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2017年12月英语六级考试试题第1套

2017年12月英语六级考试试题第1套

Part
Part II
II Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension (30
(30 minutes)
minutes)

Section
Section AA
Directions:In
Directions : Inthis
thissection,you
section , youwill
will hear
hear two
two long
long conversations.At the end
conversations. At the end ofof each
each conversation
conversation,you
, you
will
will hear
hear four
four questions.Both
questions. Both thethe conversation
conversation and
and the
the questions
questions will
will be be spoken
spoken only
only once.
onc,e.
After you
After you hear question , youmust
hear aa question,you mustchoose
choosethe
the best
best answer
answer from the four
from the four choic-es
choicesmarked ),
markedAA),
B) , C) and
B),C)and D).Then markn mark
D). The the corresponding
the correspondingleer
letterononAnSWer
AnswerSheet 1 with
Sheet a single
1 with a single line
line
through
throughthe
the centre.
centre.

Questions1 1toto 44 are


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

1.1 . A)
A) They
Theyreward
rewardbusinesses
businessesthat
that eliminate
eliminate food
food waste.
waste.
B)B)They
They prohibitthe
prohibit thesale
saleofoffoods
foods that
that have
have gone
gonestale.
stale.
C)C)They
They facilitate the
facilitate the donation of unsold
donation of foods to
unsold foods to the
the needy.
needy.
D)D)They
Theyforbid
forbidbusinesses
businesses to
to produce
produce more
more foods than needed.
fods than needed.

2.A)
2 . A)ItItimposed
imposedpenalties
penalties on
onbusinesses
businesses that waste food.
that waste food.
B)B)ItIt passed
passed aa law
law aiming
aiming to
to stop
stop overproduction.
overproduction.
C)C)ItIt voted
voted against
against food
food import
import from outside Europe.
from outside Europe.
D)D)ItItprohibited
prohibited the
the promotion ofbulk
promotion of bulk food
foodsales.
sales.

3 . A)ItIthas
3.A) haswarned
warneditsitspeople
peopleagainst
against possible
possible food
food shortages.
shortages.
B) Ithas
B)It haspenalized
penalizedbusinesses
businesses that
that keep
keep overproducing foods.
overproducing foods.
C)C)ItIt has
has started
started aa nationwide
nationwide campaign against food
campaign against food waste.
waste.
D) Ithas
D)It hasbanned
bannedsupermarkets
supermarkets from
from dumping
dumpingedible
edible foods.
foods.

4.4. A)The
A) The confusionover
confusion overfood
foodexpiration
expirationlabels.
labels. C)C)Americans'
Americans'habit
habitof
of buying
buying food
food in
in bulk.
bulk.
B)B)The
Thesurplus
surplusresulting
resulting from overproduction.
from overproduction. D) lack
D)A A lack
ofofregulation
regulation on
on food
food consumption.
conswnption.

Questions55to
Questions to 88 are
are based
based on
on the
the conversation
conversation you have just
you have just heard.
heard.

5.5 . A)It
A) Ithas
has started
started aa week-long
week-long promotion
promotion campaign.
campaign.
B)B)ItIthas
hasjust
just launched
launchedits
its annual anniversary sales.
annual anniversary sales.
o
C)C)ItItoffers
offers regular
regular weekend sales all
weekend sales all the
the year
year r und.
round.
D)D)ItItspecializes
specializes in
in the
the sale
sale of
of ladies' designer dresses.
ladies'designer dresses.

6.6. A)
A)Price
Pricereductions
reductions for
for its
its frequent
frequent customers.
customers.
B)B)Coupons
Couponsforforcustomers
customerswith
withbulk
bulk purchases.
purchases.
C)
C) Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.
Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.
D)D)Price
Priceadjustments
adjustments within
within seven
seven days
days of
of purchase.
purchase.

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7.7.A)
A) Mail
Maila agift
gift card
card to her.
to her. C)C)Credit
Credititit to her account.
to her account.
B)B)Allow
Allowher
hertoto buy
buyononcredit.
credit. D)D)Give
Giveher
her some
some coupons.
coupons.

8.8.A)
A) Refunding
Refundingfor for goods
goods returned.
returned. C)C)Prolonged
Prolongedgoods
goods warranty.
warranty.
B)B)Free
Freeinstalling
installing ofof appliances.
appliances. D)D)Complimentary
Complimentarytiloring.
tailoring.

Section
Section BB
Directions:In thisthissection,you
Directions: In section , youwill
willhear
heartwo
two passages.At
passages. Atthe
the end
end of
of each passage,you
each passage , youwill
will hear
hear three
three
ororfour
four questions. Both the
questions. Both passage and
the passage and the
the questions will bebe spoken
questions will spoken only
only once.
once After you
After you
hear question , youmust
hearaaquestion,you mustchoose
choose the best answer
the best answerfrom
fromthe
thefour
fourchoices
choices A ) ,A),B),
marked
marked B) ,
C)and D).Then
C ) and D ) . mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line
through
throughthe
the centre.
centre.

Questions
Questions99toto 11
11 are
are based
based on
on the
the passage you have
passage you have just heard.
just heard.

9.9.A)
A) They
Theyarearethin,
thin,tall, and unlike
tall, and unlike real
realhuman
human beings.
beings.
B)B)They
Theyhave
havemore
more
thanthan twenty
twenty differenthair
different hairtextures.
textures.
C)C)They
Theyhave
have twenty-fourdifferent
twenty-four different body
bodyshapes
shapesinintotal.
total.
D)D)They
Theyrepresent
representpeople
peoplefrom
fromvirtually
virtuallyall
all walks
walksofoflife.
life.

10.
10.A)
A) They
Theydo donotnotreflect
reflectyoung
younggirls'
girls' aspirations.
aspirations. C)C)Their
Theirflat
flat feet do not
feet do not appeal
appeal to
to adolescents.
adolescents.
B)B)They
Theyarearenotnotsold
soldtogether
togetherwith
withthe
theoriginal.
original. D) Their body shapes have not changed much.
D) Their body shapes have not changed much.

11.A)
11.A)InIntoy
toystores.
stores. C)C)OnOnthetheInternet.
Internet.
B)B)InInshopping
shopping malls.
malls. D)D)At
AtBarbie
Barbie shops.
shops.

Questions
Questions1212toto 15
15 are
are based
based on
on the
the passage
passage you
you have
have just heard.
just heard.

12.A)
12.A) Moveable
Moveable metal
metal typebegan
type began
to tobebeused
usedininprinting.
printing.
B)B)Chinese
Chineseprinting
printingtechnology
technologywas
wasfirst
first introduced.
introduced.
C)C)The
Theearliest
earliest kn own book
known book was
waspublished.
published.
D) Metal type was imported from Korea.
D) Metal type was imported from Korea.

13.A)
13.A) ItIthad
hadmore
morethan
thana ahundred
hundredprinting
printing presses.
presses.
B)B)ItIt was
wasthe
thebiggest
biggestprinter
printer in
in the
the 16th century.
16th century.
C)C)ItIt helped
helped the
the German
Germanpeople
peoplebecome
becomeliterate.
literate.
D) It produced some 20 million volumes inintotal.
D) It produced some 20 million volumes total.

14.A)
14. A)ItItpushed
pushedhandwritten
handwrittenbooks
booksoutoutofofcirculation. C)Itmade
circulation. C)It made writing
writing a veryprofitable
a very profitablecareer.
career.
B)B)ItIt boosted
boosted the
the circulation
circulation of
of popular
popular works.
works. D)D)
ItItprovided
providedreaders
readers with
with more
more choices.
choices.


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15.
15.A)A)ItItaccelerated
accelerated the
the extinction of the
extinction of the Latin
Latin language.
language.
B)B)ItIt standardized
standardized the
the publication
publicationofofgrammar
grammar books.
books.
C)C)ItIt turned
turned translation
translation into
intoa awelcome profession.
welcome profession.
D)D)ItIt promoted
promotedthe
the growth
growthofofnational languages.
national languages.

Section
Section CC
Directions:In thisthissection,you
Directions : In willwillhearhear
section , you three recordings
three of oflectures
recordings lectures oror talks followed
talks followed by
by three or ffour
three or our
questions. The recordings
questions. The recordi willbebeplayed
will
ngs playedonly
onlyonce.
onceAfter
Afteryouyouhear
heara aquestion
question,you must
, you must
choose the
choose the best
bestanswer
answerfrom thethe
from fourfour
choices marked
choices A ) , BA),B),C)and
marked ) , C ) and DD).Then
) . Then mark
mark the
the
corresponding
corresponding letter on Answer
letter on Answer Sheet 1 with
Sheet a single
1 with a singleline
linethrough
throughthe
thecentre.
centre.

Questions1616toto 18
Questions 18 are
are based
based on
on the
the recording
recording you
you have
have just heard.
just heard.

16. A)They
16.A) They
getget bored
bored afterworking
after workingfor
foraaperiod
period of
of time.
time.
B)B)They
Theyspend
spendananaverage
averageofofone
oneyear
yearfinding
finding aa job.
job.
C)C)They
Theybecome
become stuckininthe
stuck thesame
samejob
jobfor
for decades.
decades.
D)D)They
Theychoose
choosea ajob
jobwithout
withoutthinking
thinking it
it through.
through

17. A)
17. A)See
Seeififthere
there will
will be
be chances
chances for
for promotion.
promotion. C)C)Watch
Watcha afilm
filmabout
aboutways waysofofjob
job hunting.
hunting.
B)B)Find
Findout
outwhat
whatjob
jobchoices
choicesare
areavailable.
available. D)D)Decide which
Decide whichjobjobis ismost
mostattractive to you.
attractive to you.

18. A)The
18.A) Thequalifications
qualifications you
you have.
have. C)C)The
Theculture
culture of
of your
your target
target cocompany.
mpany.

B)B)The
Thepay
payyou
youare
aregoing
goingtoto get.
get. D)D)The
Thework
workenvironment
environmentyou
youwill
will be
be in.
in.

Questions
Questions1919to
to 22
22 are
are based
based on
on the
the recording you have
recording you have just heard.
just heard.

19.
19. A)It
A) Itisis as
as important as Christmas
important as Christmas for
for African-Americans.
African-Americans.
B) Itisisaacultural
B)It cultural festival
festival founded
founded for
forAfrican-Americans.
African-Americans.
C)C)ItIt is
is an
an ancient
ancient festival
festivalcelebrated
celebratedbybyAfrican-Americans.
African-Americans.
D) It is a religious festival celebrated by African-Americans.
D)It is a religious festival celebrated by African-Americans.

20.A)To urgeurge
20. A) To African-Americans to tododomore
African-Americans forforsociety.
more society.
B) To
B)To callononAfrican-Americans
call African-Americanstotoworship
worshiptheir
their gods.
gods.
C)C)ToTohelp
helpAfrican-Americans
African-Americans
to torealize
realizetheir
their goals.
goals.
D)D)ToToremind
remindAfrican-Americans
African-Americans
of of theirsufferings.
their sufferings.

21.A)A)Faith
21. Faithinin self-determination.
self-determination. C)C)Unity
Unityand
andcooperative
cooperative economics.
economics.
B)B)The
Thefirst
firstfruits
fruits of
of the
the harvest.
harvest. D)D)Creative
Creative work
work and
and achievement.
achievement.

22.
22.A)A)They
Theyrecite
reciteaaprinciple.
principle. C)C)They
Theydrink
drinkwine
winefrom
fromthe
the unity
unity cup.
cup.

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B)B)They
Theytake
take aa solemn
solemn oath.
oath. D)D)They
Theycall
callout
out their ancestors'names.
their ancestors' names.

Questions
Questions23
23 to
to 25
25 are based on
are based on the
the recording
recording you
you have
havejust heard.
just heard.

23.A)
23. A) ItIt isis one
one of
of the
the world's
world's most
mosthealthy
healthydiets.
diets.
B)B)ItIt contains
contains large
large amounts
amounts ofof dairy
dairy products.
products.
C)C)ItIt began
begantoto impact
impactthethe world
worldinin recent
recent years.
years.
D)D)ItIt consists
consists mainly
mainly ofof various
various kinds
kinds ofof seafood.
seafood.

24.A)It
24.A)Itinvolved
involved13,000
13, 000researchers
researchers from Asia, Europe
fromAsia, Europe andandAmerica.
America.
B)It
B)Itwas
wasconducted
conductedininseven
sevenMid-Eastern
Mid-Easterncountries
countries in
in the 1950s.
the 1950s.
C)C)
ItItisis regarded
regardedasasone
oneofofthe
thegreatest
greatest researches
researches ofofits
its kind.
kind.
D)D)ItIt has
has drawn
drawnthe
theattention
attention of medical doctors
of medical thee world
doctors th world over.
over.

25. A) They
25 .A) Theycare
caremuch
muchabout
abouttheir
their health.
health. C)C)They
Theyuseuselittle
little oil in cooking.
oil in cooking.
B)B)They
Theyeateatfoods
foodswith little
with little fat.
fat. D) They have lower mortality rates.
D) They have lower mortality rates.

PartI
Part III Reading
Reading Comprehension
Comprehension (40
(40 minutes)
minutes)

Section
Section AA
Directions:
Directions:InInthis
this section,thereis
section , there is aa passage
pasage wih
withten
ten banks.You arearerequired
blanks. You requiredtoto select oneword
select one wordfor
for
each
eachblank
blankfrom
froma alist
list of
of choices given inin aa word
choices given word bank
bank following the passage.
following the passage. Read
Read the
the
passage
passagethrough
throughcarefully
carefully before making your
before maki your choices
ngchoices. Each
Eachchoice
choice in
in the
the bank
bank is
is identifed
identified
bybya aletter. Pleasemark
letter. Please mark the
the correspondi
corresponding letter
ng letter for for
eacheach
itemitem on AnswerShee
on Answer Sheett 22 with
with aa
single
single line through the
line through centre.Youmay
the centre. You maynotnotuse
useany
anyofofthe
the words
words in
in the bank more
the bank more than
than once.
once.

InInthe
thepast
past 12
12 months,
months,Nigeria
Nigeriahas
hassuffered
suffered from
from aa shrinking
shrinking economy,
economy,a asliding
sliding currency, and aa
currency, and
prolonged
prolongedfuel
fuelshortage.
shortage. Now,
Now,Africa's
Africa'slargest
largest economy
economyisisfacing
facinga afood
foodcrisis
crisis as major tomato
as major tomato fields
fields
have
havebeen
beendestroyed
destroyedbyby
an aninsect,
insect,leading
leadingtoto aa nationwide
nationwideshortage
shortage and
andescalating
escalating prices.
prices.
The
Theinsect, Tutaabsoluta,hashasdestroyed
insect, Tutaabsoluta, destroyed80%
80? offarms
farmsin inKaduna, Nigeria's
Kaduna, Nigeria'slargest
largest tomato-
tomato­
producing
producingstate,leading thegovernment
state, leading the govemment there todeclare
there to declarea astate
state of 26 .The
of �. Theinsect, alsoknown
insect, also known asas
the
the tomato
tomato leaf miner,devastates
leaf miner, cropsbyby 2727on fruits
devastates crops on fruitsand
anddigging
digginginto intoand
andmoving
movingthrough
throughstalks.
stalks.
ItIt 28 28
incredibly quickly,
incredibly breeding
quickly, up to
breeding up 12
to generations
12 generationsperperyearyearif ifconditions
conditionsare
arefavorable.It
favorable. It is
is
believed to have
believed to have 29in
29 South America
in South in thein early
America 1900s,
the early andandlater
1900s, laterspread
spread to
to Europe
Europe before
before
crossing
crossing over
over to
to sub-Saharan Africa.
sub-SaharanAfrica.
InInNigeria,
Nigeria,where
wheretomatoes areare
tomatoes a staple oflocal
a staple diets,
of local diets,thetheinsect's
insect'seffects
effects are devastating.Retail
are devastating. Retail prices
prices
for
for aa 30 30
of tomatoes at local
of tomatoes at localmarkets
marketshave
haverisen
risen from
from ¥0.50
$ 0. 50toto¥2$ 50.Farmers arearereporting
2 50. Fanners reporting steep
steep
losses and
losses and aa new $ 20million
new ¥20 tomato-paste factory
million tomato-paste factoryhas
has_3_
311 _production
productiondue
duetoto the
the shortages.
shortages
Given
Giventhe
themoth's
moth'sability
ability also to attack
also to attackcrops
crops like
likepepper
pepperand
and potatoes,
potatoes,Audu
Audu Ogbeh,
Ogbeh, Nigeria's
Nigeria's
minister of agricultur
minister of agriculture,has waredthat
e, has warned thatthethe
pestpest
maymay"create serious
"create serious problems
problems for food
for food 32 32" "in
in


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the
the country.Ogbeh
country. Ogbehsays
saysexperts
expertsare
areinvestigating
investigating how
howtoto control
control the
the pest's damage and
pest's damage and prevent
prevent its
its
spread, which has
spread, which has gone
gone largely
largely 333_
3 until now.
until now.
Despite
Despite being
being the continent'ssecond-largest
the continent's second-largest producer
producer of tomatoes,
of tomatoes, Nigeria
Nigeria is 34is 34onon $¥1
1
billion worth of
billion worth of tomato-paste
tomato-pasteimports
importsevery
everyyear,
year,as asaround
around75%
75?ofthethelocal
local harvest
harvest goes
goes to waste
to waste
thanks
thanks to
to aa lack
lack of
of proper
proper storage facilities.
storage facilities. A further3355 in inlocal
A further localsupplies
supplies is
is yet
yet another
another
unwelcome
unwelcomesetback
setbacktotothe
theindustry.
industry.

A)A) dependent
dependent I)I)originated
originated
B) ernbarking
B) embarking ) J)reduction
reduction
C)C) emergency
emergency K)K)reproduces
reproduces
D) feding
D) feeding L)L)security
security
E) gazeS
E) grazes M)M)terror
terror
F) halted
F) halted N)N) unchecked
unchecked
G)G)handful
handful O) untouched
0) untouched
H)H)multitude
multitude

Section
Section BB
Directions:In
Directions: Inthis
thissection,you
section , youare
aregoing
goingtoto read
read aa passage
passage with
with ten statementsattached
ten statements attachedtotoit.Each
it. Each
statement
statementcontains
contains information
information given
given in one ooff the
in one theparagraphs.
paragraphs.Identify theparagraph
Identify the paragraphfrom
from
which
whichthe
the information
information is derived.YouYoumay
is derived. may choose
choose aa paragraph
paragraph more
more than
than once.
once. Each
Each
paragraph
paragraphis ismarked
markedwithwitha letter.
a letter. Answer
Answerthe
thequestions
questions by
by marking
markingthe
thecorresponding
correspondingletter
letter
onon Answer
AnswerSheet 2.
Sheet 2.

Who's
Who'sReally
Really Addicting You to
Addicting You Technology?
to Technology?

[A]"Nearly
A]
[ everyone
"Nearly I lnow
everyone is isaddicted
I lmow addictedininsome
somemeasure
measuretoto the
the Intemet,"wrote Tony Schwartz
Internet," wrote Tony Schwartz in The
in The
NewNewYorkYorkTimes.It's
Times. It'saacommon
connnon complaint these
complaint days.
these days.AAsteady
steadystream
streamofofsimilar
similar headlines accuse the
headlines accuse the
NetNetandanditsitsoffspring
offspringapps,
apps, social
social media
mediasites
sites and
and online
online games
gamesofofaddicting
addictingusustotodistraction.
distraction.

[B]There's
[B] There's little
little doubt
doubt that
thatnearly
nearlyeveryone
everyonewho comes inin contact
who comes contact with
with the
the Net
Nethas
hasdifficulty
difficulty
disconnecting. Many ofofus,like
disconnecting. Many us, like Schwartz,struggle
Schwartz, struggletoto stay
stay focused
focused on
on tasks
tasks that require more
that require more
concentration
concentrationthan
thanitittakes
takes to
to post
post aa status
statusupdate.
update.As
As one
one person
person ironically put ititininthethecomments
ironically put comments
section
section ofofSchwartz's
Schwartz's online
online article,"As
article, "AsI Iwas
wasreading
readingthis
thisvery
veryexcellent
excellentarticle,
article, II stopped
stopped atat
least half aa dozen
least half dozen times
times totocheck
checkmy
my email."
email."

[C][C]There's
There'ssomething
somethingdifferent
different about
aboutthis
h
tis technology: it
technology: it isisboth
bothinvasive
invasiveand
andpersuasive.
persuasive.But who's at
But who's at
fault
fault for
for its overuse? To
its overuse? To find
find solutions,
solutions,it'sit'simportant
importantto understand
to understandwhatwhatwe're
weredealing
dealingwith.
with.There
There
arearefour
fourparties conspiring toto keep
parties conspiring keep you
you connected:the
connected: the tech, tech, your
your boss, your friends
boss, your andd you.
friends an you.


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[D]
[D] The
Thetechnologies
technologies themselves,
themselves, and
and their makers, are
their makers, are the
the easiest suspectstotoblame
easiest suspects blame for
for our
our
diminishing
diminishingattention
attention spans. Nicholas Carr,
spans. Nicholas author of
Carr, author of The
The Shallows
Shalows: : What
Whatthe
theInternet Is Doing
Internet Is Doing toto
Our
OurBrains,
Brains, wrote,"The
wrote, " Thenetnetisisdesigned
designedtotobebeananinterruption
interruption system,
system, aa machine
machine geared
geared to
to
dividing
dividing attention."
attention."

[E][E]Online
Onlineservices
services like Facebook, Twitter
like Facebook, and the
Twitter and the like,are called out
like, are called out asas masters
masters ofof manipulation­
manipulation—
making
makingproducts
productssosogood thatthatpeople
good peoplecan't
can'tstop
stpusing
usingthem.
o
them.After
After studying
studying these
these products
products for
for
several
several years,
years, II wrote
wrote aa book
bookabout
abouthow
howthey
theydo do
it it.I learned
I learnedititall
all starts with the
starts with the busin
business model.
ess model.
Since
Since these
these services rely on
services rely on advertising
advertisingrevenue,
revenue,thethemore
more frequently
frequentlyyou
you use
use them,
them, the
the more
more
money
money they
theymake. It's
make. It's no
no wonder
wonderthese
these companies
companies employ
employteams
teamsofofpeople
people focused
focused on
on engineering
engineering
their
their services to be
services to be asas engaging
engaging asas possible. These products
possible. These products aren't habit-forming by
aren't habit-forming by chance;
chance it's by
it's by
design.
design. They
They have
haveananincentive to keep
incentive to keep usus hooked.
hooked.
[F] However,as
[F] However, as good
good as as these
these servicesare,there
services are, thereare
are simple
simple steps
steps we
we can
can take
take to
to keep them at
keep them at bay.
bay. For
For
example,we cancan
example, we change how how
change oftenoften
we receive the distracting
we receive notifications
the distracting notificationsthat
thattrigger our urge
trigger our urge to
to
check.
check. According
According to Adam Marchick,
to Adam Marchick, CEO
CEOofofmobile
mobile marketing
marketing company
companyKahuna,
Kahuna,less
less than 15
than 15
percent
percentofofsmartphone
smartphoneusers
usersever
everbother
bothertotoadjust
adjusttheir notificationsettings-meaning
their notification settings—meaning the
the remaining
remaining
8585percent
percentofofususdefault
default to the app
to the app makers'
makers'every
everypreset
preset trigger. Google and
trigger. Google and Apple
Apple have
have made
madeitit far
far
tootoodifficult
difficult to
to adjust
adjust these
these settings so it's
settings so it'supuptotousustototake
takesteps
stepstotoensure
ensure we
we set these triggers
set these triggers toto
suit
suit our
our own
ownneeds,
needs,not
not the
the needs
needs of
of the app makers'.
the app makers'.
[G]While
[G] Whilecompanies
companieslike
likeFacebook
Facebook harvestattention
harvest attentiontoto generate
generate revenue
revenuefrom
fromadvertisers,
advertisers, other
other
technologies
technologies have
have no
no such
such agenda.Take
agenda. Takeemail,
email,for
for example.
example. This
h
Tis system
system couldn't caree less
couldn't car lesshow
how
oftenyou
often youuse
useit.
it. Yet
Yet to
to many, email is
many, email is the
themost
most habit-forming
habit-forming medium ofall.
medium of all. We check email
We check email at
at
allall hours
hours of
of the day—we're obsessed.
the day-we're But why?
obsessed. But why? Because
Becausethat's what the
that's what boss wants.
the boss wants. For
For almost
almost
n
all white-collar
all white-collar jobs,
jobs, email
email isisthe
theprimary
primarytool
toolofofcorporate
corporatecommu ication.
communication. AA slow
slow response
response to
to aa
message
messagecould
couldhurt
hurtnot
notonly
onlyyour
yourreputation
reputationbut
butalso
also your
your livelihood.
livelihood.

[H]
[H]Your
Yourfriends
friends are
are also
also responsible
responsible for
for the
the addiction. Think about
addiction. Think about this
this familiar scene. People
familiar scene. People
gathered
gatheredaround
arounda atable, enjoying food
table, enjoying food and
and each
each other's company. . There's
other's company There's laughter and aa bit
laughter and of
bit of
kidding.
kidding. Then,during
Then, duringananinterval
interval in the conversation,
in the conversation,someone
someone takes
takes out
out their phone to
their phone to check
check
whoknows
who knows what.
what Barely
Barely anyone
anyone noticesand
notices andnonoone
onesays
saysaathing.
thing.

【I】 Now,imagine
[I] Now, imagine the
the same
samedinner, but instead
dinner, but instead of
of checking
checking their phone, the
their phone, the person
person belches
belches(打嗝)—
(-TT "� )­
loudly.
loudly. Everyone
Everyonenotices.
notices. Unless
Unless the
the meal
meal takes
takes place
place in
in aa beer
beer house,
house, this is considered
this is considered bad
bad
manners.
manners.The impolite
The impoliteact
actviolates
violates the
the basic rulesofofetiquette.
basic rules etiquette.OneOnehashastotowonder:
wonder:why
why don't
don't we
we
apply
apply the
the same
samesocial norms toto checking
social norms phones during
checking phones during meals, meetings and
meals, meetings and conversations
conversations asaswewe
dodototo other
other antisocial behaviors?Somehow,
antisocial behaviors? Somehow, we
we accept itand
accept it and say
saynothing
nothingwhen
when someone
someone offends.
offends.

[J][J] The
Thereality is,taking
reality is, takingone's
one'sphone
phoneout
outatatthethewrong
wrong time
time isisworse
worse than
than belching
belching because,
because, unlike
unlike

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other
other minor
minor offense, checking tech
offense, checking is contagious.
tech is contagious.OnceOnce one
one person
person looks
looks at theirphone,
at their phone,other
other
people
peoplefeel
feel compelled
compelled to
to do
do the
the same,
same, starting
starting aa chain
chain reaction.
reaction.The more people
The more people are
aer on
on their
their
phones,
phones,the fewerpeople
thefewer peopleare
aretalking
talkinguntil
until finally you're the
finally you're the only
only one
one left not reading
left not reading email
email or
or
checking
checkingTwitter.
Twitter. From
Froma asocietal
societal perspective, phone checking
perspective, phone checkingisis less
less like belching inin public
like belching public and
and
more
morelikelikeanother
anotherbad
badhabit. Our phones
habit. Our phones are
are like cigarettes—something
like ciga er ttes-something totododowhen
when we're
were anxious,
anxious,
boredororwhen
bored whenourourfingers
fingers need
needsomething
somethingtototoy
toy with.
with. Seeing
Seeing others
others enjoy
enjoy aa smoke,
smoke, or
or sneak
sneak aa
quick
qickglance,
u
glance,isis too
too tempting
temptingtoto resist and soon
resist and soon everyone
everyoneisis doing
doingit.
it.

[K]
[K]The
Thetechnology,your boss,
technology, your andandyour
boss, friends,
your friends,all
all influence
influence how
howoften
often you
youfind
find yourself
yourself using
using (or
(or
overusing)these
overusing) thesegadgets.But
gadgets. Butthere's
there's still
still someone
someone who deserves scrutiny—the
who deserves scrutiny-the person
person holding the
holding the
phone.
phone.

[L]I
[L] Ihave
havea aconfession.Even
confession. Eventhough
thoughI study habit-forming
I study habit-forming technology
technologyforfora aliving,
living, disconnecting
disconnecting is
is
not
noteasy
easy for
for me.Im
me. I'monline
onlinefar
far more
morethan
than Id
I'd like.Like
like. Like Schwartz
Schwartz and
and so many others,Ioften
so many others, I often find
find
myself
myselfdistracted and off
distracted and off tas
task.
k . I Iwanted
wantedtotoknow
know why
why sosoI Ibegan
beganself-monitoring
self-monitoring to
to try
try to
to
understand
understandmymy
behavior.
behavior.That's
That'swhen
whenI Idiscovered
discoveredananuncomfortable
uncomfortabletruth.I
truth. I use technology asas anan
use technology
escape.
escape. When
WhenImI'm
doing something
doing somethingI'dI'drather
rathernot
notdo,
do, or
or when
whenImI'msomeplace
someplace I'dI'drather
rather not
not be,
be, II
use
usemymyphone to to
phone portportmyself elsewhere.I
myself elsewhere.found thatthat
I found thisthisability
abilitytotoinstantly shiftmy
instantly shift my attention
attentionwas
was
often
oftenaa good
goodthing,
thing, like when passing
like when passing time
time on
onpublic
public transportation. But frequently
transportation. But frequentlymy
my tech
tech use
use
waswasnotnotsosobenign WhenWhen
benign. I faced difficult
I faced difficultwork, likelikethinking
work, thinkingthrough
throughananarticle
article idea
idea or
or editing
editing
thethesame
samedraft
draft for the hundredth
for the hundredth time,
time,for example, aa more
for example, more sinister
sinisterscreen
screenwould
woulddraw
drawmeme in.
in.II
could
couldeasily
easily escape
escape discomfort, temporarily,bybyanswering
discomfort, temporarily, answering emails
emailsororbrowsing
browsing the
theweb
web under
under the
the
pretense
pretenseofofso-called"research"Though I desperately
so-called " research." Though I desperatelywanted
wantedtotolay
layblame
blameelsewhere,I
elsewhere, Ifinally had
finally had
toto admit
admit that my bad
that my bad habits had less
habits had less toto do
do with
with new-age
new-age technology
technology and
and more
more to
to do
do with
with old-
old­
fashionedprocrastination
fashioned (;tt�).
procrastination(拖延).

[M][M]It's
It's easy
easy to
to blame
blametechnology
technologyforforbeing
beingsosodistracting,
distracting, but
but distraction
distraction isisnothing
nothingnew.
new.Aristotle
Aristotle
and
andSocrates
Socratesdebated
debatedthe
thenature
nature of"akrasia"—our
of " akrasia" -our tendency to todo do
tendency things against
things againstour
ourinterests. If
interests. If
we're
we're honest
honest with
with ourselves, tech isisjust
ourselves, tech justanother
anotherway
waytotooccupy
occupy our
our time
time and
and min
minds. If we
ds. If we
weren't
weren'tononour
ourdevices,
devices, we'd
we'd likely do something
likely do something similarly unproductive.
similarly unproductive.

[N]Personal
[N] Personal technology
technology is
is indeed
indeed more engaging than
more engaging than ever,
ever, and there's no
and there's no doubt
doubt companies are
companies are
engineering
engineeringtheir
their products
products and
and services to bebe more
services to more compelling
compelling and
and attractive. Butwould
attractive. But wouldwewe want
want
itit any
any other
other way?
way?The
Theintended
intendedresult
result of
of making
makingsomething
somethingbetter
betterisis that
that people
people use
use it more.
it more.
That's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.
That's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.

[O]
[O]These
Theseimprovements
improvementsdon't
don'tmean we we
mean shouldn't attempt
shouldn't attempttotocontrol
controlour
ouruse
useofoftechnology.
technology . In
In order
order
totomake
makesure
sureititdoesn't
doesn't control us, we
control us, we should
should come
cometototerms
termswith
withthe
the fact
fact that itsmore
that it's more than
than the
the
technology
technologyitself that'sresponsible
itself that's responsibleforforourourhabits.
habits.Our workplace culture,
Our workplace socialnorms
culture, social norms and
and
individual
individual behaviors
behaviorsall play aa part.
all play part.To put technology
To put technology inin its
itsplace,
place,wewemust
must bebe conscious
conscious not
not only
only
ofofhowhowtechnology isischanging,
technology changing,but butalso
also of
of how
howitit is changing us.
is changing us.

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36.
36. Online
Onlineservices
services are
are so
so designed
designed that
that the more they
the more they are
are used,
used, the
the more
moreprofit
profit they
they generate.
generate.

37.The
37. Theauthor
authoradmits
admitsusing
usingtechnology
technologyasasananescape
escapefrom
fromthe
the task
task at hand.
at hand.

38.
38. Checking
Checkingphones
phonesatatdinners
dinners is
is now
nowaccepted
acceptedas
as normal
normalbut
but not
not belching.
belching.

39.To
39. Tomake proper
make properuseuseof of
technology,
technology,weweshould
shouldnot
notonly
onlyincrease
increase our
our awareness
awareness of
of how
how itit is
is
changing
changingbut
butalso
alsohow
howititisis impacting
impacting us.
us.

40.Most of of
40 . Most us usfindfindit ithard
hardtotofocus
focusononour
ourimmediate tasks
immediate tasksbecause of ofInternet
because Internetdistractions.
distractions.

41.41.When
Whenoneoneperson starts
person startschecking their
checking theirphone,
phone,the
theothers
otherswill
will follow
follow suit.
suit.

42.The great
42. The greatmajority
majorityofofsmartphoneusers don'tdon'ttaketakethethetrouble
smartphone users troubletotoadjust
adjusttheir
their setings
settings to suit their
to suit theirown
own
purpOses.
purposes.

43.The Internet
43 . The Internetisisregarded
regardedbybysome
someas asdesigned to todistract
designed distractour
ourattention.
attention.

44.The author
44. The attributes
author attributeshis
his tech
tech addiction
addiction chiefly to his
chiefly to his habit
habitofofputting
puttingoffoffdoing
doingwhat
whatheheshould
should dodo
rightaway.
right away.

45.
45 . White-collar
White-collar workers
workerscheck
checkemail
emailround
roundthetheclock
clockbecause
becauseititisis required
required by
by their employers.
their employers.

Section
Section CC
Directions : Thereare
Directions:There are2 2passages
passagesininthis
this section.Each
section. Eachpassage
passageisis followed
followed by
by some
some questions
questions or
or
unfinished statements.ForForeach
unfinished statements. eachof of them
them there
there are choices
are four four choices
markedmarked ) , C ) and
A ) , BA),B),C)and
D). You
D).You should
should decideononthe
decide thebest
best choice
choice and
and mark the corresponding
mark the correspondingletter
letteron on
Answer
Answer
Sheet
Sheet2 with a single
2 with a si leline
line through
ng throughthe
the centre.
centre.

Passage One
Passage One
Questions
Questions4646toto50
50 are
are based
based on
onthe
the following
following passage.
passage.

You
Youmay havehave
may heard thatthatCoca-Cola
heard Coca-Colaonceonce
contained an an
contained ingredient
ingredientcapable
capableofofsparking
sparkingparticular
particular
devotion
devotionininconsumers:
consumers:cocaine.
cocaine.The"coca"in
The " coca"the namename
in the referred to the
referred extracts
to the extractsofofcoca
cocaleaf
leafthat
that the
the
drink'soriginator,
drinks originator, chemist JohnPemberton,
chemist John Pemberton,mixed mixedwith
withhishissugary
sugarysyrup(浆汁)).At
syrup (� it). At thethe time, coca leaf
time,coca leaf
extract mixed
extract with wine
mixed with wine was
was aa common tonic ( ai ll- � ), and Pemberton'
common tonic(滋补品),and Pemberton's s sweet
sweetbrewbrew was
was aa way
way to
to
get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But the other half of the name represents another
get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But the other half of the name represents another
ingredient,less infamous (,t t, ;f. :i(f fr-J),perhaps,
ingredient, less infamous(名声不好的), perhaps, but
butalso
also strangely
strangely potent∶ the kola
potent: the kola nut.
nut.
In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants,because they contain
In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine
caffeine
that
that also
also occurs
occurs naturally
naturally in
in tea, coffee,and
tea, coffee, and chocolate.
chocolate. They
They also have heart
also have heart stimulants.
stimulants.
Historian Paul
Historian Paul Lovejoy
Lovejoyrelates
relates that
that the
the cultivation
cultivationofofkolakolanuts
nutsininWest
West Africa
Africa isis hundreds
hundreds of
of
years
years old.
old. The
Theleafy,
leafy, spreading
spreading trees
trees werewere planted
planted on
on graves
graves and
andasaspart
partofoftraditional rituals.Even
traditional rituals. Even
though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport,traders carried them
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hundreds
hundredsofofmiles
milesthroughout
throughoutthe
theforests
forests and
and grasslands.
grasslands.
Europeans
Europeansdid didnot
notknow
knowof ofthem until
them untilthe
the1500s,
1 500s,when
whenPortuguese
Portugueseshipsshipsarrived
arrived on
on the
the coast of
coast of
what
whatisis now
nowSierra
SierraLeone.
Leone.And
Andwhile
whilethethePortuguese
Portuguesetook
tookpart
partininthe
the trade, ferrying nuts
trade, ferrying nutsdown
down the
the
coast
coastalong
along with
with other goods, by
other goods, by 11620, when English
620, when explorerRichard
English explorer RichardJobson
Jobsonmade
made his
his way
way up
up the
the
Gambia,
Gambia,thethenutsnutswere
werestill
still peculiar
peculiar to
to his eyes.
his eyes.
ByBythethelate
late 119th century,kola
9th century, nutswere
kola nuts werebeing
beingshipped
shippedbybythethetonn
tonne
e to to EuropeandandthetheUSUS.Many
Europe . Many
made
made theirway
their way intomedicines,
into medicines,intended
intendedasas aa kind
kind of
of energy boost. One
energy boost. such popular
One such popular medicinal
medicinal drink
drink
waswasVinVinMariani a French
Mariani, product
a French consisting
product consistingofofcoca
cocaextract
extract mixed
mixedwith
withred
red wine.
wine. It was created
It was created byby
a aFrench
Frenchchemist,
chemist,Angelo
AngeloMariani,
Mariani,inin 1863.
1863 . So
So when
whenPemberton
Pemberton created hishisdrink,
created drink,itit represented an
represented an
ongoing
ongoingtrend.
trend.When
Whencocaine eventually
cocaine eventuallyfell
fellfrom
fromgrace
graceasasa abeverage
beverageingredient,
ingredient, kola-extract colas
kola-extract colas
became
becamepopular.
popular.
TheThefirst
first year
year it was available,
it was Coca-Cola averaged
available, Coca-Cola averagednine
nineservings
servings aa day
dayacross
across all the Atlanta
all the Atlanta soda
soda
fountains
fountainswhere
whereititwas
wassold.
sold. AsAsitit grew
grewmore
morepopular,
popularthe
, thecompany
companysoldsoldrights
rightstotobottle
bottle the
the soda,
soda, so
so it
it
could
couldtravel
travel easily. Today about
easily. Today about 1.9
1 . 9 billion Cokes are
billion Cokes are purchased
purchased daily.
daily. It's become soso iconic
It's become iconic that
that
attempts to
attempts to change
change its
its taste
taste inin 1985-sweetening
1985—sweetening itit inin aa move projected to
move projected to boost
boost sales—proved
sales-proved
disastrous, with
disastrous, withwidespread
widespread anger
angerfrom
from consumers. Classic" returned
" Coca-ColaCassic"retumned
consumers."Coca-Cola to tostore
storeshelves
shelves just
just
three months
three months after
after the " New Coke"
the"New Coke"waswasreleased.
released.
These
Thesedays,
days,the
theCoca-Cola
Coca-Colarecipe
recipeisisa aclosely
closelyguarded
guardedsecret.
secret. But
Butit's said toto no
it's said no longer
longer contain
contain
kola
kolanut
nutextract,
extract, relying
relying instead
instead ononartificial imitations toto achieve
artificial imitations achieve the
the flavour.
flavour.
46.
46. What
Whatdodowe
welearm
learn about chemist John
about chemist John Pemberton?
Pemberton?
A)A)HeHeused
useda astrangely
strangelypotent
potent ingredient
ingredient in
in aa food
food supplement.
supplement.
B)B)HeHecreated
createda adrink
drinkcontaining
containing alcohol
alcohol without
without breaking
breaking law.
law.
C)C)HeHebecame
became notoriousbecause
notorious becauseofofthe
the coca
coca drink
drink he
he developed.
developed.
D)D)HeHerisked
riskedbreaking
breakinglocal
local law
law to
to make
makeaadrink
drink with
with coca
coca leaves.
leaves.

47.
47. What
Whatdoes
doesthe
thepassage
passage say
say about
about kola nuts?
kola nuts?
A) Theircommercial
A)Their commercial value
value waswas firstdiscovered
first discoveredbybyPortuguese
Portuguesesettlers.
settlers.
B) They conta i n some kind of energy boost not found in
B) They contain some kind of energy boost not found in any other food. any other food.
C)C)Many
Many were
were shipped
shipped to to Europe
Europe in in
thethelate
late19th
1 9thcentury
centuryfor
for medicinal
medicinal use.
use.
D) They
D)They werewere strange
strange totothetheEuropeans
Europeanswhenwhen first imported
first imported from
from West
West Africa.
Africa.

48.How come
48 . How kola-extract
come kola-extractcolas became popular?
colas became popular?
A)Cocaine
A) Cocaine had
had become
becomenotorious.
notorious. C)C)Fountains
Fountainswere
wereset
setupuptoto sell
sell them.
them.
B) Alcoholic drinks were prohibited.
B) Alcoholic drinks were prohibited. D)D)Rights
Rightswere
weresold
soldtotobottle
bottle the
the soda.
soda.

49.
49. What
Whatisis lnown
knownabout
aboutthe
the taste of Coca-Cola?
taste of Coca-Cola?
A)A)ItIt was
wassosodesigned
designedasas toto create
create addiction
addiction ininconsumers.
consumers.
B)B)ItItstill
still relies
relies on
on traditional
traditional kola
kola nut extract.
nut extract.
C)C)ItIt has
has become morepopular
become more popular among
amongthethe old.
old.


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D)D)ItIthas
hasremained
remainedvirtually
virtually unchanged
unchangedsince
sinceits
its creation.
creation.

50.50 . What
Whatisis the
the passage mainly about?
passage mainly about?
A)A)The
Theevolution
evolution of Coca-Cola.
of Coca-Cola. C)C)The
Themedicinal
medicinal value
value of Coca-Cola.
of Coca-Cola.
B)B)The
Thesuccess
success story ofCoca-Cola.
story of Coca-Cola D)D)The
Thebusiness
businessstrategy
strategy of
of Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola.

Passage Two
P�ge Two
Questions
Questions5151toto55
55are
are based
basedon
onthe
the following passage.
following p�ge.

Twenty
Twentyyears
yearsago,
ago,the
theUrban
UrbanLand
LanInstitute
d Institutedefined
definedthe
the two
twotypes
types of
of cities thatdominated
cities that dominatedthetheUSUS
landscape:smaller
landscape: smallercities
cities that operated around
that operated around standard 9-5 business
standard 9-5 hours and
business hours and large
large metropolitan
metropolitan
areas
areas that ran all
that ran all2424 hours
hours of
of the
the day.
day.Analyzing
Analyzing and
andcomparing cities
comparing citiesusing
usingthe
thelens
lens ofofthis
this basic
basic
divide
dividegives
gives interesting context toto how
interesting context how investment
investment capital flows and
capital flows and housing
housingprices
prices have
haveshifted.
shifted.
In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach
In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach
incorporating the excitement and oppotunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight. These
incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight. These
18-hour
18-hourcities
cities are
are beginning
beginning toto make
makewaves
wavesin inrealrealestate
estaterankings
rankingsandandattract
attract more
morereal
real estate investment.
estate investment.
What is underlying this new movement in real estate,and why do these cities have so much appeal?
What is underlying this new movement in real estate, and why do these cities have so nmch appeal?
18-hour
18-hour cities combine the
cities combine the best
best of
of 24-hour
24-hour and and 9-5
9-5 cities, which contributes
cities, which contributes toto downtown
downtown
revitalization.For decades,many downtown ores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work
revitalization. For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work
hours by workers who lived in the suburbs.Movement out of city centers was widespread, and downtown
hours by workers who lived in the suburbs. Movement out of city centers was widespread, and downtown
tenants
tenants were
were predominantly
predominantly made
madeupupofofthetheworking
workingpoor. poor.This
This generated
generated little cormnerceforfordowntown
little commerce downtown
businesses
businessesininthethe evenings,
evenings, which
which made
madebusiness
businessand andgenerating
genear tingtax
taxrevenue
revenuefor
for municipal
municipal upkeep
ufkeepdifficult
difficult.
With
Withthe
therise
rise of
of aa new
s
newconcept
conceitininurban
urbanplanning
planningthat
that aims
aims to
to make
makelife
life easier and more
easier and more convenient,
convenient,
however,
however,increasing
increaingpopularity
popularityfor
forurban
urbanareas
areasthat
that caused
causedthe
thereal
real estate
estate pushes,
pushes, in major cities
in major like San
cities like San
Francisco
FranciscoororNew
NewYork,
York,hashasinspired
inspireda atype
typeofofforward thinling
forward thinkingurbanity
urbanityandandpolicy
policyininsmaller
smallercities.
cities.
Transforming
Transforming downtown
downtown areas areas so so that
that they
they incorporate modern housing
incorporate modern housing andand improved
improved
walkability
walkability to
to local restaurants,retail,
local restaurants, retail,
and and entertainment—especially
entertainment-especially when whencombined
combinedwith
withimproved
improved
infrastructure for cyclists
infrastructure for cyclistsand
andpublic
publictransit-mak
transit—makes them appeal
es them appeal toto aa more
more affluent demographic.
affluent demographic.
These
Theseadjustments
adjustmentsencourage
encourageemployers in inthetheknowledge
employers andand
knowledge talent industries
talent industriestotokeep
keeptheir
their offices
offices
downtown.
downtown.Access to to
Access footfoot
traffic
trafficand
andproximity
proximitytototransit
transit allow
allow the
the type
type of
ofentertainment-oriented
entertainment-oriented
businesses
businesses such
such asas bars
bars and
andrestaurants
restaurants to
to stay
stay open
open later, which attracts
later, which both younger,
attracts both younger,creative
creative
workers
workersandandbaby
babyboomers
boomersnearing retirement
nearing retirementalike.
alike. Because
Becauseofoftheir
their smaller size,most
smaller size, most keep
keep hours
hours
l
that
that allow
alow people
people to
to enjoy
enjoy themselves, then have
themselves, then have some
somequiet
quiet after midnight, asas opposed
after midnight, opposed to large major
to large major
cities like New
cities like New York,
York, where
wherethe
thebuzz
buzzofofactivity is ongoing.
activity is ongoing.
These
These18-hour
18-hourcities
cities are
are rapidly on the
rapidly on the rise and offer
rise and great opportunities
offer great opportunitiesforforhomeowner
homeowner
investment.
investment. In
In many
manyofofthese
thesecities such asas Denver,
cities such Denver,aa diverse and vigor
diverse and vigorous
o
economy attracted
us economy to the
attracted to the
urban
urbancore
core has
has offered stableemployment
offered stable employment for residents.TheTheright
for residents. righturban
urbanmixmixhashaspropped
proppedupuphome
home
occupancy,
occupancy,increased
increasedproperty
propertyvalues,
values,and
andattracted
attractedsignificant
significant investment
investmentcapital.
capital.


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51.
51. What
Whatdodoweweleam
learnabout
aboutAmerican
Americancities
cities twenty
twenty years ago?
years ago?
A) Theywere
A) They were divided
divided intoresidential
into residential and
and business
business areas.
areas.
B)B)Their
Theirhousing
housingprices
priceswere
werelinked
linkedwith
withtheir
their prosperity.
prosperity.
C)C)There
Therewas
was a cleardivide
a clear dividebetween
betweenlarge
largeand
andsmall
smallcities.
cities.
D)D)They
Theywere
wereplaces
placeswhere
wherelarge
largeinvestment
investmentcapital
capital flowed.
flowed.

52.
52. What
Whatcan
canbebeinferred
inferredfrom
fromthe
the passage
passage about
about 18-hour
18-hourcities?
cities?
A)They
A)They especially
especially appeal
appeal to small businesses.
to small businesses.C) C)
TheyThey
havehave
replaced quiet
replaced quietwith
withexcitement.
excitement.
B) They have seen a rise in property prices.
B) They have seen a rise in property prices. D) They have changed America's landscape.
D) They have changed America's landscape.

53.Years
53. Yearsago,
ago,many
manydowntown cores
downtown in insmall
cores smalltotomid-sized
mid-sized cities
cities ---

A) had
A) hadhardly
hardlyany
anybusiness
businessactivity
activity C)C)exhibited
exhibitednonosigns
signs of
of prosperity
prosperity
B)werecrowded
B)were crowdedininbusiness
business hours
hours D)D)looked
lookeddeserted
deserted in
in the
the evenings
evenings

54.
54. What
Whatcharacterizes
characterizes the new downtown
the new downtownareas
areasinin18-hour
18-hourcities?
cities?
A)
A) A suddenemergence
A sudden emergenceofofthe the knowledge
knowledgeindustry.
industry.
B)B)Flooding
Floodingininofoflarge crowds of
large crowds of migrant
migrant workers.
workers.
C)Modernized
C)Modernized housing
housing andand improved
improved infrastructure.
infrastructure.
D)D)More
More comfortablelife
comfortable life and
andgreater
greater upward
upwardmobility.
mobility.

55.
55. What
Whathave
have18-hour cities
18-hour citiesbrought
broughttotothe
the local
local residents?
residents?
A) Morechances
A) More chancesforfor promotion.
promotion. C)C)Greater
Greatercultural
cultural diversity.
diversity.
B)B)Healthier
Healthier living
living environment.
environment. D)D)Better
Betterjob
job opportunities.
opportunities.

Part IV
Part IV Translation
Translation (30
(30 minutes)
minutes)

Directions:For
Directions: Forthis
thispart,you
part , youare
areallowed
allowed3030minutes
minutestototranslate
translate aa pas
passagefrom
sage fromChinese
Chineseinto
into English.
English.
You
You should writeyour
should write yourananswer on Answer Sheet 2.
swer on Answer Sheet 2.

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Directions:For
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this part,you
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arealowed
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minutestotowrite
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ilustrate your views.
illustrate your views.You
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should write at least
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words butbutnonomore
more than
than 200
200 words.
words.

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