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Section A (5 marks)
In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
1 What can be learned about the ice water?
A. It has already run out.
B. It is available free of charge.
C. It is to be delivered at the weekend.
D. It will be sent on Thursday.
【答案】 D
【解析】 对话最后一句女士回答周四会给男士送冰水，因此选择D项。
【录音原文】
W: Hello. This is Lucy’s Distribution. Can I help you?
M: Yes. I need some ice water delivered.
W: Are you completely out?
M: No, I have some, but not enough for the long weekend.
W: OK. I’ll send someone to deliver it for you this Thursday.
2 Why did the man feel encouraged after the first year at the New York Times ?
A. Because he was treated like an intern.
B. Because he got a promotion to features writer.
C. Because he was interested in restaurant and food reviews.
D. Because he had fewer responsibilities than before.
【答案】 B
【解析】 开始男士说在纽约时报的第一年很失落，女士问到是什么改变了他的态度，男士回答因为新编辑将其提升为特稿作家，因此选择B项。
【录音原文】
W: Well, now I’d like to find out more about your last job. I see you spent almost five years at the New York Times , is that right?
M: Yes, that’s right. To be honest, the first year was quite tough for me. I was really just treated more like an intern. I didn’t have many responsibilities and I found it quite frustrating.
W: So, what changed?
M: Well slowly but surely I proved myself, and the new editor liked me so he promoted me to features writer. I was responsible for restaurant and food reviews.
3 How much more was charged for paying the cable TV service late?
A. $20.
B. $30.
C. $15.
D. $45.
【答案】 A
【解析】 女士询问完男士的账户号码后即解释了费用不对的原因，“……因为你晚交了两个月，所以多收了你$20”，因此选择A项。
【录音原文】
W: Hi, this is Emily in Customer Service. What can I do for you?
M: Hi. The bill I received yesterday for my home cable TV service is wrong. I got a bill for $85.
W: What’s your account number?
M: 200508.
W: OK. The regular monthly charge should be $65. But the cable TV company charged you an extra $20 because of your late payments for the last two months.
M: Yeah, I remember. Thank you.
4 Where does the conversation occur?
A. In a hotel.
B. In a hospital.
C. In a restaurant.
D. In a workshop.
【答案】 B
【解析】 男士交给女士登记卡后，女士即说到“……我给你做张病历卡”(…I’ll make a medical record for you)，证明该对话是在医院进行的，因此选择B项。
【录音原文】
M: Where shall I register, please?
W: Just here. Do you have a registration card?
M: Yes. Here you are.
W: Thank you. Please register your information here and I’ll make a medical record for you.
M: OK. Any charge for the registration?
W: 10 yuan.
5 What suggestion does the man give to the woman?
A. She should buy the new house right away.
B. She should pay attention to the city auctions’ offer.
C. She should consider buying a new apartment.
D. She should search the internet to find a cheaper apartment.
【答案】 B
【解析】 男士告诉女士一个较省钱的购房方法，即“有时市政会把房子拍卖给社区”(the city auctions off houses to the community)，因此要关注拍卖，选择B项。
【录音原文】
M: Have you thought of moving, Sarah?
W: We’ve thought about it, but my husband and I can’t afford it right now. The only thing we could afford would be living in the slums, which is something I don’t want to do.
M: Buying a new apartment can be expensive, but there are ways to find a cheaper apartment.
W: Really?
M: Yes, and sometimes the city auctions off houses to the community. You’d have to make a quick decision about the offer in a day, but you would definitely save a lot of money.
Section B (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the questions and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One
6 Which of the following is mentioned with regard to “Needle”?
A. It is the name of a sword.
B. Its origin is unknown.
C. It is a model for practice.
D. Its use is forbidden.
7 What can be learned about Mycah?
A. He was a friend of the girl’s.
B. He was born into a cooker’s family.
C. He was hurt badly.
D. He was killed cruelly.
8 What happened to the girl’s sister Sansa?
A. She was forced to tell a lie.
B. She was killed by the King.
C. She was hurt by her sister.
D. She was skewered by Mycah.
【答案与解析】
6 A 对话开始男士告诫女士不要玩剑，后来女士告诉他“这把剑叫Needle”，因此应该选择A项。
7 D 谈到Mycah时，女士认为是自己害了他。男士安慰她“不，杀死他的人不是你”，证明Mycah，这个屠夫家的儿子，被无情杀害了。因此选择D项。
8 A 该对话出自《权力的游戏》(A Game of Thrones)，Joffrey即王子是造成Mycah死亡的罪魁祸首，但是他反说他是受害者，Sansa为了保护他从而撒谎证明他说的是真话。对话中，男士也说到“他们早晚会结婚，她不能背叛他”(Sansa will be married to Joffrey someday. She cannot betray him)，由此证明Sansa无奈撒谎了，因此选择A项。
【录音原文】
W: Go away.
M: Arya, open the door. May I come in? Whose sword is that?
W: Mine.
M: Give it to me. I know this maker’s mark. This is Mikken’s work. Where did you get this? This is no toy. Little ladies shouldn’t play with swords.
W: I wasn’t playing, and I don’t want to be a lady.
M: Come here. Now what do you want with this?
W: It’s called Needle.
M: Oh, a blade with a name. And who were you hoping to skewer with Needle? Your sister? Do you know the first thing about sword fighting?
W: Stick’em with the pointy end.
M: That’s the essence of it.
W: I was trying to learn. I asked Mycah to practice with me. I asked him. It was my fault.
M: No, sweet girl. No, no, you didn’t kill the butcher’s boy.
W: I hate them! I hate all of them—the hound, the Queen and the King, Joffrey and Sansa.
M: Sansa was dragged before the King and Queen, and asked to call the Prince a liar.
W: So was I. He is a liar.
M: Shh, darling, listen to me. Sansa will be married to Joffrey’s someday. She cannot betray him. She must take his side even when he’s wrong.
W: But how can you let her marry someone like that?
M: Well, look at me. You are a Stark of Winterfell. You know our words.
W: Winter is coming.
M: You were born in the long summer. You’ve never known anything else. But now winter is truly coming. And in winter, we must protect ourselves; look after one another. Sansa is your sister.
W: I don’t hate her. Not really.
Conversation Two
9 Why is an interviewee advised to wear a smile in an interview?
A. Because an interview is a relaxing conversation.
B. Because it may give both the interviewer and the interviewee a break.
C. Because it can show the interviewee’s confidence and politeness.
D. Because it can leave the interviewer a good impression.
10 How should an interviewee reply to the question “Why do you want to leave your job?” according to Maggie?
A. They can state the reasons implicitly.
B. They can explain what they are looking to get.
C. They can indicate their desire to get promoted.
D. They can show their dissatisfaction with the job.
11 What is the advantage of an internship?
A. It can help you earn more money.
B. It can enlarge your working circle.
C. It can impress your future employer.
D. It can help you gain work experience.
12 How should an interviewee respond to the comment “You’re overqualified.”?
A. By saying they want to contribute rather than be put in charge.
B. By saying they are grateful for being able to run the show.
C. By saying they will not mind being paid lower to start with.
D. By saying they will do their best to meet the employer’s expectations.
13 Which website is mentioned for searching for salary information?
A. www.market.com.
B. www.internship.com
C. www.stars.com.
D. www.hotjobs.com.
14 Which is a necessary step when searching for salary information on the internet?
A. Collecting the information of the company to work for.
B. Learning how often the company offers a pay raise.
C. Looking up the job title and getting the job’s salary range.
D. Comparing the salary ranges of different companies.
15 What suggestion is given to the interviewee at the end of the interview?
A. They should mention salary in the initial conversation.
B. They should know the specific working conditions in the company.
C. They should know whether the job is really suitable for them.
D. They should negotiate their welfare with the interviewer.
【答案与解析】
9 B 主持人问到面试第一件要做的事时，Maggie回答微笑，并解释“微笑可以打破坚冰，只要你保持放松，至少可以让自己喘口气”(And it can be a real ice-breaker if you can just be relaxed at least gives yourself a break)，因此选择B项。
10 B 主持人提问关于离职原因的问题，Maggie回答你应该强调你渴望和追求的东西(what they are looking to get)，而不要涉及前任老板。因此选择B项。
11 D 主持人问到如何应对工作经验不足的问题时，Maggie建议可以去做实习，因为可以收获工作经验，因此选择D项。
12 A 主持人问如何回应“你大材小用”(You’re overqualified)，Maggie回答应该告诉面试官“我不是来做管理的，我只想贡献自己的一份力量”，因此选择A项。
13 D 主持人问如何回答期望薪资时，Maggie推荐了几个网站供大家参考，包括salary.com，indeed.com，monster.com，hotjobs.com，因此选择D项。
14 C 在介绍完相关网站之后，Maggie又谈到如何使用网站，在网站上可以查询职位，也可以查询薪水范围，因此选择C项。
15 C 对话最后Maggie建议应聘者要清楚这份工作是否适合自己(whether or not this job even is a good fit)，因此选择C项。
【录音原文】
Anny: Hi there. I’m Edith Richardson and this is Howdini.com. If you wanna learn how to ace a job interview, stay tuned. We’re about to talk about it with Maggie Mistal, who was a life purpose and career coach, who can be heard regularly on Martha Stewart Living Radio on series. Thank you so much for being with us.
Maggie: Thanks, Edy.
Anny: You show up your dress properly, you walk in to inner to meet the interviewer... What’s the first thing you do when you walk in?
Maggie: I love to smile, and obviously I think you can tell by that. But I like to make the interviewer just as Edy is, I’m trying to be, because really this interview is a conversation that you’re gonna have with the other person, who is a human being. And it can be a real ice-breaker if you can just be relaxed at least gives yourself a break. Say “hi”, “how are you?” and even try to talk about the weather or some type of other ice-breakers that can give everybody a chance to take a deep breath. Because this is invaluable to take a conversation and it can be nerve-wracking for both parties.
Anny: So the interviewer says to that perspective employee “Why do you wanna leave your job?”
Maggie: Yes, that’s always a great question, isn’t it? And you have to be prepared for those key questions, especially why you are moving on. Now if you’re moving on because you can’t stand your boss, (right?) which happens a lot and we’ve all been there. You don’t want to say that. What you do want to say is that “I really need to be in a place where I can be managed and developed and where I can get guidance or mentoring”. You really focus on anything that you’re looking to get as opposed to all the reasons why you don’t have it now.
Anny: There are some people who walk into that interview and they walk in a little defensively, and they... because they really need a job, and they hear the words “You’re overqualified” and they’re willing to take a job and do their best at it. How do you handle “You’re overqualified”?
Maggie: You can say things like... well, I’m... you know I really thought about that if I was in your shoes I should be asking the same question. And when I think about it I can tell you for a fact and I’m looking to downshift. And I know this industry well and I don’t need to be in charge. I’ve been the person on the totem pole before. I can do that again. I’m really looking for a place where I can contribute but I don’t have to be the one who’s running the show. And (you) really address those concerns which are behind the overqualified combat.
Anny: And they may say “You just don’t have enough experience for us.”
Maggie: For folks just starting out may be a new career, or college students who just graduated or even folks at high school who needed the work world. That is a common problem. So again I go back to... Internships are great anyway that you can get some experience on your resume to demonstrate “Hey yeah, I may not be, you know, 10 years in this field but I can tell you this experience that I had this summer. I didn’t know anything going in and here’s how successful I was.” You wanna show situations where... yeah... you went in without a lot of experience but were still able to succeed and this is for references can be so helpful as well. Even you don’t have a lot of experience; anybody can be great reference for you. Even a teacher, or professor or even someone that you volunteer for, who can attest to your ability to learn quickly and perform well can be a great asset.
Anny: “We really like you, how much money are you looking for?” And such a trick question.
Maggie: It is, and for that question you definitely want to do your homework. This is what the best uses for the internet: salary.com, indeed.com, monster.com, hotjobs.com... A lot of them have salary calculator associated with them now. So you can look up the job title, energy graphic area and get the range of salaries for that position and find where you would fit based on your level of experience.
Anny: Briefly if I... if the interviewer has brought up the word “salary”, should you?
Maggie: Not right away. In the initial conversation, you want to get to know whether or not this job even is a good fit. And I always tell people, become the superstar to this person first and then you’re in a much better place to negotiate salary and they’ll even pay more for you because I like... well, we can let the negotiation go such fabulous, can we? We are going to pay this much but now we find needs for willing to do more
Section C (5 marks)
In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
16 What can be inferred from the news?
A. Five Americans have been diagnosed with Ebola at present.
B. A photographer named Ashoka Mukpo is under medical treatment.
C. Nurses and doctors working with Ebola patients are exposed to the danger of being infected.
D. Health ministry and public health authorities are working on new medicine for Ebola.
【答案】 C
【解析】 新闻中间谈及官方的态度及其对保护医生和护士所采取的措施，即“会一直观察照顾她的护士和医生”(would be monitored)。证明这些护士和医生有患病的危险，所以需要观察情况，因此选择C项。
【录音原文】 This afternoon we have identified a case of Ebola in a patient in the USA. Both health ministry and public health authorities are working together to give the best care to the patient and to guarantee the safety of all citizens. Officials said other nurses and doctors who work with her would be monitored. Meanwhile, an American cameraman infected with Ebola in Liberia has been flown home and admitted to hospital in the United States, the fifth American to return for treatment. Ashoka Mukpo who was diagnosed early was taken to a bio-containment center.
17 Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. More than 130,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees flooded into the Islamic State.
B. Turkish authorities avoided clash with hundreds of Kurdish protesters.
C. Many Kurdish protesters want to cross into Syria to defend fellow Kurds.
D. ISIL released a statement urging Muslims to join in their terrorist attacks.
【答案】 C
【解析】 新闻中谈到土耳其政府与上百名库尔德人发生冲突，因为他们欲穿过叙利亚去保护同胞，因此选择C项。
【录音原文】 More than 130,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees have flooded into Turkey in the past few days, as the Islamic State militant group bears down on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane. Turkish authorities have clashed with hundreds of Kurdish protesters, many of whom want to cross into Syria to defend fellow Kurds from the onslaught. The militant group, also known as ISIL, released a statement on Monday urging Muslims to kill Westerners whose countries have joined the campaign against it.
18 What is the advantage of the new technology being developed by Nur Energy Company?
A. It is more energy-efficient.
B. It is less expensive.
C. It can generate energy even with little light.
D. It is quite simple to use.
【答案】 C
【解析】 新闻最后谈到该技术的优势，即“天阴或在晚上也可以生成能量”，所以利用该技术只需很少的光就可以实现能量生成，因此选择C项。
【录音原文】 According to the European Commission’s Institute for Energy, just 0.3 percent of the Saharan Desert’s intense solar energy can provide Europe with all the electrical power it needs. A company called Nur Energy plans to capture some of it by building a solar plant similar to an Israeli one in the Negev desert that uses heliotropic mirrors. This technology, unlike photovoltaic cells, can generate energy even when the sky is overcast or at night. Thousands of mirrors, spread over 100 square kilometers, will concentrate sunlight to a tower where it heats and melts a special salt.
19 What is the score that makes Real Madrid four wins from four in the Champions League?
A. 1-0.
B. 2-0.
C. 3-1.
D. 4-1.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻中谈到马德里实现四连胜时说到其“以1-0击败利物浦实现四连胜”，因此选择A项。
【录音原文】 No team has ever retained the Champions League title since the competition was revamped in 1992—but perhaps, finally, this will be the year. Karim Benzema ensured Real Madrid’s place in the last—16 by firing his side to a 1-0 win over Liverpool to make it four wins from four. The winner after Real was made to work hard against a much-changed visiting side. Cristiano Ronaldo, who wasted a number of opportunities, was left frustrated after failing to overturn Raul’s Champions League goals record.
20 What is the significance of the new research finding?
A. It can be used to disintegrate cells.
B. It can be applied to cancer treatment.
C. It can be used to produce more robots.
D. It can contribute to the study of regenerative medicine.
【答案】 D
【解析】 新闻先介绍日本团队在老鼠细胞里复制肌肉收缩和拉伸实验成功，然后介绍了该科学发现的重要意义，即“在再生药物(regenerative medicine)领域发挥作用”，因此选择D项。
【录音原文】 A research team in Japan said Friday that it has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells, local media reported Friday. The development, to be detailed at an international conference in the United States starting Sunday, is expected to prove useful in the field of regenerative medicine, Kyodo reported Friday. “It could also lead to the development of robots able to move naturally using muscles,” said the team leader Shoji Takeuchi, a professor at the University of Tokyo.
Section D (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear a short passage. For questions 21-30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. The passage will be read only once. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
What is hydroplaning?
It may happen on the following occasions:
a (21) ______ moves too quickly along a wet road;
a layer of water accumulates (22) ______ ;
they lift up and lose traction;
the driver (23) ______ .
What actions has NASA taken?
They (24) ______ a lot of data.
They produced a (25) ______ .
They published the equation (26) ______ ,along with information about the (27) ______
of water depth, (28) ______ , tire tread, and vehicle weight on hydroplaning risk.
Safety tips
Use well-treaded, fully (29) ______ tires.
Do not slam on the (30) ______ if you skid on wet pavement.
【答案与解析】
21 vehicle
(录音一开始便把滑胎(hydroplaning)发生的四种情况分别列举出来，分别为“汽车在湿路上行进过快”“轮胎下面堆积了一层水”“他们抬起车却失去摩擦力”以及“司机失控”。该空为第一种情况“a vehicle moves too quickly along a wet road”，因此填写vehicle。)
22 under the tires
(参考21题四种情况，该空是滑胎发生的第二种情况“a layer of water accumulates under the tires”，因此填under the tires。)
23 loses control
(参考21题四种情况，该空为第四种情况“the driver loses control”，因此该空填loses control，注意driver为第三人称单数，lose要加s。)
24 collected
(录音中间部分谈及NASA对解决滑胎问题采取的行动，包括收集数据、创建数学模型、发布相关等式及信息等。该空为第一点“They collected a lot of data”，因此该空填collected，注意该项为他们过去所采取的行动，所以应用一般过去时。)
25 mathematical formula
(参考24题行动内容，该空为第二点“…produced a mathematical formula”，因此该空填mathematical formula。)
26 in 1963
(谈论NASA发布等式时，涉及了时间，注意捕捉细节，该空填in 1963。注意不能只填1963，题干没有给出介词，要自行添加。)
27 effects
(NASA发布的相关信息主要包括水深、铺路技巧、车轮踏面以及汽车重量对滑胎的影响。因此该空填effects。)
28 paving technique
(该空为NASA所发布的相关信息第二点，因此填paving technique。)
29 inflated
(录音说完NASA采取的行动后，用举例的方式给出了相关安全贴士，即“使用磨损好、气足的轮胎”以及“不要急踩刹车”，因此该空填inflated。)
30 brakes
(该空为贴士第二点“don’t slam on the brakes”，因此该空填brakes。)
【录音原文】
Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle moves too quickly along a wet road. A layer of water accumulates under the tires; they lift up and lose traction; the driver loses control.
Now, what does NASA have to do with hydroplaning? Here’s a historical look at the science story. Hydroplaning is a relatively new phenomenon for humans, given that the combination of high speed and smooth pavement that’s necessary has only fairly recently become possible.
In fact, it wasn’t until 1957 that a tire treadmill study first experimentally demonstrated hydroplaning “in action”. That study was motivated by airplanes. Hydroplaning had been causing a lot of problems for pilots landing on wet runways.
Here’s where NASA comes in. NASA scientists wanted to figure out what hydroplaning was all about. So, they collected a lot of data, and produced a mathematical formula to illustrate how quickly a vehicle could travel on a wet surface before entering hydroplane mode.
They published the equation in 1963, along with information about the effects of water depth, paving technique, tire tread, and vehicle weight on hydroplaning risk.
This publication offered several important safety tips. For example, use well-treaded, fully inflated tires and don’t slam on the brakes if you skid on wet pavement.
These suggestions may sound commonplace, and we now also know that vehicles with antilock brakes require slightly different hydroplane handling than those without. However, we can thank those NASA scientists from fifty years ago for getting the word out, and helping to keep all drivers—on runways and roads—safer on rainy days.
There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
Section A Vocabulary & Grammar (10 marks)
31 Buildings are left to decay ______ vandals and the weather.
A. at the mercy of
B. for the purpose of
C. in regard to
D. in proportion to
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：这些建筑任由破坏者损坏、任由天气侵蚀。at the mercy of任……摆布，在……前毫无办法。for the purpose of为了；因……起见；借以。in regard to关于。in proportion to相对于某事物来说；与某事物成比例。
32 “Well done, Cassandra.” Crook said. She blushed, but accepted the ______ with good grace.
A. compartment
B. compliment
C. competence
D. complacence
【答案】 B
【解析】 句意：……她脸红了，但还是优雅地接受了赞美。compliment恭维；敬意。compartment隔间（尤指火车车厢中的）；区划。competence能力；技能。complacence自满，沾沾自喜。
33 A referendum in Egypt on a new constitution was ______ by 98% of those who voted in a turnout of 38% of those eligible.
A. endorsed
B. ensured
C. allowed
D. alleged
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：埃及有关新宪法的公投获得了98%的投票支持，本次符合投票资格的民众投票率达到38%。endorse开证明文件；支持。ensure确保；担保获得。allow允许；承认。allege断言，宣称。
34 In a television interview with a local station ______ Sunday, the government official said the protests, which ______ more than three weeks, have “gone out of control even for the people who started it, for people who planned it, for people who scripted it”.
A. that aired; have been lasted
B. which airing; have been lasted
C. that aired; have lasted
D. which airing; have lasted
【答案】 C
【解析】 句意：地方电视台周日播出的电视访谈中，政府官员提到，此次抗议已经持续了三个星期……第一个空在定语从句中作“电视访谈”的谓语，根据下句政府官员谈话的动词时态(said)可知，此处应用一般过去时。第二个空定语从句谓语last作“持续”讲时为不及物动词，因此此处不用被动语态。
35 He is only one of the students in our class who ______ the first prize of the National English Competition for College Students.
A. has won
B. have won
C. has combated
D. have combated
【答案】 B
【解析】 句意：他只是我们班上曾经获得全国大学生英语竞赛一等奖的学生之一。此句only前没有the，那么定语从句的先行词为students，所以谓语动词用复数。“获得一等奖”用的动词搭配是win the first prize。combat与……战斗；与……斗争。
36 ______ in his office afterwards, Mr. Brown allowed himself to veer fresher off base, ______ Wittgenstein, Matthew Arnold and Buddhism as he ______ his government philosophy.
A. Interviewing; citing; explained
B. Interviewed; cited; explaining
C. Interviewing; cited; explaining
D. Interviewed; citing; explained
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：之后在他的办公室接受的采访，布朗先生自己却突然不走常规，引用维特根斯坦、马修·阿诺德和佛教的理念来解释他的政治哲学。第一个空应用过去分词形式，表示被动。第二个空应用现在分词形式，表示伴随。第三个空前面的as作连词，表示“当……时”，后面加完整句子，所以该处填一般过去时，作he的谓语。
37 In contrast to the muted colors of Elizabeth’s wardrobe, Andrew preferred clothes that were ______.
A. elegant
B. outlandish
C. extravagant
D. flamboyant
【答案】 D
【解析】 句意：与伊利莎白颜色暗淡的衣服相反，安德鲁更喜欢艳丽的服装。flamboyant艳丽的；火焰似的。elegant（人或其举止）优美的；漂亮的。outlandish古怪的；奇异的。extravagant过度的，过分的。
38 The official kiln in ancient China gathered the most skilled ______ and used a strict manufacturing process, ______ represented the highest level of porcelain making at that time.
A. craftsmen; which
B. bricklayers; who
C. craftsmen; who
D. bricklayers; which
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意：中国古代官窑聚集了最有技术的工匠，其严格的制造工艺，代表了当时制瓷的最高水平。craftsman工匠；手艺人。bricklayer砖匠。第二个空定语从句的先行词为“制造工艺”，所以关系代词应用which。
39 Monica: Morning.
Mark: Not a very nice one, is it?
Monica: ______
Mark: Rain again.
Monica: The forecast’s good though.
Mark: Is it?
Monica: Yes. It’s supposed to be sunny for the rest of the week.
Mark: That’s good. I’m sick of rain.
Monica: So am I.
A. No, how can we handle this?
B. Yes, it is not so bad.
C. No, what miserable weather!
D. Yes, it makes me annoyed.
【答案】 C
【解析】 横线下一句回答“又下雨了”(Rain again)，对话最后两人表示都不喜欢雨(—I’m sick of rain. —So am I.)，证明该空应该填对天气的抱怨，因此选择C项“是啊，天气真糟糕！”。
40 Assistant: Hello. Can I help you?
Lucy: Yes, I hope so. I want to return this dress.
Assistant: Oh. Is there something wrong with it?
Lucy: The first time I washed it, the color ran and it shrank.
Assistant: Did you follow the washing instructions?
Lucy: Yes, of course I did.
Assistant: Do you have your receipt?
Lucy: Yes. Here it is. ______
Assistant: That’s OK. Do you want to exchange it or ...
A. I’ll call the service desk.
B. I bought it in your Oxford branch last week.
C. I want to exchange this for a new one.
D. I need you to give me a refund.
【答案】 B
【解析】 销售员向Lucy索要收据，她提供收据并告知她的具体购物地点“我上周在你家牛津分店买的”，因此选择B项。下句销售员回答说“好的”，所以没必要给服务台打电话，所以不选A项。因为下句销售员才问她处理方法“是想更换还是……”，所以不选C、D。
Section B Culture (5 marks)
41 It is Christopher Marlowe who brought vitality and grandeur into the ______ with his “mighty lines”, which carry strong emotions.
A. blank verse
B. free verse
C. ragged verse
D. calming verse
【答案】 A
【解析】 克里斯托弗·马洛(Christopher Marlowe)，英国诗人，剧作家。马洛革新了中世纪的戏剧，在舞台上创造了反映时代精神的巨人性格和“雄伟的诗行”(mighty lines )，他也是首位英国作家充分发挥了无韵诗(blank verse)的潜能。
42 The First Continental Congress was held in ______ in September 1774.
A. Chicago
B. Boston
C. New York
D. Philadelphia
【答案】 D
【解析】 1774年9月5日，北美殖民地在费城(Philadelphia)召开了殖民地联合会议，史称“第一届大陆会议”（The First Continental Congress）。
43 The first thirteen states of the US are mainly located on the ______ seaboard.
A. eastern
B. western
C. northeastern
D. southeastern
【答案】 A
【解析】 从1607年到1733年，英国殖民者先后在北美洲东岸（大西洋沿岸）建立了十三个殖民地。后来，这些殖民地便成为美国独立最初的十三个州。
44 Which is the oldest bridge in the world?
A. The London Bridge.
B. The Lu Ding Bridge.
C. The Zhao Zhou Bridge.
D. The Story Bridge.
【答案】 C
【解析】 赵州桥又称安济桥，建于隋朝年间公元595年~605年，由著名匠师李春设计建造，距今已有约1500年的历史，是当今世界上现存最早、保存最完整的古代敞肩石拱桥。
45 Gulliver’s Travels written by ______ is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects of the English and European life of the time.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Alexander Pope
D. John Bunyan
【答案】 B
【解析】 《格列佛游记》( Gulliver’s Travels )是乔纳森·斯威夫特（Jonathan Swift）的一部杰出的游记体讽刺小说，以格列佛船长的口气叙述周游四国的经历。
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letter(s) of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
LOS ANGELES—Investment capital? They’re loaded.
Film studios? They are promising to build the world’s fanciest.
As for movie stars, few are more (46) ______ (dazzle) than Li Bingbing, who was an honorable guest here at the annual US-China Film Summit.
But China’s ambitious new film (47) bus______, dozens of whom gathered in the Los Angeles area this week for the summit meeting, the American Film Market and other events, are still searching for something that has largely eluded them: a home-made global hit.
“We have 5,000 years of history. We have lots of stories,” said Yang Buting, the chairman of the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association, who spoke on a panel at the gathering on Tuesday.
But Mr. Yang added, “To create movies that are (48) uni______ appealing, that is an issue for us.”
China’s domestic box office is now the world’s second-largest, behind the United States, with an expected $3.5 billion in sales this year. That growing market has been pursued aggressively, and with considerable success, by Hollywood, whose studios—to capture a mainland audience for films like Iron Man 3 or Pacific Rim —have worked with Chinese partners, added Chinese subplots and bent over backward to satisfy China’s watchful censors.
But a perhaps tougher struggle confronts Chinese film executives who dream of making (49) ______ that will be seen not just at home, but also by a measurable number of viewers in the United States and elsewhere.
“We lack international experience, in general,” said Yu Dong, the chief executive of China’s Bona Film Group, which is about 20 percent owned by 21st Century Fox.
Mr. Yu, who spoke over coffee at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills this week, (50) ______ (refer) to a growing group of film companies that are smaller than the giant state-owned China Film Group, but share ambitions to play on the world stage.
“Every producer I’ve met has told me they want to reach the world audience,” said Rob Cain, a film (51) ______ (consult) who is working with Chinese companies that hope to crack the global market, despite robust growth at home.
China’s domestic box office has recently tilted toward Chinese films rather than foreign imports. But the urge to export movies, Mr. Cain said, has much to do with the Chinese government’s promotion of what is often called “soft (52) ______”—the ability to project influence through nonmilitary means, including, of course, the film business.
Styled the “Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis,” Wanda’s proposed development is projected to cost as much as $8.2 billion, and would match or surpass the capacity of studios in the United States.
But nothing would speak (53) lou______ than a globe-spanning hit. In the United States, the best-selling Chinese-language film to date remains Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon , which had about $128 million in North American ticket sales after its (54) rel______ by Sony Pictures Classics in 2000. Since then, some international blockbusters have had Chinese backers, costars and settings, but they mostly have been Hollywood products with a Chinese veneer.
In a next wave, China’s (55) ______ (emerge) film companies are proposing to reverse the equation, by finding Chinese stories with global appeal and just enough American content or backing to attract viewers who have grown comfortable with Hollywood-style movies.
【答案与解析】
46 dazzling
(横线前有be动词，所以此处应填形容词作表语。dazzle形容词形式为dazzling，表示“耀眼的，光彩夺目的”。)
47 businessmen
(下半句他们参加的会议包括“电影市场”(the Film Market)，证明与会的人与商业、贸易有关，再根据首字母的提示，应填写businessmen表示“商人”。横线后的定语从句表示“他们当中的很多人”，所以此处要用复数形式。)
48 universally
(47空所在段最后一句说到“国产全球热映电影”(a home-made global hit)是他们的挑战，此处要表达相同的意思“创造吸引全球观众的电影是我们的重点”(To create movies that are universally appealing, that is an issue for us)，因此该空应填写表示“全球地、到处地”意思的词，并且此处用来修饰appealing，所以应用副词形式，再根据首字母提示，应填写universally。)
49 movies (films)
(该句主语是“中国电影业高管”(Chinese film executives)，那么其工作就是制作电影。因此该空填写movies或films。)
50 referred
(该空是主语Mr. Yu的谓语动词，两者插入了定语从句作修饰。根据定语从句的时态(spoke)可知，此空谓语动词应用一般过去时，注意refer的一般过去时形式要双写r。)
51 consultant
(该空是前面Rob Cain的同位语，解释其身份。所以空格处应填写consult表示人的名词形式。consultant顾问。)
52 power
(横线后面是对引号部分的解释说明，即利用非军事方式施加影响，所以此处填power。soft power表示“软实力”，它是一种“影响别人选择的能力，如有吸引力的文化、意识形态和制度”等。)
53 louder
(横线后面是表示比较级的than，那么空格处应填写比较级形式。句意：什么都不如全球范围的热映更有说服力。再根据单词首字母提示，此处应填写louder。)
54 release
(release作名词时，表示“公映的新影片”。句意：……其上映后票房收入在北美达到1亿2800万美元。)
55 emerging
(emerging作形容词，用作定语，表示“新兴的”。句意：中国新兴的电影企业计划推翻这种等式。)
There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by severed questions. Respond to the questions using information. from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
Section A (5 marks)
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
A team of scientists has just finished what might literally be described as one of the most breathtaking jobs in the world—surveying and mapping the coral reefs in Southeast Asia’s Coral Triangle off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.
As part of the Catlin Seaview Survey, teams from the University of Queensland, Indonesia’s Sam Ratulangi University and Indonesia’s Institute of Sciences spent time underwater over several weeks near the city of Manado to record data and map reefs in what the survey says “could become one of the last refuges on Earth for coral reefs”.
The effort was part of a larger project to map the Coral Triangle, which encompasses 647 million hectares of land and sea located within the territories of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. “Coral Triangle” refers to a roughly triangular shape of waters between the Pacific and Indian oceans.
As one of the world’s most crucial breeding grounds for marine biodiversity, it’s home to 75 percent of all known coral species, including nearly 600 species of reel-building corals and 3,000 species of reef fish.
The Catlin Seaview Survey says the scale of its undersea mapping project is unprecedented. Located on the island of Sulawesi, Manado is the capital of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province.
Coral devastation
According to experts, about 40 percent of the world’s corals have been lost in the last three decades due to climate change and human activities.
Assuming the current rate of decline remains steady, some marine biologists predict that most of the world’s remaining coral will disappear by the middle of the century.
The Catlin Seaview Survey got underway in September 2012 on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Centring on the waters of Southeast Asia, the 2014 campaign commenced in April has also covered areas around Apo Island and Tubbataha Reefs in the Philippines, Komodo and Bali in Indonesia, and East Timor.
Located in the centre of the Coral Triangle, Manado is a crucial section for researchers.
“Regions like Manado in the Coral Triangle could, by the middle of the century, be one of the only places on Earth where coral reefs will exist,” says Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, chief scientist of the survey and director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland. “Understanding the structure and function of such reefs is of the utmost importance if we are to underpin their resilience to global change.”
“This information is necessary to make informed decisions about how much, and where, governments should invest to ensure the future well-being of our planet,” says Stephen Catlin, chief executive of Catlin Group Limited, a Bermuda-based insurance company that sponsors the survey.
How coral reef maps are made
The coral mapping effort employs a Seaview SVII underwater camera, which has a rod and propeller attached to the back to create a sort of photo scooter.
Three digital SLR cameras encased in the SVII’s globe-shaped lens capture high resolution, 360 degree images of reefs.
Designed by Catlin Seaview Survey, the camera’s new technology helps shorten surveying time of large, shallow water areas from months to days.
To map such a vast area, scientist-divers took photographs while “riding” the camera at an average depth of eight meters while traveling at 4kph (Kilometers per Hour). Thousands of images will eventually be stitched together to create a whole picture of the reef system. The images will be uploaded for viewing on the company’s database—the Global Reef Record. Some of the images can be found on Google Maps.
Questions 56 to 60
Mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
56 A group of scientists are surveying and mapping the coral reefs along the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, which is described as the most amazing work in the world.
57 The great project to map the Coral Triangle, a triangle area between the Pacific and Indian oceans, encompasses 647 million hectares of land and sea located within the territories of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
58 Recent research reveals that most of the world’s corals have been missing in the last three decades due to climate change.
59 Knowledge about the structure and function of such reefs paves the way for underlying their resilience to global change, which also decides how much, and where governments should invest to protect the Earth.
60 Thousands of images taken with the Seaview SVII underwater camera, which employs new technology to shorten surveying time of large, shallow water areas from months to days, will be stitched to create a whole picture of the reef system.
【答案与解析】
56 F 原文首段写道该工作“可能是世界上最激动人心的工作之一”(what might literally be described as one of the most breathtaking jobs in the world)，而题干描述的太过绝对，因此错误。
57 T 文章第三段是对该项目的描述，与题干描述一致。注意题干列举国家时打乱了顺序，但没有错误。
58 F 文章第二大部分第一段谈珊瑚的损坏情况。近30年，消失的珊瑚占总量的40%，而题干描述的是大部分珊瑚均已消失，与40%的数据不符，因此错误。
59 T 文章第二大部分倒数两段，均谈到相关知识对人类保护珊瑚及保护地球起到的巨大作用。与题干描述一致，因此正确。
60 T 文章倒数两段介绍了Seaview SⅦ水下摄像新技术的优势，分别谈到其在缩短调查时间(from months to days)和图片链接(to create a whole picture of the reef system)方面起到的效果，与题干描述一致，因此题干正确。
Section B (10 marks)
Read the following passage. Choose from the sentences A—G the one which best fits each gap of 61—65. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.
A Dutch Sinologist has spent more than 50 years studying the country’s language, and classic literature.
(61) ______ As a child, the vivid descriptions of China in Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck’s books sparked Idema’s interest in the country. He later read classic Chinese literature and spent whole days pouring through works at the National Library of China.
The 70-year-old Dutch Sinologist recalled his half-century-long romance with Chinese culture during a recent visit to Beijing. Idema was the only Sinologist invited this year to participate in the Oriental Culture Research Program, an annual project hosted by the China International Culture Association.
Idema has served as the director of the Chinese Languages and Cultures Department at Leiden University of the Netherlands and was also director of Harvard’s Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.(62)______
Idema began learning Mandarin during middle school, because he wanted to learn a language that “has a long history yet is still active today”.
“Back then, I knew little about China,” says Idema, whose early influences include Dutch Sinologist and author Robert van Gulik.
(63) ______ Finding opportunities to practice the language at the school was a huge challenge. “There were actually no Chinese-speaking teachers in our university at the time, and it was also impossible for us to study in China for political reasons,” he explains.
“So when I graduated from college, I couldn’t even speak a single sentence in Chinese, though I was able to read and write in it fluently.”
(64) ______ Idema discovered his passion for traditional Chinese plays after a Japanese professor introduced him to some works from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). He soon began translating them into Western languages. Idema says it took him some time to really appreciate the poetic lyrics in the plays, which are closely associated with traditional Chinese poetry and have high aesthetic value.
Idema first visited China in 1978. As one of the few Westerners who understood Chinese language and culture, he was invited to work as a guide and interpreter for a tourist delegation. While he recalls the backwardness of China in the late 1970s, Idema says he is impressed with the rapid development of the country over the last few decades. He has visited the county several times to study and teach.
He vividly remembers the “China mania” in the West when the country opened up in the 1980s, and the flood of new materials about ancient Chinese culture that appeared in the West.
(65) ______ “There were scholars studying law, religion and society, but not traditional Chinese literature, which was my personal interest,” Idema explains. Finding reference books for his research, especially regional publications, used to be a huge challenge, and Idema used to spend a lot of time collecting books and other materials during visits to China.
“With the internet now, it is much more convenient,” says Idema. “Traditional Chinese culture is a passion. I have been studying it for 50 years and will continue to do so,” says the retired professor.
Questions 61 to 65
A. Idema later studied Chinese culture at Leiden University.
B. In recent years, he has devoted himself to translating Chinese folk tales and writing about Chinese folk society and folk culture.
C. While many other experts on China focused on the country’s economic transformation, Idema continued to study traditional Chinese literature.
D. For Wilt Idema, books are the best guides in life.
E. He has studied ancient Chinese plays, novels and literature, and has authored or translated a number of influential books published in English and other languages.
F. Idema usually chooses less-known subjects for his research and tries to get firsthand materials.
G. Idema continued his academic pursuits in Japan, where he became familiar with the similarities between the Japanese and Chinese languages.
【答案与解析】
61 D 横线后面叙述的都是Idema阅读了大量图书，对图书十分热爱，比如他阅读了Pearl S. Buck的书，中国古典文学以及其几天都泡在中国国家图书馆里面。证明书是他生命中最重要的指向标，所以此处应选择D项。
62 E 横线前谈及的是他的身份，均是在汉语言文学研究方面担任很重要的职位。由此可推测其必定做过大量研究，也出过相关图书。所以选择E项。
63 A 横线后面叙述的是他学习汉语要面对的困难“在学校里练习汉语是个巨大挑战”(to practice the language at the school was a huge challenge)以及“我们大学里没有会说汉语的老师”(There were actually no Chinese- speaking teachers in our university)，由此证明他当时在大学里学习汉语，所以选择A项。
64 G 横线后面一句谈到一位日本教授让他接触了元朝的元曲，证明他去日本深造了，因此选择G项。
65 C 横线后面一句说到很多学者已经研究法律、宗教等，而Idema的兴趣所在仍是文学，由此证明其他学者对中国的研究已经将注意力转移到国家发展上，但是Idema仍专心于文学研究，因此选择C项。
Section C (10 marks)
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.
New research points to a biological role in criminality.
The tattoo on the ex-con’s beefy arm reads: Born to raise hell. Much as it may defy the science of the past, which blamed crime on the social influences such as poverty and bad parenting, the outlaw may be onto something. Though no one would deny that upbringing and environment play important parts in the making of a criminal, scientists increasingly suspect that biology also plays a significant role.
Poverty and family problems, sex-role expectations, community standards—all may predispose individuals toward crime. But many researchers now believe that the reason one individual commits a crime and another person doesn’t may have as much to do with neurological differences as it does with differences in upbringing or environment. After all, says Dr. Tames Q. Wilson, a professor of management and public policy at UCLA, “it’s hard to find any form of behavior that doesn’t have some biological component.”
After evaluating recent research on violence, a special panel gathered by the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington published a lengthy report last fall noting that “even if two individuals could be exposed to identical experiences, their potentials for violent behavior would differ because their nervous systems process information differently”.
First and most obvious among the clues that biology plays a role in criminal behaviors is the simple fact that throughout history, crime has occurred in all cultures. One element in the universality of crime is the human capacity for aggression. Nobel prizewinning ethnologist Konrad Lorenz, author of On Aggression , argued that just as people have an instinct for eating and drinking, nature evolved in them the impulse for aggression. Though Lorenz thought it was peculiar to people and rats, aggression has now been observed in every vertebrate species studied. In people, only a fine line separates aggression from violence—defined by researchers as behavior intended to inflict harm on others. “Criminals are, on the whole, angry people,” says Harvard psychologist Richard Hernstein. “That is well substantiated.”
Another simple fact pointing to a biological basis for criminality is that in all societies, about 90% of violent criminals are men—many of them young. The great majority of other crimes are also committed by men. Among animals too, the male is almost always more aggressive. This fact suggests that certain hormones, particularly androgens, which characterize maleness, may help tip the balance from obeying to breaking the law.
While there’s no such thing as a “crime gene”, or indeed any single determinant that leads a person to break the law, each child is born with a particular temperament, or characteristic pattern of psychological response. As Wilson notes, “One is shy, the other hold; one sleeps through the night, the other is always awake; one is curious and exploratory, the other passive. These observations are about differences that cannot be explained wholly or even largely by environment.”
Linking an individual’s temperament to criminality is, of course, a much more contentious matter. To search for the roots of violence, the members of the NRC panel asked several key questions. Why do some children show patterns of unusually aggressive behavior—hitting, kicking, biting peers or parents, or being cruel to animals—at an early age? Why do only a small percentage of those children commit violent crimes as adults? The panel concluded: “Research strongly suggests that violence arises from interactions among individuals’ psychological development, their neurological and hormonal differences, and social processes.” There is no basis, the researchers added, for giving one of these elements more weight than another.
Nonetheless, two camps have emerged to debate whether criminality is influenced more by nature (biology) or nurture (environment). And this is no mere ivory tower question. Public interest mounts with the statistics: Some 35 million offenses against people or households, 20% of them violent, are reported in the US every year.
Research that may help resolve this nature-nurture question focuses mostly on three areas: biochemical imbalances, genetic factors and physical damage such as head injury around time of birth. Some studies suggest a link between behaviors—particularly the violent sort—and birth-related trauma, premature birth or low birth weight. Similarly, a woman’s use of alcohol, cocaine, tobacco or other drugs during pregnancy also appears, in some instances, to damage fetal development in a way that is related to later criminality. On a more positive note, however, one recent study concluded that when children who’d had a traumatic birth grew up in a stable family environment, they were no likelier than anyone else to develop into criminals.
Questions 66 to 70
Answer the following questions with the information given in the passage.
66 According to the passage, what makes a person commit a crime besides factors like upbringing and environment?
67 Why do some researchers believe that biology has an effect on criminality?
68 What do criminals have in common according to biological experts?
69 How to explain “One is shy, the other bold; one sleeps through the night, the other is always awake; one is curious and exploratory, the other passive...”?
70 What is the focus of research on the nature-nurture question?
【答案与解析】
66 Biology (Neurological differences).
(文章首段最后一句即指出除了家教和环境之外，众多科学家认为生物学(biology)与形成犯罪有关。第二段中间部分也谈到神经差异(neurological differences)也有可能是导致犯罪的原因，所以回答Biology或Neurological differences都对。)
67 Throughout history, crime has occurred in all cultures. Also, in all societies, about 90% of violent criminals are men—many of them young.
(文章第四段和第五段首句分别列出两点关于研究者认为生物学与犯罪有关的原因，一是各国文化均有犯罪发生(throughout history, crime has occurred in all cultures)，二是多数罪犯均为男性和少年(in all societies, about 90% of violent criminals are men—many of them young)，将两点结合起来回答即可。)
68 Criminals are, on the whole, angry people (They have the capacity for aggression).
(在陈述完第一点生物学可能导致犯罪的原因后，文章谈到犯罪共性的原因，即“人类侵犯的能力”(the human capacity for aggression)。该段最后哈佛心理学家也谈到罪犯的共有特点，他们都是“angry people”。)
69 Each child/person is born with a particular temperament, or characteristic pattern of psychological response.
(这段诗的前一句解释了这段诗的含义，即“每个人生来都有其个人特有的脾气或者心理反应规则”。该句可直接作为答案。)
70 The focus is mostly on three areas: biochemical imbalances, genetic factors and physical damage such as head injury around the time of birth.
(文章倒数第一段首句即介绍了本次研究主要涉及的三个领域“生物化学失调，基因和体质损伤”(biochemical imbalances, genetic factors and physical damage)。)
Section D (10 marks)
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.
Given their role in the 2008 meltdown, and their subsequent branding as toxic sludge, it is not surprising that “securitized” financial products have had a quiet few years. Yet the transformation of mortgages, credit-card debt and other recurring cash flows into new marketable securities is enjoying something of resurgence. Once apparently destined for the financial history books, the alphabet soup of ABSS (asset backed securities), MBSS (their mortgage version), CLOs (collateralized loan obligations) and others had a bumper year in 2013. More growth is expected next year.
Not everybody is thrilled. Some observers argue that the risks securitization poses are too grave. But its revival should be welcomed, for it is probably essential to continued economic recovery, particularly in Europe.
Use carefully
In its simplest form, securitization is straightforward and beneficial. For example, a carmaker expecting lots of monthly payments from customers who have taken out financing can get investors to fund its business more cheaply by selling them its claim to those payments. A bank on the receiving end of mortgage repayments or credit-card receivables can do something similar: bundle the loans up and sell them, or use them as collateral to get funding, which it can then use to issue more loans. This boosts both credit and growth.
Used recklessly, though, securitization can be dangerous. It fuelled the catastrophic boom in American subprime mortgages. Some banks, aware that home loans would be sliced, diced, repackaged and sold on, gave up even cursory checks on their borrowers’ creditworthiness. Investors piled in blindly, snapping up supposedly safe “tranches” of bundled-up debt that proved to be anything but. The boom turned to bust and bail-outs.
Yet structured finance cannot bear sole responsibility for the crisis. It was more the conduit for irrational financial exuberance than its cause. Lax lending standards in boom times predate the emergence of securitization (in the 1970s) by several centuries at least. Most structured products performed well through the crisis, with the notable exception of those related to American residential mortgages. Default in Europe remained low despite the recession.
And although there are still risks, securitization should be safer in the future than in the past because of new, post-crisis regulations to reduce the danger of excesses. The principle that the party creating a new security needs to retain some exposure to the underlying credit (the “skin in the game” rule) should help ensure that underwriting standards do not get too slack. That will hamper the desirable transferring of risks but, given recent history, it is probably prudent to put a little sand in the gears.
Europe stands to benefit most from securitization’s return. Lenders across Europe are under pressure to improve the ratio of capital they hold to loans made. One way of doing this is to stop extending credit, which is, unfortunately, what many banks have done. If they instead slimmed themselves through securitization, by bundling and repackaging loans and selling them to outside investors such as insurance firms or asset managers, they could lend more money to credit-starved companies. That would have the added benefit of spreading risk away from wobbly banks.
Securitization certainly has a black mark against it, but it is far too useful to be banished for good. Almost all financial innovations, from the humble mortgage to the joint-stock company, have had to re-establish their reputation after a bust at some point in their history. Society benefited from their eventual rehabilitation—as it most probably will from the revival of securitization.
Questions 71 to 75
Complete the summary below with information from the passage, using no more than three words for each blank.
Securitization regains public attention along with the transformation of mortgages, credit-card debt and other recurring cash flows into new marketable securities. However, some researchers adopt a conservative attitude towards its (71) ______, which poses great risks on economy. But securitization is stilled supported for its potential promotion of (72) ______. In its simplest form, securitization is straightforward and beneficial. It boosts both credit and growth. If used recklessly, securitization can be dangerous. For example, it has brought about a harmful effect on American subprime mortgages.
Although there is still disagreement on securitization, it should be safer in the future than in the past due to the (73) ______ of the danger of excesses under the control of new regulations. It is far too useful to be (74) ______ for good. Almost all financial innovations, from the humble mortgage to the joint-stock company, have had to re-establish their reputation after a bust at some point in their history. (75) ______ benefited from their eventual rehabilitation—as it most probably will from the revival of securitization.
【答案与解析】
71 revival
(文章第二段谈到一些观察员对证券的态度，他们认为尽管有风险，但是仍要欢迎其回归(its revival should be welcomed)，所以该空填revival，表示“回归；复苏”。)
72 economic recovery
(第二段最后一句交代了这些观察员欢迎证券回归的原因，即其对经济复苏有帮助，所以填economic recovery。)
73 reduction
(文章倒数第三段首句指出新的、后危机法规出台，降低了证券超额的风险(…to reduce the danger of excesses)，注意该空应填reduce的名词形式reduction。)
74 banished
(最后一段首句作者表明了他对证券的看法，他认为不应禁止证券使用，即“it is far too useful to be banished for good”。因此填写banished。)
75 Society
(文章最后一句说到“Society benefited from their eventual rehabilitation…”社会最终还是会从中受益，因此填写Society，注意该空位于句首，所以首字母要大写。)
Section A (5 marks)
Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
76 Tourism helps people to develop a variety of skills. As a service sector with cross-cutting impact on agriculture, construction or handicrafts, tourism creates millions of jobs and business opportunities. Its capacity to lift people from poverty, promote gender equity and help protect the environment has made it a vital tool for achieving positive change in communities across the world. Harnessing tourism’s benefits will be critical to achieving the sustainable development goals and implementing the post-2015 development agenda.
【参考译文】
旅游帮助人们开发多种多样的技能。作为服务业，旅游的影响贯穿农业、建筑业或手工业各领域，创造了数百万工作和商业机会。旅游业能够帮助人们摆脱贫穷，促进两性平等，并有助于环境保护，从而成为世界各地实现积极变革的重要工具。利用旅游业的优势对于实现可持续发展目标和执行 2015年后的发展规划至关重要。
【解析】
①句式结构
本段文字短语和并列成分较多，翻译时注意适当添加连接词并做到并列成分的工整。第三句主语较长，可先将句子进行拆分，译成两个独立句。
②重点词汇
a variety of多种的；种种
service sector服务业
lift…from（使）从……升起；（把……）从……提起
harness利用；给（马等）套轭具；控制
be critical to... ……是至关重要的
implement实施，执行
Section B (10 marks)
Translate the following sentences into English by using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
77 小草有一种一般人看不见的生命力，只要生命存在，这种力就要显现。(so long as...)
【答案】 Little grass has an invisible life-force. So long as there is life, the force will show itself.
【解析】 so long as只要。so long as=as long as，意思是“只要”，引导条件状语从句。
78 他们用很多因素来评估一个国家，如工作满意度、经济发展、国民健康、财富和教育水平，以及气候、战争、政局稳定性等。(range from...)
【答案】 They judge a nation using factors ranging from job satisfaction to economic progress, to people’s health, wealth and education standards, along with climate, war and political stability
【解析】 range from从……到……。along with除…以外（还）；以及。range from这里修饰factors作其后置定语，用其动词现在分词形式。
79 越来越多的研究表明，体育活动对我们的心理健康有很大的影响。(reveal)
【答案】 A growing body of research reveals that physical activity has a powerful impact on our mental health.
【解析】 reveal显露；揭露。A growing body of越来越多的。have an impact on对…有影响。注意保持主谓一致。
80 注重细节很有好处，但也有可能使你错失更重要的东西。(focus on)
【答案】 Focusing on details has advantages, but it can also make you miss more important things.
【解析】 focus on致力于；对（某事或做某事）予以注意。此句为动词作主语，所以要用其动名词形式。
81 他一度看似是个合适的首相人选。(likely)
【答案】 At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister.
【解析】 likely适合的；有希望的。at one point一度；在某一刻。Prime Minister首相。
Proofread the passage as required. Each indicated line contains a maximum of one error. Correct the passage in the following ways: for a right 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 missing word, 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 put the word with the sign in the blank. Write the answers on the answer sheet.
【答案与解析】
82 legal→illegal
(下一句谈及法语中表示计算机的词是un ordinateur与computer完全不相同，由此可推断，上句使用computer叫计算机在法国不应该是合法的，所以应把legal改为illegal。)
83 √
84 make→making
(此句中make作French government的伴随状语，应用其动词现在分词形式。)
85 effected→affected
(句意： 杜朋法案影响了法国人民生活的很多方面。affect影响。effect使发生；引起。)
86 menu→menus
(menu是可数名词，并且饭店的菜单不可能只有一张，所以这里应用其复数形式。)
87 including→include
(此句中include和be presented作并列谓语，因为前有情态动词must，所以include用动词原形。)
88 oppositions→opposition
(opposition表示“反对”，是不可数名词，所以不能用复数形式。)
89 for→to
(句意： 虽然这项法律不适用于非商业交流……apply to适用于；运用。apply for申请。)
90 has→is
(there后面加be动词构成there be句型。)
91 being∧predominately→a
(medium表示“媒介”，是可数名词单数，所以形容词要加不定冠词a。)
There are five IQ Test questions in this part. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
92 Change one letter only from each word to find a familiar phrase:
OUT OF IRE
【答案】 Put on ice.
【解析】 o→p，f→n，r→c。put on ice延迟。
93 What number should come next in these sequences?
1, 2, 5, 10, 17, ______
100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ______
【答案】 26;60
【解析】 第一个空，相邻两个数之间的差为递进奇数(1，3，5，7，9……)，所以17＋9＝26。第二个空相邻两个数之间的差从10开始依次递减(10，9，8，7，6……)，所以66－6＝60。
94 Implausible though it seems, three students named Andrew, Colin and Brian have a rota of household chores for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. If Andrew’s task is on Tuesday, but is not the ironing, and the dusting is carried out later in the week than Brian’s gardening, what does each do and on which day?
【答案】 Colin, Ironing, Wednesday; Andrew, dusting, Tuesday; Brian, gardening, Monday
【解析】 因为在Brian收拾完花园(gardening)后，才有人做清扫(dusting)，所以Brian不可能在周三做家务。因为Andrew在周二做家务，所以Brian是在周一做，那么Colin就是在周三做。Brian收拾花园，Andrew不熨烫衣服(ironing)，证明Andrew的工作是清扫，那么Colin的工作就是熨烫。
95 Complete each of these sentences with two words that sound alike, but are spelled differently.
The thief was ______ and tried in ______.
We ______ the ______ of cows mooing.
______ ______ stirred the cauldron?
Nobody ______ what she poked her ______ into.
【答案】 caught/court ;heard /herd; which /witch; knows/nose
【解析】 catch-caught-caught抓捕。court法院。hear-heard-heard听见。herd牧群。which哪个。witch女巫。know知道，知晓。nose鼻子。第一个空前有be动词，所以要填动词过去分词形式。第三个空因为要与后面同音，所以填过去式。第七个空主语第三人称单数，动词要加s。
96 Fill in the blanks to complete the word, clockwise or anti-clockwise.
【答案】 Insomuch
【解析】 逆时针阅读，可以组成单词insomuch，表示“由于，就此程度而言”。
The chart below shows the Average Price of Food in 50 cities, November 21-30, 2014 in China.
Average Price of Food in 50 Cities, November 21-30,2014
Write a report of no less than 100 words describing the information shown above on the answer sheet.
【参考范文】
The average price of food in 50 Chinese cities during November 21st to 30th is shown in the chart above, which mainly lists six aspects related to the issue.
The six aspects are items, specification level, units, current price (yuan), price change over previous period (yuan) and rate. As it revealed, almost half the price increases while the other half decreases, but generally speaking, most of the items didn’t change a lot in terms of price, some even kept the same. However, few of them cost quite differently comparing to the past. For example, cucumber used to sell 6.63 yuan while now it increases 0.59 yuan with price rate as 9.8%, which is the highest rate among all those items.
To sum up, the price of food in 50 cities in China has commonly remained stable.
Write on the following topic.
Some people in the technology industry, including the late Steve Jobs, have argued that we are now in a “post-PC” era. According to this view, the PC is no longer the centre of the computing world. Instead, it is taking a back seat to a wide range of new mobile-computing devices which will dominate the future. These include tablet computers and smartphones. Combined shipments of the two devices are forecast to exceed those of PCs for the first time this year.
Do you agree or disagree with the proposed new draft? Write an essay of no less than 160 words to express your view on the answer sheet.
【参考范文】
PC (personal computer), at one point, played an essential role in people’s lives. The whole world proved to be different thanks to PC. Nowadays, however, some people in the IT industry claim that the times of PC is over and people are about to usher in the era of new mobile-computing devices.
The most important reason behind all those changes is probably because people’s living style has changed. They need to surf the internet anytime anywhere, and they hope to get all kinds of functions in just one device, such as videos, cameras, chat rooms and phones. Therefore, small and portable electronic devices have been urged from the world and a huge item like PC is no longer welcomed. Due to people’s need for convenience, tablet computers and smart phones totally find their way to the market and to people’s daily life.
In brief, with the development of the society and with people’s high expectation, PC’s replacement seems inevitable these days. It is the new types of mobile-smart phones that will dominate the future.