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Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part,
you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay
on the challenges of living
in a big
city. You should write at least 120 words but no
more than 180 words.
Part
II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will
hear three news reports. At the end of each news
report, you will
hear two or three
questions. Both the news report and the questions
will be spoken only once. After you
hear a question, you must choose the
best answer from the four choices marked A), B),
C) and D). Then
mark the corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line
through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news
report you have just heard.
1. A) Land a space vehicle on the moon
in 2019.
B) Design a new
generation of mobile phones.
C) Set up a mobile phone network on the
moon.
D)Gather data from
the moon with a tiny device.
2. A) It is stable.
B) It is durable.
C) It is inexpensive.
D) It is sophisticated.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news
report you have just heard.
3. A) It lasted more than six hours.
B) No injuries were yet
reported.
C) Nobody was in
the building when it broke out.
D)It had burned for 45 minutes by the
time firefighters arrived.
4. A) Recruit and train more
firefighters.
B) Pull down
the deserted shopping mall.
C) Turn the shopping mall into an
amusement park.
D) Find
money to renovate the local neighborhood.
Questions 5 to 7 are based
on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Shrinking potato
farming.
B) Heavy reliance
on import.
C) Widespread
plant disease.
D)
Insufficient potato supply.
6. A) It intends to keep its
traditional diet.
B) It
wants to expand its own farming.
C) It is afraid of the spread of
disease.
D)It is worried
about unfair competition.
7. A) Global warming.
B) Ever-rising prices.
C) Government regulation.
D) Diminishing investment.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will
hear two long conversations. At the end of each
conversation, you
will hear four
questions. Both the conversation and the questions
will be spoken only once. After you hear a
question, you must choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and
D). Then mark the
corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the
centre.
Questions 8 to 11
are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) Informative.
B) Inspiring.
C) Dull.
D)
Shallow.
9. A) She types on
a keyboard.
B) She does
recording.
C) She takes
photos.
D) She takes notes.
10. A) It keeps her mind
active.
B) It makes her
stay awake.
C) It enables
her to think hard.
D) It
helps her kill time.
11. A)
It enables her to improve her pronunciation.
B) It helps her better
remember what she learns.
C) It turns out to be an enjoyable way
of learning.
D) It proves
to be far more effective than writing.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
12. A) To spend her honeymoon.
B) To try authentic Indian
food.
C) To take photos of
the Taj Mahal.
D) To trace
the origin of a love story.
13. A) In memory of a princess.
B) In honor of a great
emperor.
C) To mark the
death of an emperor of the 1600s.
D) To celebrate the birth of a
princess’s 14th child.
14.
A) It looks older than expected.
B) It is built of wood and bricks.
C) It stores lots of
priceless antiques.
D) It
has walls decorated with jewels.
15. A) Their streets are narrow.
B) Each one has a unique
character.
C)They are
mostly crowded.
D) Life can
be tedious in some places.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will
hear three passages. At the end of each passage,
you will hear
three or four questions.
Both the passage and the questions will be spoken
only once. After you hear a
question,
you must choose the best answer from the four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1
with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
16. A) They help spread the latest
technology.
B) They greatly
enrich people’s leisure life.
C) They provide residents with the
resources they need.
D)
They allow free access to digital books and
videos.
17. A) By helping
them find jobs.
B) By
keeping them off the streets.
C) By inspiring their creativity.
D) By providing a place of
relaxation.
18.A) Their
interaction with teenagers proved fruitful.
B) They used libraries less
often than teenagers.
C)They tended to visit libraries
regularly.
D) Their number
increased modestly.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19. A) It is the cleverest cat in the
world.
B) It is an unusual
cross breed.
C)It is the
largest cat in Africa.
D)It
is a large-sized wild cat.
20.A) They are as loyal as dogs.
B)They are fond of sleeping
in cabinets.
C)They have
unusually long tails.
D)They know how to please their owners.
21. A) They shake their
front paws.
B) They shower
with them.
C) They teach
them to dive.
D) They shout
at them.
Questions 22 to 25
are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Contented and
relieved.
B) Anxious and
depressed.
C) Proud but a
bit nervous.
D) Excited but
somewhat sad.
23. A) It
starts the moment they are born.
B) It depends on their parents for
success.
C) It is gaining
increasing public attention.
D) It is becoming parents' biggest
concern.
24. A) Choose the
right school for them.
B)
Help them to learn by themselves.
C)Read books and magazines to them.
D)Set a good example for
them to follow.
25. A)
Their intelligence.
B)
Their home life.
C) The
quality of their school.
D)
The effort they put in learning.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40
minutes)
Section
A
Directions: In this
section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You
are required to select one word for
each blank from a list of choices given
in a word bank following the passage. Read the
passage through
carefully before making
your choices. Each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the
corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre. You may not use
any of the
words in the bank more than once.
Millions die early from air pollution
each year. Air pollution costs the global economy
more than $$5
trillion annually in
welfare costs, with the most serious __26__
occurring in the developing world.
The figures include a number of costs
__27__ with air pollution. Lost income alone
amounts to $$225
billion a year.
The report includes both
indoor and outdoor air pollution. Indoor
pollution, which includes __28__
like
home heating and cooking, has remained __29__ over
the past several decades despite advances in the
area. Levels of outdoor pollution have
grown rapidly along with rapid growth in industry
and
transportation.
Director of Institute for Health
Metrics and Evaluation Chris Murray __30__ it as
an “urgent call to
action.” “One of the
risk factors for premature deaths is the air we
breathe, over which individuals have little
__31__
,” he said.
The effects of air
pollution are worst in the developing world, where
in some places lost-labor income
__32__
nearly 1% of GDP. Around 9 in 10 people in low-
and middle-income countries live in places where
they __33__ experience dangerous levels
of outdoor air pollution.
But the problem is not limited __34__
to the developing world. Thousands die prematurely
in the U.S.
as a result of related
illnesses. In many European countries, where
diesel
(柴油)
__35__ have become
more
common in recent years, that
number reaches tens of thousands.
A) ability
B)
associated
C) consciously
D) constant
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