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Section A
Directions：In this section，you will hear three news the end of each news report,you will hear two or three the news report and the questions will be spoken only r you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A.，B.，C.,and D.,Then mark the corresponding letter on answer Sheet 1 with d single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
◆1.A. How college students can handle their psychological problems.
B. Why college students are more likely to have stress problems.
C. Why sufficient sleep is important for college students.
D. HOW college students can improve their sleep habits.
◆ is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits.
is not good for students to play video games.
ng te preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.
ents who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard .
◆her adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities
her the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.
her the Spanish company could offer better service.
her more airports should be built around London.
◆ ownership structure.
of innovation and competition.
ficient management.
of runway and terminal capacity.
Questions 5 to7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
◆y the effects of nicotine on young smokers.
a limit to the production of their cigarettes.
steps to reduce nicotine in their products.
rt the nicotine content of their cigarettes.
◆ biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.
B. Brands which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.
cco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.
tobacco companies were flank with their customers about the hazards of smoking .
◆ will pay more attention to the quality of their products.
were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.
promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.
have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.
Section B
Directions：In this section，you will hear two long the end of each conversation，you will hear four the conversation and the questions will be spoken only r you hear a question，you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A，B，C and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 8 tol1 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
◆and.
nesia.
and.
en.
◆ing with her boyfriend in Dutch.
ing a coach who can offer real help.
iring the necessary ability to socialize.
ning a language where it is not spoken.
◆ticing reading aloud as often as possible.
ening to language programs on the radio.
ng to speak it as much as one can.
ng friends with native speakers.
◆ provides opportunities for language practice.
trains young people’s leadership abilities.
offers various courses with credit points.
creates an environment for socializing .
Questions 12 tol5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
◆12.A.A sense of freedom driving gives.
s and regulations for driving .
role policemen play in traffic safety.
D. The impact of engine design on road safety.
◆ cars with automatic control.
cars with higher standards.
cars that are less powerful.
D. Make cars that have better brakes.
◆ follow traffic rules closely.
B. They keep within speed limits.
like to go at high speed.
D. They tend to drive responsibly.
◆15.A. It is a bad idea.
is as effective as speed bumps.
is not useful.
should be combined with education.
Section C
Directions：In this section，you will hear three the end of each passage,you will hear three or four the passage and the questions will be spoken only r you hear a question，you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A，B，C,and D,Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet l with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 tol8 are based on the passage you have just heard.
◆ card got damaged.
card was found invalid.
card reader broke down unexpectedly.
card reader failed to do the scanning.
◆ seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.
covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.
calling the credit card company for confirmation.
typing the credit card number into the cash register.
◆uce many low-tech fixes for failures.
B. Give birth to many new technological inventions.
C. Change the lifestyle of many Americans.
D. Affect the sales of appliances.
Questions 19 to21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
◆ vary among different departments.
leave much room for improvement.
are determined by the advising board.
are set by the dean of the graduate school.
◆ consulting the examining committee.
B. By reading the Bulletin of Information.
C. By visiting the university’s website.
D. By contacting the departmental office.
◆ are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.
specify the number of credits students must earn.
have to be approved by the examining committee.
are the same among various divisions of the university.
Questions 22 to 25 are based oil the passage you have just heard.
◆idates in dieting.
ents majoring in nutrition.
ents in health classes.
le and high school teachers.
◆ overemphasis on thinness.
changing criteria for beauty.
mistaken conception of nutrition.
overestimate of the effect of dieting.
◆ demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.
explain how computer images can be misleading.
prove that technology has impacted our culture.
illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.
◆ help students rid themselves of bad living habits.
establish an emotional connection with students.
promote her own concept of beauty.
persuade girls to stop dieting.
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
News Report One
聽力原文：
You probably think college students are experts at parties，preparations for tests，personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’s sleep habits，which can be bad for the body and the s Tech University is even offering a class called“Improving Your Sleep Habits”.[1]People suffering from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity,psychological problems and car ents who don't get enough sleep have poorer attendance and lower top of all that，[2] a new study published in the Journal Learning&Memory finds you're probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for a test.200 college kids were taught to play some unfamiliar video ects who learned the games in the morning lost some skills when they played again 12 hours later，but they did much better after getting a good night’s sleep.[1] you really want to do your job well,don't forget to get some sleep.
解析：
college students can handle their psychological problems.
college students are more likely to have stress problems.
sufficient sleep is important for college students.
college students can improve their sleep habits.
Q：What is the news report mainly about?
【解析】選項為how或why開頭的句子表明，本題可能考查新聞要點。選項中均出現的college students，以及重複出現的sleep表明，新聞可能與大學生睡眠有關。結合問題，並辨認“充足的睡眠”，還是“睡眠習慣”是解題的關鍵。
【答案】C
is not easy to improve one’s sleep habits.
is not good for students to play video games.
ng last-minute preparations for tests may be less effective than sleeping.
ents who are better prepared generally get higher scores in examinations.
Q：What is the finding of the new study published in the Journal Learning&Memory?
【解析】選項中重複出現的students和sleep表明，本題可能考查學生的睡眠情況。
【答案】C。
News Report Two
聽力原文：
Long queues，delayed flights and overcrowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the while，there’re complaints：the poor service at London’s major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority,which runs 7 major airports，including the 3 main ones serving London.[3] The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its idea is that competition between rival operators would lead to better service at airports.[4]The British Airports Authority recently bought by a Spanish company,says the root cause of the problems is not the ownership structure,but a lack of runway and terminal capacity,which is addressing through a programme of heavy investments.
解析：
her adequate investment is being made to improve airport facilities.
her the British Airports Authority should sell off some of its assets.
her the Spanish company could offer better service.
her more airports should be built around London.
Q：What is the Competition Commission going to
investigate?
【解析】選項均為以whether開頭的賓語從句，其中重複出現的airport，以及facilities，assets，service和more…built表明，本題可能考查與機場有關的(設施、財產、服務和機場數量)情況。
【答案】B
4.A. Poor ownership structure.
ficient management.
C. Lack of innovation and competition.
D. Lack of runway and terminal capacity.
Q：What is the root cause of the poor service at British airports according to the British Airports Authority?
【解析】選項均為名詞短語，其中重複出現的lack，以及poor，inefficient和runway and terminal capacity表明，本題可能考查機場出現某種缺陷的原因。
【答案】D。
News Report Three
聽力原文：
[5] Under the law in Massachusetts,tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results.[6]The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures，and then draws its conclusions：116 brands were looked at for the study.82 were found to have
higher nicotine yields than they did 6 years previously.[6]The biggest increase is tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers，that worries the Department because of the addicted nature of ton Glantz，a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why.“The amount of nicotine was delivered in every type of cigarettes is 10 percent higher than it was 6 years ago，which means that it’s easier to get hooked and harder to quit.[7]The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are flank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed ver，[7]none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.”
解析
y the effects of nicotine on young smokers.
B. Set a limit to the production of their cigarettes.
C. Take steps to reduce nicotine in their products.
D. Report the nicotine content of their cigarettes.
Q：What do tobacco companies have to do under the
law in Massachusetts?
【解析】選項中重複出現的nicotine(content)和cigarettes表明，本題可能考查香菸中尼古丁含量的要求。
【答案】D。
biggest increase in nicotine content tended to be in brands young smokers like.
ds which contain higher nicotine content were found to be much more popular.
cco companies refused to discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.
tobacco companies were frank with their customers about the hazards of smoking.
Q：What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston?
【解析】選項中重複出現的nicotine(content)，以及smokers和smoking表明，本題可能考查香菸中尼古丁含量對吸菸者的影響。
【答案】A。
will pay more attention to the quality of their products.
were not prepared to comment on the cigarette study.
promised to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes.
have not fully realized the harmful effect of nicotine.
Q：What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies?
【解析】選項均為以they開頭的句子，結合四個選項的內容可知，they指菸草公司。選項中的ntion to quality...，not ce the nicotine content和ful effect of nicotine表明，本題可能考查菸草公司存在的問題。
【答案】B。
Section B
Conversation One
聽力原文：
M：And you thing that l want to ask ’s greatly you have had this experience of teaching in following up on what you just mentioned，what would you recommend for students who do not live in an English—speaking country?And，you know,they want to learn?I don’t know about perfecting， but they want at least to be able to communicate can they go about this?
W：’s really ’s the real struggle because…[8]Right now I do live in Holland but I really don’t socialize much with Dutch people.[10]And my boyfriend's English is so good that we just basically speak English all the I have to make a real effort to e’s as much listening exposure as I I have to do is turn on the TV
M：And reading t?
W：e’s plenty that I can get to read and listen for speaking，there really is no substitute for trying to speak and use the language in a relaxed atmosphere.[9] So.I think that's really the challenge for people who live in a country where their target language isn't spoken. And for that…gosh，what would I do?If I didn’t have people here，probably，try to find a club… [11]In Sweden they have a really cool system called“Study Circles”e it’s not…it’s like a really,you just have a course leader who’s mere sort of as a coach and to help you don’t get you go just because you want to learn.
W：OK，Nathan.[12]So we’re talking about driving and are there any rules or regulations that You’d like to change?
M：I'm not sure I want to change I’d like to please to be strict on the roads，like，if people jam the traffic lights.I don’t know why there isn’t a camera at the traffic lights to stop people doing like speeding，it’s very easy to put speed cameras in certain places.
W：[13]Maybe car manufacturers should have some responsibility in limiting their power of their ’s the point in producing an engine that’s big and powerful enough to go like 200km/h when the speed limit is only 100?
M： do you know there’s no speed limits in Germany?
W：[14] People there do drive responsibly,though. Often，people break laws simply because the laws are the law isn’t there，people will drive within their ability you’ve got speed limits，this creates situations actually present dangers on the road.
M：Do you think Germans have better education about personal responsibility when driving?
W：Possibly,they also have very good cars.
M：Right.
W：If you’ve got a good car that can go at a high speed then it’s very nice to do that.
M：But still with care.
W：So.I think it’s the restriction that creates the dangers sometimes.
M：OK.
W： driving through a residential area，or where there’s a school，you’ve got to have speed policemen.
M：Speed bumps.
W：d bumps-those speed-bumps that force you to slow down.I think they’re good idea.
M：So，[15]you don't think fining people is useful?
W：[15]Not really,because the police don’t have time to police every single driver.
解析
and.
nesia.
and
en.
Q：Where does the woman live right now?
【解析】選項均為國家名稱，結合問題對號入座是解題的關鍵。
【解析】答案。
ing with her boyfriend in Dutch.
ing a coach who can offer real help.
iring the necessary ability to socialize.
ning a language where it is not spoken.
Q：What does the woman say is the real challenge?
【解析】選項中的talking…in Dutch，socialize和learning a language表明，本題可能考查學習語言的情況。
【答案】D。
ticing reading aloud as often as possible。
ening to language programs on the radio.
ng to speak it as much as one can.
ng friends with native speakers.
Q：What does the woman suggest doing to learn to speak a foreign language?
【解析】選項均為動名詞短語，其中的language， speak，speakers，reading aloud，on the radio和friends with native…表明，本題可能是針對學習語言提出的建議，尤其是針對說的方面。
【答案】C。
provides opportunities for language practice.
trains young people’s leadership abilities.
offers various courses with credit points.
creates an environment for socializing.
Q：What does the woman say about the“Study Circles”in Sweden?
【解析】選項均為以it開頭的句子，it可能指某一語言機構。選項中的language practice，courses和socializing表明，本題可能考查語言練習、某些課程或社交的情況。
【答案】A。
12.A.A sense of freedom driving gives.
s and regulations for driving.
role policemen play in traffic safety.
impact of engine design on road safety.
Q：What are the speakers mainly talking about?
【解析】選項均為名詞短語，核心名詞(sense，rules and regulations，role和impact)各不相同，結合其中的 driving，traffic safety和road safety推測，本題可能考查對話的主題，可能與交通安全有關。
【答案】B。
cars with automatic contro1.
cars with higher standards.
cars that are less powerful.
cars that have better brakes.
Q：What does the woman think car manufacturers could do?
【解析】選項均為動詞短語，且均以make cars開頭表明，本題可能考查製造什麼型別的汽車。
【答案】C。
follow traffic rules closely.
keep within speed limits.
like to go at high speed.
tend to drive responsibly.
Q：What can we learn about people driving in
Germany?
【解析】選項均為描述they的`句子，其中的follow traffic rules，keep within speed limits，like to和tend to drive表明，本題可能考查they的駕駛習慣。
【答案】D。
is a bad idea.
is as effective as speed bumps
is not useful.
should be combined with education.
Q：What does the woman think of the police fining
drivers?
【解析】選項均為描述it的句子，其中的bad idea，effective，not useful和should be表明，本題可能考查某人對it的看法。
【答案】C。
Section C
Passage One
聽力原文：
Behind the cash register at a store in downtown San Francisco，[16]Sam Azar swiped his cred“card to pay for a pack of store's card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic tried again and luck!
As customers began to queue， reached beneath the counter for a black plastic bag.[l7]He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried ess!The sale was completed.
“I don’t know how it just does，”said who 1eamed the trick from another fone，the company that makes the store’s card reader,would not confirm or deny that the plastic bag trick it’s one of many low—tech fixes for high—tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered，often out of desperation，and shared.
[18] Today's shaky,economy is likely to produce many more such tricks.“In postwar Japan，the economy wasn’t doing so great，so you couldn’t get everyday—use items like household cleaners，”says Lisa Katayama，author of Urawaza，a book named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks.“So people look for ways to do with what they had.”
Today,Americans are finding their own tips and tricks for fixing malfunctioning devices with supplies as simple as paper and ，like ’s plastic bag，are open to argument as to how they work，or whether they really work at many tech home remedies can be explained by a little science.
card got damaged.
card was found invalid.
card reader broke down unexpectedly.
card reader failed to do the scanning.
Q：What happened when Sam Azar swiped his credit card to pay for his purchase?
【解析】選項均為描述the card和the card reader的句子，其中的damaged，invalid，broke down unexpectedly和failed…scanning表明，本題可能考查某人購物使用信用卡付款時出現的狀況。
【答案】D。
seeking help from the card reader maker Verifone.
covering the credit card with a layer of plastic.
calling the credit card company for confirmation.
typing the credit card number into the cash register.
Q：How did Sam Azar manage to complete the sale?
【解析】選項均為by開頭.的介詞短語表明，本題可能考查做某事的方法或手段。
【答案】B。
uce many low-tech fixes for high—tech failures.
birth to many new technological inventions.
ge the lifestyle of many Americans.
ct the sales of high—tech appliances.
Q：What is today’s shaky economy likely to do?
【解析】選項均為動詞短語，其中的give birth to many new和change the lifestyle表明，本題可能考查某事帶來的影響。
【答案】A。
Passage Two
聽力原文：
If you are a graduate student，you may depend on your advisor for many things，including help with improving grades，acquiring financial support，forming an examining committee and getting letters of you are a graduate teaching assistant，your advisor also may be your“boss”.
[19]Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic advisors to graduate some departments，either the chairman or the director of graduate studies serves for at least a semester as a new student’s the student selects an advisor,based on shared academic interests.
In other departments，a new student is assigned a faculty advisor based on some system of distribution of the department’s“advising load”r,students may have the opportunity of selecting the advisor that they prefer.
In any case，[20]new graduate students can learn who their advisors or temporary advisors are by visiting or emailing the departmental office,and asking for the information.
[21] Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn，the minimum grade point average you must achieve，and the distribution of credits you must have from among different departments or fields of addition，it is necessary to“apply for graduation”when you near the time that you’11 be completing
your graduation e graduation requirements vary among divisions of the university,you should consult the Bulletin of should also direct your questions to your departmental office or academic advisor.
解析：
vary among different departments.
leave much room for improvement.
are determined by the advising board.
are set by the dean of the graduate sch001.
Q：What does the speaker say about procedures for
assigning academic advisors?
【解析】選項均為描述they的句子，其中的vary among different departments，determined by the advising board和set by…graduate school表明，本題可能考查they的制定或特點。
【答案】A。
術導師的程式會有不同。A)是短文中資訊的再現，故為答案。
consulting the examining committee.
reading the Bulletin of Information.
visiting the university’s website.
contacting the departmental office.
Q：How can new graduate students learn who their advisors are?
【解析】選項均為by開頭的介詞短語表明，本題可能考查做某事的方法或手段。
【答案】D)。
are harder to meet than those for undergraduates.
specify the number of credits students must earn.
have to be approved by the examining committee.
are the same among various divisions of the university.
Q：What does the speaker say about graduation requirements?
【解析】選項均為描述they的句子，其中的harder to meet than those for undergraduates，specify the number of credits，approved by the examining committee和the same…the university表明，本題可能考查they的特點。
【答案】B。
Passage Three
聽力原文：
[22]Jody Hubbard is a diet and nutrition expert who travels around the state to speak le and high primarily speaks to students in health classes，but sometimes the school will arrange for her to speak to several different groups of girls.[23]Her biggest concern is the emphasis American culture places on thinness and the negative ways of this affects girls has a nutrition，but more important，she has personal experience-her mother taught her to diet when she was only 8 years old.
Jody has created several different presentations which she gives to different types of audiences，and she tries to establish an emotional connection with the students so that they will feel comfortable asking questions or talking to her privately.[24]She shows them pictures and images from popular culture of beautiful women and explains how computers are used to make the women look even more thin and“beautiful”man they are in real describes how the definition of beauty has changed over the years and even from culture to then talks about health issues and the physical damage that can occur as a result of lly，she addresses self-respect and the notion that a person’s sense of beauty must include more than how much a person weighs.
Sometimes，[25]Jody feels that she succeeds in persuading some students to stop dieting;other times，she feels that she fails.
解析：
idates in dieting.
ents majoring in nutrition.
ents in health classes.
le and high school teachers.
Q：Who does Jody Hubbard primarily speak to?
【解析】選項均為表示不同型別的人，聽音時注意
做筆記，並聽清問題，對號入座。
【答案】C。
飲食和營養專家，她去往全國各地的中學演講。她
主要是給上保健課的學生演講。C是短文中資訊的
再現，故為答案。
overemphasis on thinness.
changing criteria for beauty.
mistaken conception of nutrition.
overestimate of the effect of dieting.
Q：What is Judy Hubbard’s biggest concern about American culture?
【解析】選項均為its開頭的名詞短語，其中的 overemphasis，changing criteria，mistaken conception和overestimate表明，本題可能考查某人對某物的某一方面的看法。
【答案】A。
demonstrate the magic effect of dieting on women.
explain how computer images can be misleading.
prove that technology has impacted our culture.
illustrate her point that beauty is but skin deep.
Q：Why does Jody Hubbard show pictures of beautiful women to her audiences?
【解析】選項均為動詞不定式短語表明，本題可能考查做某事的原因或目的。
【答案】B。
help students rid themselves of bad living habits.
establish an emotional connection with students.
promote her own concept of beauty.
persuade girls to stop dieting.
Q：What is Jody Hubbard’s main purpose in giving her speeches?
【解析】選項均為動詞不定式短語表明，本題可能考查做某事的原因或目的。
【答案】D。
