direction, so guess what—McDonald's is going to shift, too.’’
(5) The company is trying everything it can to win back deserters.Last month, in keeping with prevailing desires and current nutritional wisdom, McDonald's abandoned margarine for butter.The company announced recently that it would stop selling chickens that have been raised with antibiotics that could affect human health, and milk from cows that had been treated with growth hormones.They introduced low-calorie “artisan grilled chicken” sandwiches and, this month, began serving breakfast all day—fulfilling a request that the Egg McMuffin crowd has been making for years.McDonald's has also jumped on the seasonal-food bandwagon（潮流），having sold about thirty-seven million Cuties, the brand of clementines that come with Happy Meals.
(6) McDonald's describes all these changes as an attempt to “reassert” itself as “a modern, progressive burger company.’’Nonetheless, daunting questions hover over its ambitious agenda, and over the entire industry.Can traditional restaurant chains, indelibly branded as places to eat cheap food fast, switch to healthier fare and stay profitable? And to what degree can companies like Sweetgreen thrive by offering a fresher, more nutritious alternative?
48．When eating at a restaurant, people increasingly want to know the following information except______.
A．how the food is prepared
B．whether they pay more than they should
C．the ingredients of the food
D．the place that the ingredients come from
49．What did McDonald's do in order to win back the customers?
A．They began to use margarine for butter.
B．They stopped serving breakfast all day.
C．They began to sell seasonal food like Cuties.
D．They did not sell high-calorie food any more.
50．What is the author's attitude toward the shift of the fast food industry?
A．Optimistic.
B．Supportive.
C．Critical.
D．Uncertain.
In this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A.Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
51．According to Vigeland, what can you do in order to make your resign more manageable in finance?
52．What does the word “dismantle” (Line 2, Para.5) mean?
53．According to Dr.Wiese, why did they think it is easier to memorize beautiful faces?
54．How does Nguyen feel when eating fast food?
55．In the opinion of McDonald's executive chef, what matters most to the company?
Should we send the elderly to the nursing homes? This has provoked a wide discussion among the public.The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions.Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.
Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality.Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks．
Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR．
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