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2、n andprice, andyour contactinformation. Youshould 180 east 120words but nonPartListening (30Section hissection,youwillhearthreenewsreports.ofeachnewsreport, youhear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will be spoken only once. After you questions, you must choose the best answ

3、er from the four marked A), B), C) and D). Then thecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1singleline throughthe注意：此部分試題請在答題卡 1 上作答Questions1to2arebasedontheconversation youhavejust1.A)Theself-drivingsystem wasB)The carwasmovingatafast C)Thehecar wasabsent-D)Thetest drivermadea wrong2.A)They havegenerallyd

4、onequiteB)Theyhavecausedseveral severeC) Theyed athreat tootherD)They havedonenconventionalB)Theyhavecausedseveral severeC) Theyed athreat tootherD)They havedonenconventionalQuestions3to4arebasedontheconversation youhavejustA) Heisa queen been B) He worksat anational C) He removed from theD) He drov

5、ethe beesaway from his A)They were makingalotofB)They werelooking aftertheC) Theyweredancing in aunique D)They werelookingfora new boxtoliveQuestions5to7arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustA)Thelatest test on arareanimal B)Thefinding of speciesof C)The second triptoa smallremoteD)The discoveryof ane

6、w speciesA) Hefellfromatallpalm treeby B)Asnake crawled onto hisheadinhisC) He discovered arare fogon aD)Aakeattacked him on hisfield A) FromitsB) FromitsC) FromitsD) FromitsSection his section, you will hear two long conversations. of each you will A) FromitsB) FromitsC) FromitsD) FromitsSection hi

7、s section, you will hear two long conversations. of each you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four marked A), B), C) and D). markthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1singlelineth

8、roughtheQuestions8to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustA)The airport isalong wayfromtheB) Hisflightisleaving inn2 C) He hastocheck alotofD)Thesecuritycheck takesA)In B) By credit C)WithhissmartD)travelersA)Look after hisB) Find aporterfor C) Give himaD) Confirmhis11ting acommentonthesB) hesame ne

9、xt timehe C)Signing upfor membershipofSheraton D) Loadingher luggageontotheairportQuestions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustA) estearful inB) He is the onlyboyin hisC) He ishisteachersfavoriteD) Hehasstoppedmaking terribleA)Warnhim of dangerbyA) estearful inB) He is the onlyboyin hisC) He i

10、shisteachersfavoriteD) Hehasstoppedmaking terribleA)Warnhim of dangerbymakingupaB) Give himsome cherry stonestoplay C) Do something funnytoamuse lhimtoplayinherA)They could knockpp B)They couldflyagainst a strong C) TheycouldsometimesterrifyD)They couldbreak peoples 15.ouldhavecurly hairiftheyatetoo

11、 much ould gotoprison if they putaonupsideould havetoshave theirhead toremovea heirouldgeta spot ontheir tonguesiftheytold Section his section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed bythree or questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question,you must

12、 choose the answer from the four marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Sheet1 singlelinethrough theQuestions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejust A)Everythingseemed to be B) People wereformaland C) People wereexcitedto goD)ThingsfromtheVictorianera came backA)atB)Meeting C)

13、 DrinkingD)TryingnewB) People wereformaland C) People wereexcitedto goD)ThingsfromtheVictorianera came backA)atB)Meeting C) DrinkingD)Tryingnew18. A) He erestedinstylishB) He wasable to takea lotofC) He wasa youngheD) He wasamanfullofQuestions19to21arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustA)They avoidlookinga

14、t B)Theyrun awayC)They show angerontheir.D)Theymakethreatening A)It turnstoitsownerfor B) Itturnsaway to.C) Itlooks away and getsangryD) Itfocusesitseyes ontheirA) By observingtheirlfeatures B) By focusing ona particularbodyC) By heirl sas aD) retingdifferentemotionsindifferentQuestions22to25arebase

15、donthepassageyouhavejust A)They have tolookforfoodandshelter B)They takelittle notice oftheC)Theyresort to differentmeanstosurvivethebitter D)They havedifficultyadapting tothe changed A)They havetheirweightreducedA)They have tolookforfoodandshelter B)They takelittle notice oftheC)Theyresort to diffe

16、rentmeanstosurvivethebitter D)They havedifficultyadapting tothe changed A)They havetheirweightreduced toB)They consume energy storedbeforethe longC)They canaheirheartthenormalD)They eeptheirbody temperaturewarmand A) By stayinginhidingand eating veryB) By seekingfood andshelterinpeoplesC) By growing

17、thickerhairtostay D) By storingenough foodA)TostayB)TosaveC)TokeepD)ToprotectthePart Reading (40Section his section, there sage with ten s. You are required to for each from a list of in a word following the passage. Read the through carefully before making your , Each he is identified by a letter.

18、markthe corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 single linethrough thecentre. maynot use anyofthehe n Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingThemethodformaking beerhaschanged over time. Hops啤酒花)，forle, whichgive a modem beer its bitter flavor, are a recent addition to the beverage. This wa

19、scentury. ingredientThemethodformaking beerhaschanged over time. Hops啤酒花)，forle, whichgive a modem beer its bitter flavor, are a recent addition to the beverage. This wascentury. ingredientin residue殘留物）from5,000-year-old beer brewingequipment.While two pitsat ahecentral plainsof China,scientistsdis

20、covered fragmentsfrompotsand s.different softhe containerstheywereusedtobrew,filter,andstorebeer.Theymaybeancient “beer-making tools,”and thestevidence ofbeer brewing in China, researchersheProceedingsoftheNational Academy of .Tottheory, theteam examined theyellowish, dried inside the s. The majorit

21、yofthe about 80%,werefromcereal cropslike barley (大麥),and about10% were bitsofroots, which would havemadethebeer ter,thescientistssay. Barley wasan unexpectedfind:thecropdomesticatedin WesternEurasiaand yearsago, accordingtotheresearchers. Based e a food in central Chinauntilabout t timing,they indi

22、cate barley mayhave he regionnot asfood,but asmaterialforbeerSection his section, you are going to sage with ten ements attached toit. sement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which information is derived. You may choose a paragraph n once. Each paragra

23、ph is marked letter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheetTheBlessingandCurseofthePeopleWhoNeverA) B) C) D) E) F) G) H)I) J) L) M) N) O) Ahandful of people can recall almost every day oftheir lives in enormous detailand after years research, neuroscientists) arefinally beginn

24、ing tounderstand howA For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives. As Ahandful of people can recall almost every day oftheir lives in enormous detailand after years research, neuroscientists) arefinally beginning tounderstand howA For most of us, memory is a mess of b

25、lurred and faded pictures of our lives. As much as wouldlike toclingonto ourpast,even the saddestmomentscan bewashed away withB Ask Nima Veiseh what he ng for any he past 15 years, however, and he will you the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting

26、 on journey to work. “My memoryislike alibrary ts, walk-throughsof everyday of mylife waking to ng,” heC Veiseh can even put a date on when those s started recording: 15 December 2000, when met girlfriend at his best friends 16th birthday party. He had always had a good memory, but thrill of young l

27、ove seems to have shifted a gear in his mind: from now on, he would start recording wholelife indetail.“I lyoueverythingabout every day D Needless to say, people like Veiseh are of the way the brain records our lives. A couple of recent erest to neuroscientists to rs have finally opened a window on

28、peoples extraordinary minds. And such with greater ight even suggest ways for us all to relive our E“Highly superiorautobiographicalmemory”（or HSAMfor came tohe 2000s, with a young woman named Jill ing the neuroscientist and memory researcher McGaugh one day, she t she could recall every day of her

29、life of 12. Could help explain her ?FMcGaugh invitedher tohis lab, andbegan totest her: he would giveher adateand ask her lhim abouttheworldeventstday.Truetoherword,shewascorrect almosteveryGIt didnt takelong for magazinesary film-makerstocome to understand her erest, afew dozen other subjects (incl

30、udingVeiseh) recall”，nk to the subsequent sincecomeforwardandcontactedtheteam attheUniversity of California,“autobiographical” life events in extraordinary detail, they seem to be no age at al information, such as random (任意選取的）lists of words. Nor are they sarily better remembering a round of drinks

31、, say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to from “false memories”.Clearly, there is no such thing as a “perfect” memorytheir extraordinary arestill using thesame flawedal information, such as random (任意選取的）lists of words. Nor are they sarily better remembering a round of dr

32、inks, say. And although their memories are vast, they are still likely to from “false memories”.Clearly, there is no such thing as a “perfect” memorytheir extraordinary arestill using thesame flawed ttherest ofusrely on.Thequestion is, I Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi rec

33、ently studied around 20 with HSAM and t they scored particularly high on two measures: fantasy proneness (傾向absorption. Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, absorption is the tendency to allow your mind attention to the sensations (感受)and the e fully absorbed in

34、an activity to pay . “Im extremely sensitive to sounds, smells visual detail,” explains Nicole Donohue, who has taken any of these studies. “I y thingsmore n theJ The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection, says Patihis, and fantasy proneness t they revisit those memo

35、ries again and again in the ks months. Each time this initial memory trace is “replayed”, es even stronger. In some ways, probably go t s after a big event like your wedding day,but the difference tto their their sychological tendencies, the HSAM subjects ng it day in, day out, for the whole K Not t

36、endency to fantasise will develop HSAM, though, so tsomething ve caused them to think so much about their past. “Maybe some childhood t they became obsessed (著迷）with calendars and ppened to them,” L The people with HSAM erviewed would certainly t it can be a mixed On the e, it allows you to relive t

37、he most transformative and enriching . Veiseh, instance, travelled a lot in his youth. In his spare time, he visited the local art galleries, and the are now lodgedn hisautobiographicalM “Imaginebeing ableto remember every ing, on every wall, in every galleryspace, nearly 40 countries，” he says. ts

38、a big education in art by itself.” With this knowledgeof the history ofart, hehasea al N Donohue, now a history teacher, t it helped during certain parts of her education. canyrememberwhatI learnedon certaindaysat school. Icould imaginewhat the teacher sayingor N Donohue, now a history teacher, t it

39、 helped during certain parts of her education. canyrememberwhatI learnedon certaindaysat school. Icould imaginewhat the teacher sayingor what itlooked he O Not ith HSAM has experienced these benefits, however. Viewing the past in definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret. “It

40、 can be very hard to embarrassing moments,” says Donohue. “You feel the same emotionsit is just as raw, just as You cant turntstreamofmemories, nomatter how hardyou try.”Veiseh agrees. “Itis like theseopenwoundstheyarejustapartof you,”hePThis means theyoften have to make a l effort tolay thepast to

41、rest.Bill, for instance, gets painful “flashbacks”，in wanted o his consciousness, but overall has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes. “Some people are he past but not open experiencing something memories, ts not the case for me. I look forward to each day 36.Peo

42、ple with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it comes to 37.Fantasypronenesswill not sarilycausepeopletodevelop 38.Veiseh began to remember the details of his everyday after he met 39.Manymorepeople with HSAMstarted tocontact researchersdue to themass40.PeoplewithHSAMoften haveto makee

43、ffortsto avoid focusing onthe 41.Most people doveclear memoriesof past42.HSAMcan be curseand a43.Ayoungwomansoughtexplanationfrom abrainscientistwhen shenoticedher unusual44.Somepeoplewith HSAMfind itveryhardtoget ridofunpleasant 45.Arecent study of people with HSAM ant they are liable to fantasy an

44、d full absorption Section Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions unfinished ements. For each of them there are four marked A), B), C) and D). Section Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions unf

45、inished ements. For each of them there are four marked A), B), C) and D). You decideon the best choice andmark the corresponding letteron AnswerSheet the single line PassageQuestions46to50arebasedonthefollowingThe phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis. Its the he middle of the journey peopl

46、efeel youthvanishing, theirprospectsnarrowing and Theresonlyoneproblemwiththecliche套話).Itisnt “In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis n a few small pilot conducted decades ago,” Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined. The vast bulk of research exciting, t there

47、 may be a pause, or a shifting of nhe 40s or 50s, but this shift “can Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn o a rebirth. They routines, because “autopilot is death”. They choose e over happiness 一having a clear sense eeven the risk of Alzheimersdisease. They give priorityt

48、o relationships, ascareersLife Reimagined secondbig phaseof s a picture of middle t is far from gloomy. Midlife seems like -making. Youridentityhas been formed;youvebuilt up; nowyou havethe chance totakethebig risksprecisely because your foundation isalreadyKarl Barthdescribed midlifeprecisely thisw

49、ay. Atmiddleage, hewrote,“thesowingisbehind; isthetime toreap.Therunhasbeen taken; now isthetimeto leap.Preparationhasbeen made; now isthe time for the venture of the work itself.”Themiddle-, Barthcontinued, can see hedistance, butmoveshaste”to get big newthingshilethereisstill What Barth wrotedecad

50、es ago is even truer today. People arehealthy and energetic longer. We ial candidates running for term in What Barth wrotedecades ago is even truer today. People arehealthy and energetic longer. We ial candidates running for term in office at age 68, 69 and 74. A longer lifespan changing thenarrativ

51、e structureoflifeitself. Whatcould have been considered thebeginning ofa isnow a potentialturningtheturning you are most equippedto takefull advantage 46.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthephrase “midlifeA) s led toalotofB)It iswidelyD) Itmisrepresentsreal C) Itis no longer47.HowdoesBarbara HagertyviewA) It

52、maybethe beginning of aB) Itcanbeanew phase ofonesC) It canbe terrifyingfortheD)Itmayseeold-agediseases48.How is hebookLifeA)Itcan be quiteB) It can beC) ItundergoesradicalD) Itmakesforthebest partofones49.According toKarl Barth, midlifeistheA) toB) to C) to D) to50.What doestheauthorsay about midli

53、feA) Itismorenotherstagesof B) Itislikely tochangethenarrative of onesC) Itis moreimportanttothose longerD)Itislikely tobeacritical turning inonesQuestions51to55arebasedonthefollowingIn spring, chickens start laying again, bringing e source C) Itis moreimportanttothose longerD)Itislikely tobeacritic

54、al turning inonesQuestions51to55arebasedonthefollowingIn spring, chickens start laying again, bringing e source of protein at ers end. So no tculturesaroundtheworldratespring by honoring theSome traditions aresimple,like thered tgetoGreekEasterbreads. Otherst were favored by the Russians the o a fan

55、cy art, like the heavily jewel-covered he 19thOneancient formofegg art comesto us. Forcenturies, Ukrainianshavebeen complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create tothe anxietiesofourage:Lifeisprecious, and delicate. Eggsare, t “Theres something about their

56、 delicate t appeals to me,” says New Yorker cartoonist Chast. Several yearsago, she erested ineggs and learned the traditionalUkrainiantechnique draw her very modem characters. “Ive broken eggs at every stage of the beginningto thevery,verysfrom the But theresan hatvulnerability.“Therespart ofthissickening horror of knowingwalking on the edge wit