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Part I Writing (30minutes)
(請於正式開考後半小時內完成該部分，之後將進行聽力考試)
Directions：For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay ose you are two options upon graduation： one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate are to make a choice between the e an essay to explain the reasons for your should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
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) mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet1with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1and 2 are based on the news report you have just the heard.
1.A) It was going to be renovated.C) It was dangerous to live in.
B) He could no longer pay the rent.D) He had sold it to the royal family.
2.A) A storm.C) A forest fire.
B) A strike.D) A Terrorist attack.
Questions 3and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.A) They lost contact with the emergency department.
B) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks.
C) They sent calls for help via a portable radio.
D) They were trapped in an underground elevator.
4.A) They provided the miner with food and water.
B) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.
C) They released the details of the accident.
D) They tried hard to repair the accident.
Question5 to7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5.A) Raise postage rates.C) Close some of its post offices.
B) Improve its services.D) Redesign delivery routes.
6.A) Closing offices on holidays.C) Computerizing mail sorting processes.
B) Shortening business hours.D) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.
7.A)A lot of controversy will arise
B) Taxpayers will be very pleased
C) Many people will begin to complain
D) Many post office staff will lose their jobs
Section B
Directions：In this section，you will hear two long the end of eachconversation，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 four choice marked A)，B)，C) and D) mark the corresponding letter an Answer sheet1 with a single line though the centre.
Question8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8.A)He will lose part of his pay.C)He will be given a warning.
B)He will go through retraining.D)He is go good terms with his workmates.
9.A)He is an experienced press operator.C)He is always on time.
B)He is trustworthy guy.D)He is go good terms with his workmates.
10.A)She is a trade union representative.C)She is better at handing such matters.
B)She is a senior manager of the shop.D)She is in charge of public relation.
11.A)He is always trying to stir up trouble.
B)He is skilled and experienced.
C)He is very close to the manager.
D)He is always complaining about low wages.
Question12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A)Open.C)Selfish.
B)Reserved.D)Friendly.
13.A)They read a book.C)They stay quiet.
B)They talk about the weather D)They chat with fellow passengers.
14.A)She was unwilling to make friends with workmates.
B)She was never invited to a colleague’s home.
C)She was eager to visit an English castle.
D)She was always treated as a foreigner.
15.A) House are much more quiet.C) They want a garden of their own.
B) They want to have more space.D) Houses provide more privacy.
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) mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) They will automatically be given hiring priority.
B) They don’t have to go through job interviews.
C) They are likely to get much higher pay.
D) They don’t have much choice of jobs.
17.A) Visit the school careers services.C) Look at school bulletin boards.
B) Ask their professors for help.D) Go through campus newspapers.
18.A) Providing students with information about the library.
B) Helping students arrange appointments with librarians.
C) Supervising study spaces to ensure a quiet atmosphere.
D) Helping students find the books and journals they need.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A) It tastes better.C) It is easier to grow.
B) It may be sold at a higher price.D) It can better survive extreme weathers.
20.A) It can grow in drier soil.C) It will replace green tea one day.
B) It is immune to various diseases.D) It is healthier than green tea.
21.A) It does not have a stable market.
B) It has made tea farmers’ life easier.
C) It does not bring the promised health benefits.
D) It has been well received by many tea drinkers.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.A) They care more about environment.
B) They decorate their homes themselves.
C) They prefer unique objects of high quality.
D) They need decorations to show their status.
23.A) They made great contributions to society.
B) They could only try to create at night.
C) They were proud of their creations.
D) They focused on the quality of their products.
24.A) Identify fake crafts.C) Design handicrafts themselves.
B) Make wise choices.D) Learn the importance of creation.
25.A) To attract foreign investments.C) To arouse public interest in crafts.
B) To preserve the traditional culture.D) To boost the local economy.
PARTⅢ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions： In this section， there is a passage with ten are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the the passage through carefully before making your choice in the bank is identified by a se mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are“male”and“female”brains，believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.A new study 26 that belief， questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.
In the study， Tel Aviv University researchers 27 for sex differences throughout the entire human brain
And what did they find? Not er than offer evidence for 28 brains as “male” or“female”，research shows that brains fall into a wide range ， with most people falling right in the middle.
Daphna Joel ，who led the study， said her research found that while there are some genderbased 29 ，many different types of brain can’t always be distinguished by gender.
While the “average”male and“average”female brains were 30different， you couldn’t tell it by looking at individual brain a small 31of people had “all-male”or“all-female”characteristics.
Larry Cahill， an American neuroscientist(神經科學家)，said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning 32 beliefs about gender and brain he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same， 33 of gender.
“There’s a mountain of evidence 34 the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function ，”he told The Seattle Times.
If anything， he said， the study 35that gender plays a very important role in the brain“even when we are not clear exactly how.”
A) abnormal I) regardless
B) applied J) searched
C) brieflyK) similarities
D) categorizing L)slightly
E)challenges M) suggests
F)figure N)tastes
G)percentage O)traditional
H)proving
Section B
Directions：In this section， you are gonging to read a passage with ten statements attached to statement contains information given in one of the tify theparagraph from which the information is may choose a paragraphmore than paragraph is marked with a er the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2.
Can Burglars Jam Your wireless Security System?
[A] Any product that promises to protect your home deserves careful it isn’t surprising that you’ll find plenty of strong opinion about the potential vulnerabilities of popular home-security systems.
[B] The most likely type of burglary(入室盜竊) by far is the unsophisticated crime of opportunity， usually involving a broken or some forced rding to the FBI， crimes like these accounted for roughly two-thirds of all household burglaries in the US in wide majority of the rest were illegal， unforced entries that resulted from something like a window being left FBI doesn’t even track those statistics.
[C] One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a given system is vulnerable to being blocked from working wired setups， the fear is that a burglar(入室盜竊)might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right a wireless setup， you stick battery-powered sensor up around your home that keeps an eye on windows， doors， motion， and they detect something wrong while the system is armed，they’ll transmit a wireless alert signal to aa base station that will then raise the approach will eliminate most cord-cutting concerns-but what about their wireless equivalent， jamming? With the right device tuned to the right frequency， what’s to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?
[D] Jamming concerns are nothing new， and they’re not unique to security deviceThat’s built to receive a wireless signal at a specific can be overwhelmed by a stronger signal coming in on the same comparison， let’s say you wanted to “jam” a conversation between two people-all you’d need to do is yell in the listener’s ear.
[E] Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast on-that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with minimal will， however， need to know what system they’ are looking you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use， that’d point them in the right direction， thought at that point， we’ are talking about a highly targeted， semi-sophisticated attack， and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of ’s easier to find and acquire jamming equipment for some frequencies than it is for others.
[F] Wireless security providers will often take steps to help combat the threat of jamming liSafe， winner of our Editors’ Choice distinction， utilizes a special system that’s capable of separating incidental RF interference form targeted jamming the system thinks it’s being jammed， it’ll notify you via push alert (推送警報) there， it’s up to you to sound the alarm manually.
[G] SimpliSafe was singled out in one recent article on jamming， complete with a video showing the entire system being effectively bypassed with handheld jamming equipment r taking appropriate measure to contain the RF interference to our test lab， we tested the attack out for ourselves， and were able to verify that it’ is possible with the right ver， we also verified that SimpliSafe’s anti-jamming system caught us in the act， sent an alert to my smartphone， and also listed our RF interference on the system’s event team behind the article and video in question make no mention of the system， or whether or not it detected them.
[H] We like the unique nature of that means that a thief likely wouldn’t be able to Google how the system words， then figure out a way around if they could， SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving， and that it varies slightly form system to system， which means there wouldn’t be a universal magic formula for cracking r systems also seem confident on the subject of team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in a blog on its site， citing their own jam protection software and claiming that there aren’t any documented cases of a successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in the 1980s.
[I] Jamming attacks are absolutely said before， with the right equipment and the right know-how， it’s possible to jam any wireless how probable is it that someone will successfully jam theirway into your home and steal your stuff?
[J] Let’s imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming t， a thief is going to need to target your home， ， he’s going to need to know the technical details of your system and acquire the specific equipment necessary for jamming your specific umably， you keep your doors locked at night and while you’re away， so the thief will still need to break means defeating the lock somehow， or breaking a window ’ll need to be jamming you at this point， as a broken window or opened door would normally release the alarm ， too， would the motion detectors in your home， so the thief will need to continue jamming once he’s inside and searching for things to ver， he’ll need to do so without tripping the anti-jamming system， the details of which he almost certainly does not have access to.
[K] At the end of the day， these kinds of systems are primarily designed to protect against the sort of opportunistic smash-and-grab attack that makes up the majority of ’re also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home， one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exploit lighting at system is impenetrable， and none can promise to eliminate the worst case y one of them has vulnerabilities that a knowledgeable thief could theoretically exploit.A good system is one that keeps that worst-case setting as improbable as possible while also offering strong protection in the event of a less-extraordinary attack.
is possible for burglars to make jamming attacks with the necessary equipment and skill.
rfering with a wireless security system is similar to interfering with a conversation.
38.A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm， both inside and outside the house.
liSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.
a very small proportion of burglaries are committed by technical means.
is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as its system keeps changing.
less devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.
erent measures should be taken to protect one’s home from burglary in addition to the wireless security system.
liSafe’s device can send a warning to the house owner’s cellphone.
lars can easily get a security device’s frequency by Internetsearch.
Section C
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section passage is followed by some questions or unfinished each of them there are four choices maked A)，B)，C)and D) should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
As a person who writers about food and drink for a living， I couldn’t tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that I can tell you that I like this ’s because he plans to ban tipping in favor of paying his servers an actual living wage.
I hate tipping.
I hate it because it’s an obligation disguised as an option.I hate it for the post-dinner math it requires of mostly， I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers， as is the custom in virtually every other industry.
Most of you probably think that you hate tipping， arch suggest actually love tipping! You like to feel that you have a voice in how much money you server matter how the math works out， you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a letter value， which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.
One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough： the service is better when waiters depend on tips， presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you ， if this were true we would all be slipping a few 100 dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors， as it turns out， waiters see only a tiny bump in tips when they do an exceptional job compared to a passable ers， keen observers of humanity that they are ， are catching on to this; in one poll， a full 30% said they didn’t believe the job they did any impact on the tips they received.
So come on， folks： get on board with ditching the outdated tip a little more up front for your beer or ort Bill Perry’s pub， and any other bar or restaurant that doesn’t ask you to do drunken math.
can we learn about Bill Perry from the passage?
A) He runs a pub that serves excellent beer.
B) He intends to get rid of the tipping practice.
C) He gives his staff a considerable sum for tips.
D) He lives comfortably without getting any tips.
is the main reason why the author hates tipping?
A) It sets a bad example for other industries.
B) It adds to the burden of ordinary customers.
C) It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.
D) It poses a great challenge for customers to do math.
do many people love tipping according to the author?
A) They help improve the quality of the restaurants they dine in.
B) They believe waiters deserve such rewards for good service.
C) They want to preserve a wonderful tradition of the industry.
D) They can have some say in how much their servers earn.
have some waiters come to realize according to a survey?
A) Service quality has little effect on tip size.
B) It is in human nature to try to save on tips.
C) Tips make it more difficult to please customers.
D) Tips benefit the boss rather than the employees.
does the author argue for in the passage?
A) Restaurants should calculate the tips for customers.
B) Customers should pay more tips to help improve service.
C) Waiters deserve better than just relying on tips for a living.
D) Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
In the past， falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy， but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down， even as oil prices sink lower and that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?
Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world umers have more money in their pockets when they’re paying less at the spend that money on other things， which stimulates the economy.
The biggest gains go to countries that import most of their oil like China，Japan，and doesn’t the extra money in the pockets of those countries’ consumers mean an equal loss in oil-producing countries， cancelling out the gains? Not necessarily，says economic researcher Sara Johnson.“Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high， so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support spend and subsidies(補貼)for their consumers.”
But not all oil producers have big Venezuela， collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.
Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper implication is a sharp decline in global trade， which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations cant’s afford to import as much as they used to.
Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the reason is that more countries are big oil producers now， so the nations suffering from the prices drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
Consumers， in the least， acting cautiously with the savings they’re getting at the gas pump， as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes， so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.
does the author mainly discuss in the passage?
A)The reasons behind the plunge of oil prices.
B)Possible ways to stimulate the global economy.
C)The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.
D)The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending.
do some experts believe cheap oil will stimulate the global economy?
A) Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.
B) Lower oil prices have always given a big boost to the global economy.
C) Oil prices may rise or fall but economic laws are not subject to change.
D) Consumers will spend their saving from cheap oil on other commodities.
happens in many oil-exporting countries when oil prices go down?
A)They suspend import of necessities from overseas.
B)They reduce production drastically to boost oil prices.
C)They use their money reserves to back up consumption.
D)They try to stop their economy from going into free-fall.
does Carl Weinberg view the current oil price plunge?
A) It is one that has seen no parallel in economic history.
B) Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.
C) It still has a chance to give rise to a boom in the global economy.
D) Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws.
haven’t falling oil prices boosted the global economy as they did before?
A) People are not spending all the money they save on gas.
B) The global economy is likely to undergo another recession.
C)Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy.
D)People the world over are afraid of a further plunge in oil prices.
Part IVTranslation (30 minutes)
Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
在中國文化中，紅色通常象徵著好運、長壽和幸福.在春節和其他喜慶場合，紅色到處可見.人們把現金作為禮物送給家人或親密朋友時，通常放在紅色信封裡。紅色在中國流行的另一個原因是人們把它與中國革命和共產黨相聯絡。然而，紅色並不總是代表好運和快樂.因為從死前者名字通常用紅色書寫，用紅墨水書寫中國人名被看成是一種冒犯行為。
參考答案
Part I Writing (30minutes)
Directions：For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay ose you are two options upon graduation： one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate are to make a choice between the e an essay to explain the reasons for your should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Much controversy has been aroused about whether the students should find a job or start their own business after ng a look around， we can find that some graduates bustle around job markets， while others choose to run a shop on ver， I prefer the former choice.
From my perspective， there are good reasons to find a job in the first several years after their t and foremost， if a graduate intends to accumulate working experience and learn from the seniors， it is advisable for him to find a is an undeniable fact that the theoretical knowledge will provide the graduates with the ability to consider things comprehensively， however， only under the integration with practice can the rigid knowledge be useful for their future itably， doing something small is the premise of undertaking something Jack Ma， the founder of Alibaba and taobao， for also finds some jobs before establishing his own career， laying a solid foundation for his later success.
Consequently， it is of great necessity to find a job after graduation.I firmly believe that it will continue to bring about more returns to our life and future.
Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
did John move out of the castle?
was dangerous to live in.
happened in Scotland last Wednesday?
A.A storm.
does the news reporter say about the miners?
were strapped in an underground elevator.
did the rescue team do?
sent supplies to keep the miners warm.
is the US postal service planning to do?
e some of its post office.
measure has been planned to save costs?
ping mail delivery on Saturdays.
will happen when the proposed measure comes into effect?
post office staff will lose their jobs.
Section B
will happen to the press operator who is late for work according to the woman?
will lose part of his pay.
does the man say about John who stands by the time clock?
is a trustworthy guy.
does the man suggest the woman see the worker who was late?
is better at handling such matters.
does the woman say about Jack Green?
is always trying to stir up trouble.
do foreigners generally think of British People according to the woman?
rved.
may British people typically do on a train according to the man?
stay quiet.
does the man say about the Italian woman working in Manchester?
was never invited to a colleague’s home.
do British people prefer houses to flats?
es provide more privacy.
Section C
does the speaker say about the college students applying for a campus job?
will automatically be given hiring priority.
can students do to find a campus job according to the speaker?
t the school careers service.
does the speaker say is a library monitor responsibility?
rvising study spaces to ensure a quiet atmosphere.
have the tea farmers in Kenya decided to grow purple tea?
may be sold at a higher price.
do researchers say about the purple tea?
is healthier than green tea.
is ara found about the purple tea?
does not have a stable market.
does the speaker say about today’s consumers?
prefer unique object of high quality.
does the speaker say about good craftsmen in the past?
could only try to create at night.
do craftsmen help consumers do?
wise choices.
do state art councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festival?
boost the local economy.
PARTⅢ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
26.E)challenges
27.J)Searched
28.D)categorizing
29.K)similarities
30.L)slightly
31 G)percentage
32 O)traditional
33.I)regardless
34.H)proving
35.M)suggests
Section B
36-40 IDJFB 41-45 HCKGE
is possible for burglars to make jamming attacks with the necessary equipment and skill.
I
rfering with a wireless security system is similar to interfering with a conversation.
D
38.A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm， both inside and outside the house.
J
liSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.
F
a very small proportion of burglaries are committed by technical means.
B
is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as its system keeps changing.
H
less devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.
C
erent measures should be taken to protect one’s home from burglary in addition to the wireless security system.
K
liSafe’s device can send a warning to the house owner’s cellphone.
G
lars can easily get a security device’s frequency by Internet search.
E
Section C
Passage One
can we learn about Bill Perry from the passage?
B) He intends to get rid of tipping practice.
is the main reason why the author hates tipping?
C) It forces the consumers to compensate the waiter.
do many people love tipping according to the author?
D) They can have some say in how much their servers earn.
have some waiters come to realize according to a survey?
A) Service quality has little effect on tip size.
does the author argue for in the passage?
D) Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.
Passage Two
does the author， mainly discuss in the passage?
C) The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth
do some experts believe cheap oil will stimulate the global economy?
D) Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities
happens in many oil-exporting countries when oil prices go down?
C) They use their money reserves to back up consumption.
does Carl Weinberg view the current oil price plunge?
B) Its negative effects more than cancel cut its positive effects
haven’t falling oil prices boosted the global economy as they did before?
C) oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
在中國文化中，紅色通常象徵著好運、長壽和幸福.在春節和其他喜慶場合，紅色到處可見。人們把現金作為禮物送給家人或親密朋友時，通常放在紅色信封裡。紅色在中國流行的另一個原因是人們把它與中國革命和共產黨相聯絡。然而，紅色並不總是代表好運和快樂.因為從死前者名字通常用紅色書寫，用紅墨水書寫中國人名被看成是一種冒犯行為。
As a symbol of good luck， longevity and happiness in Chinese culture， the colour of red can be seen everywhere on festive occasions such as Chinese New is usually put in red envelopes as gifts to relatives and close ， red is much-welcomed in China because of its association with Chinese revolutions and the Communist ver， red does not always represent good luck and was previously used to write the names of the deceased so it is seen as an offence to write Chinese people’s names in red ink.
