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B) The secret of staying pretty.

C) The importance of good manners.

D) The difference between elegance and good manners. 17. A) They were nicer and gentler.

B) They paid more attention to their appearance.

C) They were willing to spend more money on clothes. D) They were more aware of changes in fashion.

18. A) By decorating our homes c) By wearing fashionable clothes. B) By being kind and generous D) By putting on a little make-up. Passage Two

19.A)Children don't get enough education in safety. C) The playgrounds are in poor condition. B)Children are keen on dangerous games. D) The playgrounds are overcrowded. 20.A) They should help maintain the equipment. B) They should keep a watchful eye on their children. C) They should stop their children from climbing ladders.

D) They should teach their children how to use the equipment.

21. A) They tend to stay within shouting or running distance of their parents. B) They should be aware of the potential risks in the playground. C) They may panic in front of high playground equipment. D) They can be creative when they feel secure. Passage Three

22. A) It takes skill. C) It's a full-time job.

B) It pays well. D) It's admired worldwide.

23. A) A mother with a baby in her arms. C) A lone female with a handbag at her right side. B) A woman whose bag is hanging in front. D) An old lady carrying a handbag on the left. 24. A) the back pocket of ms tight trousers. C) A side pocket of his jacket. B) The top pocket of his jacket. D) A side pocket of his trousers. 25. A) Theater lobbies with uniformed security guards. B) Clothing stores where people are relaxed and off-guard. C) Airports where people carry a lot of luggage. D) Hotels and restaurants in southeast London.

答案详解 Section A

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

Rising levels of obesity and unhealthy weights could be linked to 670,000 extra cases of cancer in the next 20 years,a UK report predicts.

If current trends continue,experts say,almost three in four adults could be overweight or obese by 2035,bringing a host of health issues.

Their work suggests a rise in the number of people who are overweight or obese would contribute to 4.6 million additional cases of type-2 diabetes and 1.6 million extra cases of heart disease by 2035.

The report recommends a number of ways to tackle this problem,including introducing a 20 pence per litre tax on sugary drinks and a review of how food is advertised online.

Department of Health officials said they had already brought in a ban on adverts featuring junk food during children' s TV programmes and would be launching a childhood obesity strategy shortly.

1.What is the news report mainly about?

【B】【详解】新闻开篇第一句是总起句，指出肥胖和超重问题会引发未来几十万例癌症和其他健康问题(bringing a host of health issues),之后有具体找出问题的严重性以及解决方法，故选B。“超重可以引发健康问题”。A“英国的专家正在处理一大堆健康问题”偏离重点。C将重点放在“肥胖人数上升”这一趋势上，也是偏离重点。D“小孩和太多软饮料”没有在新闻中提及。

2.What does the report suggest to tackle the problem?

【A】【详解】新闻中提到解决问题的方法之一是对含糖饮料收多的税（a 20 pence per litre tax on sugary drinks ）,所以答案选A。B“禁放软饮料广告”与“新闻中审查（review）食物广告”不符。C “垃圾食品店应关门”和D “童不能看电视节目”未在新闻中提到。 Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

Staring at a glowing iPhone screen in bed might be bad for your marriage,but in the future it will be a little easier on your eyes.

Apple is adding a new mode called “Night Shift”in the next version of its mobile operating system.The mode changes the screen from blue light to a warmer setting.It detects your location and turns on automatically at night.Studies have found that exposure to blue light at night can impact our biological clock,leading to disturbed sleep.

Night Shift is one of the new features coming to iPhones and iPads later this year.Apple released the new version of iOS on Monday.

New education features in new iOS will let kids

who are using iPads at school log into their personal profile from any shared classroom device.A centralized admin account will let teachers control all their student’s IDs and manage things like courses and books.

3.What do we learn about the new mode of iPhone?

【A】【详解】新闻开头提到，苹果手机增加的新模式是夜间模式，可以将蓝光转换成更柔和的光(changes the screen from blue light to a warmer setting).A将新闻中的change替换成了其同义词shift此，为本题答案。B。能帮助人们入睡。过度推断，新闻中提到的是蓝光会干扰人们的生物钟，影响睡眠，但这并不代表转换光线就能改善睡眠。c'能帮助人们定位和夜间导航，新闻中没有提到导航功能。D只是复现新闻中的biological clock,新闻并没有说。新模式可以记录人们的生物钟\。

4. What can teachers do with the new education features?

【C】【详解】新闻末尾部分提到，新的教育系统能让教师控制学生的账号、安排课程和教材，所以本题选C。A中“教师能够共享学生信息”没有在新闻提到。B“能够登录学生的银行账号”利用新闻中的account作干扰，新闻是说教师有管理员的账户(admin account)。D。“能够在线教育”。没有在新闻中提到。

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

Three Italian consumer groups have accused McDonald’s of burdening authorized stores with excessive rents,high royalties and restrictive contracts.

The groups,which are backed by the Service Employees International Union,have filed the

antitrust complaint with the European Commission and asked the regulator to open a formal investigation.McDonald’s abuse of its dominant market position hurts everyone:authorized store owners, consumers, and workers.McDonald’s has roughly 6,000 authorized restaurants in Europe that pay to use the company’s branding.

According to the consumer groups' arguments,McDonald’s charges the rents that are up to 10 times higher than market rates.These rents account for 66% of all revenue collected from authorized stores in Europe,the groups claimed.

A European Commission spokesperson said the group had received the complaint,and will now examine it.

McDonald’s, meanwhile, defended its business model,saying it “has helped create the best business opportunities for our authorized stores and the best overall experience for our customers.\

The allegations are not the only problem McDonald's faces on the continent.In December,the European Commission announced it was investigating McDonald’s for failing to pay some taxes in both Luxembourg and the U.S.McDonald’s shifted profits around to avoid paying all the taxes on the royalties it collects from authorized restaurants in Europe and Russia.

5.What do we learn about McDonald’s from the news report? 【C】【详解】本则新闻是关子麦当劳在意大利被指责收取过高的特许经营费(burdening authorized stores with excessive rents),C中的overpriced指。”价格过高的”。该项与新闻所述相符。A错在3000，新闻是说大概有6000授权店。B。品牌租赁费和市场价格一样高。与新闻不符，新闻说其价格是市场价格的10倍(10 times higher than market rates)。D错在consumers，麦当劳收到来自W经销商的投诉，并非消费者的投诉。 6.What did McDonald say to defend its business model? 【A】【详解】关于麦当劳的经营模式，麦当劳声称这种模式给经销商带来了最好的商业机会(helped create the best business opportunities for our store owners)，故选A。B项“给消费者提供了廉价的食物”。没有在新闻中提到。C“收益比竞争对手多”，新闻提到的是特许经销商66%的收益给了麦当劳。D“占领了欧洲66%的市场”中的66%的确有在新闻中提到，但新闻中的66%是品牌租赁费占特许经营店利润的66%。 7.Why was McDonald’s investigated in Europe? 【A】【详解】新闻中提到，麦当劳在欧洲被调查，是由于税收问题(failing to pay some taxes in both Luxembourg and the U.S.)，故选A。B项中“不支付美国的最低工资”和C“它的特许经营店的食物有间题”均没有新闻中提到。D“在主导市场中获利过多”并不是麦当劳被调查的原因。 Section B

Conversation One

M: Good morning, Dr. Smith.My name is Peter.I am a freshman in your department.There are a few things that I am not quite sure of and I do need your advice.

W: Thank you very much for your trust, Peter.As your academic advisor I will try my best.Just tell me how I can help you, Peter.

M: I used to major in English, but now I have made up my mind to switch to Applied Linguistics,concentrating on Teaching English as a Foreign Language.It will probably take me two years to get my master's degree since I also work part time. W: So you want to switch majors?

M: Yes. But I have been wondering if it is possible.

W: Well, usually we allow it,as long as you have enough credits.

M: That's good news for me.I'm not interested in literature and that sort of thing.I want to be a real teacher, Professor.Actually, teaching is what appeals to me,but I'm worried about the make-up credits.I have been taking a lot of courses in English.

W: You usually do have to make up some credits when you switch majors.Are you OK on credits? M: Not too many.I'll have to add about 12 credits as far as I can figure from my transcript.Would you please let me know how many credits are required to get a master's degree?

W: Usually thirty-six credits are needed.If you take five courses per term,you'll have enough credits just after two semesters.Usually each course is worth three credits.To get the six remaining credits you either prepare a thesis or take two more courses.

M: I'm afraid I might find that course load a little too heavy.But now I have a clearer idea.Thank you very much for your help, Professor.

W: Well, many students carry a lighter load,especially in the first term. M: Is there anything else besides the 36 credits for the master's? W: You have to have an oral defense.

M: I see. All this about credits was so complicated but now I have more confidence.I really appreciate your help, Professor. W: Glad I can help. Good luck, Peter.

8.Why does the man resort to the woman? 【A】【详解】主旨题。男士开头先自我介绍，然后紧接着说明目的想从英语专业转到应用语言学专业，故答案为A.

9.What is the woman’s profession? 【B】【详解】细节题。在对话中，女士说。作为你的academic advisor，我会尽力帮助你的。，因此答案为B.

10.Why does the man want to take up Teaching English as a Foreign Language?

【C】【详解】细节题。男士对文学没有兴趣，他想成为老师是因为这才是他感兴趣的事，所以他想换专业，因此答案为C.

11. How soon could the man get a master’s degree if he takes 4 courses per term? 【C】【详解】计算题。女士谈到，取得硕士学位需要36个学分，通常每门课程值3个学分。如果男士一学期选4门课，他一学期就能得到4×3=12个学分，3个学期就是36个学分，因此他最多需要3个学期。故答案为C.

Conversation Two

M: Have you noticed the new dustbin downstairs,at the entrance of the main building? W: Yeah, of course.It looks funny, though, like a battery.What's it for?Is it really for garbage? M: Not really.Actually it's a dustbin for used batteries.

W: Used batteries? What do you mean by that?Why do we need a special dustbin for used batteries?

M: Well, you know there are still a lot of heavy metals left in used batteries,so by recycling the batteries,we can not only make full use of the metals left,but also prevent the environment from being polluted.

W: Oh, I see. Can this work? Our efforts are too insignificant.

M: Even though we are not ecologists or biologists,there is still a lot we can do.The Student Union is sponsoring a one-month program called \and more students aware of serious environmental problems we are facing now. W: Sounds quite exciting-\

M: Well, quite a lot.For one thing, you can stop using those plastic meal-boxes and disposable wooden chopsticks.Plastic meal-boxes do great harm to the environment and disposable chopsticks are a big waste of forest resources.Well, there will be a lecture tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock.You may attend if you are interested.

W: Tomorrow afternoon...let me think...yeah, I happen to be free.I will go there. 12.What is the new dustbin for according to the conversation?

【C】【详解】男士问女士有没留意楼下的新垃圾箱，女士回答说有，并问是不是用来装垃圾的，男士说其实不是，实际上这个垃圾箱是用来回收用过的电池，据此可排除A,选C.不难直接从对话中同时听到塑料饭盒和一次性木筷，通常并列的选项不为答案，可同时排除B和D.

13.What are the two speakers doing? 【B】【详解】主旨题。四个选项的话题对话中都提到了，但整个对话由新垃圾箱引出电池回收问题，并进而谈到开展环保活动，最后男士告诉女士明天有一个讲座，可以让人们更深刻地认识环境问题。选项A.D都是围绕B项内容展开，只是对话的部分内容，不能用于概括大意，故答案为B.而C错在collect.

14.What is the purpose of the “Green Movement”? 【D】【详解】细节题。男士提到”绿色运动”，它是学生会主办的为期一个月的活动，旨在让更多的学生意识到环境污染的严重性。因此,答案应该是D。其他选项都是具体做法，而且不完全与该运动相关。本题答案所在的子较句子长，信息量大，考查学生的基本功。考生平时应有意识地多听长句，熟悉其结构组成，考试时遇到方能得心应手。 15. What will the woman do tomorrow afternoon?

【A】【详解】细节题。男士说明天下午有个讲座，如果有兴趣的话可以参加。女士回答说，明天下午正好有空，会去的，所以答案为A.符合。听到什么选什么。的原则。C是长期行为，不是明天下午要做的事。 Section C Passage One

Do you remember a time when people were a little nicer and gentler with each other?I certainly do.And I feel that much of the world has somehow gotten away from that.Too often I see people rushing into elevators without giving those inside a chance to get off first,or never saying \think that something like a simple \you\doesn't really matter.But it can matter very much.The fact is that no matter how nicely we dress or how beautifully we decorate our homes,we can't be truly elegant without good manners,because elegance and good manners always go hand in hand.In fact, I think of good manners as a sort of hidden beauty secret.Haven't you noticed that the kindest,most generous people seem to keep getting prettier?It's funny how that happens, but it does.Take the long-lost art of saying \you\wearing a little make-up,or making sure your hair is neat.Getting into the habit of saying \you feel better about yourself.

Good manners add to your image,while an angry face makes the best-dressed person look ugly. 16.What is the passage mainly about?