You will hear two conversations. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.CONVERSATION 1(Questions 1-4)Man's name:【L1】 1.Woman's name:【L2】 2.Name of the man's wife:【L3】 3.The man's telephone number:【L4】 4. You will hear two conversations. Write down one word or number in the numbered spaces on the forms below.CONVERSATION 1(Questions 1-4)Man's name:【L1】 5.Woman's name:【L2】 6.Name of the man's wife:【L3】 7.The man's telephone number:【L4】 8. 【L1】

Here is a letter from Colorado State University to inform the applicant Mr. Li that he has been admitted to Cognitive Psychology Program beginning with the fall semester of 2016.Dear Mr. Li, Thank you for your interest in graduate study at Colorado State University. You have been admitted to our Cognitive Psychology Program beginning with the fall semester of 2016. The enclosed brochure provides a detailed description of the Cognitive Psychology Program, including the program of study, degree requirements, mentorship program, faculty research interests and laboratory facilities. We hope you will join us this fall. Your undergraduate record, interests and experience indicate that you will gain much new and exciting knowledge at CSU. Please notify me in writing of your decision to accept or reject this offer, prior to April 15. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 555-555-5555. Sincerely, Hugh Camera Read the letter and complete the given information form. Write a word, phrase or number in the spaces 1-5. The extra expenses arising from transportation will be borne by your side. Please pay special attention to the packing for the long sea voyage. A Letter from Colorado State UniversityMr. Li has been admitted to【W1】______of Colorado State UniversityMr. Li will begin with【W2】______ of year 2016.Mr. Li receives the brochure providing【W3】______.Mr. Li is required notify CSU of his【W4】______ before【W5】______.

You will hear five short recordings. Five people are giving advice on how to give feedback to employees. For each recording, decide what advice the speaker gives. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings.A Give feedback on a regular basis.B Choose the right time and place.C Focus on the consequences of the individual's behaviour.D Ignore your own personal feelings.E Be clear about what you're referring to.F Praise the individual's strengths.G Offer people the chance to respond.H Give feedback immediately. You will hear five short recordings. Five people are giving advice on how to give feedback to employees. For each recording, decide what advice the speaker gives. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings.A Give feedback on a regular basis.B Choose the right time and place.C Focus on the consequences of the individual's behaviour.D Ignore your own personal feelings.E Be clear about what you're referring to.F Praise the individual's strengths.G Offer people the chance to respond.H Give feedback immediately.

Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A-G)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. professional and managerial employeesB. work staffC. human-resource managementD. work force skillsE. important postF. the improvement of worker's basic skillsG. more money should be invested

You will hear a radio interview with a leading industrialist and business consultant, Philip Spencer. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You will hear a radio interview with a leading industrialist and business consultant, Philip Spencer. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording.

Read the article below and choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A~H)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Sleeping in Space A voyage to Mars would take about eight months on a modern spaceship. That might seem like a great opportunity to catch up on your sleep. 【R1】 1 "If we at some point really want to go to Mars and we want to send humans, then we need to know how they will cope," Mathias Basner told Science News. He is a sleep researcher at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. 【R2】 2 Their experiment was like a long-running game of make-believe: Six men spent 520 days — a little more than 74 weeks — on a pretend voyage to Mars. In fact, the crew spent the entire time confined inside a small, windowless capsule in Moscow, Russia. 【R3】 3 During their "trip," the travelers pretended to land on Mars and to carry out science tests. Throughout the pretend trip, other scientists collected data on the travelers. 【R4】 4Once every minute, that device recorded the man's motions. From these data, Basner's team found that the volunteers were less active and slept more as the pretend mission continued. During the last 18.5 weeks of the trial, most participants were sleeping more each day than they had during the first 18.5 weeks. 【R5】 5One man's natural sleep cycle shifted from a roughly 24-hour day to almost 25 hours long.(By coincidence, that time is closer to the length of a day on Mars.)This meant that he was sometimes awake when his crew members were asleep, and vice versa.【R6】 6Tests showed that he became less alert. Messing with sleep can have serious consequences, says Jeffrey Sutton.【R7】 7He also directs the Center for Space Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "When you are doing high-risk behavior in space, a performance deficit can be life threatening, he told Science News. The decrease in activity found by Basner's team could also prove problematic in space, says Sutton. 【R8】 8A He's a doctor and scientist who worked on the study.B Another one of the six pretend travelers slept less over time.C His team published its new findings in early January.D Each participant wore a device on his wrist.E Astronauts may need to increase their exercise to stay healthy.F But a recent experiment finds that people may develop sleep problems on a long space journey — or at least on the pretend trip in these tests. G Four of the men also developed sleep problems.H The goal of this trial: to learn how people would cope with living in close quarters during travel to and from the Red Planet. 【R1】

Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-16), mark one letter(A~G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. heart attackB. intense curiosityC. a blocked arteryD. gender disparityE. a federal databaseF. follow-up treatmentG. a flood of stress hormones

Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet. During the past ten years【C1】______attention has been given to "telling it like it is". My impression is that this devotion to【C2】______one's mind has more often led to hurt feelings and ruined relationships than【C3】______great joy. I think we generally agree that never expressing real feelings and【C4】______all less-than-lovely thoughts about each other always leads to constructive communication. It's a great 【C5】______to allow ourselves to admit our human weaknesses and pursue more honest relationships with others.【C6】______we need to keep a balance between telling it all and telling nothing. Recently I received a letter from a mother who had been【C7】______by her son to attend a weekend meeting with him. Under pressure from the group, her defenses cracked and she heard herself【C8】______her son for the first time that he【C9】______an accident—that she hadn't been planning to have a child. He【C10】______told her that he couldn't recall a single day in his childhood that he'd been happy. We cried and【C11】______; I thought telling the truth had been good for us. But the trouble is, it wasn't the whole truth. By the time Tommy was born I did want him, and at【C12】______he was happy. Ever since that day, we【C13】______by some terrible feelings we exchanged. I must admit I've【C14】______the conclusion that some things are better left uncovered. Honesty is a fine policy, but we need a new sense of【C15】______. Disclosing is not a solution to every problem【C16】______even an end in itself. It's useful under some circumstances and terribly hurtful under【C17】______. It's a good idea, I think, to bite your【C18】______for ten or fifteen minutes before saying what's【C19】______your mind. Try to decide whether it's going to open up new and better ways of communication or【C20】______wounds that may never heal.

John Williams, personnel director of a company, receives an application from Jack Smith applying for a position in the company but there are no openings. Suppose you are John Williams. Now write a letter(30-40 words)to Smith to express appreciation and explain the job situation.

Read the following article and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on your Answer Sheet. Small, Imperfectly Formed One has to look a long time for an American politician of any political stripe who has failed to laud small businesses. Still, many have little clue as to what makes such businesses succeed or fail. Federal agencies aimed at helping small business, such as the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency, have been around for half a century, yet persistent differences remain between the performance of businesses founded by white, male entrepreneurs and the rest. Blacks are less likely to be self-employed, for example, and when they are their businesses, on average, have lower sales and profits than do their white-or Asian-owned counterparts. If researchers could explain the causes of these differences, policy-makers could(at least in theory)supply small businesses with more useful help. Two researchers for the Census Bureau's Centre for Economic Studies, Ron Jarmin and C.J. Krizan, recently published a working paper attempting to understand demographic differences behind small businesses' success and failure. They concentrated on the years 2002 to 2005, with three databases at their disposal: the Survey of Business Owners, conducted every five years; the Longitudinal Foreign Trade Transaction Database, which includes every US export transaction between 1992 and 2005; and a database co-developed by Mr Jarmin, which allowed the authors to track whether the owners of the firms in their sample had prior experience being their own bosses. By drawing from on the power of the Census's data collection efforts, the authors hoped to create a more nuanced picture of business survival. Some of their findings were not terribly surprising. A firm's chances of survival, regardless of the race or sex of its owner, decreased in poorer areas; and the better the education of the founder, the more likely it was to succeed. Businesses owned by Asians, Hispanics, or Pacific Islanders were more likely to be exporters. Older entrepreneurs were more likely to use personal savings to start their businesses; younger owners were more likely to have to close up shop during the study period than were their middle-aged rivals. However, the data also confirmed that black-and female-owned businesses tended to perform worse than the average. They were also less likely to have been funded by bank loans. Still, the businesses that survived, regardless of the owner's race, tended to add employees at similar rates. Furthermore, after controlling for factors such as the education and race of the owner, there was no statistically significant difference in firms' abilities to expand into different locations. Finally, black entrepreneurs were more likely to have a history of self-employment than their white counterparts. Messrs Jarmin and Krizan's paper is not the first to suggest that black entrepreneurs, less likely to have other business owners in their family or personal networks, tend to "start small" when they venture out on their own. Most researchers get to end their papers by speculating, usually without much fear of consequence, as to the policy implications of their work. The authors of this paper, not wishing to imply that the Census Bureau might have policy opinions, declined to do so. But the reader can make some guesses. One is that mentorship programmes may be particularly useful for promoting entrepreneurship among blacks. Another is that reaching out to businesses based on the owner's race might be less useful than supporting businesses in poorer areas. And small businesses of all stripes would be helped by improving that other institution lauded by politicians: America's education system.

Read the following passages, eight sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A~H)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television.【R1】 1But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey show. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "trash talk".【R2】 2For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. 【R3】 3 Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction.【R4】 4Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your workweek, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared with Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends ever with a "final word".【R5】 5Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone.【R6】 6Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society.【R7】 7They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now.【R8】 8Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.A. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show.B. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life.C. The show's main target audience are middle-class Americans.D. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans.E. The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be.F. These are 18-to 20-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love relationship, sex, money and peers.G. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format.H. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophe, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments of other people's lives. 【R1】

- The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interlocutor may join in the conversation and ask you questions, but you and your partner are expected to develop the conversation.Topic 1: The Inequality Between Men and WomenTopic 2: Internet AddictionTopic 3: The Gap between the Rich and the PoorTopic 4: Influence of the Media (Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television, Movies)Topic 5: Contemporary Fashions

Read the following article from a newspaper and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Are You Afraid of MOOCs? Are MOOCs and other online materials a threat to quality public higher education, and to our role as professors? The members of the philosophy department at San Jose State University think so. They recently issued an open letter to Michael Sandel, a professor of Harvard University, objecting to his role in encouraging the use of MOOCs at public universities. The controversy stems from San Jose State's contract with edX, a company that provides MOOCs, including one based on Sandel's course on justice at Harvard. San Jose State has agreed to use materials provided by edX, but the philosophy department has refused to use Sandel's online lectures in its courses. Though MOOCs are still new, many of the arguments presented by the San Jose State philosophy professors do not ring true in light of my experience. We should begin by distinguishing two issues. The philosophy professors state that they have felt pressured by their administration to use the materials from Sandel's course. The administration denies exerting any such pressure. Whatever the truth of the matter, that is an issue of academic freedom, and not about the pedagogical merits of using MOOCs and other online materials. I certainly agree that professors should be, responsible for the content and pedagogy in their own courses. The real issue, then, is whether the availability and use of online materials, whether through MOOCs or through other channels, is a threat to quality education, especially at public universities. Many of the arguments presented in the letter presuppose an either/or, all-or-nothing approach when it comes to face-to-face versus online teaching. But the whole point of a hybrid, or blended, course is that it combines both. And it is difficult to see why it makes a great deal of difference whether the online content is delivered via a MOOC or not. Nothing will ever replace the face-to-face discussions that occur in the classroom. But in many traditional, on-campus courses, little discussion occurs. In a lecture course with hundreds, or even just scores, of students, much of the time in the classroom is inevitably spent with the professor lecturing and the students(hopefully)taking notes-or at least listening attentively. In courses with a significant lecture component, the advantages of using online lectures are undeniable. I know from my own experience that, if my attention wanes for a few moments, it is very convenient to simply go back and play a portion again. One can do the same if one doesn't quite understand something the first time. And one need not miss material to take a bathroom break. The availability of high-quality online lectures is an opportunity to rethink how we spend our time in the classroom. If an online lecture presents the material, or walks students through an argument, we are freed to spend more time discussing the aspects of the material that are most difficult-or most interesting. We can do other kinds of activities that we might not have time for if we felt obliged to present the material in the traditional way. Yes, hybrid courses usually involve less face-to-face time, but that time can be better and more effectively spent. The crucial thing is that the instructor remains in the driver's seat-and that takes us back to academic freedom. As long as individual professors are choosing what material to assign or recommend, running their in-class discussions and adding material that they think is not adequately covered in the online lectures, choosing the assignments and tests, and grading those tests, there is no threat to the professoriate, or to the quality of education at universities, public or otherwise.

Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A~G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. chronic painB. brain chemicalC. nerve receptorsD. a clear definitionE. damaged nervesF. painkilling therapiesG. an emotional response

Read the following passages, eight sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A~H)on the Answer Sheet. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, is a long-time fan of space tourism. Aldrin climbed out of Apollo 11 hot on the heels of Neil Armstrong in 1969. 【R1】 1 Together with scientists from Purdue University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Texas, Aldrin is designing spacecrafts that would perpetually cruise between Earth and Mars.【R2】 2"Some day, people will go to Mars on a regular basis," says team member James Longuski, a professor at Purdue. "【R3】 3" The average distance between Mars and Earth is 48 million miles. 【R4】 4 It sounds like a trip that would require a lot of fuel. According to the engineers, the cyclers may have a natural, renewable "fuel" supply: from the gravitational forces of the Sun, the planets, and their moons. As a spacecraft travels close to a planet, its flight path is bent, causing it to whip around the planet and significantly increasing its speed(it's as if the planet's gravity gives the passing spacecraft a kick into space).【R5】 5It's not just science fiction: it might help us get Mars with very little fuel on board, in a journey that would take as little as six to eight months. "The cycler is essentially in orbit around the Sun and makes regular flybys of Earth and Mars," says James Longuski. "Once you put your vehicle into a cycler orbit, it continues on its own momentum, going back and forth between Earth and Mars.【R6】 6" When the cycler flies by Earth, it will be traveling at a speed of about 13,000 miles per hour.【R7】 7"This is sort of like a bus that doesn't stop," Longuski says. "When it comes by, you have to run alongside of it and grab on." Aldrin and his group think that the first cycler could be on its way by as soon as 2018. 【R8】 8 (It seems a long way off now, but it's closer than you think!) Fasten your seatbelts and make sure your seatback is in its upright position. Your flight to space may be departing soon.A. These crafts, known as "cyclers", would ferry people and supplies between the two planets, enabling humans to colonize Mars — something that has long been dreamed about in science fiction.B. Most people are convinced that we are going to do this; the only question is when.C. So, if you're in middle school now, you could be taking a trip to Mars by the time you're in your thirties.D. To get a sense of just how far this is, try doing this calculation: Given that there are 2,500 miles between New York and Los Angeles, how many times would you have to travel from NY to LA and back to cover the same distance?E. Now, at the age of 72, Aldrin is working on a new project that could put more of his fellow humans in space — namely, on journeys to one of our most fascinating neighbors, Mars.F. This is the "slingshot" trajectory that you may have seen in movies.G Space taxis will be needed to bring people from the surface of the planet to intercept the cycler. H. You may need to carry some propellant for an occasional boost, but it's pretty much a free trip after that. 【R1】

A TV station is planning to develop a new program of talk show, hence some guests are needed. Guests for the talk show program should be: Good at using verbal and non-verbal devices, communicative. They also should have some relevant experience You are asked to draw a copy to get guests.

You got an announcement of price increase from Bruce Green, the manager of one of your company's suppliers. Dec. 1st, 2011Dear Mr. Joe Williams. Due to the increase in raw material costs, we must unfortunately raise the cost of our merchandise to you. We have avoided raising our prices for as long as possible, but we can no longer prolong the inevitable. We have enclosed our new price list for your review which goes into effect on Jan. 10, 2012. Any orders placed between now and Jan. 10, 2012 will be honored at the lower prices. We wish to thank you for your valued account and know that you will understand the necessity for this price increase. Best regards Bruce Green Please write a reply: acknowledging receipt of the announcement; expressing your appreciation of his company's service; proposing a meeting to discuss next year's contract. Write 50-60 words.

You are asked to write a composition in which you give your own opinions on the following statement. Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication Write your article in about 120 words.

You are a director of a manufacturing company. A foreign delegation will soon be visiting the company. You are responsible for supervising arrangement for the visit. Write a memo to the office manager of your company: saying when the delegation will arrive; explaining what he should show them; telling him the arrangement for lunch. Write 50-60 words.

Read the following passages and answer questions 9-18.1. The Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the early 5th century, the capital of the Ming dynasty was moved from Nanjing to Beijing. Twenty four emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties ruled in the Forbidden City. The last dynasty fell in 1911, but Emperor Puyi still lived in the inner court. It was not until 1925 that the complex was converted into a museum. Since then the palace has been open to the public.2. The large-scale construction involved 100,000 artisans and 1,000,000 civilians. The material needed for building the palace came from all over the country. In the Qing dynasty, the timber came mostly from Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan provinces. The gold bricks were made in Suzhou. The glazed tiles were made in Sanjiadian, Beijing.3. The Palace Museum is located in the center of Beijing, covering an area of 72 hectares. The floor square is 163,000 square meters. It is 961m long from south to north, and 753m wide from east to west.4. According to the calculations made in 1973, there are more than 90 courtyards, 980 buildings and 8704 room units inside the Forbidden City. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of building varied, and so there was no fixed number of rooms.5. The astronomers in ancient China divided the main fixed stars into three Yunan. Ziweiyuan is the residence of the heavenly emperor, and it is in the middle and also called Zi palace. The feudal emperors call themselves the sons of heaven and called the palace they lived in the symbol of Zi palace in heaven. The palace where the emperor resided was completely forbidden for the common people. So that is why it is called the Forbidden City. In the 1992 comments on Beijing attractions in World Travel Wonders, experts commented that the Forbidden City was the largest, best preserved palace complex remaining in the world today. The Forbidden City was placed on the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1987.Questions 9-13 For questions 9~13, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A~G)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. General information of the Forbidden City.B. Labor and the building material needed.C. The function and the status of the Forbidden City.D. Area and floor space of the Forbidden City.E. The name origin and status of the Forbidden City.F. Numbers of buildings in the Forbidden City.G. The history of the Forbidden City.