Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write acomposition on the topic The Impact of the Internet on InterpersonalCommunication. You should write at least 150 words but no more than200 words.
The Impact of the Internet on Interpersonal Communication Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)
Directions: In this part. You will have 15 minutes to go over thepassage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. Forquestions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices markedA)、B)、C)and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with
the information given in the passage. The Three-Year Solution
Hartwick College, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York,makes New York, makes this offer to well prepared students: earnyour undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and saveabout 543,000—the amount of one year’s tuition and fees. A numberof innovative colleges are making the same offer to students anxiousabout saving time and money. That’s both an opportunity and awarning for the best higher-education system in the world.
The United States has almost all of the world’s best universities.A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among thetop 50, eight among the top 10. Our research universities have beenthe key to developing the competitive advantages that help Americansproduce 25% of all the world’s wealth. In 2007, 623,805 of the world’sbrightest students were attracted to American universities. Yet, there are signs of peril (危险)within American highereducation. U.S. colleges have to compete in the marketplace.Students may choose among 6,000 public, private, nonprofit, for profit,or religious institutions of higher learning. In addition, almost all of the532 billion the federal government provides for university research isawarded competitively.
But many colleges and universities are stuck in the past. Forinstance, the idea of the fall-to-spring“school year”hasn’t changedmuch since before the American Revolution, when we were a summer
stretch no longer makes sense. Former George WashingtonUniversity president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typicalcollege uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than halfthe calendar year.“While college facilities sit idle, they continue togenerate maintenance expenses that contribute to the high cost ofrunning a college,” he has written.
Within academic departments, tenure(终身职位)，combined withage-discrimination laws, makes faculty turnover—critical for auniversity to remain current in changing times—difficult. Instead ofprotecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking,the tenure system often stifles(压制)them: younger professors mustwin the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraginglike-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas. Meanwhile, tuition has soared, leaving graduating students withunprecedented loan debt. Strong campus presidents to manage theseproblems are becoming harder to find, and to keep. In fact, studentsnow stay on campus almost as long as their presidents. The averageamount of time students now take to complete an undergraduatedegree has stretched to six years and seven months as studentsinterrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or luredby one more football season find it hard to graduate.
Congress has tried to help students with college costs throughPell Grants and other forms of tuition support. But some of their fixeshave made the problem worse. The stack of congressional regulations
governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall asI do. Filling out these forms consumes 7% of every tuition dollar. For all of these reasons, some colleges like Hartwick arerethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-oldassumptions about what a college degree means. For instance, whydoes it have to take four years to earn a diploma? This fall, 16 first-year students and four second-year students at Hartwick enrolled inthe school’s new three year degree program. According to the college,the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated student who wishto save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanceddegrees.
By eliminating that extra year, there year degree students save25% in costs. Instead of taking 30 credits a year, these students take40. During January, Hartwick runs a four week course during whichstudents may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including anumber of international sites. Summer courses are not required, but astudent may enroll in them—and pay extra. Three year students getfirst crack at course registration. There are no changes in the numberof courses professors teach or in their pay.
The three-year degree isn’t a new idea. Geniuses have alwaysbreezed through. Judson College, a 350-student institution inAlabama, has offered students a three-year option for 40 years.Students attend “short terms” in May and June to earn the creditsrequired for graduation. Bates College in Maine and Ball State
University in Indiana are among other colleges offering three-yearoptions.
Changes at the high-school level are also helping to make iteasier for many students to earn their undergraduate degrees in lesstime. One of five students arrives at college today with AdvancedPlacement (AP) credits amounting to a semester or more of collegelevel work. Many universities, including large schools like theUniversity of Texas, make it easy for these AP students to graduatefaster.
For students who don’t plan to stop with an undergraduatedegree, the three-year plan may have an even greater appeal. Dr.John Sergent, head of Vanderbilt University Medical School’sresidency (住院医生) program, enrolled in Vanderbilt’s undergraduatecollege in 1959. He entered medical school after only three years asdid four or five of his classmates.” My first year of medical schoolcounted as my senior year, which meant I had to take three to fourlabs a week to get all my sciences in. I basically skipped my senioryear,” says Sergent. He still had time to be a student senator andmeet his wife.
There are, however, drawbacks to moving through school at sucha brisk pace. For one, it deprives students of the luxury of time toroam (遨游) intellectually. Compressing everything into three yearsalso leaves less time for growing up, engaging in extracurricularactivities, and studying abroad. On crowded campuses it could mean
fewer opportunities to get into a prized professor’s class. Iowa’sWaldorf College has graduated several hundred students in its three-year degree program, but it now phasing out the option. Most Waldorfstudents wanted the full four-year experience—academically, socially,and athletically. And faculty members will be wary of any change thatthreatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into theworkforce.
“Most high governmental officials seem to conceive of educationin this light—as a way to ensure economic competitiveness andcontinued economic growth,” Derek Bok, former president of Harvard,told The Washington Post. “I strongly disagree with this approach.”Another risk: the new campus schedules might eventually produceless revenue for the institution and longer working hours for facultymembers.
Adopting a three-year option will not come easily to most school.Those that wish to tackle tradition and make American campus morecost-conscious may find it easier to take Trachtenberg’s advice: opencampuses year-round.“You could run two complete colleges, with twocomplete faculties,”he says.“That’s without cutting the length ofstudents’ vacations, increasing class sizes, or requiring faculty toteach more.”
Whether they experiment with three-year degrees, offer year-round classes, challenge the tenure system—or all of the above—universities are slowly realizing that to stay competitive and relevant
they must adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may beless difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, askinglegislators for more state support, or asking students even highertuition payments. Campuses willing to adopt convenient schedulesalong with more focused, less-expensive degrees may find that theyhave a competitive advantage in attracting bright, motivated students.These sorts of innovations can help American universities avoid theperils of success.
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1. Why did Hartwick College start three-year degree programs? A) To create chances for the poor. C) To enroll more students. B) To cut students’ expenses. D) To solve its financial problems. 2. By quoting Stephen Trachtenberg the author wants to say that . A) American universities are resistant to change B) the summer vacation contributes to student growth C) college facilities could be put to more effective use D) the costs of running a university are soaring
3. The author thinks the tenure system in American universities . A)suppresses creative thinking C) guarantees academic freedom B) creates conflicts among colleagues D) is a sign of agediscrimination
4. What is said about the new three-year degree program atHartwick?
A) Its students have to earn more credits each year. B) Non-credit courses are eliminated altogether. C) Its faculty members teach more hours a week. D) Some summer courses are offered free of charge.
5. What do we learn about Judson College’s three-year degreeprogram?
A) It has been running for several decades. B) It is open to the brightest students only. C) It is the most successful in the country. D) It has many practical courses on offer.
6. What changes in high schools help students earnundergraduate degrees in three years?
A) Curriculums have been adapted to students’ needs. B) More students have Advanced Placement credits. C) More elective courses are offered in high school. D) The overall quality of education bas improved. 7. What is said to be a drawback of the three-year collegeprogram?
A) Students have to cope with too heavy a workload. B) Students don’t have much time to roam intellectually. C) Students have little time to gain practical experience. D) Students don’t have prized professors to teach them. 8. College faculty members are afraid that the pretext of movingstudents into the workforce might pose a threat to .
9. Universities are increasingly aware that they must adapt to arapidly changing world in order to .
10. Convenient academic schedules with more-focused, less-expensive degrees will be more attractive to . Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or morequestions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the questions will be spoken only once. After each question therewill be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choicesmarked A), B) ,C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.
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11. A) The serious accident may leave Anna paralyzed. B) The man happened to see Anna fall on her back. C) The injury will confine Anna to bed for quite a while. D) The doctor’s therapy has been very successful. 12. A) The man could watch the ballet with her. B) She happened to have bought two tickets. C) She can get a ballet ticket for the man. D) Her schedule conflicts with her sister’s. 13. A) He will send someone right away. B) He has to do other repairs first.
C) The woman can call later that day. D) The woman can try to fix it herself. 14. A) Take up collection next week. B) Give his contribution some time later. C) Buy an expensive gift for Gemma. D) Borrow some money from the woman. 15. A) Decline the invitation as early as possible. B) Ask Tony to convey thanks to his mother. C) Tell Tony’s mother that she eats no meat. D) Add more fruits and vegetables to her diet. 16. A) The increasing crime rate. B) The impact of mass media. C) The circulation of newspapers. D) The coverage of newspapers.
17. A) Limit the number of participants in the conference. B) Check the number of people who have registered. C) Provide people with advice on career development. D) Move the conference to a more spacious place. 18. A) The apartment is still available. B) The apartment is close to the campus. C) The advertisement is outdated. D) On-campus housing is hard to secure.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have justheard.
19. A) To test how responsive dolphins are to various signals. B) To find out if the female dolphin is cleverer than the male one. C) To see if dolphins can learn to communicate with each other. D) To examine how long it takes dolphins to acquire a skill. 20. A) Produce the appropriate sound. B) Press the right-hand lever first. C) Raise their heads above the water. D) Swim straight into the same tank.
21. A) Only one dolphin was able to see the light. B) The male dolphin received more rewards. C) Both dolphins were put in the same tank. D) The lever was beyond the dolphins’ reach.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have justheard.
22. A) In a botanical garden. B) In a lecture room. C) In a resort town. D) On a cattle farm.
23. A) It is an ideal place for people to retire to. B) It is at the centre of the fashion industry. C) It remains very attractive with its mineral waters. D) It has kept many traditions from Victorian times. 24. A) It was named after a land owner in the old days. B) It is located in the eastern part of Harrogate.
C) It is protected as parkland by a special law. D) It will be used as a centre for athletic training. 25. A) The beautiful flowers. B) The refreshing air. C) The mineral waters. D) The vast grassland. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At theend of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passageand the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the center. Passage one
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have justheard. 26. A) B) C)
D)He specializes in interpersonal relationship. 27. A) Students who scored low standardized tests. B) Black freshmen with high standardized test scores. C) Students who are accustomed to living in dorms. D) Black students from families with low incomes.
28. A) They at the college dorms at the end of the semester. B) They were of the university’s housing policy.
C) They generally spend more time together that white pairs. D) They broke up more often than same-race roommates. 29. A) Their racial attitudes improved. B) Their test scores rose gradually. C) They grew bored of each other. D) They started doing similar activities. Passage two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have justheard.
30. A) It will become popular gradually. B) It will change the concept of food. C) It has attracted worldwide attention. D) It can help solve global flood crises. 31. A) It has been increased over the years. B) It has been drastically cut by NASA. C) It is still far from being sufficient. D) It comes regularly from its donors.
32. A) They are less healthy than we expected. B) They are not as expensive as believe. C) They are more nutritious and delicious. D) They are not as natural as we believed. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have justheard.
33. A) He has better memories of childhood. B) He was accused of family violence. C) He is a habitual criminal. D) He was wrongly imprisoned.
34. A) The jury’s prejudice against his race. B) The evidence found at the crime scene. C) The two victims’ identification. D) The testimony of his two friends.
35. A) The US judicial system has much room for improvement. B) Frightened victims can rarely make correct identification. C) Eyewitnesses are often misled by the layer’s questions. D) Many factors influence the accuracy of witness testimony. SECTION B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefullyfor its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with theexact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 44 to 46 youare required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, youcan either use the exact words you have just heard or write down themain points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read forthe third time, you should check what you have written.
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About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last yearas recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weakeconomic recovery will allow only a (36)_________improvement in thedrop-out rate in 2010, a top education (37) _________said.
Mexico’s economy suffered more than any other in Latin Americalast year, (38) _________an estimated 7 percent due to a (39)_________in U.S. demand for Mexican exports such as cars. The (40) _________led to a 4 percent increase in the number ofkids who left (41) _________or middle school in 2009, said Juan deDios Castro, who (42) _________the nation’s adult education programand keeps a close watch on drop-out rates.
“(43) _________rose and that is a factor that makes our job moredifficult.” Castro told Reuters in an interview earlier this month.
(44)______________________________________________________________a result, drop-out rates will not improve much, Castro said. “There willbe some improvement, but not significant,” Castro said.
(45)______________________________________________________________And children often sell candy and crafts in the streets or word inrestaurants.
(46)______________________________________________________________
Mexico’s politicians have resisted mending the country’s tax, energyand labor laws for decades, leaving its economy behind countriessuch as Brazil and Chile.
PartⅣ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25minutes) Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully.Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewestpossible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2 Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. In face of global warming, much effort has been focused onreducing greenhouse gas emissions through a variety of strategies.But while much of the research and innovation has concentrated onfinding less-polluting energy alternatives, it may be decades beforeclean technologies like wind and solar meet a significant portion of ourenergy needs.
In the meantime, the amount of CO2 in the air is rapidlyapproaching the limits proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC). “As long as we’re consuming fossil fuels,we’re putting out CO2,”says Klaus Lackner, a geophysicist atColumbia, University” We cannot let the CO2 in the atmosphere riseindefinitely.”
That sense of urgency has increased interest in capturing andstoring CO2, which the IPCC says could provide the more than 50%
reduction in emissions thought needed to reduce global warming.“Wesee the potential for capture and storage to play an integral role inreducing emissions,” says Kim Corley, Shell’s senior advisor of CO2and environmental affairs. That forward thinking strategy is gainingsupport. The U.S. Department of Energy recently proposed putting $1billion into a new $2.4 billion coal-burning energy plant. The plant’scarbon-capture technologies would serve as a pilot project for othernew coal-burning plants.
But what do you do with the gas once you’ve captured it? Oneoption is to put it to new uses. Dakota Gasification of North Dakotacaptures CO2 at a plant that converts coal into synthetic natural gas. Itthen ships the gas 200 miles by pipeline to Canada, where it ispumped underground in oil recovery operations. In the Netherlands,Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses,increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.
However, scientists say that the scale of CO2 emissions willrequire vast amounts of long-term storage. Some propose storing theCO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean, Shell favors storingCO2 in deep geological structures such as saline(盐的) formationsand exhausted oil and gas fields that exist throughout the world. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
47. What are suggested as renewable and less-polluting energyalternatives?
48. What does the author say is a forward thinking strategy
concerning the reduction of CO2 emissions?
49. One way of handing the captured CO2 as suggested by theauthor is to store it and .
50. Through using CO2, Dutch farmers have been able to . 51. Long-term storage of CO2 is no easy job because of . Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage isfollowed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each ofthem there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You shoulddecide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. As anyone who has tried to lose weight knows, realistic goal-setting generally produces the best results. That's partially because itappears people who set realistic goals actually work more efficiently,and exert more effort, to achieve those goals.
What's far less understood by scientists, however, are thepotentially harmful effects of goal-setting.
Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent inindustries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and MainStreet , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to thecurrent economic crisis , and unethical (不道德的)behavior in general.
“Goals are widely used and promoted as having really beneficialeffects. And yet, the same motivation that can push people to exertmore effort in a constructive way could also motivate people to bemore likely to engage in unethical behaviors,” says MauriceSchweitzer, an associate professor at Penn’s Wharton School. “It turns out there’s no economic benefit to just having a goal---you just get a psychological benefit” Schweitzer says. “But in manycases, goals have economic rewards that make them more powerful.” A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004collapse of energy-trading giant Enron, where managers usedfinancial incentives to motivate salesmen to meet specific revenuegoals. The problem, Schweitzer says, is the actual trades were notprofitable.
Other studies have shown that saddling employees withunrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal. Such was thecase in the early 1990s when Sears imposed a sales quota on its autorepair staff. It prompted employees to overcharge for work and tocomplete unnecessary repairs on a companywide basis.
Schweitzer concedes his research runs counter to a very largebody of literature that commends the many benefits of goal-setting.Advocates of the practice have taken issue with his team’s use ofsuch evidence as news accounts to support his conclusion that goal-setting is widely over-prescribed
In a rebuttal (反驳) paper, Dr. Edwin Locke writes:“Goal-setting is
not going away. Organizations cannot thrive without being focused ontheir desired end results any more than an individual can thrivewithout goals to provide a sense of purpose.”
But Schweitzer contends the “mounting causal evidence” linkinggoal-setting and harmful behavior should be studied to help spotlightissues that merit caution and further investigation. “Even a fewnegative effects could be so large that they outweigh many positiveeffects,” he says.
“Goal-setting does help coordinate and motivate people. My ideawould be to combine that with careful oversight, a strong
organizational culture, and make sure the goals that you use are goingto be constructive and not significantly harm the organization,”Schweitzer says.
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52. What message does the author try to convey about goal-setting?
A) Its negative effects have long been neglected. B) The goal increase people’s work efficiency. C) Its role has been largely underestimated. D) The goals most people set are unrealistic.
53. What does Maurice Schweitzer want to show by citing theexample of Enron?
A) Setting realistic goals can turn a failing business into success. B) Businesses are less likely to succeed without setting realistic
goals.
C) Financial incentives ensure companies meet specific revenuegoals.
D) Goals with financial rewards have strong motivational power. 54. How did Sears’ goal-setting affect its employees?
A) They were obliged to work more hours to increase their sales. B) They competed with one another to attract more customers. C) They resorted to unethical practice to meet their sales quota. D) They improved their customer service on a companywidebasis.
55. What do advocates of goal-setting think of Schweitzer’sresearch?
A) Its findings are not of much practical value. B) It exaggerates the side effects of goal-setting.
C) Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence. D) It runs counter to the existing literature on the subject. 56. What is Schweitzer’s contention against Edwin Locke? A) The link between goal-setting and harmful behavior deservesfurther study.
B) Goal-setting has become too deep-rooted in corporate culture. C) The positive effects of goal-setting outweigh its negativeeffects.
D) Studying goal-setting can throw more light on successfulbusiness practices.
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. For most of the 20th century, Asia asked itself what it could learnfrom the modern, innovating West. Now the question must be
reversed. What can the West’s overly indebted and sluggish (经济滞长的) nations learn from a flourishing Asia?
Just a few decades ago, Asia’s two giants were stagnating(停滞不前) under faulty economic ideologies. However, once China beganembracing free-market reforms in the 1980s, followed by India in the1990s, both countries achieved rapid growth. Crucially, as theyopened up their markets, they balanced market economy withsensible government direction. As the Indian economist Amartya Senhas wisely said, “The invisible hand of the market has often reliedheavily on the visible hand of government.”
Contrast this middle path with America and Europe, which haveeach gone ideologically over-board in their own ways. Since the1980s, America has been increasingly clinging to the ideology ofuncontrolled free markets and dismissing the role of government---following Ronald Regan’s idea that “government is not the solution toour problem; government is the problem. “Of course, when themarkets came crashing down in 2007, it was decisive governmentintervention that saved the day. Despite this fact, many Americans arestill strongly opposed to “big government.”
If Americans could only free themselves from their
antigovernment doctrine, they would begin to see that the America’sproblems are not insoluble. A few sensible federal measures could putthe country back on the right path. A simple consumption tax of, say,5% would significantly reduce the country’s huge government deficitwithout damaging productivity. A small gasoline tax would help freeAmerica from its dependence on oil imports and create incentives forgreen energy development. In the same way, a significant reduction ofwasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit. But in orderto take advantage of these common-sense solutions, Americans willhave to put aside their own attachment to the idea of smallergovernment and less regulation. American politicians will have todevelop the courage to follow what is taught in all American public-policy schools: that there are good taxes and bad taxes. Asiancountries have embraced this wisdom, and have built sound long-termfiscal (财政的) policies as a result.
Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap:the belief that European governments would always have infiniteresources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow.Unlike the Americans, who felt that the markets knew best, theEuropeans failed to anticipate how the markets would react to theirendless borrowing. Today, the European Union is creating a $580billion fund to ward off sovereign collapse. This will buy the EU time,but it will not solve the bloc’s larger problem.
57. What has contributed to the rapid economic growth in China
and India?
A) Copying western-style economic behavior. B) Heavy reliance on the hand of government. C) Timely reform of government at all levels. D) Free market plus government intervention.
58. What does Ronald Reagan mean by saying “government isthe problem” (line4, Para. 3)?
A) Many social evils are caused by wrong government policies. B) Many social problems arise from government’s inefficiency. C) Government action is key to solving economic problems. D) Government regulation hinders economic development. 59. What stopped the American economy from collapsing in2007?
A) Self-regulatory repair mechanisms of the free market. B) Cooperation between the government and businesses. C) Abandonment of big government by the public. D) Effective measures adopted by the government.
60. What is the author’s suggestion to the American public in faceof the public government deficit?
A) They urge the government to revise its existing public policies. B) They develop green energy to avoid dependence on oil import. C) They give up the idea of smaller government and lessregulation.
D) They put up with the inevitable sharp increase of different
taxes.
61. What’s the problem with the European Union? A) Conservative ideology. B) Shrinking market. C) Lack of resources. D) Excessive borrowing. Part V Close
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Foreach blank there are four choices marked A)，B)，C)and D)on theright side of paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into thepassage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre.
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Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain.Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago,a small study advanced the 62 that listening to Mozart’s Sonata forTwo Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long63 trademarked “Mozart effect” products began to appeal to anxiousparents aiming to put toddlers (刚学步的孩子) the fast track toprestigious universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia’s governoreven 65 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette. The 66 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhapsnonexistent, although the 67 study never claimed anything more thana temporary and limited effect. In recent years, 68 , scientists have
examined the benefits of a concerted 69 to study and practice music,as 70 to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based“brain fitness”game 71 in a while.
Advanced monitoring 72 have enabled scientists to see whathappens 73 your head when you listen to your mother and actuallypractice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have foundthat music 74 can produce profound and lasting changes that 75 thegeneral ability to learn. These results should 76 public officials thatmusic classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in thebudget crises that constantly 77 public schools.
Studies have shown that 78 instrument training from an early agecan help the brain to 79 sounds better, making it easier to stayfocused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to
mathematics. The musically adept (擅长的)are better able to 80 on abiology lesson despite the noise in the classroom 81 , a few yearslater, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next officestarts screaming a subordinate. They can attend to several things atonce in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essentialskill in this era of multitasking.
62.A)notice B)note C)notion D)notification 63.A)that B)until C)since D)Before .A)up B)by C)on D)at
65.A)propelled B) proposed C) submitted D)subjected 66.A)witness B) evidence C) symptom D)context
67.A)subtle B) elementary C) sensitive D)original 68.A)however B)moreover C) then D)therefore 69.A)effort B)impulse C) object D)attention 70.A)opposed B)accustomed C) related D)devoted 71.A)quite B)once C) often D)much
72.A)organisms B)techniques C) mechanisms D)mechanics 73.A)upon B)amid C) among D)inside 74.A)subjects B)models C) causes D)lessons 75.A)enhance B)introduce C) accelerate D)elaborate 76.A)contend B) convey C) conceive D)convince 77.A)trouble B)transform C) distract D)disclose 78.A)urgent B)casual C) diligent D)solemn 79.A)proceed B)process C) prefer D)predict 80.A)count B)concentrate C) insist D)depend 81.A)but B)or C) for D)so Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English theChinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on AnswerSheet 2.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。 82. I think that the meal is well (没有折扣的情况下值80美元). 83. (面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争), the automobile manufactureris considering launching a promotion campaign.
84. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister (几乎没
有什么共同之处).
85. Only after many failures (我才认识到仅凭运气是不能成功的). 86. But for the survival instinct which nearly all creatures have,(更多的物种就可能已经在地球上灭绝了).
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Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutesto write a short essay entitled The Impact of theInternet on Interpersonal Communication. Your essayshould start with a brief description of the picture.You should write at least 150 words but no more than200 words.作文标准版
The Impact of the Internet on Interpersonal
Communication
As is described in the picture, a father asks herdaughter how her school today goes on. Instead ofanswering directly, the daughter tells her father toread her blog. It is common that youngsters nowadaysincline to communicate with others on internetincreasingly, and lack communication with people
around them. With the development of Internet, it hasinfluenced our society to a large extent, especially
interpersonal communication.
To begin with, we can communicate with othersanytime via internet. Otherwise, we would have toarrange our schedules strictly in advance. Also,interpersonal communication through the internet isnot restricted by space. For example, in most
multinational corporations, instant messages and videoconferences help colleagues solve problems timely andefficiently. Last but not least, the internet cangreatly speed up our interpersonal communication.Whereas, there are also disadvantages that the
internet brings to us. More and more people complainedthat they have lost face-to-face communicating skills.As a result, people become more and more indifferentto each other in real life. Some netizens who areimmersed in virtual world even have difficulty inmaking friends in reality.
In conclusion, communication through the internetcould bring us both convenience and inconvenience. Weshould strike a balance between them and make the bestof the internet.
作文高分版
The Impact of the Internet on Interpersonal
Communication
Today I saw an interesting cartoon, in which a
father asked his daughter about her school performanceof the day, and the daughter replied that he could goto her blog to check it. This small cartoon indicatesa big change in our life, especially the way people
communicate.
Internet enables people to break though the
limitations of distance, strengthening social network.Unlike post offices, Internet service with its
convenience helps people engage and converse real timewith their parents, soul mates, friends though emails,IRC, micro blog anytime, anywhere with a network
terminal, without suffering the long and painful waitfor a reply.
Besides, such online communities as Twitter, are well under way and becoming the mostdominating platforms for on-line social activities.These communities offer great opportunities for us tofollow and interact with those we like and even thosecelebrities. It is also a platform for us to share andupdate information of each other, and learn theoutside world.
Internet today and tomorrow is a virtual spacewhere we live, where we learn, where we speak, andwhere we communicate.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming andScanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes togo over the passage quickly and answer the questionson Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).For questions 8-10, complete the sen tences with theinformation given in the passage.
1. A) To cut students’ expenses.
2. B) college facilities could be put to moreeffective use.
3. C) suppresses creative thinking
4. A) Its students have to earn more credits eachyear.
5. B) It has been running for several decades.
6. B) More students have Advanced Placement credits.7. A) Students don’t have much time to roamintellectually.
8. the core curriculum
9. stay competitive and relevant10. bright, motivated students
Part III Listening Comprehension (35minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 shortconversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be askedabout what was said. Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoken only once. After each
question there will be a pause. During the pause, youmust read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre. 11.
W: Did you hear that Anna needs to stay in bed for 4weeks?
M: Yeah. She injured her spine in a fall and a doctor
told her to lie flat on her back for a month so it canmend.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
【答案】A) The injury will confine Anna to bed forquite a while.
【解析】此题为细节题。从对话中可知，Anna摔倒导致脊椎受伤，医生让其卧床休息一个月。 12.
M: A famous Russian ballet is coming to town nextweekend. But I can’t find a ticket anywhere.
W: Don’t be upset. My sister just happened to haveone and she can’t go since she has got some sort ofconflict in her schedule.Q: What does the woman mean?
【答案】C) She can get a ballet ticket for the man.【解析】此题为推理题。男子找不到俄罗斯芭蕾表演的票子，女子告诉她不要失落，因为自己的姐姐碰巧有张票，并且因为和安排有冲突去不了。 13.
W: Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I’m givinga party tonight. Do you think you could come and fixit for me?
M: Sorry, ma’am. I’m pretty busy right now. But Ican put you on my list.Q: What does the man mean?
【答案】A) He has to do other repairs first.
【解析】此题为推理题。从对话可知，女子请男子帮忙修浴室的地漏，但是男子现在忙，不过他会记录下。 14.
W: We’re taking up a collection to buy a gift forGemma. She’ll have been with the company 25 yearsnext week.
M: Well, count me in. But I’m a bit short on cashnow. When do you need it?
Q: What is the man going to do?
【答案】C) Give his contribution some time later.【解析】此题为推理题。从对话中可知，下周Gemma在公司的时间就满25年了，大家正在凑钱买礼物。男子也要加入，但是手头缺少现金。从他的询问可见他会晚点交钱。 15.
W: Tony’s mother has invited me to dinner. Do youthink I should tell her in advance that I’m avegetarian?
M: Of course. I think she’d appreciate it. Imaginghow you both feel if she fixed the turkey dinner orsomething.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
【答案】D) Tell Tony’s mother that she eats no meat.【解析】此题为推理题。Tony的妈妈邀请女子吃饭，女子询问男子是不是应该提前告知自己是素食主义者。从男子的“Ithink she’d appreciate it”可知，男子给了他肯定的回答。 16.
M: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robberies,suicide and murder. Do you still believe people arebasically good?
W: Of course. But many papers lack interest inreporting something positive like peace, love andgenerosity.
Q: What are the speakers talking about?【答案】B) The coverage of newspapers.
【解析】此题为推理题。从关键词newspapers，robberies等可知，男子认为报纸上涉及的都是抢劫、自杀等内容，可见两人正在谈论报纸的内容。 17.
M: I can’t believe so many people want to sign up forthe Korea Development Conference. We will have tolimit the registration.
W: Yeah, otherwise we won’t have room for the more.Q: What are the speakers going to do?
【答案】C) Limit the number of participants in theconference.
【解析】此题为细节题。男子没有想到那么多人来参加会议，所以必须人们注册，从女子对其的肯定回答也可进一步肯定他们要参与人数。 18.
W: Hi, I’m calling about the ad for the one bedroomapartment.
M: Perfect timing! The person who was supposed to rentit just backed town to take a room on campus.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【答案】A) The apartment is still available.
【解析】此题为推理题。从对话可知，男子告诉女子她打电话来的时机正好，因为本来要租房子的人回到城镇去租大学的房间了，所以女子还能够租广告上的公寓。
Conversation 1
W: One of the most interesting experiments withdolphins must be one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian.
What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin calledBass and a female called Doris to communicate witheach other across a solid barrier.M: So how did he do it exactly?
W: Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphinstogether in the same tank and taught them to presslevers whenever they saw a light. The levers werefitted to the side of the tank next to each other. Ifthe light flashed on and off several times, thedolphins were supposed to press the left-hand leverfollowed by the right-hand one. If the light was keptsteady, the dolphins were supposed to press the leversin reverse order. Whenever they responded correctly,they were rewarded with fish.M: Sounds terribly complicated.
W: Well, that was the first stage. In the second
stage, Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into twotanks. They could still hear one another, but theycouldn’t actually see each other. The levers andlight were set up in exactly the same way except thatthis time it was only Doris who could see the lightindicating which lever to press first. But in order toget their fish, both dolphins had to press the leversin the correct order. This meant of course that Dorishad to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light orwhether it was a steady light.M: So did it work?
W: Well, amazingly enough, the dolphins achieved a 100% success rate.
Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you havejust heard.
Q19. What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastian’sexperiment?
Q20. What were the dolphins supposed to do when theysaw a steady light?
Q21. How did the second stage of the experiment differfrom the first stage?
答案：
19. D) to see if dolphins can communicate with eachother.
20. A) Press the right-hand lever first.
21. C) Only one dolphin was able to see the light.
【解析】
这篇长对话主要围绕巴斯蒂安博士关于海豚的实验而展开，实验的目的是要教会海豚学会互相沟通和交流讯息。随着男士对实验的发问，女士便对实验的两个阶段进行了详细介绍。这篇长对话整体难度适中，考生只要在平时注意练习和打好词汇基础，想要得满分并不难。需要提醒考生的是，做听力题也要讲究技巧，一定要带着问题去有目的地听，相关的信息着重记忆，不相干的信息迅速忽略。懂得抓题眼和懂得取舍，这样听力才能做得好。重点词汇和表达：
lever n.杠(杆)；途径，工具in reverse order 以相反的顺序be rewarded with 得到奖励flashing light 闪光灯
Conversation 2
W: This week’s program Up Your Street takes you toHarrogate, a small town in Yorkshire. Harrogate becamea fashionable resort during Victorian times, when
people came to take a bath in the mineral waters.Today, few people come to visit the town for itsmineral waters. Instead, Harrogate has become a
popular town for people to retire to. Its clean air,attractive parks, and the absence of any industry,make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quietlife. Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I havewith me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of
Commerce. Tom, one of the things visitor notices aboutHarrogate is the large area of open park land rightdown into the middle of the town. Can you tell us moreabout it?
M: Yes, certainly. The area is called the Stray.W: Why the Stray?
M: It’s called that because in the old days, peoplelet their cattle stray on the area, which was commonland.
W: Oh, I see.
M: Then, we’ve changes in farming and in land
ownership. The Stray became part of the land owned byHarrogate.
W: And is it protected?
M: Oh, yes, indeed. As a special law, no one can buildanything on the stray. It’s protected forever.W: So it will always be park land?
M: That’s right. As you can see, some of the Stray isused for sports fields.
W: I believe it looks lovely in the spring.
M: Yes, it does. There’re spring flowers on the oldtrees, and people visit the town just to see theflowers.
Question 22-25 are based on the conversation you havejust heard.
Q22. Where does this conversation most probably takeplace?
Q23. What do we learn about modern Harrogate?
Q24. What does the man say about the area called theStray?
Q25. What attracts people most in the Stray during thespring time?
答案：
22. B) In a resort town.
23. D) It is an ideal place for people to retire to.24. D) It is protected as parkland by a special law.25. C) The beautiful flowers.
【解析】
这段长对话是对Harrogate这个旅游小镇的介绍，谈到其如何得名，如何变迁，以及如何受到的保护。由此可见，这段对话最有可能发生在一个旅游城镇。这段对话稍微难一点的地方在于几个单词，一个是地名Harrogate，另一个是Stray，以及头衔President of the Chamber of Commerce。解决这些难点也很容易，因为Harrogate这个地名和头衔不是考察点，考生可直接忽略。另外关于Stray，考生开始不懂没关系，要带着这个疑问去注意听原文，对话中随后就给出了明确解释，所以考生也会获得解答。
需要提醒考生的是，虽然考试中我们可以忽略一些人名，地名或者无关紧要的细节，这也是为了一时的应试而迫不得已。在平时练习中，还是建议广大考生多积累这些人文及百科知识，包括一些人名和地名。积累的多了，以后在任何场合听起来就
不会犯难了。
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 shortpassages. At the end of each passage, you will hearsome questions. Both the passage and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre.
Passage One
Russell Fazio, an Ohio State psychology professor whohas studied interracial roommates there and at IndianaUniversity, discovered an intriguing academic effect.In a study analyzing data on thousands of Ohio Statefreshmen who lived in dorms, he found that blackfreshmen who came to college with high standardizedtest scores earned better grades if they had a whiteroommate — even if the roommate’s test scores werelow. The roommate’s race had no effect on the gradesof white students or low-scoring black students.
Perhaps, the study speculated, having a white roommatehelps academically prepared black students adjust to apredominantly white university.
That same study found that randomly assigned
interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up beforethe end of the quarter about twice as often as same-
race roommates.
Because interracial roommate relationships are oftenproblematic, Dr. Fazio said, many students would liketo move out, but university housing policies may makeit hard to leave.
“At Indiana University, where housing was not so
tight, more interracial roommates split up,” he said.“Here at Ohio State, where housing was tight, theywere told to work it out. The most interesting thingwe found was that if the relationship managed tocontinue for just 10 weeks, we could see animprovement in racial attitudes.”
Dr. Fazio’s Indiana study found that three times asmany randomly assigned interracial roommates were nolonger living together at the end of the semester,compared with white roommates. The interracialroommates spent less time together, and had fewerjoint activities than the white pairs.
Question 26-29
26. What do we know about Russell Fazio ?
27. Who benefited from living with a white roommateaccording to Fazio’s study?
28. What did the study find about randomly assignedinterracial roommates at Ohio State University?29. What did Dr. Fazio find interesting about
interracial roommates who had lived together for 10weeks?
答案：
26, C. He specialized in interpersonal relationship.27. D. Black freshman with high standardized scores28, C. They broke up more often than same-raceroommates
29, C. The racial attitudes improved.
【解析】：本文节选自2009年7月的《纽约时报》，原文标题为Interracial Roommates Can Reduce Prejudice。文章属于社会类话题，大意为俄亥俄州立大学的一位名为RussellFazio的心理学教授研究不同人种混居的有趣现象以及结论。无独有偶，2011年6月四级真题阅读理解Section B的Passage1也选用了相同的话题，大家平时在备考中要对真题重视起来哦！
Passage two
In a small laboratory at the Medical University ofSouth Carolina, Dr. Vladimir Mironov has been workingfor a decade to grow meat. A developmental biologistand tissue engineer, Dr. Mironov, is one of only a fewscientists worldwide involved in bioengineering'cultured' meat.
It's a product he believes could help solve futureglobal food crises resulting from shrinking amounts ofland available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.“Growth of cultured meat is also under way in theNetherlands”, Mironov told Reuters in an interview,“but in the United States, it is science in search offunding and demand.”
The new National Institute of Food and Agriculturewon't fund it, the National Institutes of Health won'tfund it, and the NASA funded it only briefly, Mironov
said.
\"It's classic disruptive technology,\" Mironov said.\"Bringing any new technology on the market, onaverage, costs $1 billion. We don't even have $1million.\"
Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Centerin the Department of Regenerative Medicine and CellBiology at the medical university, Mironov now
primarily conducts research on tissue engineering, orgrowing, of human organs.
\"There's an unpleasant factor when people find outmeat is grown in a lab. They don't like to associatetechnology with food,\" said Nicholas Genovese, avisiting scholar in cancer cell biology.
\"But there are a lot of products that we eat todaythat are considered natural that are produced in asimilar manner,\" Genovese said.
30. What does Dr. Mironov think of bioengineeringcultured meat?
31. What does Dr. Mironov say about the funding fortheir research?
32. What does Nicholas Genovese say about a lot ofproducts we eat today?
答案：
30, A. It will help solve the global food crisis.31, D. It is still far from being sufficient.32, D. They are not as natural as we believed.
【解析】
这是路透社2011年初的一篇报道，题目为“South Carolinascientist works to grow meat in lab”。本文为食品科技
类题材。大意为生物工程技术应用在实验室生产肉，可改变传统肉类获得方式，解决将来的食物危机，不过还需资金支持，同时人们还难以完全接受这种方式。
Passage three
Bernard Jackson is a free man today, but he has manybitter memories. Jackson spent five years in prisonafter a jury wrongly convicted him of raping twowomen. At Jackson's trial, although two witnessestestified that Jackson was with them in another
location at the times of the crimes, he was convictedanyway. Why? The jury believed the testimony of thetwo victims, who positively identified Jackson as theman who has attacked them. The court eventually freedJackson after the police found the man who had reallycommitted the crimes. Jackson was similar in
appearance to the guilty man. The two women has made amistake in identity. As a result, Jackson has lostfive years of his life.
The two women in this case were eyewitnesses. Theyclearly saw the man who attacked them, yet theymistakenly identified an innocent person. Similarincidents have occurred before. Eyewitnesses to othercrimes have identified the wrong person in a policelineup or in photographs.
Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitnesstestimony. For instance, witnesses sometimes seephotographs of several suspects before they try toidentify the person they saw in a lineup of people.They can become confused by seeing many photographs orsimilar faces. The number of people in the lineup, andwhether it is a live lineup or a photograph, may also
affect a witness's decision. People sometimes havedifficulty identifying people of other races. The
questions the police ask witnesses also have an effecton them.
Question 33: What do we learn about Bernard Jackson?Question 34: What led directly to Jackson’s sentence?Question 35: What lesson do we learn from Jackson’scase?
答案：
33, A. He was wrongly imprisoned
34, A. The two victims’ identification
35, B. Many factors influence the accuracy of witnesstestimony.
【解析】
本篇文章讲述了Jackson因为被目击证人误认而被判刑，虽然最后洗清了罪名，但是却留下了惨痛的记忆。文章接着论述了为什么会出现这样的问题。可能是因为被害者对犯罪嫌疑人产生的混淆的记忆，或者在指认犯罪嫌疑人的过程中出现了不确定的情况。
虽然总体来说这篇文章难度不大，但是因为涉及专业知识，有一些词汇可能会成为考生的障碍。例如：testimony:证人证言；witness: 目击证人；jury: 陪审团；sentence :刑期。如果考生平时能对这些单词有所接触，这篇文章在理解上就不会出现太大的问题。
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passagethree times. When the passage is read for the first
time, you should listen carefully for its generalidea. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. Forblanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fillin the missing information. For these blanks, you caneither use the exact words you have just heard or
write down the main points in your own words. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time, youshould check what you have written.
答案：36. slight37. official38. shrinking39. plunge40. decline41. primary42. heads43. Poverty
44. Hampered by higher taxes and weak demand for itsexports, Mexico's economy is seen only partiallyrecovering this year.
45. Mexico has historically had high drop-out rates aspoor families pull kids out of school to help put foodon the table，
46. The nation's drop-out problem is just the latestbad news for the long-term competitiveness of theMexican economy.
【解析】本篇文章谈论的是墨西哥失学率问题。文章先开篇阐述了墨西哥失学情况的现状，然后谈到这一现状的原因和所造
成的严重后果。文中国家有关的Mexico、Mexican、Chile等部分考生可能不熟悉，而造成听力困扰，但这些实际并非考点，切记死盯部分词汇不放，而影响全篇理解。
最后，文中生词不多，实际内容对于喜欢阅读报刊杂志、关心时事热点的考生而言，能够根据日常经验有所预判。这就提醒考生，听力同样也需要平时多多进行报刊阅读。Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading inDepth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passagewith 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read thepassage carefully. Then answer the questions or
complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
答案：
47.capturing and storing CO2或者capture and storage ofCO2
48. capture and storage49. put it to new use
50. increase their yield of fruits and vegetables51. the scale of CO2 emissions
【解析】
这是一篇科技文。文章就降低碳排放这个话题，讨论了捕捉并储存二氧化碳的可能性。主题虽然是碳排放，但是文章科技术语很少，也比较贴近生活，所以难度并不高。题目都是事实细节题，不需要推论，考生只要根据题干的关键词，定位信息，在原文中找到答案，誊抄下来就可以了。此题阅卷的原则就是
尽量用原文的话来回答问题，所以注意，尽量少修改原文信息。
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on thebest choice and mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
52. D. Its negative effects have long been neglected.53. A. Goals with financial rewards have strongmotivational power.
54. B. They resorted to unethical practice to meettheir sales quota.
55. B. Its conclusion is not based on solid scientificevidence.
56. A. Studying goal-setting can throw more light onsuccessful business practices.
【解析】本文出自
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/node/4056，原文题目为The dark side of goal-setting。 这篇文章有一定难度，尤其是作者的态度一定要把握好。作者并未全盘否定目标制定，而是说一定要制定切合实际的目标，以保证建设性推进计划，避免不道德行为伤害到计划的实施，因此这方面的研究值得继续推进下去，给大家更好的指导。
Passage two
57. D) Free market plus government intervention.58. B) Government regulation hinders economicdevelopment.
59. B) Effective measures adopted by the government.60. D) They give up the idea of smaller government andless regulation.
61. D) Excessive borrowing.
【解析】
文章改编自新闻网站The Daily Beast的文章Asian Wisdom，主题是“那些过度负债、经济增长缓慢的西方国家能从经济繁荣的亚洲学到什么东西”。作者认为美国和欧洲都受制于自己的意识形态，并指出一些明智的联邦措施就可以使美国重新走上正确的道路；欧洲的问题在于不断增加的债务，必须从根本上寻找解决之道。
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following
passage. For each blank there are four choices markedA), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. Youshould choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.
答案：
62. B）notion63. C）before. B）on
65. A）proposed66. D）evidence67. B）original
68. A）however69. C）effort70. C）opposed71. D）once
72. D）techniques73. C）inside74. C）lessons75. D）enhance76. A）convince77. A）trouble78. C）diligent79. C）process80. B）concentrate81. D）or
【解析】
本文出自2010年11月Scientific American Magazine. 文章主要阐述倾听音乐对于大脑有好处，可以提高人的学习能力。因而作者呼吁，学校不应取消音乐课。
虽然文章为科技文，且开头出现了许多专业术语，但内容并不生僻。所以，同学们千万不要被开头一长串的专业术语吓倒，保持良好心态，不要放弃。完形填空考查重点还在于对上下文的理解；动词与介词的搭配；形似词、同义词词义、用法的辨析，如62题中考查note, notice, notion, notification 之间的差异，词形相似，但意思截然不同。同学在平时背诵单词时，一定要多加总结归纳。
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating intoEnglish the Chinese given in brackets. Please writeyour translation on Answer Sheet 2.
82. I think that the meal is well worth $80 without adiscount (没有折扣的情况下值80美元).【点评】well worth，“值”，后跟动名词或名词；discount折扣。
83. Facing the fierce competition from other companies(面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争), the automobile
manufacturer is considering launching a promotioncampaign.
【点评】横线处要填的是一个非谓语从句，根据句意可知前后主语都是the automobile manufacturer，因此用现在分词形式。
84. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and hersister nearly have nothing in common / hardly haveanything in common (几乎没有什么共同之处).【点评】have something in common有共同点，注意表示否定时副词的使用。
85. Only after many failures have I realized that Icannot succeed with luck merely (我才认识到仅凭运气是不能成功的).
【点评】本题考查only位于句首的倒装。这里强调的是过去的事情对现在造成的影响“不能成功”，因此应用现在完成时态。
86. But for the survival instinct which nearly allcreatures have, more species would have been extinctfrom the earth (更多的物种就可能已经在地球上灭绝了).【点评】but for，“要不是，如果没有”，这里考查虚拟语气，后面应该用would + have done的形式，强调这种非真实的虚拟对将来可能发生的情况的影响。
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