单项选择题
1、Questions are based on the passage you have just heard．

A．To guarantee the students’ safety on the roads．
B．To help the parents save money．
C．To save time for the parents and students．
D．To relieve the traffic pressure on the road．


2、Questions are based on the following passage．
Walking, if you do it vigorously enough, is the overall best exercise for regular physical activity．It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the___36_____risk of injury．The human body is designed to wall．You can walk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood．To get___37_____benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week．
Strength training is another important___38_____of ．physical activity．Its purpose is to build and____39____ bone and muscle mass, both of which shrink with age．In general, you will want to do strength training two or three days a week, ___40_____recovery days between sessions．
Finally, flexibility and balance training are___41_____important as the body ages．Aches and pains, are high on the list of complaints in old age．The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints, many of them are___42_____, and simple flexibility training can____43____these by making  muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated (润滑)．Some of this you do whenever you stretch．If you watch dogs and cats, you'll get an idea of how natural it is．The general  ___44_____is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to ___45_____stretch it in an opposite position．
A．allowing
B．avoidable
C．briefly
D．component
E．determined
F．helping
G．increasingly
H．lowest
I．maintain
J．maximum
K．prevent
L．principle
M．provoke
N．seriously
O．topic
第(36)题应填__________


3、
The End of the Book?
A．Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format．That is remarkable,considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years．E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in this country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales．E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent．
B．Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all．What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s．
C．Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace．Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries,thrillers,  “omance fiction,”etc．Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections,either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years．Hardback and trade paperbacks for  “serious” nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer．Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is Still published in hard copy．
D．As for children's books, who knows? Children's_ books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange．
E．For clues to the book's future, let's look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology．
F．One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both．The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old．Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin．A Bible--to be sure, a long book--required vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor．Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house．There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450．By 1500 there were 10 million．
G．But while printing quickly caused the handwritten book to die out, handwriting lingered on(继续存在)well into the 16th century．Very special books are still occasionally produced on vellum, but they are one-of-a-kind show pieces．
H．Sometimes a new technology doesn't drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve．The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didn't, because theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce．Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not．
I．Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater．And while TV didn't kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons．
J．Nor did TV kill radio．Comedy and drama shows (“Jack Benny,” “Amos and Andy,” “The Shadow”)all migrated to television．But because you can't drive a car and watch television at the same time,rush hour became radio's prime time, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences．Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one．
K．Sometimes old technology lingers for centtmes because of its symbolic power．Mounted cavalry (骑兵)replaced the chariot  (二轮战车) on the battlefield around 1000 BC．But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later．The sword hasn't had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer's full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman．”
L．Sometimes new technology is a little cranky  (不稳定的) at first．Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance．And so the old technology remains as a backup．Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed．But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down．Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails．(The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century．)
M．Then there is the fireplace．Central heating was present in upper- and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century．But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment．I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of fire．Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to eat and digest)．Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life．
N．Books--especially books the average person could afford--haven't been around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans．But they have a powerful hold on many people nonetheless,a hold extending far beyond their literary content．At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile (触觉的) pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions．The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost．And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter's night．
O．For these reasons I think physical books will have a longer existence as a commercial product than some currently predict．Like swords, books have symbolic power．Like fireplaces, they induce a sense of comfort and warmth．And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful backup for when the lights go out．
Authors still published in printed versions will be considered important ones．


4、听录音，回答题

A．It was about a little animal.
B．It took her six years to write.
C．It was adapted from a fairy tale.
D．It was about a little girl and her pet.


5、听录音,回答题

A．In a studio．
B．In a booking store．
C．At a beach resort．
D．At a supermarket．


6、Questionsare based on the following passage.
Older women who take vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent broken bones may be taking them in vain, according to leading experts. A U.S. government advisory group found taking typical low doses provided no benefits for average postmenopausal(绝经后的)women.
What is more taking 4OOIU of vitamin D and 1,000mg of calcium daily increased the risk of developing kidney stones. Both nutrients are crucial for building and maintaining strong, healthy bones and specialists advise getting as much as possible from a good diet and exposure to sunlight. If an older person has a vitamin deficiency or bone-thinning osteoporosis (骨质疏松症), doctors often prescribe higher- than-normal doses. But for otherwise healthy post-menopausal women, adding modest supplements to their diet makes no impact.
It isn't clear if those doses offer bone protection if taken before menopause, or if they help men's
bones, according to the new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
It's a confusing message considering that for years, calcium and vitamin D supplements have been widely considered an insurance policy against osteoporosis, with little down-side to taking them. The NHS currently recommends people over 65 take a dally vitamin D pill, although no more than 25 micrograms.
"Regrettably, we don't have as much information as we would like to have about a substance that has been around a long time and we used to think we understood," said Dr. Virginia Moyer of the Baylor College of Medicine, who heads the task force. "Turns out, there's a lot more to learn. " The recommendations are not for people at high risk of weak bones, such as those with a history of bone fractures. These people should consult their local doctor. In the U.S. the average adult is advised to get about 1,000rag of calcium, 1 ,300 for post-menopausal women, every day. For vitamin D, the goal is 600 IUs ofvitamin D daily moving to 800 after age 70. The nutrients can be found in foods including orange juice fortified with calcium: dairy foods such as milk, yogurt and cheese; certain fish including salmon; and fortified breakfast cereals.
It can be learned that taking low doses of vitamin D and calcium supplements will________ to aver- age post-menopausal women.
A．be beneficial
B．bring harm
C．make no difference
D．increase the risk of developing kidney stones


7、听录音,回答题

A．He was returning home from a party.
B．He just got off work when he saw the UFO.
C．He was driving home from a restaurant.
D．He was driving home from a cinema.


8、根据材料，回答问题。
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA．,B．, C． and D．. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

A．Electric cars.
B．Increasing fuel efficiency.
C．California's pollution laws.
D．Automobile safety.


9、根据材料，回答问题。
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common36 range from bad-mouthing (说……的坏话) another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much, according to a study37on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to 38 with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. corn, an online job site.
As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted39.5 percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent40to singing karaoke.
While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for41,85 percent said attending had not helped them get42to 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 least43to attend.
Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those,44a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was45online 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
36.__________


简答题
10、You should write a short essay entitled RecreationalActivities．
写作蟹航
1．娱乐活动多种多样，
2．娱乐活动可能使人们受益，也可能带来危害性；
3．提出自己的想法。