單項選擇題
1、聽句子，回答問題。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have jnst heard.

A．To give background information about Santa Catalina Island.
B．To tell the audience about new books on Santa Catalina.
C．To introduce a training film on baseball.
D．To tell people about the music from the 1930s and 1940s.


2、

回答題
    The social network will let users“mute”messages from other users on their timelines without the muted person’s knowledge，thereby avoiding the(36)__________
    process of having to unfollow(取消關(guān)注)，or put up with，your(37)__________talkative IRL friends．Twitter rolled out new(38)__________to let users better manage the deluge(泛濫)of tweets they receive．
    Users can now“mute”people they follow,removing those people’s tweets and retweets from their own timelines．The muted person won’t know that he or she has been(39)__________．It’s a stealthy way to read less content from certain users without having to unfollow them．A person can easily be muted or(40)__________at any time，Twitter said in a blog post．
    “Mute gives you even more(41)__________over the content you see on Twitter by letting you remove a user’s content from key parts of your Twitter experience，”the company said．
    Though Twitter had been experimenting with the feature in recent weeks，it announced that muting will be(42)__________to all users of the company’s iOS and Android apps，as well as the Twitter．com website．Some other Twitter applications，like TweetDeck，already allowed muting．
    The feature is part of Twitter’s(43)__________strategy to make its service more accessible to a wider range of people．Following a successful initial public offerin9，Twitter’s stock has tumbled in recent months as investors worry about the social network’s(44)__________to attract new users．CEO Dick Costolo(45)__________that Twitter would make changes to its interface this year to make it easier to understand and manage．The company overhauled(徹底檢修)user profile pages in April as part of this effort．
A．silenced
B．a(chǎn)wkward
C．unmvted
D．feature
E．embarrassment
F．unfollowed
G．control
H．extremely
I．overall
J．vowed
K．generally
L．a(chǎn)bility
M．a(chǎn)ccepted
N．a(chǎn)vailable
O．characters

__________


3、聽音頻：

根據(jù)聽到的內(nèi)容，回答題。

A．It is a place where is full ofpeople．
B．It is the name of the travel agency．
C．It is an interesting place that people cail visit．
D．It is a place where people can discover interesting things．


填空題
4、根據(jù)材料，回答問題。
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you hove just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Fast food, for the first time ever, now (26)__________ more than half of all the meals eaten outside of the home in the United Kingdom.
The recession, and the subsequent squeeze on (27) __________ income, has encouraged millions of families to (28) __________ spending on luxuries, especially on meals in restaurants. This has encouraged many to (29) __________ to cheaper meals, especially burgers and fried chicken.
According to NPD, the market research company which (30) __________ consumer spending, 5.54 billion visits were made to a fast food chain in the year 2011, out of the 11 billion meals eaten in (31) __________out of the home--be it at a work canteen, restaurant, pub or sandwich shop.
This means that 50.4, percent of all meals eaten out of the home are now at a (32) __________ quick service restaurant, up from 47.3 percent just two years ago. The term "quick service restaurant" is used by the industry to describe any (33) __________where the consumer queues to buy take-away food so this does include coffee shops.
Guy Fielding at NPD said: "It's a lot about trading down. Because fast food has become so cheap, it has driven families in particular away from (34) __________.restaurants and pubs to the fast food chains."
"Families want to know what they are getting. And with the likes of McDonald's or KFC they know it is a(35) __________ experience and good value."
26.__________


簡答題
5、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "Whether a teacher is competent or not--his or her students have the last word." You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
Students' Evaluation of Their Teachers
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________________________________________
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6、十二生肖(Chinese Zodia)是計算一個人年齡的普遍方式。十二生肖包括十二種動物，分別是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗和豬，分別對應(yīng)中國傳統(tǒng)文化中的十二地支(twelve Earthly Branches)。中國有很多關(guān)于十二生肖的民間故事和傳說。其中一個說的是軒轅帝(Yellow Emperor)想選十二種動物作為皇家守衛(wèi)，貓知道這個消息后告訴了鼠，希望鼠可以提醒他一起去，但是鼠忘記了這件事，單獨去了，因此貓沒有出現(xiàn)在十二生肖中。自此貓和鼠就成了天敵。
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。


7、如今，如果你告訴別人你會聯(lián)系對方，他或她可能不會問你什么時候聯(lián)系，但是會問以什么方式聯(lián)系。現(xiàn)代科技已經(jīng)極大的改變了我們的溝通方式，它提供給我們在任何時候都能保持聯(lián)系的多種方式。對于小型或是中型企業(yè)，這意味著對于競爭力的保持來說是巨大的機會，他們了解技術(shù)發(fā)展的趨勢并且能很好地應(yīng)用自身的優(yōu)勢(appIY thei r own advantages)。


8、在全球變暖的大背景下，低碳經(jīng)濟(| ow-carbon economy)受到越來越多國家的關(guān)注。低碳經(jīng)濟是以減少溫室氣體排放為目標，以低能耗、低污染為基礎(chǔ)的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展方式。近些年來，科學(xué)界以及各國政府已基本達成一致，推行低碳經(jīng)濟是避免氣候發(fā)生災(zāi)難性變化、保持人類可持續(xù)發(fā)展的有效方法之一。以公眾的消費選擇引導(dǎo)和鼓勵企業(yè)開發(fā)低碳產(chǎn)品技術(shù)，向低碳生產(chǎn)模式轉(zhuǎn)變，終達到減少全球溫室氣體的效果。


9、舞獅子(Lion dance)，是我國的民間藝術(shù)。每逢元宵佳節(jié)或集會慶典，民間都以獅舞前來助興。這一習俗起源于三國時期，南北朝時開始流行，至今已有一千多年的歷史。獅子為百獸之尊，形象雄偉俊武，給人以威嚴、勇猛之感。古人將它當作勇敢和力量的象征。認為它能驅(qū)邪鎮(zhèn)妖、保佑人畜平安。所以人們逐漸形成了在元宵節(jié)時及其他重大活動里舞獅子的習俗，以祈望生活吉祥如意，事事平安。


10、微博，即微型博客(micro bIog)，一般長度不超過140字，可以通過電腦或手機更新內(nèi)容或查看頁面。通過電腦，當然，更多地是通過手機，在等車、散步或者發(fā)呆的時候，人們即可完成與他人的溝通。有網(wǎng)友留言說，在微博上，每個人都是記錄者和關(guān)注者。任何人都可以用網(wǎng)絡(luò)或者手機，在短的時間內(nèi)，發(fā)布任何想說的話。微博的流行彌補了被快節(jié)奏的現(xiàn)代生活所撕裂的人際關(guān)系。