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2、自 负 。1Part I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)SectionADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, aquestion will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questionwill be spoken only ONCE. After each question there will be a
3、 pause. During the pauseyou must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which is the bestanswer.1.A. Plumber.C. Carpenter. B. Laundry worker.D. Train conductor.2.A. The man can go home and apply online.B. The man can start work in a few days.C. Some jobs will be available next week.
4、D. The man shall hand in his application soon.3.A. She is not successful at all.B. She is extremely successful.C. Her success is hard to understand.D. She will be more successful next year.4.A. She was understanding.C. She was annoyed. B. She was apologetic.D. She was indifferent.5.A. He is not exci
5、ted about the result.B. He is surprised to know he wins.C. He cannot believe he was rejected.D. He had expected much competition.6.A. 10 cents.C. 25 cents. B. 20 cents.D. 100 cents.7.A. Sad and tragic.C. Serious and educational. B. Funny and inspiring.D. Ridiculous and insulting.8.A. She does not li
6、ke the literature course.B. She thinks the lecture quite exhausting.C. She is too tired to learn from the lecture.D. She didnt finish the reading before lecture.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Both will be spoken only ONCE.Complete the forms while you are
7、listening.Conversation 1 FreeTuitionAmys School in KentuckyStudents: From theAppalachian Mountains area2Sources of money: a. From (9)b. From the (10)c. Students (11) at collegeHope Scholarship from GeorgiaSources of money: From lottery, etc.Conditions for application: a. Be (12)_in high schoolb. Fro
8、m GeorgiaConversation 2TV Program The MansAttitude orReactionReality show Doesnt like such shows with people doing (13)_things.Documentary Would rather watch something with more (14) and suspense.Star Wars Has seen a zillion times; wants something (15)_.Home improvement show Not interested in (16)_t
9、hings; wants to go to bed.Basketball game Decides to watch.Section CDirections: In this section, you will listen to a passage TWICE and fill in the blanks with the exactwords you hear.So what does it take to be a political speechwriter?Well, according to a recent job advertisement from the US Embass
10、y in Britain, a politicalspeechwriter needs to have exceptional (17) , be detail oriented and able todemonstrate a deep knowledge of their subject.They must also work closely with speakers and be able to (18) their style.Some believe that the best speechwriters have an inherent talent, a natural cre
11、ative instinct, andthat speechwriting is an (19) .So what about those of us who do not possess such genius? Can we still produce successfulspeeches?In an interview with the BBC, Dr. Max Atkinson (a communications specialist) outlined anumber of speechwriting techniques. He also illustrated how these
12、 techniques have been used in(20) .One such technique is introducing contrast. This is extremely useful when presenting a positivespin on a (21) . One of the most famous examples of this can be seen in aspeech given by former American President John F Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can dofor yo
13、u but what you can do for your country.“Another technique is the use of three-part lists. Dr. Atkinson explains that this can be anexcellent way of adding finality or (22) . Former British Prime Minister TonyBlair was a fan of this technique. One of his most famous campaign slogans was “education,ed
14、ucation, education“.These techniques can be used (23) : they can be chosen from a toolbox andapplied as necessary. A few other techniques you might find in a speechwriters toolbox might be3the use of imagery, anecdotes and alliteration.So next time you have to prepare a speech or presentation, try a
15、pplying one or more of thesetechniques and see if you have what it takes to be a winning speechwriter.Section DDirections: In this section, you will listen to a radio program TWICE. Complete the form with theinformation you hear.Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call forAction on Childrens RightsMalala Yous
16、afzai Kailash SatyarthiAge (24) 60Nationality Pakistani IndianAchievements Advocacy for (25) education. Founding a (26) freeing childlaborers and providing education.Appeals a. The two countries make educationtheir top (27) and work onit together.b. Give schools to children.c. Education is not only
17、a childs right,but it is their (30) . Its not justlimited to men. a. Urge all (28) leaders tobegin with the children if theywant to see a better world.b. Millions of children cannot enjoy(29) and we have towork for them.Section EDirections: In this section, you will listen to a TED talk TWICE. Compl
18、ete the SUMMARY of thetalk below, with ONE word for each blank.Our mathematics curriculum is based on arithmetic and algebra. At the (31) _of thepyramid of mathematics education is calculus, but the speaker argues that it should be probabilityand statistics. Even though the laws of (32) _are written
19、 in the language of calculus andalmost every student has to learn it in college, very few people use it consciously in their daily lives.Statistics, however, could and should be used on a daily basis. It is understanding (33) .Besides, if statistics is taught properly, it can be fun. It is analyzing
20、 (34) _and predictingthe future. As the world has changed from analog to digital, mathematics curriculum should alsochange from the more classical, continuous mathematics to the more modern, discrete mathematics.In short, it would be far more (35) _for students to learn statistics.Part II Reading Co
21、mprehension (50 minutes)SectionADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with six blanks. You are required to select oneword 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. You may not use an
22、yof the words in the bank more than once.4We surf the Internet.We (36) in magazines.The Internet is exhilarating. Magazines are enveloping. The Internet grabs you. Magazines(37) you. The Internet is impulsive. Magazines are immersive. And both media aregrowing.Barely noticed amidst the thunderous In
23、ternet clamor is the simple fact that magazinereadership has (38) over the past five years. Even in the age of the Internet, evenamong the groups one would assume are most singularly hooked on digital media, the (39)of magazines is growing.Think of it this way: during the 12-year life of Google, mag
24、azine readership actually increased11 percent.What it proves, once again, is that a new medium doesnt necessarily (40) anexisting one. Just as movies didnt kill radio. Just as TV didnt kill movies. An establishedmedium can continue to (41) so long as it continues to offer a unique experience. And,as
25、 reader loyalty and growth demonstrate, magazines do.A. affectB. appealC. changedD. displaceE. embrace F. flourishG. lengthH. lieI. risenJ. swimSection BDirections: In this section you will read one passage followed by some question(s) or unfinishedstatement(s). For each of them there are four choic
26、es marked A, B, C and D. Youshould decide on the best choice and write the answer on the Answer Sheet.Deluded bossesWhos behind me?1 History is littered with powerful people undone by hubris. Julius Caesar should have ignoredthe cheers of the Roman crowd and paid heed to the soothsayer. The late Ste
27、ve Jobs overplayedhis hand at Apple as a young man and was kicked out of the company he founded. And thenthere was Jimmy Cayne.2 When Mr. Cayne walked out of Bear Stearns for the last time, having been eased out as bossof the bank, he claimed there wasnt a dry eye in the house. Through the tears, he
28、 wistfullyrecalls, heart-broken bankers sent him on his way with a standing ovation (鼓 掌 ). This is nothow his staff remember it. So disliked was he that underlings would ask in meetings: “Is Jimmystaying on? Were not coming back for another year of this shit.”3 After reading Mr. Caynes tale Sebasti
29、en Brion, a professor at IESE, a business school,decided to test whether the powerful overestimate the strength of their bonds with subordinates.The results, published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, will come asa shock to business big cheeses, but to no one else. In one exp
30、eriment, he randomly assigned5people in work groups with positions of high or low power, or to a control group. Questionedafterwards, those with high power were convinced the others were on their side; a view notshared by those being bossed. In another he found that lowly participants would form all
31、iancesagainst the powerful, even when it was not in their financial interest to do so. The mighty wereblissfully unaware of the forces working against them.4 So not only do bosses set too much store by their strengths, they also habitually overestimatetheir ability to win respect and support from th
32、eir underlings. Somehow, on reaching the corneroffice, they lose the knack of reading subtle cues in others behavior: in a further experiment Mr.Brion found that when a boss tells a joke to a subordinate, he loses his innate ability todistinguish between a real and fake smile.5 At the very least, bo
33、sses might improve their chances of staying on top by being aware ofthis bias. Some might feel that it just goes to show how Andy Grove, a founder of Intel, wasright to say that “only the paranoid survive”. However, besides watching his back Mr. Grovealso instituted a scheme in which employees stood
34、 nose-to-nose with bosses and shouted theirhonest advice into their faces. Maybe that is going too far, but some sort of mechanism forletting underlings speak truth unto power may be sensible, even if Mr. Cayne might not haverelished it.42. In the passage, Julius Caesar and Steve Jobs are cited main
35、ly to .A. show that powerful people are prone to fallB. remind people to learn lessons from historyC. illustrate leaders ruined by arrogance and conceitD. indicate that success wont stay long for leaders43. It is implied in the passage that Mr Cayne _.A. quit his job as the boss of a bankB. stayed c
36、lose with other bankersC. was applauded for his great workD. was unpopular with his subordinates44. Sebastien Brions experiments seem to prove that _.A. cannot have strong bonds with their staffB. hardly win respect and support from their staffC. often fail to get the real thoughts of their staffD.
37、often work against the financial interest of their staff45.According to the passage, bosses might stay on top longer if they .A. can distinguish fake smiles from real onesB. have a bias against certain employeesC. are aware of employeessubtle cuesD. allow employees to shout at them46. The underlined
38、 word “paranoid” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to .A. sentimental C. consciousB. considerate D. suspicious6Section CDirections: In this section you will read a passage discussing a smartphone app. There are threeparagraphs (Para.7, 9, 10) with incomplete sentences. You are asked to finish eac
39、hsentence with no more than 6 words (see Questions 47-49). An example is provided inparagraph 3 (see Example). After reading the passage, answer Questions 50 to 52.Phone in Your Feelings1 Earlier this year, two students at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire who were due to befailed for skipping lect
40、ures and not completing assignments were spared the academic axe.2 Why the leniency? According to an automated analysis of their smartphone data, both hadstress and health-related issues they hadnt told their professors about. So instead of Fs and aterms suspension, they were given a chance to compl
41、ete the coursework over the summer andhave now returned to campus.3 The students have Andrew Campbell, a computer scientist at Dartmouth, and his colleagues(Example) (Answer: to thank; to be thankful for; to help them). The students,and 46 others, were enrolled in an experiment to see if data gather
42、ed from their phones could beused to guess their state of mind.4 Campbells team set out to discover why, out of a group of students arriving at universitywith similar qualifications, some excel while others miss lots of classes or even drop outentirely.5 The researchers suspected that factors like t
43、he amount of sleep students get, their sociability,mood, workload and stress levels all played a role. So they built an app, called StudentLife, thatmonitors readings from smartphone sensors, and then recruited volunteers to use it over a10-week term.6 The app recorded almost every aspect of life th
44、at it was possible to measure, includingphysical activity levels, frequency and duration of conversations, and GPS location. Thecamera even watched for when the lights went out each night.7 By crunching this data, the app could infer each students levels of happiness, depression,(47) . Thats possibl
45、e because “flourishing“ students, as the team callsthem, are often with other people and have longer conversations, while depressed studentsinteract less with others and have disrupted, or excessive, sleep. Loneliness is marked in part bymainly indoor activity, the team says, and the combination of
46、disturbed sleep and shortconversations is a predictor of stress.8 The researchers compared these mental states with each students performance, includinggrades for assignments and their grade-point average for the term.9 “We found for the first time that passive and automatic sensor data, obtained fr
47、om phoneswithout any action by the user, significantly correlates student depression level, stress andloneliness with (48) over the term,“ Campbell says. It also let themsee how behavior like gym usage and sleep times changed when students were faced withassignments or exams.10 The results showed th
48、at students generally started the term in chipper moods, with mosthaving lots of conversations, healthy sleep levels and busy activity patterns. As(49) , workload increased, stress shot upand sleep, chat andphysical activity all dropped off. Daily interviews with volunteers confirmed that the automa
49、ted7analyses were accurate. Campbell will present the teams results at UbiComp in Seattle thisweek.11 He believes the results are good evidence that phones will be able to provide continuousmental health assessmentmuch better than occasional questionnaires filled out whensomeone feeling depressed visits a doctor. And the app could work for people from all walks oflife.12
