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whichisgoodnewsfornewdishes."remainingtruetoBritishtraditionsandtastes.ourcustards(牛奶蛋糊weuseBird'sCustardPowderTamlynsaysSomerestaurantsgoforcustardmadefreshwitheggssugarandcreambutBritishcustardisdifferent,andwestaytruetothat."toomuch.We'reatraditionalBritishrestaurantsotherearesomestaples(主菜)thatwillremainessentiallypassionforprovenance(原產(chǎn)地)."Britainhasstartedto organicfarms,beautifullycraftedcheeses,high-qualitymeats."Kongtosourceauthenticingredients.wellwithBritishstaples."soul.Thegastro-pubhasexistedinvariouslocationsinHongKongsince2002.SingaporeanheadchefTommyTehcuisinedependingonwhatisavailableinthelocalmarkets."Weusealotofingredientsthatpeoplewouldn'tperhapsassociateasBritish,butarepresentedinaBritishEventhetraditionalchefsareawareoftheneedtoadapttolocaltastesandcustoms,whilemaintainingtheBritishnessoftheircuisine.designed,butcancarvethemuphowevertheylike,"Hillsays.webringoutforthem."SomeBritishtraditionsaretoosacred(神圣的tomesswith,howeverTomessays.I'dneverchangeafullEnglishbreakfast."WhatisBritishfoodgenerallyknownItsunique C)ItsspecialcookingItsbad D)ItsorganicTheSecondWorldWarledto inaninadequatesupplyof C)anincreaseinfoodadecreaseofgrain D)achangeinpeople'seatingWhycouldn'tBritaincompetewithsomeofitsneighbouringcountriesintermsoffoodinthepost-warItsfoodlacked C)Itwasshortofwell-trainedItspeoplecaredmorefor D)Itdidn'thaveflavourfulfoodWithculinaryimprovementinrecentyears,London'srestaurantsarenowabletoappealtothetastes mostyoung C)allkindsofoverseaselderlyBritish D)upper-classWhatdoHongKong e,accordingtoWelshexecutivechefDavidAuthenticclassic C)NewideasandLocallyproduced D)Thereturnofhome-styleWhileusingqualityingredients,DavidTamlyninsiststhatthedishesshould benefitpeople's C)beofferedatreasonablelookbeautifuland D)maintainBritishtraditionalWhydoesNeilTomessayhelovesfoodingredientsfromTheyappealtopeoplefromallovertheTheyareproducedonexcellentorganicTheyareprocessedinascientificTheycomeinagreat TamlynsaysthatbesidesimportingingredientsfromBritainonceaweek,hisrestaurantalsobuysvegetablesfrom ThePhoenixinMid-LevelsmaynotuseBritishingredients,butpresentsitsdishes YorkshirePuddingisarestaurantwhichwillbringfulldishestothetablebutoffertestothosedinerswhowouldliketo PartIII ListeningComprehension (35minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.A)Heiscarelessabouthis C)HechangesjobsB)Heisashamedofhispresent D)HeshaveseveryotherA)Janemaybecaughtinatraffic C)HeknowswhatsortofJaneB)Janeshouldhavestartedalittle D)HeisirritatedathavingtowaitforA)TrainingfortheMid-AtlanticMakingpreparationsforatrans-AtlanticCollectinginformationaboutbaseballyzingtheirrivals'on-fieldA)HehadanarrowescapeinacarHeishospitalizedforaseriousHelosthismothertwoweeksHehasbeenhavingahardA)ThewomanhasknownthespeakerforalongThemanhaddifficultyunderstandingtheThemanismakingafussaboutThewomanthinkshighlyoftheA)HehasdifficultymakingsenseofStatisticsandlogicarebothchallengingThewomanshouldseekhelpfromthetutoringTutoringservicesareverypopularwithA)Herovercoatisasstylishas C)JillworetheovercoatlastB)Jillmissedherclasslast D)Sheisinthesameclassasthe SectionthebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.PassageQuestions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejust Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejust Questions32to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustA)Receitsout-datedImprovethewelfareofaffectedFollowernmentregulationsProvideextrahealthA)TheyrequestedtotransfertoasaferTheyquitworktoprotecttheirunbornTheysoughthelpfromunionTheywantedtoworkshorterA)ToshowhowtheylovewinterToattracttheattentionfromtheToagainstthepoorworkingToprotectthemselvesagainstthecoldDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfrom36to43withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Forblanksnumberedfrom44to46youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Fortheseblanks,youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.Contrarytotheoldwarningthattimewaitsfornoone,timeslowsdownwhenyouareonthemove.Italsoslowsdownmoreasyoumovefaster,whichmeansastronauts(宇航員somedaymay(36)solonginspacethattheywouldreturntoanEarthofthe(37)future.Ifyoucouldmoveatthespeedoflight,yourtimewouldstandstill.Ifyoucouldmovefasterthanlight,yourtimewouldmove(38).Althoughnoformofmatteryet(39)movesasfastasorfasterthanlight,(40)experimentshavealreadyconfirmedthataccelerated(41)causesatraveler'stimetobestretched.AlbertEinstein(42)thisin1905,whenhe(43)theconceptofrelativetimeaspartofhisSpecialTheoryofRelativity.Asearchisnowunderwaytoconfirmtheedexistenceofparticlesofmatter(44) Anobsession(沉迷)withtime–saving,gaining,wasting,losing,andmasteringit– .Humanityalsohasbeenobsessedwithtryingtocapturethemeaningoftime.Einstein(46) .Thus,timeandtime'srelativityaremeasurablebyanyhourglass,alarmclock,oranatomicclockthatcanmeasureabillionthofasecond.PartIV ReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth) (25minutes)SectionAwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Whileelderlypeople47tosleepforfewerhoursthantheydidwhentheywereyounger,thishasa(n)48SeanDrummonda.psychiatrist(心理醫(yī)生attheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,saidolder

49straightthrough conferenceinSanDiego.“It's53amyththatolderpeopleneedlesssleep.Themorehealthyanolderadultis,themoretheysleepliketheydidwhentheywere54.Ourdatasuggeststhatolderadultswouldbenefitfrom55togetasmuchsleepastheydidintheir30s.That's56fromto,buttheamountofsleepwehadat35isprobablythesameamountasweneedat75.”A)B)C)D)E)F)yG)H)I)J)K)L)M)N)O)SectionDirections:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.PassageQuestions57to61arebasedonthefollowingSeveralrecentstudieshavefoundthatbeingrandomly(隨機(jī)地)assignedtoaroommateofanotherracecanleadtoincreasedtolerancebutalsotoagreaterlikelihood(可能性)of.Recentreportsfoundthatlodgingwithastudentofadifferentracemaydecreaseprejudiceandcompelstudentstoengageinmoreethnicallydiversefriendships.AnOhioStateUniversitystudyalsofoundthatblackstudentslivingwithawhiteroommatesawhigheracademicsuccessthroughouttheircollegecareers.Researchersbelievethismaybecausedbysocialpressure.InaNewYorkTimesarticle,SamBoakye–theonlyblackstudentonhisfreshmanyearfloor-saidthat"ifyou'resurroundedbywhites,youhavesomethingtoprove."ResearchersalsoobservedproblemsresultingfrompairinginterracialstudentsinAccordingtotworecentstudies,randomlyassignedroommatesofdifferentracesaremorelikelytoexperiencessostrainedthatoneroommatewillmoveout.AnnaUniversitystudyfoundthatinterracialroommateswerethreetimesaslikelyastwowhiteroommatestonolongerlivetogetherbytheendofthesemester.GraceKao,aprofessoratPennsaidshewasnotsurprisedbythefindings."Thismaybethefirsttimethatsomeofthesestudentshaveincted,andlived,withsomeoneofadifferentrace,"shesaid.AtPenn,studentsarenotaskedtoindicateracewhenapplyingfor"Oneofthegreatthingsaboutfreshmanhousingisthat,withsomeexceptions,theprocessthrowsyoutogetherrandomly,"saidUndergraduateAssemblychairmanAlecWebley."Thisisthedefinitionofintegration.""I'veexperiencedroommatesbetweeninterracialstudentsthathavebothbrokendownstereotypesandreindstereotypes,"saidonePennresidentadvisor(RA).TheRAoftwoyearsaddedthatwhilesomes"providedmoremulticulturalacceptanceandmelding(融合),"therewerealso"jarringculturals."TheRAsaidthattheseshavealsooccurredamongroommatesofthesameKaosaidshecautionsagainstforminganygeneralizationsbasedonanyoneofthestudies,notingthatmorebackgroundcharacteristicsofthestudentsneedtobestudiedandexined.WhatcanwelearnfromsomerecentA)sbetweenstudentsofdifferentracesareStudentsofdifferentracesareprejudicedagainsteachInterraciallodgingdoesmoreharmthanInterraciallodgingmayhave WhatdoesSamBoakye'sremarkWhitestudentstendtolookdownupontheirblackBlackstudentscancompetewiththeirwhitepeersBlackstudentsfeelsomewhatembarrassedamongwhitepeersduringthefreshmanBeingsurroundedbywhitepeersmotivatesablackstudenttoworkhardertoWhatdoesthenaUniversitystudyInterracialroommatesaremorelikelytofallFewwhitestudentslikesharingaroomwithablackRoommatesofdifferentracesjustdon'tgetAssigningstudents'lodgingrandomlyisnotagoodWhatdoesAlecWebleyconsidertobethe"definitionofStudentsofdifferentracesarerequiredtoshareaInterraciallodgingisarrangedbytheschoolforLodgingisassignedtostudentsofdifferentraceswithoutTheschoolrandomlyassignsroommateswithoutregardtoWhatdoesGraceKaosayaboutinterracialItisunscientifictomakegeneralizationsaboutitwithoutfurtherSchoolsshouldbecautiouswhenmakingdecisionsaboutstudentStudents'racialbackgroundshouldbeconsideredbeforelodgingisExperiencedresidentadvisorsshouldbeassignedtohandlethePassageQuestions62to66arebasedonthefollowingGlobalwarmingiscausingmorethan300,000deathsandabout$125billionineconomiclosseseachyear,accordingtoareportbytheGlobalHumanitarianForum,anorganizationledbyAnnan,theformerUnitedNationssecretarygeneral.Thereport,tobereleasedFriday,yzeddataandexistingstudiesofhealth,disaster,populationandeconomictrends.Itfoundthathuman-influencedclimatechangewasraisingtheglobaldeathratesfromillnessesincludingmalnutrition(營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良)andheat-relatedhealthproblems.Butevenbeforeitsrelease,thereportdrewcriticismfromsomeexpertsonclimateandrisk,whoquestioneditsmethodsandconclusions.Alongwiththedeaths,thereportsaidthatthelivesof325millionpeople,primarilyinpoorcountries,werebeingseriouslyaffectedbyclimatechange.Itprojectedthatthenumberwoulddoubleby2030.RogerPielkeJr.,apoliticalscientistattheUniversityofColorado,Boulder,whostudiesdisastertrends,saidtheForum'sreportwas"amethodologicalembarrassment"becausetherewasnowaytodistinguishdeathsoreconomiclossesrelatedtohuman-drivenglobalwarmingamidthemuchlargerlossesresultingfromthegrowthinpopulationsandeconomicdevelopmentinvulnerable(易受的)regions.Dr.Pielkesaidthat“climatechangeisanimportantproblemrequiringourutmostattention.”Butthereport,hesaid,"willharmthecauseforactiononbothclimatechangeanddisastersbecauseitissodeeplyflawed(有瑕疵的)."atworldleaders,whowillmeetinCopenhageninDecembertonegotiateanewinternationalclimatetreaty.flowofmoneyfromrichtopoorregionstohelpreducetheirvulnerabilitytoclimatehazardswhilestillcurbingtheemissionsoftheheat-trapgases.Morethan90%ofthehumanandeconomiclossesfromclimatechangeareoccurringinpoorcountries,accordingtothereport. Part (15Directions:Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA),andD)ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothepassage.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Whenitcomestoeatingsmartforyourheart,thinkingaboutshort-termfixesandsimplifylifewithastraightforwardapproachthatwillserveyouwellforyearstocome.Smarteatinggoes yzingeverybiteadyoulift67yourmouth.In