单选题Before stone processing, what must be taken into account?

单选题Young children are __________ old children.

单选题Which parking area is reserved for volunteers?

单选题The two men were caught in a traffic jam.________

单选题How can exercise help make a person look younger? A. By making them feel happier. B. It helps keep type Ⅱ muscle fibres in better condition. C. It increases oxygen flow.

单选题Which insurance company would the woman finally choose?

单选题An 'experience economy' has grown in Britain because A. most people have enough things. B. people like new ideas. C. buying things has become too expensive.

单选题Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.

单选题Choose the correct letters A-D.

单选题Questions 28-30 Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

单选题What job does the girl determine to take?

单选题Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

单选题In the first paragraph, the writer argues that pollution A has increased since the eighties. B is at its worst in industrialised countries. C results from poor relations between nations. D is caused by human self-interest.

单选题What is the price for borrowing DVD films per day?

单选题Questions 21-30 Questions 21-27 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

单选题Question 14 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in box 14 on your answer sheet. Which of the following phrases best describes the main aim of the passage ?A. to analyze the market share distribution of different smart-phone makerB. to explain the development and functions of smart-phonesC. to depict the current smart-phone patent warD. to present the regulations and control over the smart-phone market

单选题It will take about __________ for the tourists to learn some details.

单选题Sarah still has __________ credits to fulfill this term.

单选题Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions27-40,whicharebasedonReadingPassage3below.TheDeepSeaAtatimewhenmostthinkofouterspaceasthefinalfrontier,wemustrememberthatagreatdealofunfinishedbusinessremainshereonearth.RobotscrawlonthesurfaceofMars,andspacecraftexitoursolarsystem,butmostofourownplanethasstillneverbeenseenbyhumaneyes.Itseemsironicthatweknowmoreaboutimpactcratersonthefarsideofthemoonthanaboutthelongestandlargestmountainrangeonearth.Itisamazingthathumanbeingscrossedaquarterofamillionmilesofspacetovisitournearestcelestialneighborbeforepenetratingjusttwomilesdeepintotheearth'sownwaterstoexploretheMidoceanRidge.Anditwouldbehardtoimagineamoresignificantpartofourplanettoinvestigate-achainofvolcanicmountains42,000mileslongwheremostoftheearth'ssolidsurfacewasborn,andwherevastvolcanoescontinuetocreatenewsubmarinelandscapes.Thefigurewesooftenseequoted-71%oftheearth'ssurface-understatestheoceans'importance.Ifyouconsiderinsteadthree-dimensionalvolumes,theland-dwellers'shareoftheplanetshrinksevenmoretowardinsignificance:lessthan1%ofthetotal.Mostoftheoceans'enormousvolume,liesdeepbelowthefamiliarsurface.Theuppersunlitlayer,byoneestimate,containsonly2or3%ofthetotalspaceavailabletolife.Theother97%oftheearth'sbiosphereliesdeepbeneaththewater'ssurface,wheresunlightneverpenetrates.Untilrecently,itwasimpossibletostudythedeepoceandirectly.Bythesixteenthcentury,divingbellsallowedpeopletostayunderwaterforashorttime:theycouldswimtothebelltobreatheairtrappedunderneathitratherthanreturnallthewaytothesurface.Later,otherdevices,includingpressurizedorarmoredsuits,heavymetalhelmets,andcompressedairsuppliedthroughhosesfromthesurface,allowedatleastonedivertoreach500feetorso.Itwas1930whenabiologistnamedWilliamBeebeandhisengineeringcolleagueOtisBartonsealedthemselvesintoanewkindofdivingcraft,aninventionthatfinallyallowedhumanstopenetratebeyondtheshallowsunlitlayeroftheseaandthehistoryofdeep-seaexplorationbegan.Sciencethenwaslargelyincidental-somethingthathappenedalongtheway.Intermsoftechnicalingenuityandhumanbravery,thispartofthestoryiseverybitasamazingasthehistoryofearlyaviation.Yetmanyoftheseindividuals,andthedeep-divingvehiclesthattheybuiltandtested,arenotwellknown.Itwasnotuntilthe1970sthatdeep-divingmannedsubmersibleswereabletoreachtheMidoceanRidgeandbeginmakingmajorcontributionstoawiderangeofscientificquestions.Aburstofdiscoveriesfollowedinshortorder.Severaloftheseprofoundlychangedwholefieldsofscience,andtheirimplicationsarestillnotfullyunderstood.Forexample,biologistsmaynowbeseeing-inthestrangecommunitiesofmicrobesandanimalsthatlivearounddeepvolcanicvents-cluestotheoriginoflifeonearth.Nooneevenknewthatthesecommunitiesexistedbeforeexplorersbegandivingtothebottominsubmersibles.Enteringthedeep,blackabysspresentsuniquechallengesforwhichhumansmustcarefullyprepareiftheywishtosurvive.Itisanunforgivingenvironment,bothharshandstrangelybeautiful,thatfewwhohavenotexperienceditfirsthandcanfullyappreciate.Eventhemostpowerfulsearchlightspenetrateonlytensoffeet.Suspendedparticlesscatterthelightandwateritselfisfarlesstransparentthanair;itabsorbsandscatterslight.Theoceanalsoswallowsothertypesofelectromagneticradiation,includingradiosignals.Thatiswhymanydeepseavehiclesdanglefromtethers.Insidethosetethers,copperwiresorfiberopticstrandstransmitsignalsthatwoulddissipateanddieifbroadcastintoopenwater.Anotherchallengeisthatthetemperaturenearthebottominverydeepwatertypicallyhoversjustfourdegreesabovefreezing,andsubmersiblesrarelyhavemuchinsulation.Sincewaterabsorbsheatmorequicklythanair,thecolddownbelowseemstopenetrateadivingcapsulefarmorequicklythanitwouldpenetrate,say,acontrolvanupabove,onthedeckofthemothership.Andfinally,theabyssclampsdownwithcrushingpressureonanythingthatentersit.Thisforceislikeairpressureonland,exceptthatwaterismuchheavierthanair.Atsealevelonland,wedon'tevennotice1atmosphereofpressure,about15poundspersquareinch,theweightoftheearth'sblanketofair.Inthedeepestpartoftheocean,nearlysevenmilesdown,it'sabout1,200atmospheres,18,000poundspersquareinch.Asquare-inchcolumnofleadwouldcrushdownonyourbodywithequalforceifitwere3,600feettall.Fishthatliveinthedeepdon'tfeelthepressure,becausetheyarefilledwithwaterfromtheirownenvironment.Ithasalreadybeencompressedbyabyssalpressureasmuchaswatercanbe(whichisnotmuch).Adivingcraft,however,isahollowchamber,rudelydisplacingthewateraroundit.Thatchambermustwithstandthefullbruntofdeep-seapressure-thousandsofpoundspersquareinch.Ifseawaterwiththatmuchpressurebehinditeverfindsawaytobreakinside,itexplodesthroughtheholewithlaserlikeintensity.Itwasintosuchaterrifyingenvironmentthatthefirsttwentieth-centuryexplorersventured.Questions27-30writethecorrectletter,A,B,CorD,inboxes27-30onyouranswersheet.

单选题Publishers are unhappy with Google because A. Google is only publishing extracts, not complete books. B. they think Google is in breach of copyright. C. Google is co-operating with leading research libraries.