单项选择题
1、Questions are based on the following passage.
　　The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe．For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion．Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownership has confirmed what pet owners have always intuitively known that pets are not just loving companions but actually do us good．Researchers have established the value of pets in soothing and reassuring humans，particularly when ill，lonely or in distress．Perhaps the unquestioning love and approval pets give us is something we don’t always get from out human nearest and dearest．
　　Our makeshift understanding psychology leads many of us to view very close relationships with pets with suspicion．Childless couples in particular give rise to speculation，but a consultant in animal behavior says，“There is no evidence that a pet is a direct substitute for child．”And while many adults feel foolish if caught talking to their pets，they have no need to．The experts say you cannot have a close relationship with a pet without treating it as a person and that talking to a pet is notun healthy．—simply a way of establishing camaraderie．
　　The shaking helplessness of a young puppy or fluffy kitten stirs protective instincts deep within us and prompts many parents to buy pets for their children in the hope of instilling a sense of responsibility and caring and acceptance of the facts of life and death．Hut animals don’t have to besoft and fond to bring out the best in us．A social worker encouraged aggressive boys to handle ferrets—“if handled correctly they respond with friendship；if incorrectly they bite．”
　　There seems to be no doubt that，emotionally and physically,our pets do us good—there is a Drice to be paid．When loved animal dies，it is often a traumatic event—and then where do we tum for comfort?
Pets are sometimes criticized because they_______．
A．lack intelligence
B．are destructive
C．need considerable care
D．demand affection


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

A．Its large rooms.
B．Its unusual location.
C．Its comfortable chairs.
D．The number of its readers.


3、听录音，回答题：


A．Children should be taught to be more careful.
B．Children shouldn't drink so much orange juice.
C．There is no need for the man to make such a fuss.
D．Timmy should learn to do things in the right way.


4、

Questions are based on the following passage.
To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the 36 of some of the most important discoveries in modern science--starting with Ernest Lawrence's invention of the cyclotron (回旋加速器．in1931. A generation ago, female faces were 37 and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 all of them white males.
But climb up to the third floor and you'll see a 40 display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research 42 everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they're still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44 "I believe things are getting better," she says, "but they're not getting better as 45 as I would like.
A．circumstance
B．confidence
C．covers
D．current
E．deals
F．different
G．exposing
H．fast
I．honoring
J．hope
K．presently
L．rare
M．realistic
N．site
O．virtually
第36题应填____


5、听音频：

回答题：

A．Go to a place he has visited.
B．Make her own arrangements.
C．Consult a travel agent.
D．Join in a package tour.


6、Questionsare based on the following passage.
In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that our appetite and food intake are influenced by a large number of factors besides our biological need for energy, including our eating environment and our perception of the food in front of us.
Studies have shown, for instance, that eating in front of the TV (or a similar distraction) can increase both hunger and the amount of food consumed. Even simple visual cues, like plate size and fighting, have been shown to affect portion size and consumption.
A new study suggested that our short-term memory also may play a role in appetite. Several hours after a meal, people's hunger levels were predicted not by how much they'd eaten but rather by how much food they'd seen in front of them in other words, how much they remembered eating..
This disparity (差异) suggests the memory of our previous meal may have a bigger influence on our appetite than the actual size of the meal. says Jeffrey M. Brunstrom, a professor of experimental psychology at the Univerity of Bristol.
"Hunger isn't controlled solely by the physical characteristics of a recent meal. We have identified an
independent role for memory for that meal,'" Brunstrom says. "This shows that the relation_ship between hunger and food intake is more complex than we thought. ""
These findings echo earlier research that suggests our perception of food can sometimes trick our body's response to the food itself. In a 2011 study, for instance, people who drank the same 380-calorie(卡路里) milkshake on two separate occasions produced different levels of hunger-related hormones (荷尔蒙), depending on whether the shake's label said it contained 620 or 140 calories. Moreover, the participants reported feeling more full when they thought they'd consumed a higher-calorie shake.
What does this mean for our eating habits? Although it hardly seems practical to trick ourselves into eating less. the new fmdings do highlight the benefits of focusing on our food and avoiding TV and multitasking while eating.
The so-called mindful-eating strategies can fight distractious and help us control our appetite,
Brunstrom says.
What is said to be a factor affecting our appetite and food intake?
A．How we perceive the food we eat. 
B．what ingredients the food contains. 
C．When we eat our meals. 
D．How fast we eat our meals.


7、Questions are based on the following passage．
　　As you are probably aware，the latest job markets news isn’t good：Unemployment is still more than 9 percent，and new job growth has fallen close to zer0．That’s bad for the economy,of　course．And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now．But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think．
　　That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data．After all，existing jobs open up every day due to promotions，resignations，terminations，and retirements．(Yes，people are retiring even in this economy．)In both good times and bad，turnover creates more openings than economic growth does．Even in June of 2007，when the economy was still humming along，job growth was only l32，000，while turnover was 4．7 million!
　　And as it turns out，even today-with job growth near zero-over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month．
　　I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job．
　　It’s true that if total employment were higher,it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from(and compete for)．And it's true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening，regardless of whether it’s a new one or not．
　　But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated．They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills；be creative about where and how to look；learn how to present themselves to potential employers；and keep going，even after repeated rejections，The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2．7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed．
　　So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up．Four million people get hired every month in the U．S．You can be one of them．
The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate_____________．
A．deprives many people of job opportunities
B．prevents many people from changing careers
C．should not stop people from looking for a job
D．does not mean the U．S．economy is worsening


8、Passage Two
Questions are based on the following passage
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor, men worked outside the home and earned the income to supported their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fired.
In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture.
The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal(社区的)homes or farms where the economic and child care responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldiers. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.
In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in the poorer neighborhoods.
In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levers of society were entering the work force in greater number. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work.
Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these changes .
According to the passage, in the past_____.
A．women usually worked outside home for wages
B．men’s and women’s roles were easily exchanged
C．men’s role at home were more firmly fixed than women’s
D．men’s and women’s roles were usually quite separated


填空题
9、回答题：
So many people use the cell phone frequently every day．But___47___little is certain about the health effects of its use．Manufactures___48___that cell phones meet government standards for safe radio frequency radiation emission，but enough studies are beginning to document a possible___49___in rare brain tumors(肿瘤)，headaches and behavioral disorders in children to cause concern．So far,the evidence isn’t___50___ on whether the use of cell phones___51___to any increased risk of cancer．In a new trial，researchers asked 47 volunteers to___52___in a project to measure glucose(葡萄糖)consumption in the brain by scanning the brain to see how cells use energy．For both 50 minute scans，the volunteers had a cell phone___53___to each ear．During the first scan，the devices were turned off,but for the second scan，the phone on the right ear was___54___on and received a recorded-message call，although the volume was muted(消音) so the noise wouldn’t bias the results．The results of the second scan showed that the___55___0f the brain nearest to the device had higher rates of glucose consumption than the rest of the brain．The study shows that cell phones can change brain activLty,and___56___a whole new avenue for scientific inquiry,though it doesn’t say anything about whether cell-phone radiation can cause cancer．
A．conclusive
B．contributes
C．derive
D．expresses
E．fixed
F．immensely
G．increase
H．maintain
I．mission
J．participate
K．particular
L．provides
M．regions
N．surprisingly
O．switched
第(47)题__________

10、第(31)题__________。