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学 班级 学 班级 准考证号 2B铅笔按要求填涂，题用黑色水笔书写III12150120第I ListeningSectionDirections:InSectionA,youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper,anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.A.Customerand B.TeacherandC.Bossand D.LawyerandA. B. C. D.A.Inaseafood B.AtaC.Onafishing D.InastorespecializinginseasA.Makingapotof B.TryingdifferentbrandsofC.Drinkingless D.GettingadifferentcoffeeA. B. C. D.A.They’dbetternotgo B.RidingabikeisagreatC.It’snotgoodridinginthe D.TheycangoridinghalfanhourA.Stillhedoesn’tlikelivingon B.SchoolhaschangedlittlesincelastC.Hehasmademanynew D.HeenjoyscampuslifealltheA.It’sevenharderthanpeopleB.Hedoesn’tbelieveit’shardforC.It’snotashardashe’dD.It’shardtoknowwhattobelieveaboutA.Mikeisn’taverygoodB.It’sratherlatetoaskMikeC.TherewillbeothermusicianstoD.SomeoneelseshouldmaketheA.TheexamquestionsweretooB.ThequestionshadlittleconnectionwiththeC.Hecouldn’tfinishthequestionswithinthetimeD.HefoundthequestionseasytoSectionDirections:InSectionB,youwillheartwoshortpassages,andyouwillbeaskedthreequestionsoneachofthepassages.Thepassageswillbereadtwice,butthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaperanddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.Questions11through13arebasedonthefollowingA.ShehadneverbeenpunishedforadrivingB.ShehadalwaysbeendrivingatahighC.ShecouldstilldriveheroldcarlikeawomanhalfherD.ShehadneveroffendedtheA.BecauseshewantedtobreakherB.Becauseshecouldn’tlredfromC.Becausehereyes eweakwitholdD.Becauseshedrovetoofastandcouldn’tA.SheshowedthejudgehercleanB.ShethreadedaneedlewithasmalleyewithC.SheopenedherhandbagandpickedoutthemedicalD.ShedefendedherselfbyraisinglotsofquestionsfortheQuestions14through16arebasedonthefollowingA.TomakecorrectionsinspellingandgrB.TomakethemainideacleartotheC.ToaddmorespecificdetailsandD.ToimproveoverallA.BytheendoftheB.Beforethe escleartotheC.TwoweeksbeforethefinaldueD.AfteryoufinishtheA.ToreviewmaterialcoveredinanearlierB.Tochangestudents’approachtoC.TopointoutanexampleofgoodD.TogiveanassignmentforthenextSectionDirections:InSectionC,youwillheartwolongerconversations.Theconversationswillbereadtwice.Afteryouheareachconversation,youarerequiredtofillinthenumberedblankswiththeinformationyouhaveheard.Writeyouranswersonyouranswersheet.Blanks17through20arebasedonthefollowingWhereistheconversationtakingAta HowmuchwillJennypayforherpoetry WhydoesJennymentionBecausehis isworthaWhatkindofbookisDavidgoingtoA Completetheform.WriteONEWORDforeachBlanks21through24arebasedonthefollowingBeautyFitnessClubSurveyalMembership (21) Typesofclasses:(22) &OpinionsaboutClasses& (23) busyeveningSuggestions:(24) intheCompletetheform.WritenomorethanTHREEWORDSforeachGrrandSectionDirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.Walkingdownapath,Isawasmallpoolofwateraheadonthepath.Iangledmydirectiontogoarounditonthepartofthepath(25) wasn’tcoveredbywaterormud.AsIreachedthepool,Iwassuddenlyattacked!YetIdidnothingfortheattack.Itwassounexpected.IwassurprisedaswellasunhurtthoughI(26) (strike)fourorfivetimes.Ibackedupafootandmyattackerstopped(27) (attack)me.Ifounditamusing.AndIwaslaughing.Afterall,Iwasbeingattackedbyabutterfly!Havingstoppedlaughing,Isteppedback(28) (look)thesituationover.Myattackermovedbacktolandontheground.That’swhenIdiscoveredwhymyattackerwaschargingmeonlymoments(29) (early).Hehadamateandshewasdying.Sittingclosebesideher,heopenedandclosedhiswingsasiftofanher.Icouldonlyadmiretheloveandcourageofthatbutterflyinhisconcernforhismate,eventhoughshewasclearlydyingandIwassolarge.Hedidsojusttogiveherthoseextrafewpreciousmomentsoflife, Iwascarelessenoughtosteponher.Hiscourageinattackingsomethingthousandsoftimeslargerandheavierthanhimselfjustforhismate’ssafetyseemedadmirable.Icouldn’tdoanythingotherthan(31) (reward)himbywalkingonthemoredifficultsideofthepool.Hehadtrulyearnedthosemomentstobewithher,undisturbed.Sincethen,I’vealwaystriedtorememberthecourageofthatbutterfly(32) Iseehugebarriersfacingme.You’veprobablyseenathleteswhotaketheirownsuccessestooseriously.Theycelebrateagoalwithaverylongvictorydanceorcontinuallytalkbigabouttheirabilities.Thisistheexactoppositeof(33) sportsmanshipisallabout.Everyonefeelsgreatwhentheywin,butitcanbejustashardtobeagoodsport（家品格的人）whenyouhavewonagameaswhenyouhavelostone.Sportsmanshiptakescourage—whenyouworkreallyhardatasport,it’snoteasy(34) (admit)youmadeabadyorsomeonehasmoreskillsthanyou.Incompetition—asinlife—youmaynotalwayswinbutyoucanlearn(35) fromlosing,too.It’sprettytoughtolose,soitisdefiniyannoyingifsomeonecontinuesmakingfunofyouoryourteam(36) thecompetitionisover.Sometimesit’shardtoswallowyourprideandwalkon.Butthere’salwaysthenextmatch.Whenyoudolose—anditwillhappen—losewithclass（风度）. (be)ofhowyouperformed,oratleastrealizingthingsyouneedtoimprovefornexttimeisthekey.Whenitcomestolosing,sportsmanshipmeanscongratulatingthewinnerswillingly.Also,itmeansacceptingthegameresultwithoutcomintandwithoutexcuses,(38) yousometimesmightdoubtthereferees（裁判员）madesomequestionablecalls.Whenyouwin,thegoodwayistobeapoliteandgenerouswinner.Sportsmanshipadmittingvictories(39) puttingyouropponentstoshameandlettingvictoriesspeakforthemselves,thatis,beingquietlyproudofsuccess.Despitethefact(40) youhaveamassivewin,sportsmanshipmeansstillfindingwaystopraiseyouropponents.SectionDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce. Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.B.C.D.E.G.H.I.J.K.“Inwildernessisthepreservationoftheworld.”Thisisafamoussayingfromawriterregardedasoneofthefathersofenvironmentalism.Thefrequencywithwhichitisborrowed41aheateddebateonenvironmentalprotection:whethertocewildernessattheheartofwhatistobep.AsJohnSauvenofGreenpeaceUKpointsout,thereisastrongappealinimagesofthewild,theuntouched;morethananythingelse,theyspeakofthenaturethatmanypeoplevaluemostdearly.The42toleavethesubjectofsuchimagesuntouchedisstrong,andthedangerexploitationbringstosuchlandscapesisreal.Someofthesewildernessesalsoperform43thathumansneed—therains,forexample,storecarboninvastLeeLane,avisitingfellowattheHudsonInstitute,takesthe44view.Heacknowledgesthatwildernessesdoprovideusefulservices,suchaswaterconservation.Butthatisnot,heargues,areasontoavoidallhuman45,orindeedcommercialandindustrialexploitation.ThereareevermorepeopleontheEarth,andtheyreasonablyandrightfullywanttohavebetterlives,ratherthanmerelystrugglefor46.Whilethewaysofusingresourceshaveimproved,thereisstillagrowingneedforrawmaterials,andsomewildernessescontaintheminabundance.Iftheycanbetappedwithoutreducingtheservicesthosewildernessesprovide,theargumentgoes,thereisno47reasonnottodoso.Beinguntouchedisnot,initself,acharacteristicworthvaluingaboveallothers.Ilookforwardtoseeingtheseviewstakenfurther,andtotheirbeing48bytheotherparticipants.Oneopinionisthatbothcasesneedtotakeonthequestionofspiritualvaluealittlemoredirectly.Andthereisa49questionastowhetherwildernessescanbeexploitedwithoutharm.Thisisatopicthatcallsfornotonlyexpressionoffeelings,butalsotheguidanceofreason.Whatpositionwildernessshouldenjoyinthepreservationoftheworldobviously50muchmoreseriousReadingSectionDirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD. Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Thehealth-careeconomyisfilledwithunusualandevenuniqueeconomicrelationships.Oneoftheleastunderstoodinvolvesthe51rolesofproduceror“provider”andpurchaseror“consumer”inthetypicaldoctor-patientrelationship.Inmostsectorsoftheeconomy,itisthesellerwhoattemptstoattracta(n)52buyerwithvariousinducements(引诱ofprice,quality,andutility,anditisthebuyerwhomakesthedecision.Suchcondition,,isnotcommoninmostofthehealth-careInthehealth-careindustry,thedoctor-patientrelationshipisthemirrorimageofrelationshipbetweenproducerandconsumer.Onceanindividualhaschosentoseeaphysician—andeventhentheremaybenorealchoice–itisthephysicianwhousuallymakesallsignificant55decisions:whetherthepatientshouldreturn“nextWednesday,”whetherX-raysareneeded,whetherdrugsshouldbeprescribed,etc.Itisarareandexperiencedpatientwhowill56suchdecisionsmadebyexpertsorraiseinadvancequestionsaboutprice,especiallywhenthediseaseisregardedas57.Thisisparticularly58inrelationtohospitalcare.Thephysicianmustgiveevidenceofthe59forhospitalization,determinewhatprocedureswillbeperformed,andannouncewhenthepatientmaybeallowedtoleave.Thepatientmaybeconsultedaboutsomeofthesedecisions,butinthemainitisthedoctor’sjudgmentsthatare60.Littlewonderthenthatintheeyeofthehospitalitisthephysicianwhoisthereal“consumer.”Asaconsequence,the61representsthe“powercenter”inhospitalanddecision-making,nottheAlthoughusuallythereareinthissituationfourrecognizableparticipants—thephysician,thehospital,thepatient,andthepayer(generallyaninsurancecarrierorernment)—thephysicianmakesthe62forallofthem.Thehospital esanextensionofthephysician;thepayergenerally63mostofthebillsgeneratedbythephysician/hospital;andforthemostpartthepatientysa64role.Weestimatethatabout75-80percentofhealth-care65aredeterminedbyphysicians,notpatients.Forthisreason,economydirectedatpatientsorthegeneralarerelativelyineffective.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.medicalC.D.insuranceA.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.A.B.C.D.Section Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CD.ChoosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustFoxesandfarmershavenevergotonwell.Thesesmalldog-likeanimalshavelongbeenaccusedofkillingfarmanimals.Theyareofficiallyclassifiedasharmfulandfarmerstrytokeeptheirnumbersdownbyshootingorpoisoningthem.Farmerscanalsocallontheservicesoftheirlocalhunttocontrolthefoxpopulation.Huntingconsistsofpursuingafoxacrossthecountryside,withagroupofspeciallytraineddogs,followedbymenandwomenridinghorses.Whenthedogseventuallycatchthefoxtheykillitorahuntershootsit.Peoplewhotakepartinhuntingthinkofitasasport;theywearaspecialuniformofredcoatsandwhitetrousers,andfollowstrictcodesofbehavior.Butowningahorseandhuntingregularlyisexpensive,somosthuntersarewealthy.Itisestimatedthatupto100,000peoplewatchortakepartinfoxhunting.Butoverthelastcoupleofdecadesthenumberofpeopleopposedtofoxhunting,becausetheythinkitiscruelhasrisensharply.Nowadaysitisrareforahunttopassoffwithoutsomekindofbetweenhuntersandhuntsaboteurs(阻拦者).Sometimesthesesleadto,butmostlysaboteursinterfere()withthehuntbymisleadingridersanddisturbingthetrailofthefox’ssmell,whichthedogsfollow.Noisysbetweenhuntersandsaboteurshave esocommonthattheyarealmostasmuchapartofhuntingasthepursuitoffoxesitself.Butthisyearsupportersoffoxhuntingfaceamuchbiggerthreattotheirsport.ALabourPartyMemberoftheParliament,MikeFoster,istryingtogetParliamenttoapproveanewlawwhichwillmakethehuntingofwildanimalswithdogsillegal.Ifthelawispassed,wildanimalslikefoxeswillbeprotectedunderthebaninBritain.RichpeopleinBritainhavebeenhuntingfoxes for B.tolimitthefoxC.intheinterestsofthe D.toshowofftheirWhatisspecialaboutfoxhuntinginItinvolvestheuseofadeadlyItisacostlyeventthatrarelyThehuntershavesetrulestoThehuntershavetogothroughstrictFoxhuntingopponentsofteninterfereinthegame byleaninguponB.bytakinglegalC.byconfusingthefox D.bydemonstratingontheAnewlawmaybepassedbytheBritishParliamentto prohibitfarmersfromhuntingforbidhuntingfoxeswithstophuntingwildanimalsinthepreventlarge-scalefoxElectriccarsaredirty.Infact,notonlyaretheydirty,theymightevenbedirtierthantheirgasoline-poweredcousins.PeopleinCalifornialovetotalkabout“zero-emissions(零排放的)vehicles,”butpeopleinCaliforniaseemtobecluelessaboutwhereelectricitycomesfrom.PowerntsmostallusefiretomakeitAsidefromthefewfolkswhohavetheirroofscoveredwithsolarcellswegetourelectricityfromgenerators(发电机Generatorsarefueledbysomething—usuallycoal,oil,butalsobyheatgeneratedinnuclearpowernts.Thereareafewwindfarmsandgeothermalntsaswell,butbyfarwegetelectricitymainlybyburningsomething.Inotherwords,those“zero-emissions”carsarelikelycoal-burningcars.It’sjustthatthecoalisburnedsomewhereelsesoitlooksclean.ItisnotIt’sasiftheCaliforniaGreens(加州绿党arecoveringtheireyesIfIcan’tseeitit’snothappening.Gasolineisanincrediblyefficientwaytopoweravehicle;agallonofgashasalotofenergyinit.Butwhenyoutakethatgasoranotherfuelandfirstuseittomakeelectricityyouwasteanicepartofthatenergy,mostlyintheformofwastedheat—atthegenerator,throughthetransmissionlines,etc.Agallonofgasmaypoweryourcar25.Buttheelectricityyougetfromthatgallonofgaswon’tgetyounearlyasfar—soelectriccarsburnmorefuelthangas-poweredones.Ifourelectricitycamemostlyfromnukes,orgeothermal,orhydro,orsolar,orwind,thenanelectriccartrulywouldbeclean.Butforpolitical,technical,andeconomicreasons,wedon’tusemuchofthoseenergysources.Inaddition,electriccars’batterieswhicharepoisonousforalongtimewilleventuallyendupinalandfill.Andfinally,whencarsarethepolluters,thepollutionisspreadacrossalltheroads.Whenit’sapowernt,though,allthejunkisinonece.Natureisverygoodatcleaningupwhenthingsarenottooconcentrated,butittakesalotlongerwhenallthegarbageisinonespot.Whichofthefollowingwordscanrece“becluelessabout”inparagraphBefamiliar B.BecuriousC.Showtheirinterest D.FailtoWhatcanwelearnabouttheCaliforniaGreenfromtheidea“IfIcan’tseeit,it’snotTheydonotknowthosecleancarsarelikelycoal-burningTheydobelievethecoalisburnedsomewhereelsesoitlooksTheytendtoholdthatelectricityisanicepartofTheytendtomaintainthatgasolineisagoodwaytorunaAccordingtothepassage,comparedwithcarsusinggas,electriccarsaremore B.C. D.Wecangettheconclusionfromthepassagethat beinggreenisgoodandshouldbeencouragedinelectriccarsarenotcleaninthatwegetelectricitymainlybyburningzero-emissionsvehiclesshouldbechosentoprotectourelectriccarsarenowthedominantvehiclecomparedwithgasoline-poweredForthemostpartitseemsworkersinrichcountrieshavelittletofearfromglobalization,andalottogain.Butisthesamethingtrueforworkersinpoorcountries?Theansweristhattheyareevenmorelikelythantheirrich-countrycounterparts(地位相当的人)tobenefit,becausetheyhavelesstoloseandmoretogain.Traditionaleconomicstakesanoptimisticlineonintegration(整合)andthedevelocountries.Opennesstoforeigntradeandinvestmentshouldencouragecapitaltoflowtopooreconomies.Inthedeveloworld,capitalisscarce,sothereturnsoninvestmentthereshouldbehigherthanintheindustrializedcountries,wherethebestopportunitiestomakemoneybyaddingcapitaltolabourhavealreadybeenusedup.Ifpoorcountrieslowertheirbarrierstotradeandinvestment,thetheorygoes,richforeignerswillwanttosendoversomeoftheirIfthisinflowofresourcesarrivesintheformofloansorportfolioinvestment(组合投资),itwilltopupdomesticsavingsandloosenthefinancialrestrictiononadditionalinvestmentbylocalcompanies.Ifitarrivesintheformofnewforeign-controlledoperations,FDI,somuchthebetter:thiskindofcapitalbringstechnologyandskillsfromabroadpackagedalongwithit,withlessfinancialriskaswell.Ineithercase,theadditiontoinvestmentoughttopush up,partlybyraisingthedemandforlabourandpartlybymakinglabourmoreproductive.ThisiswhyworkersinFDI-receivingcountriesshouldbeinanevenbetterpositionprofitfromintegrationthanworkersinFDI-sendingcountries.Also,withorwithoutinflowsofforeigncapital,thesamegainsfromtradeshouldapplyindevelocountriesasinrichones.Thisgainsfromtradelogicoftenarousessuspicion,becausethebenefitsseemtocomefromnowhere.Surelyonesideortheothermustlose.Notso.Thebenefitsthatarichcountrygetsthroughtradedonotcomeattheexpenseofitspoorcountrytradingpartners,orviceversa.Recallthataccordingtothetheory,tradeisapositivesumgame.Inallthesetrades,bothsides—exportersandimporters,borrowersandlenders,shareholdersandworkerscangain.TheycangetmorechancestogainagoodTheycangetmorefinancialTheyhavenothingtoTheyhavelesstoloseandmoretoWhatcanbethefinalresultoftheinflowoftheItwilltopupdomesticItwillloosenthefinancialItwillpush esItwillbringtechnologyandskillsfromWhatcanweknowfromthelastPoorcountriesgetthemostprofitduringtheprocessofRichcountriesgetprofitfromtradeatpoorcountries’PoorcountriesgetmoreprofitfromtradethanrichAllaspectsinvolvedinthetradecangetWhichcanbethemostappropriatetitleforthisBenefitedor B.WhoBenefitstheC.Helthe D.TheInflowofSectionDirections:Readthepassagecarefully.Thenanswerthequestionsorcompletethestatementsinthefewestpossiblewords.Byalmostanymeasure,thereisaboominInternet-basedinstruction.Injustafewyears,34percentofAmericanuniversitieshavebegunofferingsomeformofdistancelearning(DL),andamongthelargerschools,it’scloseto90percent.Ifyoudoubtthepopularityofthetrend,youprobablyhaven’theardoftheUniversityofPhoenix.Itgrantsdegreesentirelyonthebasisofonlineinstruction.Itenrolls90,000students,astatisticusedtosupportitsclaimtobethelargestprivateuniversityinthecountry.Whilethekindsofinstructionofferedintheseprogramswilldiffer,DLusuallyindicatesacourseinwhichtheinstructorspostsyllabi(课程大纲),readingassignment,andschedulesonwebsites,andstudentssendintheirassignmentsbye-mailGenerallyspeaking,face-to-facecommunicationwithaninstructorisminimizedoreliminatedaltogether.Theattractionforstudentsmightatfirstseemobvious.Primarily,there’stheconveniencepromisedbycoursesontheNet:youcandothework,astheysay,inyourpajamas.Butfiguresindicatethatthereducedeffortresultsinareducedenthusiasmtothecourse.WhiledropoutrateforallfreshmenatAmericanuniversitiesisaround20percent,therateforonlinestudentsis35percent.Studentsthemselvesseemtounderstandtheweaknessesinternalinthesetup.InasurveyconductedforCornell,theDLdivisionofCornellUniversity,lessthanathirdoftherespondentsexpectedthequalityoftheonlinecoursetobeasgoodastheclassroomcourse.Clearly,fromtheschools’,there’salotofmoneytobesaved.Althoug