Part II Cloze (2’×10=20’)Directions: In this section, there is a pass

1.A)nSection C (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks from D1 to D10 with the exact words you have just heard. (请将答案写在答题卡二上)s.II. Reading and WritingSection A (10 points)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 write the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 1 You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

2.In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. You may not use any

3.Part II Cloze (2*10=20')Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write the corresponding letter for each of them on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A advice B. business C. career D. debate E. especially F. hunbly G. least H. method I. obviously J. opportunity K. position L. remarksM. somehow N. unsurprisingly O. worryingly However, I followed the 11）____________ in the reference books and I managed to get invited to a couple of interviews. I presented myself as 12）____________ as I could at the interviews, which were with Western interviewers, but I 13）____________ failed to impress the recruiters in the 14）____________, I 15）____________ remember one interview for an advertising 16）___________. The interview took place with three interviewers and about ten applicants all sitting around a large table. Two advertisements were shown and we had to make 17）____________ on them. I modestly waited for my 18）______ to speak—and I am still waiting! 19）__________, I was not offered a job. Clearly, a different 20）___________ was required when applying for a post in a Western company than the one I was accustomed to with the local companies I had worked for during my summer vacations—but can I, from a different culture, learn this different approach?11.

4.Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: 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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A) undergo B) exhausting C) constantly D) correspondenceE) endure F) overwhelmed G) bloom H) exchangeI) invasion J) hardship K) realization L) separationM) enjoyment N) impressive O) permanentWhen it comes to a life partner, discomfort between you and your

5.Part II Cloze (2’×10=20’)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. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write the corresponding letter for each of them on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A）accepted F) funds K) propelB) based G) lest L) reclineC) cutting H) level M) ridiculeD) designed I) maintain N) seeminglyE) established J) notoriety O) wealthTom had been working really hard to get 11）____________ at Cambridge. He had read a lot about the university before his interview, 12）____________ they asked him about it. He knew that Peterhouse was the oldest college and was 13）____________ in 1284, with church 14）____________, like most colleges, by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely and that the newest college, Robinson, was opened in 1979 and funded by donations from a man who had made his 15）____________ with racehorses — times have changed! He knew all about punts, which are long, low boats that you 16）___________ with a pole while young men and women 17）____________ in the boat drinking champagne and eating strawberries, and he also knew that there was a difference between Oxford and Cambridge even about this! You have to stand up to punt, and you stand at the 18）______ end in Cambridge and at the other end in Oxford, and this is 19）__________ important. The websites he had looked at said that if you got it wrong, people would really 20）___________ you!11. ______

6.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. Please fill in the corresponding letter such as A, B, C or D etc. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.When it comes to a life partner, discomfort between you and your partner can bring about unhappiness (1)_____. To feel at home with a partner, a few things need to be in place:Trust and security. Secrets are poison to a rel

7.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A Directions: In this part 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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意：请在答题处填入相应的大写字母!Questions 21 to 31 are based on the following passage.What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 21 . The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 22 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 23 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.Any research that suggests that 24 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 25 based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how 26 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 27 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(养育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science 28 that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born 29 like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it 30 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.[A] abilities [B] achieve [C] appeal[D] complaints [E] contributions [F] displayed[G] essentially [H] eventually [I] extent [J] indicates [K] proceeds [L] psychological[M] raised [N] smart [O] standard21. _________

8.Part I Reading Comprehension(30%) Section A Skimming and Scanning(10%)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 the Answer Sheet.

9.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A Directions: In this part 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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意：请在答题处填入相应的大写字母!Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be 21 wasteful to tear them all down and 22 them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the 23 carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest 24 , the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and 25 our homes, offices and other buildings. “You can’t deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,” says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some 26 , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that 27 over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a 28 number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from 29 ones like Lincoln’s Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help 30 property owners from rising power costs. A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering I ) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense M) shiftedN) supplying O) vast 21. ___________

10.Directions: In this part, you are going to read one 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. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

11.Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of words in the word bank provided. You may not use any of the words in the word bank more than once.Word BankA) advocate F) don’t hesitate K) ordinaryB) anticipate G) build on L) findingC) candid H) leave alone M) problemsD) curious I) loose N) the caseE) deter J) matters O)thrivingHost: Would you 11) _____________ intercultural marriages to others then?Cindy: I don’t really know whether it’s a good or a bad thing. It’s all about _______12)______ the right person. I don’t think I would either encourage or _____13)_______ anyone from an intercultural marriage. If you meet the right person, _______14)______. Culture is not the issue. The person is what ______15)_______, not where he or she comes from.Jorgen: I agree. I also think marriage itself is something you need to ______16)_______ every day, that it’s a work in progress, and that is _______17)______ for all marriages, whether they are intercultural or not. In some ways, perhaps because people sometimes _____18)________ problems in an intercultural marriage, they are _____19)_____ for this very reason; the couple try harder to make it work!Host: Well, many thanks to you both for being so honest and _______20)______ with us today. I’m sure all our audience wish you all the best for the future.11. ___________

12.Complete each of the following statements with words or phrases from the PASSAGE I.By____________ lights, the television, and the computer when you are through with them, you can help a lot.

13.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. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

The first day of school I got to know Rose who went to college 1 of 87. The wrinkled, little old lady 2 at me with a smile that 3 her entire being. I was curious what may have 4 her to be taking on the challenge at her age. Every day we left class together, walked to the student union building, shared a chocolate milk shake, and talked 5 . We became instant friends and I was always listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the cause of the year, Rose became a campus 6 and she made friends wherever she went. She was 7 in college. She shared her four secrets to staying young, being happy and 8 success. Number one is one should laugh and find humor every day. Number two is every one should get to have a dream. People who lost their dream are dead even if they walk around us. Then there is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Doing 9 thing and finding the opportunity in change will help one 10 . The last one is to do what you want to do without having regrets. The wonderful lady taught us by example that it’s never too old to live your dream and it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

A.nonstop B. was C.icon D. lit up E. at the age of F. productive G. instant H. grow older I. get married J. achieving K. beamed up L.living it up M.grow up N. respond O.motivated

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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. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

The first day of school I got to know Rose who went to college 1 of 87. The wrinkled, little old lady 2 at me with a smile that 3 her entire being. I was curious what may have 4 her to be taking on the challenge at her age. Every day we left class together, walked to the student union building, shared a chocolate milk shake, and talked 5 . We became instant friends and I was always listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the cause of the year, Rose became a campus 6 and she made friends wherever she went. She was 7 in college. She shared her four secrets to staying young, being happy and 8 success. Number one is one should laugh and find humor every day. Number two is every one should get to have a dream. People who lost their dream are dead even if they walk around us. Then there is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Doing 9 thing and finding the opportunity in change will help one 10 . The last one is to do what you want to do without having regrets. The wonderful lady taught us by example that it’s never too old to live your dream and it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

A.nonstop B. was C.icon D. lit up E. at the age of F. productive G. instant H. grow older I. get married J. achieving K. beamed up L.living it up M.grow up N. respond O.motivated

15.Directions: You are going to read a passage with 10 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. Life's choices and making decisions along the way