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A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1.A)Working for the Internal Revenue Service.C)The daily life of the disabled. B)A special service.D)Technology bringing jobs to the disabled. 2.A)303 B)300 C)305 D)42

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3.A)Three Emergency workers were arrested by Afghan authorities. B)The Afghan officials investigated the cause of a murder case.

C)The governor of Helmand Province was murdered by an Emergency staff. D)There was an explosive suicide in Helmand's hospital.

4.A)Someone was accused of receiving advance payment for murdering the governor. B)Nothing was found in the Emergency-run hospital.

C)Six people?om the Emergency have been involved in the murdering case. D)line founder of the Italian aid group Emergency was unknown. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5.A)People who don't follow doctors'advice should pay m

B)Taxes collection on overweight people needs to be enhanced. C)Parents should pay tax for their overweight children in Arizona. D)Doctor's advice for fat people is not offered on the Internet. 6.A)An Arizona's Medicaid programme.C)A reward mechanism. B)A punishment system.D)A healthcare organization.

7.A)He himself is very fat too.C)people should have their own freedom.

B)The assessment system is not sound.D)It may cause a lot of social problems. Section B

Directions:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Conversation One

8.A)Walk the dog.C)Go to the dentist’s. B)Clean the house.D)Fishing her assignment. 9.A)12:30 pm.B)2:00 pm.C)4:30 Pm.D)5:30 pm.

10.A)Exciting.B)Rewarding.C)Disappointing.D)Exhausting. 11.A)They can't decide on a video.

B)Susan's mother is going to use the video machine. C)Susan will be asked to do something else. D)The machine isn’t working. Conversation Two

12.A)Since Friday.B)Since Saturday.C)Since Sunday.D)Since Monday. 13.A)He will be still sick by Friday.C)He has to give a speech in public. B)He can't go to work on Friday.D)He isn't well prepared for a report. 14.A)He has a cold.C)He has a stomachache.

B)He has the flu.D)He has a toothache. 15.A)Take herbal medicine. B)See another doctor. C)Drink chicken soup. D)Stay in bed. Section C

Directions:In this section,you will hear three 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 marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.

16.A)Diet.B)Sleep.C)Space.D)Stress.

17.A)They tend to reproduce more.C)They can eat and sleep better. B)They may show more signs of violence.D)They may commit suicide. 18.A)Rats can populate rapidly.

B)Population explosion can lead to violence.

C)Overcrowdedness may have the same effects on man. D)It is a natural law that animals live and die. Passage Two

19.A)Crimes committed by young people. B)Crimes committed by needy people. C)Influence on young people. D)Stealing and violence.

20.A)They are usually poor and in need.

B)They do not have as much freedom or money as they want.

C)They live in an environment where everybody knows each other. D)They are not satisfied with the adult world.

21.A)the family and the school.C)The society and the young people. B)The adults and the mass media.D)The young people themselves. Passage Three

22.A)About seven million.C)25%of American people. B)Half of the American population.D)About 25 million. 23.A)They are older than young people.

B)The young people will soon be in charge of the nation. C)The students today have strong opinions. D)The youth's ideas are sometimes wrong.

24.A)The lives of their parents.C)The trouble in American families. B)Making a better life for all people.D)The strong opinions. 25.A)They feel much is wrong with the lives of their parents.

B)They see clearly what is right and good in the lives of their parents. C)They feel that everything about the lives of their parents is acceptable. D)They feel nothing is right and good in the lives of their parents. 答案详解 Section A

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

If you contact the customer service department of a government agency or a major U.S.company,or order something over the phone,it’s likely that your call will be answered by someone with a disability,working from their home.It could be on a farm in Iowa,or a small town in the Vermont Mountains.It’s one example how computer technologies is giving disabled people easier access to job market.Ed McCann is one of more than 300 disabled order entry clerksin 42 states who are working for the Internal Revenue Service,the IRS.“The calls that come in for forms and publication orders to the IRS come to me,and I take information for processing those forms.People who call me sometimes are not really clear on what exactly they would need and I’d give them the assistance and guidance determining what they would need.” 1.What is the news report mainly about? 【D】【详解】新闻开篇就说电脑技术让残疾人更容易获得工作，然后举例证明这一说法。故D为正确答案。A“为International Revenue Service工作”。B,“一项特殊的服务”和C,“残疾人的日常生活”。都只是和新闻相关的信息，并不是新闻的主要内容。 2.How many disabled clerks working for the IRS? 【B】【详解】预读选项可知本题为数字题，考生应留意记下出现数字的信息。新闻中提到，Ed Mccann是美国IRS在42个州拥有的超过300名残疾单据输入员中的一员，故该公司拥有超过300名残疾员工，B正确。D的数字42在新闻中也有提及，但这是州的数目，而不是输入员的数目。

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

The Italian aid group Emergency has had a tense relationship with local authorities in violence-racked Helmand province,due in part to its policy of treating all patients.Afghan officials said they arrested three Italian Emergency workers Saturday,a doctor,a nurse and a logistics worker.Afghan officials said they were held as part of an investigation into an unproved plot to kill the governor of Helmand province.Helmand Province Governor Gulab Mangal said an Emergency staff member received 500,000 dollars as an advance payment for killing him.In total nine people,including six Afghans,were held after hand bombs and other weapons were discovered in the storeroom of the Emergency-run hospital in Helmand’s capital,Lashkar Gah.Emergency founder Gino Strada scolded the charge of the aid group’s three workers. 3.What happened on Saturday?

【A】【详解】新闻指出，阿富汗的官员称他们周六拘留了3名来自意大利的紧急救援人员一名医生、一名护士和一个后勤工作人员。A所述与此相符，故为答案。 4.What do we learn about the Italian aid group Emergency? 【A】【详解】新闻指出，赫尔曼德省省长Gulab Mangal称紧急救援组的一名工作人员收到一笔作为刺杀他的预村款，A正确。在赫尔曼德首都的医院储存室里发现了手榴弹及其他武器后，有9人被拘留，其中包括6个阿富汗人。此外，新闻还提及紧急救援组的创始人为Gira Strada.B.C.D与上述内容不符。

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

If a new idea in America becomes a law,people who suffer from obesity could suffer financially too.The US state of Arizona wants to charge overweight citizens 50 dollars annually if they fail to follow their doctors’advice.People with children or who are overweight because they suffer from a medical condition would be excluded.If the idea is approved by Congress,smokers and diabetics who fail to stick to a healthy lifestyle will also have to pay.Medicaid,the organisation which provides healthcare to the poor in the USA,costs the government 339 billion dollars a

year.Monica Coury,assistant director at Arizona’s Medicaid programme,said that this proposal would ask people to give something back.She said that Arizona would take a carrot and stick approach to the problem.As well as punishing people who go against their doctor’s wishes,awards would be offered for following advice,possibly a keep-fit video.Arizona’s senator Kyrsten Sinema has not backed the plans,saying that there isn’t a system to decide whether someone is or isn’t following medical advice.Other critics claim that people don’t need the government to look after them;if they want to be fat and smoke,the“nanny state”shouldn’t try to stop them.

5.What is the new idea of Arizona?

【A】【详解】新闻的开头提到，如果一个新想法立法通过，么胖子在经济上也要遭殃了。然后具体指出该想法国的亚利桑州对些不接受医生的建议而超重的公民每年收取50美元超重税吸烟者和郡些未能坚持健康生活方式的人也必须交税同样，郡些不接受医生的建议或鼓励的人也要受到惩罚，故答案是A. 6.What is Medicaid?

【D】【详解】题目问Medicaid是什么。新闻中提到，它是一家为美国的贫困人群提供医疗服务的组织(provides healthcare to the poor in the USA)，故D正确。A“亚利桑州的一个医疗项目”。B“一套惩罚系统”。和C。“一奖励机制”都和新闻内容不符。 7.Why do Kyrsten Sinema go against the plans? 【B】【详解】新闻指出，亚利桑州的参议员旬Sinema没有支持该提议，因为他认为没有一个能判定病人是否遵循医嘱的系统(there isn't a system to decide whether someone is or isn't following medical advice).B。评估系统不健全。符合题意。而其他评论家宣称，人们不需要政府的照顾，如果他们想要成为胖子或想抽烟，这个。保姆式的国家。不该试图阻止他们。C。人们有自由。是其他评论家的看法。A他自身也很胖。和D。将引起许多社会问题。均没有在新闻中提到。 Section B

Conversation One

M: So, Susan,do you have anything planned for this Saturday? W: Uh, I'm kind of busy.Why do you ask?

M: Oh, I was wondering if you'd like to get together and do something,like watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake.

W: I'd love to,but I'm really going to be busy all day on Saturday. M: What do you have to do on that day?

W: First, my mom asked me to help clean the house in the morning,and then I have a dentist appointment at 12:30.I can't miss that 'cause I've canceled twice before. M: Well, what about after that?

W: Well, I'm going to be running around all day.After the dentist appointment,I need to meet Julie at 2:00 to help her with her science project that's due on Monday morning at school. M: Okay, but are you free after that?

W: Hardly. Then I have to pick up my brother from soccer practice at 4:30,and my mom asked me to cook dinner for the family at 5:30.I feel like a slave sometimes.Then, I have to clean the dishes and finish reading my history assignment.Who knows how long that'll take?

M: Wow, sounds like you're going to have a full day.Hey, listen, why don't I come over later in the evening,and we can make some popcorn and watch a movie. W: Oh, that'd be great,but our video machine is broken.

M: Huh. Well,let's just play a game or something.W: Sounds good,but give me a call before you come.My mom might try to come up with something else for me to do. 8.What does Susan have to do on Saturday morning? 【B】【详解】对话中女士说：“首先妈妈叫我上午帮忙打扫屋子”故B。 9.What time is Susan meeting with Julie?

【B】【详解】女士说他要在下午两点帮Julie做自然科学的作业，故B。 10.How does Susan feel about her schedule on Saturday? 【D】【详解】对话中女士----一一悉数自己一天的安排并说：“有时候我觉得像个苦力工”课件她感觉十分疲惫。故D。

11.Why can’t they watch a video at Susan’s house? 【D】【详解】对话中女士明确说明她家的录像机坏了，故D。Broken和not working同义。 Conversation Two

W: So, how are things going, Steve?

M: Well, to be honest, Carla,I was feeling great on Saturday,but I started to feel sick Sunday afternoon.I thought I'd get better,but I feel worse than before.And I'm really worried because I'm scheduled to have a presentation at work on Friday,so I have to be better by then. W: Well, what seems to be the problem?

M: Well, I thought I had the flu,but the doctor said it was just a bad cold.He gave me some cold medicine to take care of my stuffy nose and fever.I'm supposed to take the medicine three times a day after eating,but it doesn't seem to help.He also told me to stay off my feet for a day or so,but I'm so busy these days.

W: Listen, forget about that medicine!I have just the thing to get rid of bad colds.You see, my mom is really into herbal medicine. M: Oh, no, thanks.

W: Ah, come on! Give it a try.You just take some of my mom's herbal tea and drink it four times a day.Believe me.You'll be up and dancing around in no time.

M: Dancing around in no time, right?Well, I guess.Nothing else seems to be doing the job. W: Great. I'll come by your place at 7:30.See you then. 12.How long has the man been sick? 【C】【详解】男士说周六他感觉还可以，但周天下午开始觉得恶心，故答案为C。 13.What is the man worried about? 【A】【详解】男士说他感冒越来越重，因为周五他工作需要演讲所以他很担心，由此可见他担心的是他到周五是还没有康复，故选A。

14.What’s the matter with the man? 【A】【详解】女士问男士有什么问题是，男士回答开始是以为是流感，医生诊断不过是重感冒，故选A。

15. What does the woman suggest the man do? 【A】【详解】对话中女士建议男士尝试她母亲的中药茶，选A。

Section C Passage One

How much living space does a person need?What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met?Sociologists and psychologists are conducting experiments on rats to try to