{{B}}SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.{{/B}}

The Internet, cell phones, palmtop computers and other digital technology allows one to quickly gain______to a variety of information.

You ______ call your father's name directly. It's impolite in China.

Every 101 minutes or so, a Department of Defense imaging satellite circles the Earth, capturing images from the equator to the polar ice caps. It's that DOD drone(colorfully named the DMSPF-17)that monitors geologic changes, such as the decreasing size of the Arctic and Antarctic ice covers. The images it snaps are the ones most people see of the Earth's two white domes, which have been steadily diminishing for the past decade. Skimming over the top of the world feels a bit like being on a different planet, according to Rick Steiner, a marine conservation researcher at the University of Alaska. For the past two years, Steiner has led research missions flying low over thousands of miles of Arctic seas for a handful of polar climate scientists, some of whom work for the federal government. He times the daylong voyage to coincide with the time of year when sea ice is at a minimum, the exact end of summer melting in mid-September, before the autumn cool begins to refreeze some of the water. Having lived in Alaska for 30 years, Steiner can tell you in personal detail how the minimum has shrunk from year to year. He calls the voyage his annual "bearing witness to the Arctic crisis" trip. The crisis has been mapped out in precise detail in slide shows and research papers, with startling statistics. The past three summers have seen the lowest ice volume ever recorded, according to data released annually by the National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC). The sea-ice minimum in 2007(1.6 million square miles)was the single lowest year, with nearly 40 percent less ice than the seasonal average recorded over the past three decades. And the problem is only expected to worsen. As the ice melts, it releases highly concentrated carbon and methane(甲烷)that is locked in the permafrost(永冻层), creating an accelerating warming loop. An additional compounding factor is that dark oceans absorb more of the sun's energy than light-colored ice, which reflects a large portion of it. That means that the more ice melts over the summer, the more open ocean there is, which leads to more absorbed energy and warmer oceans, which means that less ice forms the following winter, which leads to even more open ocean the following year. Early this past summer, researchers thought 2009 would be even worse than 2007 in terms of melting, until a late-arriving wind from the equator brought cool air that prevented even more melting. "When you're actually looking out the window and seeing mile after mile of warm ocean water where there used to be sea ice that you once walked around on, it gives you the certainty that something major is going on there, " says James Overland, a marine environmental researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The thickness of the ice and water temperatures—which were also measured at disturbingly high levels by Steiner and his team this year—are also measurements you can't make by peering at satellite images.

It wasn't so much his appearance I liked _____ his personality.

PASSAGE THREE

______ from each other, they get alone well and can always find a balance.

Basketball Organized basketball【T1】______two teams of five players each. The players score points by【T2】______into a raised basket. The game of basketball was【T3】______in 1891 by a【T4】______ who wanted to create a team sport that【T5】______during the winter. People immediately enjoyed basketball's【T6】______and fast action. In just a few years, it became so【T7】______that people started【T8】______basketball games. Then American【T9】______took the game to Europe during World War One. In 1936, basketball became part of the【T10】______at the Olympic Games.

He seems not to have grasped what I meant, ______ greatly upsets me.

We ______ any attempts to infiltrate company networks to obtain user information.

The official ______the interview on the sensitive issue.

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?

The art teacher who accused Prince Harry of cheating has won her case against Eton College for unfair dismissal. Sarah Forsyth, 30, took the public school to an employment tribunal after her contract was not renewed. The tribunal yesterday upheld Ms. Forsyth's claim that she had been bullied by Eton's head of art, Ian Burke. But it rejected her allegations that Mr. Burke had ordered her to help Prince Harry cheat in his AS-level art by completing his written work for him. It also criticised as "unprofessional" her decision to secretly record a conversation with the prince on his way to his final exam to try to support her claim. Ms. Forsyth brought the case after the school, which charges ￡23, 688 a year, decided not to renew her contract after the summer of 2003. She also accused Mr. Burke of bullying her and giving improper assistance to pupils during exams. At her hearing in May, Ms. Forsyth claimed she had written most of the text of the prince's AS-level art coursework journal, something she said was "unethical and probably constituted cheating". She also claimed Mr. Burke "touched up" aboriginal-inspired artwork which was displayed to the media as an example of Prince Harry's work when the prince finished his time at Eton. The prince has strenuously denied any suggestion that he cheated and an investigation by the examination board found no evidence of any improper behaviour. In its 40-page judgment, the tribunal said it was for the exam board to rule whether cheating had occurred. While the report described Ms. Forsyth as consistent and "truthful" on the whole, it rejected her allegations about Prince Harry. It ruled that her relationship with Mr. Burke was so bad that it was not plausible that he would have tried to enlist her help in any attempt to cheat. It concluded that her account of the help she had given the prince was muddled and that Mr. Burke's story was more believable. She claimed she had written a sample answer for the prince to use as a guide which, in her account, was given to Prince Harry, cut up and stuck in the journal. The tribunal sided with Mr. Burke, who said that Ms, Forsyth had not written the piece on her own but simply sat with Prince Harry and suggested vocabulary. However, the panel was critical of Mr, Burke and said its "Inevitable conclusion" was Ms. Forsyth's dismissal had been unreasonable. The panel said, "He did undermine and bully her." Anthony Little, Eton's headmaster, was criticised for failing to look at the case fairly. The school was criticised for failing to produce any written "capability procedure" to the tribunal. A spokesman for Eton said the school regretted its employment procedures had not been "up to scratch", but said it was pleased the tribunal had rejected the "publicity-seeking" allegations regarding Prince Harry. He added the school would be calling for the tribunal to award no compensation to Ms. Forsyth, arguing she would have been dismissed for secretly tape-recording a conversation with a pupil.

Fool ______ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.

The earthquake refugees are____for food and blankets.(2012-70)

Nowadays, more and more young people tend to celebrate western traditional festivals, such as Valentine's Day, Christmas. Are Western festivals undermining Chinese culture? The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.YESAs Western festivals become increasingly popular among young people, they tend to get confused between Western festivals and traditional Chinese festivals for lack of the recognition of their own cultural identity. For example, a pupil once absurdly mistook the statue of Confucius as Santa Claus.With foreign media infiltrating into people's daily life through various social networks, western cultures are even accepted as the dominant moral values by some young people.NOIndeed, there are an increasing number of people going for Western festivals. But that doesn't mean every one of them has a thorough understanding of the cultural backgrounds behind these festivals. While for Chinese people who are deep rooted in Chinese culture, they know very much about the origins of traditional Chinese festivals.Recent years have witnessed more and more regulations and laws to protect the Chinese traditional festivals, for example, Tomb-sweeping Day and Mid-autumn Day have been legalized as national holidays.

Yu Dan and Lecture Room program gain popularity in modern China, which is _______ of a new attitude towards Sinology.

Agriculture is the country's chief source of wealth, wheat _____ by far the biggest cereal crop.

The committee has anticipated the problems that ______ in the road construction project.[2007]