单项选择题
1、 Questions are based on the following passage.
　　You never see them, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going,
how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their abilityto withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're knownas the black box.
　　When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indiaocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a Frenchsubmarine (潜水艇) detected the device's homing signal five day; later, the discovery marked a huge
　　step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
　　In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would trackbasic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which becamea requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early model,, often failed to withstand crashes,
　　however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane - the arealeast subject to impact - from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, 　theFederal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orangeor yellow to aid visibility.
　　Modem airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations,
　　and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine nois,~s and other operating functions thathelp investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated ( 隔绝的) case 　　andsurrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force andtemperatures up to 2,000~F. When submerged, they're also able to  emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft.
　　Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crasned near Brazil on June l, 2009, are inwater nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up.In the approximately 20 deep-seacrashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.

What does the author say about the black box?
A．It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
B．The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
C．Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.
D．It is an indispensable device on an airplane.


2、Passage Two
Questions are based on the passage you have just heard.

A．Two or three-degree rise in temperature will happen soon.
B．The environment will become less influenced.
C．Up to 13% of plants and animals will disappear.
D．Humans will suffer from heat stress and tropical diseases.


3、根据以下资料，回答题：
        New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harshconditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the artrecords of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found．Tell el-Amarna was the capital of ancient Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh (法老) Akhenaten, who abandoned most of Egypt's old gods in favor of the Aten sun disk andbrought in a new and more expressive style of art．Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1362BC, built and lived in Tell el-Amarna in central Egypt for 15 years．The city was largely abandoned shortlyafter his death and the ascendance of the famous boy king Tutankhamun to the throne．Studies on the remains of ordinary ancient Egyptians in a cemetery in Tell el-Amarna showed thatmany of them suffered from anem/a (贫血症 ), fractured bones, stunted growth and high juvenilemortality rates, according to professors Barry Kemp and Jerome Rose, who led the research．Rose, a professor of anthropology (人类学) in the University of Arkansas in the United States, saidadults buried in the cemetery were probably brought there from other parts of Egypt．"This means that wehave a period of deprivation in Egypt prior to the Amarna phase．So maybe things were not so good for theaverage Egyptian and maybe Akhenaten said we have to change to make things better," he said．Kemp, director of the Amarna Project which seeks in part to increase public knowledge of Tell el-Amarna and surrounding region, said little attention has been given to the cemeteries of ordinary ancient Egyptians．Rose displayed pictures showing spinal (脊柱) injuries among teenagers, probably because of accidents during construction work to build the city．The study showed that anemia ran at 74 percent among children and teenagers, and at 44 percentamong adults, Rose said．The average height of men was 159 cm (5 feet 2 inches) and 153 cm among women．"Adult heights are used as an indicator for overall standard of living," he said．"Short statures(身长) reflect a diet deficient in protein．．．People were not growing to their full potential．"

What is the findings of the study mentioned in the passage?
A．The ancient Tell el-Amarna was famous for its art records．
B．The artistic exhibition of ancient Tell el-Amarna was trustworthy．
C．The art records of Tell el-Amarna showed ancient Egyptians' real life．
D．Life was really tough for average Egyptians in ancient Tell el-Amarna．


4、Questions are based on the conversation you have just heard.

A．A business company.
B．A law firm.
C．An employment agency.
D．A construction company.


填空题
5、第34题为（　　）


6、Questions are based on the following passage.
　　One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common  36_________range from bad-mouthing (说……的坏话． another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much,according to a study  37  on Tuesday.
　　Most workers attend so-called happy hours to  38_________ with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear thelatest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com,an online job site.
　　As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow,16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague,10percent shared a secret about a colleague,8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much andacted  39_________  .5 percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent  40________  to singing karaoke.While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for  41_________,85 percent said attending had nothelped them get   42_________  to someone higher up or get a better position.
　　An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least  43_________to attend.
　　Overall,21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those,44_________a quarter go at least once a month.
　　The survey was  45 _________online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees.
A． bond                                   
B．acknowledged                          
C． nearly                                
D． specially                             
E． anywhere                              
F． mishaps                                
G． obligated                              
H． likely
I． conducted
J． idly
K． unprofessionally
L． networking
M． released
N． confessed
O． researched
第(36)题__________。

7、Unit 2
　　Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour's 11 one of the scientists wrote in his book, "Look here for 12 metal. " Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain region, sent a 13 to other scientists on the ground, "Gold possible. " Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, "This ground should be searched for metals. " From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word, "Uranium. "
　　None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no 14 powers for looking down below the earth's surface. They were 15 putting to use one of the newest methods of      16      minerals in the ground—using trees and plants as 17 that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and
plants are growing.
　　This newest method of searching for minerals is      18      on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may      19      the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the surface.
At Watson Bar Creek, a brook six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was 20    marked. In a scientific laboratory the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.

A.  signs	B.	sufficiently	C.	locating	D.	affect
E. merely	F.	magic	G.	hints	H.	carefully
I. finding	J.	message	K.	flight	L.	probable
M.  revealing	N.	based	O.	information

简答题
8、1．以下是某城市各类培训班的数目图，请简要描述图表；
2．给出可能的原因；
3．你的观点。


9、假日经济的现象表明：中国消费者的消费观正在发生巨大变化。根据统计数据，中国消费者的消费需求正在从基本生活必需 品转向对休闲、舒适和个人发展的需求。 同时，中国人的消费观在蓬勃发展的假日 经济中正变得成熟。因此产品结构应做相 应调整，来适应社会的发展。另一方面，服务质量要改善，以满足人们提高生活质 量的要求。

10、香港中文大学成立于1963年，是一所研究型综合大学，以“结合传统与现代，融汇中国与西方”为创校使命。40多年来，它一直致力于弘扬中华传统文化，坚持双语(bilingual)教育，并推行独特的书院制度(college system)，在香港教育界卓然而立。其校园占地134公顷(hectare)．是世界』二美丽的校园之一。灵活的学分制赋予学生更大的学习自主权。它的多元教育有助于充分发挥每一个学生的潜能。