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Part I Writing
（
30
minutes
）
Directions
：
For this part
，
you are allowed 30 minutes to write a
letter to express your thanks to one of
your friends who helped you most
when
you were in difficulty. 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
）
The
International Labor Organization’s key
objective
.
B
）
The basic
social protection for the most vulnerable.
C
）
Rising
unemployment worldwide.
D
）
Global economic
recovery.
2.
A
）
Many countries have not
taken measures to create enough jobs.
B
）
Few countries
know how to address the current economic crisis.
C
）
Few countries
have realized the seriousness of the current
crisis.
D
）
Many countries
need support to improve their people’s
livelihood.
Questions 3 and 4 are based
on the news report you have just heard.
3.
A
）
Serve standardized food
nationwide.
B
）
Put
calorie information on the menu.
C
）
Increase
protein content in the food.
D
）
Offer
convenient food to customers.
4.
A
）
They will be fined.
B
）
They will be
closed.
C
）
They will get a
warning.
D
）
They will lose
customers.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news
report you have just heard.
5.
A
）
Inability to implement
their business plans.
B
）
Inability to
keep turning out novel products.
C
）
Lack of a
successful business model of their own.
D
）
Failure to
integrate innovation into their business.
6.
A
）
It is the secret to
business success.
B
）
It is the
creation of something new.
C
）
It is a magic
tool to bring big rewards.
D
）
It is an
essential part of business culture.
7.
A
）
Its hardworking employees.
B
）
Its flexible
promotion strategy.
C
）
Its innovation
culture.
D
）
Its
willingness to make investments.
Section B
Directions
：
In this section
，
you will hear two long conversations.
At the end of each conversations you
will hear four questions. Both the
conversations and the question-s 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
）
He’s got
addicted to technology.
B
）
He is not very
good at socializing.
C
）
He is crazy
about text-messaging.
D
）
He does not
talk long on the phone.
9.
A
）
Talk big.
B
）
Talk at length.
C
）
Gossip a lot.
D
）
Forget herself.
10.
A
）
He thought it was cool.
B
）
He needed the
practice.
C
）
He wanted to
stay connected with them.
D
）
He had an
urgent message to send.
11.
A
）
It poses a challenge to
seniors.
B
）
It
saves both time and money.
C
）
It is childish
and unprofessional.
D
）
It is cool and
convenient.
Questions 12 to 15 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.
A
）
He wants to change his job
assignment.
B
）
He is unhappy
with his department manager.
C
）
He thinks he
deserves extra pay for overtime.
D
）
He is often
singled out for criticism by his boss.
13.
A
）
His workload was much too
heavy.
B
）
His immediate
boss did not trust him.
C
）
His colleagues
often refused to cooperate.
D
）
His salary was
too low for his responsibility.
14.
A
）
He never knows how to
refuse.
B
）
He is always
ready to help others.
C
）
His boss has a
lot of trust in him.
D
）
His boss has no
sense of fairness.
15.
A
）
Put all his complaints in
writing.
B
）
Wait and see
what happens next.
C
）
Learn to say no
when necessary.
D
）
Talk to his
boss in person first.
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
），<
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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
）
The importance of sleep to
a healthy life.
B
）
Reasons for Americans’ decline in
sleep
.
C
）
Some tips to
improve the quality of sleep.
D
）
Diseases
associated with lack of sleep.
17.
A
）
They are more health-
conscious.
B
）
They are
changing their living habits.
C
）
They get less
and less sleep.
D
）
They know the dangers of lack of sleep.
18.
A
）
Their weight will go down.
B
）
Their mind
function will deteriorate.
C
）
Their work
efficiency will decrease.
D
）
Their blood
pressure will rise.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19.
A
）
How much you can afford to
pay.
B
）
What course you
are going to choose.
C
）
Which
university you are going to apply to.
D
）
When you are
going to submit your application.
20.
A
）
The list of courses
studied.
B
）
The
full record of scores.
C
）
The references
from teachers.
D
）
The personal
statement.
21.
A
）
Specify what they would
like to do after graduation.
B
）
Describe in
detail how much they would enjoy studying.
C
）
Indicate they
have reflected and thought about the subject.
D
）
Emphasize that
they admire the professors in the university.
Questions 22 to
25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.
A
）
It was equipped with
rubber tyres.
B
）
It was built in
the late 19th century.
C
）
It was
purchased by the Royal family.
D
）
It was designed
by an English engineer.
23. A
）
They
consumed lots of petrol.
B
）
They took two
passengers only.
C
）
They were
difficult to drive.
D
）
They often
broke down.
24.
A
）
They were produced on the
assembly line.
B
）
They were built
with less costly materials.
C
）
They were
modeled after British cars.
D
）
They were made
for ordinary use.
25. A
）
It made
news all over the world.
B
）
It was built
for the Royal family.
C
）
It marked a new
era in motor travel.
D
）
It attracted
large numbers of motorists.
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.
Questions 26 to 35 are
based on the passage you have just heard.
Physical
activity does the body good
，
and there’s growing evidence
that it helps the brain too.
Researchers in the Netherlands report that
children who get more
exercise
，
whether
at school or on their own
，
26
to
have higher GPAs and better scores
on standardized tests. In a
27
of 14
studies that looked at physical
activity and academic 28
，
investigators
found that the
more children moved
，
the better their grades were in
school
，
29 in the basic subjects of
math
，
English and
reading.
The
data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over
whether physical
education classes
should be cut as schools struggle to 30 on smaller
budgets.
The arguments against physical
education have included concerns that gym
time may be taking away from study
time. With standardized test scores in
the U.S.
31
in
recent years
，
some administrators believe students
need to spend more time in the
classroom instead of on the playground. But
as these findings
show
，
exercise
and academics may not be
32
exclusive. Physical activity can
improve blood
33
to the
brain
，
fueling
memory
，
attention
and creativity
，
which are
34
to
learning. And exercise releases
hormones that can improve
35
and
relieve
stress
，
which can
also help learning. So while it may seem as if
kids are just exercising their bodies
when they’re running around
，
they
may actually be
exercising their brains as well.
A
）
attendance
I
）
mood
B
）
consequently
J
）
mutually
C
）
current
K
）
particularly
D
）
depressing
L
）
performance
E
）
dropping
M
）
review
F
）
essential
N
）
survive
G
）
feasible
O
）
tend
H
）
flow
Section B
Directions
：
In this section
，
you are going to read a passage with
ten statements attached to it. Each
statement contains information given in
one of the paragraphs. Identify the
paragraph from which the information is
derived. You may choose a paragraph
more than once. Each paragraph is
marked with a letter. Answer the
questions by marking the corresponding
letter on
Answer Sheet 2.
Finding the
Right Home
—
and
Contentment
，
Too
[A] When your
elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-
term
care
facility
—
a moment few
parents or children approach without
fear
—
what you would like is
to have everything made clear.
[B] Does assisted living
really mark a great improvement over a
nursing home
，
or has the industry simply hired better
interior designers
？
Are nursing homes as bad as people
fear
，
or is that
an out-moded
stereotype
（固定看法）？
Can doing
one’s homework really steer
families to
the best places
？
It is genuinely hard to know.
[C] I am about
to make things more complicated by suggesting that
what kind of facility an older person
lives in may matter less than we have
assumed. And that the characteristics
adult children look for when they
begin
the search are not necessarily the things that
make a difference to the
people who are
going to move in. I am not talking about the
quality of
care
，
let me hastily add. Nobody flourishes
in a gloomy environment with
irresponsible staff and a poor safety
record. But an accumulating body of
research indicates that some
distinctions between one type of elder care and
another have little real bearing on how
well residents do.
[D] The most recent of these
studies
，
published in The journal of
Applied
Gerontology
，
surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of
assisted
living
，
nursing homes and smaller residential
care homes
（
known in
some states as board and care homes or
adult care homes
）
.
Researchers
from the University of
Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a
large
number of questions about their
quality of life
，
emotional well-being and
social
interaction
，
as
well as about the quality of the facilities.
[E] “We thought
we would see differences based on the housing
types
，
” said the
lead author of the study
，
Julie Robison
，
an associate
professor of
medicine at the university. A reasonable
assumption
—don’t
families
struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real
guilt if they can’t
？
[F] In the
initial results
，
assisted living residents did paint the
most
positive picture. They were less
likely to report symptoms of depression
than those in the other
facilities
，
for
instance
，
and
less likely to be bored
or lonely. They
scored higher on social interaction.
[G] But when the
researchers plugged in a number of other
variables
，
such
differences disappeared. It is not the housing
type
，
they
found
，
that
creates differences in residents’
responses
.
“It is the
characteristics of
the specific
environment they are in
，
combined with their own personal
characteristics
—
how
healthy they feel they are
，
their age and marital
status
，
”
Dr
. Robison explained. Whether
residents felt involved in the
decision
to move and how long they had lived there also
proved significant.
[H] An elderly person who describes
herself as in poor health
，
therefore
，
might be no less depressed in assisted
living
（
even if her
children preferred
it
）
than in a
nursing home. A person who bad input into
where he would move and has had time to
adapt to it might do as well in a
nursing home as in a small residential
care home
，
other
factors being
equal. It is an
interaction between the person and the
place
，
not the
sort of
place in
itself
，
that
leads to better or worse experiences.
“You can’t just
say
，
‘Let’s put this person in a residential
care home instead of a
nursing
home
—
she will be
much better off
，
”
Dr
. Robison said. What
matters
，
she
added
，
“is a
combination of what people bring in with
them
，
and
what they find
there.
”
[I] Such
findings
，
which
run counter to common sense
，
have
surfaced before. In a
multi-state study of assisted
living
，
for
instance
，
University of North Carolina
researchers found that a host of
variables
—
the
facility’s type
，
size or age
；
whether a chain owned
it
；
how
attractive
the neighborhood
was
—
had no significant
relationship to how the residents
fared
in terms of illness
，
mental decline
，
hospitalizations or mortality.
What mattered most was the residents’
physical health and mental status
.
What people were like when they came in
had greater consequence than
what
happened one they were there.
[J] As I was considering
all this
，
a press
release from a respected
research firm
crossed my desk
，
announcing that the five-star rating
system
that Medicare developed in 2008
to help families compare nursing home
quality also has little relationship to
how satisfied its residents or their
family members are. As a matter of
fact
，
consumers
expressed higher
satisfaction with the
one-star facilities
，
the lowest rated
，
than with the
five-star
ones.
（
More on this study
and the star ratings will appear in a
subsequent post.
）
[K] Before we
collectively tear our hair
out
—
how are we supposed to
find our way in a landscape this
confusing
？
—
here
is a thought from Dr.
Philip
Sloane
，
a
geriatrician
（老年病学专家）
at the
University of North
Carolina
：
“In a
way
，
that could
be liberating for families.
”
[L] Of
course
，
sons and
daughters want to visit the
facilities
，
talk
to the administrators and residents and
other families
，
and do everything
possible
to fulfill their duties.
But perhaps
they don’t have to turn
themselves into private investigators
or Congressional subcommittees.
“Families can look a bit more for where
the residents are going to be
happy
，
”
Dr
. Sloane said. And involving the
future resident in the process
can be
very important.
[M] We all have our own ideas about
what would bring our parents
happiness.
They have their ideas
，
too. A friend recently took her mother
to visit an expensive assisted
living/nursing home near my town. I have seen