单项选择题
1、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．


2、听录音,
回答题

A．The man found himself in a wrong place．
B．The man is the manager’s business associate．
C．The woman was putting up a sign on the wall．
D．The woman is the manager’s secretary．


3、Questions are based on the following passage.
The Gatais used to frown when they received power bills that routinely topped $200．Last Septemberthe couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energyhomes" (ZEH) just outside town．Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills．The grand totalover the 10 months they've lived in the three-bedroom house: $75．For the past two months they haven'tpaid a cent.
ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses thatproduce as much energy as they consun~e．Premier Gardens is one of a haft-dozen subdivisions inCalifornia where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low-power appliances andsolar panels.
Aside from the panels on the roof, Premier Gardens looks like a community of conventional homes.But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoorwarmth in winter.
The rest of the energy savings comes from the solar units．They don't just feed the home theyserve．If they generate more power than the home is using, the excess flows into the utility's powergr/d (电网)．The residents are billed by  "net metering": they pay for the amount of power they tap offthe grid, less the kilowatts (千瓦) they feed into it．If a home generates more power than it uses, thebill is zero.,
That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not．Solar homes produce the mostpower on the hot sunny afternoous when everyone rushes home to turn up the air conditioner．"It helpsus lower 'usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee．"That lets us avoid building costlyplants or buying expensive power at peak usage time."
What's not to like? Mostly the costs．The special features can add $25,000 or more to the purchaseprice of a house．Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs canbe prohibitively expensive．For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save lateron the utilities.
he hardware to save lateron the utilities.
Why are the Gatais eager to see their electricity bills now?
A．They want to see how much they have saved.
B．They want to cut down their utility' expenses.
C．They want to know if they are able to pay.
D．They want to avoid being overcharged.


4、根据材料，回答问题。
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South ( 发展中国家) began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They urgently needed supplies of highly trained personnel to implement a concept of development based on modernization.
But many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training. At the same time, many professionals who did return home but no longer felt at ease there also decided to go back to the countries where they had studied.
In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special "return" programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1974 enabled over 1,600 qualified scientistsand technicians to return to Latin America.
In the 1980s and 1990s, "temporary return" programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel occupying strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Program's Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate ( 移居国外的 ) Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain (人才流失) fromthese countries may well increase in response to the new laws of the international market in knowledge.
Recent studies forecast that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualified professionals around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a result there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students abroad to give preference to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, instead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. And the countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad, they must introduce flexible administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is bound to continue.
Which of the following is NOT correct according to the passage?
A．The developing countries believe that sending students to the industrialized countries is a good way to meet their own needs for modernization.
B．The South American countries have been sending students to developed countries since the 1920s.
C．Many people trained abroad remain in the developed countries instead of coming back to serve their home countries.
D．The International Organization for Migration successfully helped more than 1,600 professionals to return to their own countries in a single year.


5、根据材料，回答问题。
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A．,B．, C． and D．. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet (长柄平底煎锅) is about our handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Strong woodcutters and others engaged in active labor requiring 4,000calories per day or more will take approximately one-third of their rations prepared in this fashion. Meat, eggs, and French toast cooked in this way are served in millions of homes daily. Apparently the consumers are not beset with more signs of indigestion than afflicted by those who insist upon broiling, roasting, or boiling. Some years ago one of our most eminent physiologists investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan variety was more easily broken down for assimilation than when deep fat was employed. The latter, however, dissolved within the alimentary tract ( 消化道 ) more readily than the boiled type. Furthermore, he learned, by watching the progress of the contents of the stomach by means of the fluoroscope (荧光检查仪), that fat actually accelerated the rate of digestion. Now all this is quite in contrast with "authority". Volumes have been written on nutrition, and everywhere the dictum ( 权威意见) has been accepted--no fried edibles of any sort for children. A few will go so tar as to forbid this style of cooking wholly. Now and then an expert will be bold enough to admit that he uses them himself, the absence of discomfort being explained on the ground that he possesses a powerful gastric ( 胃的 )apparatus. We can of course sizzle perfectly good articles to death so that they will be leathery and tough. But thorough heating, in the presence of shortening, is not the awful crime that it has been labeled. Such dishes stimulate rather than retard contractions of the gall bladder. Thus it is that bile ( 胆汁 ) mixes with the nutriment shortly after it leaves the stomach.
We don't need to allow our foodstuffs to become oil soaked, but other than that, there seems to be no basis for the widely heralded prohibition against this method. But notions become fixed. The first condemnation probably rose because an "oracle" ( 圣贤) suffered from dyspepsia (消化不良) which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu. The theory spread. Others agreed with him, and after a time the doctrine became incorporated in our textbooks. The belief is now tradition rather than proved fact. It should have been refuted long since, as experience has demonstrated its falsity.
This passage focuses on__________.
A．why the skillet is a handy piece of kitchen equipment
B．the digestibility of fried foods
C．how the experts can mislead the public in the area of food preparation
D．why fried foods have long been frowned upon


6、根据以下资料，回答题：
Quesaons 56 to60 are based on thefollowingpassage．
When it comes to noise cancelling headphones，sometimes the best offense is a good defense．While there are plenty of active noise cancelling headphones that use a complex(and pricey)method to block distracting sounds，there are simpler ways．How about headphones with a snug fit that simply plug up your ear canals?
This process is called passive isolation．It’s not uncommon for a consumer faced with the choice between the descriptors“passive”and“active”to choose the stronger-sounding technology,but great passive isolation can be just as effective and cost a lot less．
The AKG K323 XS headphones($59 MSRP)are just such a pair．Sleek and portable，they produce a huge sound marked with prominent bass，supportive mids，and very healthy highs．They’re also the best passive isolators that we’ve tested in a long time．Like most in-ears，the XS headphones are quite small and simply designed，available in white，blue，orange．yellow,green—the list goes on．The Android version packs a one-button universal remote，and there’s also a three．button version for iOS．The XS’s teeny form factor,featherweight frame，and smalI carry case are additional on．the．go perks(特权享受)．
The cable is simple，but of decent quality,It’s shorter than most cords—just 3．5 feet—which may or may not be desirable depending on how you use them．
Ears come in all different shapes．and so do the speaker covers．AKG includes four different options：extra small，small，medium，and large．
In the audio test labs．these AKGs proved to be a straight．A student．Thanks to moderate bass notes and very prominent middle and high notes，music sounds both full and balanced．From classical，to jazz，to hip hop，every genre benefits from this even-handed sound quality．Listeners will enjoy big，thumping bass that doesn’t obscure subtler insmunents like violin and piano．These tiny in．ears aced distortion tests，to—you won’t find one drop of unwanted or distorted sound．
The K323 XS really shines．even in a crowded market．It’s hard to pick which glowing attribute to praise first：The massive，well．balanced sound stage?The distortion．free listening experience?The$59 price tag?The monster isolation?The tiny,portable design?These AKGs are simply aces()，and online sale prices of around$40 kick everything up another notch(等级)．
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
What can you learn from the first two paragraphs?
A．All active isolators are technically complex．
B．Consumers are more likely to choose active isolators．
C．Passive isolation isn’t as effective as the active one．
D．Consumers prefer those low-priced passive isolators．


简答题
7、Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled on Fighting Against Drunk Driving. You should include in your essay the cause of drunk driving and solutions to it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet l. 
On Fighting Against Drunk Driving


8、幸福可以被描述为一种积极的情绪和愉快的心态。根据近的民意测验，百分之六十到七十的美国人认为自己是基本上幸福的，而每二十个人中就有一个人认为自己不幸福。心理学家一直在研究构成幸福的因素。他们发现，幸福是不可预知的，一个看起来处于理想环境的人并不一定会感到幸福，理想的环境和他的实际感觉之间可能没有什么关系。


9、 Directions： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of the popularity of green food. You should start youressay with a brief account of the existing difficulties to carry out greenfood and then make comments on how to deal with it. You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words.


10、 许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到廒色、味道、口感扣营养(nutrition)。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。