单项选择题
1、Questions are based on thefollowingpassage．
“THINKING is hard，”(36)__________Daniel Dennet，a professor of philosophy at Tufts University．“Thinking about some problems is so hard that it can make your head ache just thinking about thinking about them．”He has spent hA.f a century pondering some of the knottiest problems around：the nature of meaning，the(37)__________of minds and whether freewill is possible．His latest book，Intuition Pumps(直觉泵)and Other Tools for Thinking，is a precis of those 50 years，distilled into 77(38)__________ and mostly bite-sized chapters．
“Intuiuon pumps”are what Mr Dennet calls thought experiments that aim to get at the rub of concepts．But the aim of this book is not(39)__________to show how the pumps work,but to(40)__________them to help readers think through some of the most profound conundrums．
This pump which Mr Dennet calls a“cascade of homunculi(级联侏儒)”，was(41)__________by the field of artificial Intelligence,An programmer begins by taking a problem a computer is meant to solve and breaking it down into smaller tasks，to be dealt with by particular(42)__________．These，in turn，are(43)__________ of sub．subsystems，and so on．In this way,we are in depth of thinking profound problems．
Of course，Mr Dennet’s book is not a(44)__________solution to such mind-benders；it is philosophy in action．Like all good philosophy,it works by getting the reader to examine deeply held but(45)__________ beliefs about some of our most fundamental concems，like personal autonomy．It is really not all easy read．
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A.consist
B.actually
C.nature
D.concedes
E.inspired
F.definable
G.composed
H.readable
I.substance
J.merely
K.unspoken
L.apply
M.suppose
N.subsystem
O.definitive
第36题应填__________.


2、听录音,回答题

A．It is lined with tall trees．
B．It was widened recently．
C．It used to be dirty and disorderly．
D．It has high buildings on both sides．


填空题
3、根据材料，回答问题。
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Women still have a complex and contradictory relationship with their own image according to a poll that found 25 percent of those questioned (26) __________win the "America's Next Top Model" TV show than the Nobel Peace Prize.
And (27)__________75 percent of women surveyed said they would be willing to shave their heads to save the life of a stranger; more than a quarter of those (28)__________admitted they would make their best friend fat for life, if it meant they could be thin.
As for that age-old (29)__________of whether to marry for wealth or looks, half of the 18- to 24-year-olds questioned said they would marry an ugly man if he were a (30) __________.
The poll for U.S. television network Oxygen, which is targeted at young women, also found that 88 percent of18-to 34-year-old women would happily (31)__________their cell phone, jewelry and makeup to keep a friendship.
"This survey reveals an interesting analysis of today's woman and how she (32) __________ her personal image with what she values in her life," said Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and judge of the (33) __________new oxygen series "Pretty Wicked".
"As shown in several results, women today are a complex combination of altruistic and materialistic, ( 34 )__________and insecure, loyal and self-serving. This survey (35) __________the dichotomy (对分；二分法) in all of us," Berman said.
More than 2,000 women aged 18-34 were interviewed for the poll.
26.__________


简答题
4、听录音，回答题
Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain, with a US review finding music training can lead to improved speech and foreign language skills.
Although it has been suggested in the past that listening to Mozart or other（26）_____ music could make you smarter，there has been little evidence to show that music（27）_____ brain power.
But a data-driven review by Northwestern University has pulled together research that links musical training to learning that（28）_____ into skills including language，speech，memory，attention and even vocal emotion.
Researcher Nina Kraus said the data（29）_____ suggested that the neural connections made during musical training also primed the brain for other aspects of human communication.
“The effect of music training suggests that，similar to physical exercise and its（30）_____ on body fitness，music is a resource that tones the brain for auditory fitness and thus requires society to re-examine the role of music in shaping（31）_____ development, ”the researchers said in their study.
Kraus said learning musical sounds could（32）_____ the brain’s ability to adapt and change and also enable the nervous system to provide supporting（33）_____ that are important to learnin9.
The study，published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience，looked at the explosion of research in recent years（34）_____ the effects of music training on the nervous system which could have strong implications for education.
The study found that playing an instrument prepares the brain to choose what is relevant in a complex process that may involve reading or remembering a score，timing issues and（35）_____ other musicians.
第(26)题__________


5、听录音,回答题

"Don't take many English courses; they won't help you get a decent job." "Sign up for management
classes, so you'll be ready to join the family business when you graduate."
Sound (26)__________? Many of us have heard suggestions like these(27) __________by parents or others close to us. Such comments often seem quite reasonable.
Why, then, should suggestions like these be taken with (28) __________? The reason isthey relate to decisions you should make. You are the one who must (29)__________their consequences.
One of the worst reasons to follow a particular path in life is that other people want you to.
Decisions that affect your life should be your decisions--decisions you make after you've considered various (30)__________ and chosen the path that suits you best.
Making your own decisions does not mean that you should (31) __________ the suggestions of others. For instance, your parents do have their own unique experiences that may make their advice helpful, and having (32)__________in a great deal of your personal history, they may have a clear view of your strengths and weaknesses. Still, their views are not necessarily accurate.
They may still see you as a child, (33) __________care and protection. Or they may see only your strengths. Or, in some unfortunate cases, they may (34)__________ your flaws and shortcomings.
People will always be giving you advice.Ultimately, though, you have to make your own(35)__________
第(26)题__________


6、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essayon the topic of reserving a seat in college classrooms. You should start youressay with a brief account of the phenotnenon reserving a seat in collegeclassrooms and then explain the defects it may cause. You should write atloner 120 words but no more than 180 words.


7、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of spare messages (垃圾短信） You should start youressay with a brief account of the possible reasons of spare messages andthen explain how to deal with them. You should write at least 120 wordsbut no more than 180 words.


8、 中国的供水和卫生情况正在经历一次大规模转型，同时也面临着许多挑战，诸如快速城市化、贫富差距争城乡差距扩大等。水资源短缺和水污染也给中国带来极大的挑战。随着社会的发展，人类对水的需求不断增加，但可以供人类使用的水资源却急剧减少。拳资源危机所带来的生态系统恶化的同题严重威胁着人类的生存。如何更有效地利用水资源，推进水资源的可持续开发和保护，已经成为世界各国面临的紧迫问题。


9、在中国历史文明中，庆祝春节的习俗很多，至今在民间保存广的习俗之一则是贴春联(Spr i ng Fest j va | coup | ets)。春联以工整、对偶、简洁、精巧的文字描绘时代背景，抒发美好愿望，是我国特有的文学形式。每逢春节，无论城市还是农村，家家户户都要精选一幅大红春联贴于门上，为节日增加喜庆气氛。这一习俗起于宋代，在明代开始盛行，到了清代，春联的思想性和艺术性都有了很大的提高。


10、微博，即微型博客(micro bIog)，一般长度不超过140字，可以通过电脑或手机更新内容或查看页面。通过电脑，当然，更多地是通过手机，在等车、散步或者发呆的时候，人们即可完成与他人的沟通。有网友留言说，在微博上，每个人都是记录者和关注者。任何人都可以用网络或者手机，在短的时间内，发布任何想说的话。微博的流行弥补了被快节奏的现代生活所撕裂的人际关系。