1、 In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answ
2、ers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a church.B. In the manshome.C. In a restaurant.D. In a furniture store.2. A. She was excited.B. She was very nervous.C. She was very confident.D. There was something wrong with her heart.3.A. She is fu
3、ll.B. She doesnt like that snackbar.C. She is ill.D. She is going to see the doctor.4. A.150 pounds.B.110 pounds.C.50 pounds.D.100 pounds.5. A. He couldnt spellthe words.B. He did well in spelling.C. He reckoned that it was hard to say.D. He didnt do well incontest.6. A. Concerned.B. Satisfied.C. Re
4、laxed.D. Depressed.7. A. They are talking about a fitness coach.B. They are discussing about the former firm.C. They are talking about their former colleague.D. They are talking about their friendsschool.8. A. Youngpeople werent satisfied with thelecture.B. The lecture was very successful.C. Drinkin
5、g water was banned in the lecture.D. The lecture made people feel thirsty.149. A. The boss.B. Tom.C. The woman.D. The man.10. A. He already has one calculator.B. He doesnt like the solar-powered calculator.C. He is good at calculating.D. He would like to have a different present.Section B In Section
6、 B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once . When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your pap
7、er and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A.1938.B.1939.C.1942.D.1948.12. A. Because most Australians couldnt affordit.B. Because the war broke out.C. Because the flying boats were out of dated.D. Because l
8、and-based aircraft had developed rapidly.13. A. The price of flying boats.B. The development of Rose Bay.C. The surprising history of flying boats.D. The advancement of flying boats.Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They have various skills.B. They are well organized.C
9、. They can solve difficult problems.D. They have creative ideas.15. A. Disorderliness might result in creativity.B. Creativity might lead to messiness.C. Smarter people believe that cleanliness is not important.D. Messiness helps cultivate creativity.16. A. The qualities of intelligent people.B. The
10、 misunderstanding of creativity.C. The relationship between creativity and messiness.D. The components of creativity.Question 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A.A new research into the human brain.B. The advantages of men and women.C. The different connections in brain in me
11、n and women.D. The study on two sides of the brain.18. A. In mens brains, there are stronger connections intwo sides of the brain.B. In mens brains, there are stronger connections in each half of the brain.C. The connections in mens brain are not so strong as those in womenbsrain.D. There is nothing
12、 different between male and female brain.19. A. Multitask.B. Map reading.C. Cycling.D. Performing a single task.20. A. The different-connection theory is not convincing.B. He holds a neutral attitude to the research findings.C. The connections inside the brain will not change immediately.D. He disag
13、rees with the new findings and thinks the connection inside the brain is complex and changeable.II. Grammar & Vocabulary Section A After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the
14、proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Start With the End and Work BackwardsWhen Jason Hoelscher was an undergraduate of fine art studies, there werent any professional development classes. So ambition and the timely realization （21）he would have
15、to determine “whats next” on his own urged Jason to engage his future self to find direction. It was 1996,and he was finishing his BFA（Bachelor of Fine Art） in Denver. He was faced with the choice of sitting back to wait for something （22）（happen）,or pursuing a path into the unknown. He chose the la
16、tter.Jason set up a plan that in five years he （23）（show） his work in the top gallery in that area of the country. This five-year goal gave him a starting point （24）which to work backwards.By setting the goal, all of Jasonsefforts （25）（point） in the same direction. He showed up at different art show
17、 openings, and researched as best he could to make （26）familiar with the market environment.As a result of showing up, Jason took opportunities （27）got him closer to his goal. He sent work to a student show and was accepted by Robin Rule, the owner of Rule Gallery.（28）（inspire）,Jason spent the next
18、month making new work.In April of 1997,Jason went back to Rule Gallery with his new work.（29）scared to death, he looked confident at the gallery meeting. When he left, he left as the newest addition to the Rule Gallery roster （花名册）,He had his first exhibition there one year later.Jason could have st
19、opped with the show selection, but what he really wanted was gallery representation. He struck while the iron was hot, and in （30）（do） so, shortened his five-year plan into a year-and-a-half. Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be usedonly once. Note that there i
20、s one word more than you need.A. repetitiveB. continuallyC. alertsD. patternE. locateI. evolvingF. mentalJ. reverselyG. challengeK. literacyH. networkBill Drayton believes were in the middle of a necessary but painful historical transition.For millenniums most peoples lives had a certain 31 .You wen
21、t to school to learn a trade or a skill- baking, farming or accounting. Then you could go into the workforce and make a good living repeating the same skill over the course of your career.But these days machines can do prettymuch anything thats 32 .Thenew worldrequires a different sort of person. Dr
22、ayton calls this new sort of personal changemaker.Changemakers are people who can see the patterns around them, identify the problems in any situation, figure out ways to solve the problems in any situation, figure out ways to solve the problem, organize fluid teams, lead collective action and then
23、33 adapt as situations change.For example, Ashoka fellow Andrs Gallardo is a Mexican who lived in a high crime neighborhood. He created an app, called Haus, that allows people to 34 with their neighbors. The app has a panic button that35everybody in the neighborhood when acrime is happening. It allo
24、ws neighbors to organize, chat, share crime statistics and work together.To form and lead this community of communities, Gallardo had to possess what Drayton calls“cognitive empathy-based living for the good of all.” Cognitive empathy is the ability to perceive how people are feeling in36 circumstan
25、ces. “For the good of all” is the capacity to build teams.It doesnt matter if you are working in the cafeteria or the inspection line of a plant, companies will now only hire people who can 37 problems and organize responses.Millions of people already live with the mind-set. But a lot of people stil
26、l inhabit the world of following rules and repetitive skills. They hear society telling them:“We dont need you.We dont need your kids, either.” Of course, those people go into reactionary mode and strike back.The central 38 of our time, Drayton says, is to make everyone a changemaker. In an earlier
27、era, he says, society realized it needed universal 39 .Today,schools have to develop the curriculums and assessments to make the changemaking mentality universal. They have to understand this is their criteria for success.Ashoka has studied social movements to find out how this kind of 40 shift can
28、be promoted.It turns out that successful movements take similar steps.III. Reading Comprehension Section A For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the work or phrase that best fits the context.More people are travelling tha
29、n ever before, and lower barriers to entry and falling costs means they are doing so for 41 periods.The rise of “city breaks” 48 -hour bursts of foreign cultures, easier on the pocket and annualleave balance has increased tourist numbers, but not their42spread. The same attractions have been used to
30、 market cities such as Paris, Barcelona and Venice for decades, and visitors use the same infrastructure as residents to reach them. “Too many people do the same thing at the exact same time,” says Font. “For43 ,the city no longer belongs to them.”This starts with marketing, says Font, who notes that Amsterdam has started advising visitors to seek44outside of the city centre on its official website. “That takes some balls, really, to do that. But only so many people will look at the website, and it means they can say to their residents theyre doing
