单选题People carry out much of their commerce here, ______ selling vegetables, serving locals meals or running, a hair salon.

单选题Which of the following livestock has the biggest number in the UK?

单选题Not until 1942______a drying patient’s life using penicillin．

单选题He has been caught ______ the rain and is wet ______ the skin.

单选题What is Susan's trouble now?

单选题Why is the man watching television?

单选题{{B}}Section B{{/B}} In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing no more than three words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Mars with its orange-red colour has fascinated people since ancient times. Its name derives from the Roman god of war. The planet is similar to Earth in a number of ways. For example, a day on Mars is about the same length as a day on Earth. Also the tilt of Mars' axis is about the same as that of Earth so it has similar seasons. However, temperatures are much lower than on Earth—below the freezing temperature of water even in summer with average daily temperatures of about 60 degrees Celsius. The cold is due to the lack of heating from the Sun and the lack of greenhouse warming from gases in the thin atmosphere. What can you see? Mars will be a very prominent object in the night sky in August and September. Not only will it be the brightest object apart from the moon, but its reddish colour will make it easy to find. In July Mars was rising in the east a few hours after sunset. By late August it will be rising around sunset. To see Mars through a telescope during its close approach, contact your local public observatory, amateur astronomical society or planetarium. Most of them are likely to hold viewing sessions. Mars is a small planet, half the size of Earth. When it is distant from us it appears as a tiny featureless reddish disc even when viewed through a telescope. At oppositions the disc of Mars appears larger and features can be seen on its surface. These features include the polar caps and dark markings. Mars may also have a dust storm raging on its surface. While this sounds exciting, it can make the appearance of the planet disappointing. Water on Mars Though there is no liquid water on the surface, close-up photographs of Mars reveal winding valleys and channels. These indicate the existence of running water in the past. Scientists using NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, currently in orbit around Mars, have discovered large quantities of water ice under the planet's surface. They found that in regions of Mars surrounding the south pole the top one meter of soil has more than 50% water by volume. An instrument called the gamma ray spectrometer detected the water by searching for the signature of hydrogen in radiation coming from the planet. As hydrogen is an essential component of water and the hydrogen-rich regions are in the coldest regions of the planet, the scientists concluded that the hydrogen indicated the presence of water ice. Summary: The Mars and the Earth have much in common, such as similar length of a day and similar {{U}}(51) {{/U}} However, the temperature is {{U}}(52) {{/U}} on Mars than that on Earth. In August and September, Mars is the brightest object in the night sky secondary to {{U}}(53) {{/U}}. ff you want to observe the Mars, you can contact your local public observatory, amateur astronomical society or planetarium, who are likely to provide viewing sessions. At oppositions the Mars appears larger and {{U}}(54) {{/U}} can be seen on its surface. Evidence show that there is no liquid water on the Mars but {{U}}(55) {{/U}} was detected, which is an essential element of water.

单选题What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

单选题{{B}}Section D{{/B}} Directions: You are going to read a passage. Five sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences A-E the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Questions 73-76 are based on the following passage.The most interesting architectural phenomenon of the 1970s was the enthusiasm for refurbishing old buildings. Obviously, this was not an entirely new phenomenon. {{U}}(73) {{/U}}. A few trial efforts, such as Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, proved their financial viability in the 1960s, but it was in the 1970s, with strong government support through tax incentives and rapid depreciation, as well as growing interest in ecology issues, that recycling became a major factor on the urban scene. One of the most comprehensive ventures was the restoration and transformation of Boston's eighteenth century Faneuil Hall and the Quincy Market, designed in 1842. This section had fallen on hard times, but beginning with the construction of a new city hall immediately adjacent, {{U}}(74) {{/U}} under the design leadership of Benjamin Thompson. He has provided a marvelous setting for dining, shopping, professional offices, and simply walking. Butler Square, in Minneapolis, exemplifies major changes in its complex of offices, commercial space, and {{U}}(75) {{/U}} designed in 1906 as a hardware warehouse. The exciting interior timber structure of the building was highlighted by cutting light courts through the interior and adding large skylights. San Antonio, Texas, {{U}}(76) {{/U}} . Rather than bringing in the bulldozers, San Antonio's leaders rehabilitated existing structures, while simultaneously cleaning up the San Antonio River, which meanders through the business district. Sentences: A. offers an object lesson for numerous other cities combating urban decay B. What is new is the wholesale interest in reusing the past, in recycling, in adaptive rehabilitation. C. During the 1970s, old buildings in many cities were recycled for modem use. D. public amenities carved out of a massive pile E. It has returned to life with the intelligent reuse of these fine buildings.

单选题 In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

单选题Email newsletter marketing is more cost-effective than ______ any other form of marketing that a firm does. A. really B. utterly C. practically D. specially

单选题Jack: I'm sorry, but I can't find the magazine you lent me. Mike: Jack: I really feel bad about it. Let me buy you a new one. Mike: No. I won't dream of letting you do that.

单选题Niagara Falls is located in the state of ______.

单选题{{B}}Section C{{/B}} Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 6 statements. Go over the passage quickly. For questions 66-71, mark T (for True) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; F (for False) if the statement contradicts with information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 66-71 are based on the following passage. You might be of the opinion that a little hard work never hurt anyone, but this old saying is wearing thin. Tokyo interiors filter Nobuo Miuro, quite literally, died in his word boots in the middle of a 17-hour shift: a Japanese doctor returned a verdict of death by overwork. It's a phenomenon that has become so common in Japan (where a typical office worker can leave home at 7 a.m., only getting back after 11 p.m.) that they even have their own word for it: "karoshi". Karoshi has yet to make it as a buzzword in current British usage, but that' not to say that long hours and work-related stress aren't taking their toll on us here. Self-reported health problems in the past 12 months by people in the UK working 48 hours or more have included mental exhaustion (54%), difficulty sleeping (43%) and range from chronic headaches and irritable bowel trouble to ulcers and drug or alcohol problems. The weird thing is that not all of this chaos is brought about because we work for mean bosses, keen to keep up working even on Christmas day. Deborah is the marketing director of a major fashion outlet. She regularly burns the midnight oil but has few regrets. "I did begin to worry a bit when they moved the chocolate vending machine right outside my office door. Apparently I get through more chocolate bars in one week than the entire second floor get through in a month. But other than not having a particularly healthy diet and probably drinking more coffee than is good for me, I really love my job." But there's another reason Deborah says she works so hard. "Most offices are still a little dominated by males," she says. "Being a woman, I feel that I have to work even harder than the men if I want to be taken seriously." Deborah believes that for women to succeed in the workplace they have to shoulder more than their fair share of the workload, but she's adamant that her efforts are being rewarded. "In recognition of my hard work I was given a new Alfa Romeo as my company car and they're talking about giving me a posting in Italy next year." Lucky Deborah! Italians, according to the Trades Union Congress, only work an average of 38.5 hours every week.

单选题Julie: What happened? You looked so depressed. Martha: I'm just feeling a bit low, that's all. Julie: Did you fail to pass the exam? Martha: ______ Well, urn, I failed to get the scholarship to go to graduate school.

单选题There are several landladies approved by the university who take in ______. A. lodgers B. residents C. inhabitants D. settlers

单选题They made great efforts to throw ______ the chains of tradition.

单选题—Whatdoes"R"meanonthatsign?—______Let"sstop.Youmustbedyingforsomethingtoeat.

单选题Whichonebelowistrueaccordingtothenews?

单选题Nancy ______ to work harder in order to have more opportunities to find a better job. A. reserved B. restrained C. resorted D. resolved