14. AQ: Why did the speaker want to work in Nanping?
15. DQ: How many students did he teach there?
16. DQ: What impressed him the most?
17. BQ: What did he think of his short course in Nanping?
Passage Three
Human culture is heavily based on the earth's natural resources — oil, coal and metals; soil, water and forest. Industrialized society is using increasing amount of these resources each year.(19) (But fuels , metals and, to a lesser extent, soil are nonrenewable resources. Once used, they are gone for ever. In many cases the lifetime of these resources is coming to an end.)
Besides, factories and machines create wastes. These wastes are poured into the atmosphere, the water and even into soil. The damaging effect of this pollution is, in some cases, permanent.
Modern technology is creating an additional problem and (20) (it is making industry more and more automatic.) This means that fewer and fewer people are needed to operate factories and offices. The consequent loss of jobs is a worldwide problem and Western society is still struggling to find the answer.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. AQ: Which of the following topics is NOT discussed in the passage?
19. AQ: According to the passage, what will happen to some natural resources like fuels and metals?
20. CQ: According to the passage, why are more and more people becoming jobless?
Section C
What will life be like 100 yeas from now? Some (21) (experts) think that there will be (22) (twice) as many people as there are today. We will have run out of most natural (23) (resources) like oil and coal. (24) (Pollution) will become a (25) (serious) problem in many parts of the world. We may even have run out of clean water to drink. The (26) (trouble) is that we do not know how mankind will be able to (27) (conquer) these problems.
But others say that life in the future will be far better than it is today. (28) (We may get more sunlight, fresher air, live in a better environment and lead far better lives than we do today.) For example, many jobs will be “automated”. That is, machines will do many jobs that people do today. Many families will have a robot. (29) (As for education in the future, children will start school at 3, and people will study until they are 30.)
Moreover, some scientists think that, Perhaps, in the 21st century, more food and more materials will be produced. Houses and factories will use solar energy. (30) (Some families will live under the sea near the coasts and will live there as comfortably as on the land.)
In a word, future life will certainly be very different from what life is like today.
Part IIReading Comprehension (25%) （共25分）
Section A（每題0.5分，共5分）
31—35M K B H J36—40I E O F D
Section B（每題2分，20分）
41—45C B A D A46—50B A C C B
【答案解析】
Section A
31. M此處要用名詞，“play an part in”表示“起作用”。
32. K此處要用名詞，根據上下文應該是指“平均數”。
33. B此處要用名詞，the degree of intimacy指“親密程度”。
34. H此處要用名詞，take into account指“把……考慮在內”。
35. J此處要用形容詞，可從J、K、O中選，隻有J項marked符合句意。
36. I此處要用名詞，根據句意，這裏要表達的是友好關係也可以建立在辯論和討論之中。
37. E此處要用副詞，可從E、G中選，E項generally“通常”符合句意。
38. O此處要用形容詞，從“the more… the more…”“越……越”句型及 intimately修飾形容詞可判斷。
39. F此處要用動詞原形，可從D、F、N中選，根據句意應該是break a promise 違背諾言。
40. D此處要用動詞，“strengthen the association” 指“鞏固聯係”。
Section B
Passage One
41. 【答案】C
【解析】細節題。第一段第二句指出由於工作等壓力，short sleepers“自願”減少夜間睡眠時間，而不是“被迫”，也不是生來睡眠時間少，故A項、B項錯；第四段第一句指出長睡眠的人自幼便保持著這種睡眠習慣，而不是一天裏睡很長時間，故D項錯，綜上所述選C項。
42. 【答案】B
【解析】細節題。第一段最後一句說short sleepers持有的觀點：夜間睡眠是一件令人討厭的事情，打斷了日常事務，故選B項，其他選項不符合此句意。
43. 【答案】A
【解析】細節題。第四段中說如果長睡眠的人偶爾沒有所需的9個小時夜間臥床休息，他們便會十分不安（were quite concerned），故選A項。
44. 【答案】D
【解析】推理題。由第一、二、三段推理睡眠少的人必須更好更多的休息，故選項A正確；由第三段得知短睡眠人的睡眠模式與精神病患者所表現的幾乎一樣，故B項正確；由第三段闡述睡眠短的人不知道如何正確地休息，故選項C正確。綜上所述選D項。
45. 【答案】A
【解析】推理題。根據全文得知B項：長短睡眠的人對睡覺的態度表現不同；第三段闡述睡眠短的人不知道如何正確地休息，經常忽略不正常睡覺的後果，由此推理C選項；第三段第一句說到“讓short sleepers回憶夢境時，他們回憶不起什麼來”，第四段最後一句話說到long sleepers比short sleepers更能回憶得起夢的內容，由此推斷D選項“如果一個人睡不好，表現為記憶力減退”；文中並未提及short sleepers更可能有精神問題，故選A項。
Passage Two
46. 【答案】B
【解析】推理題。由第一段闡述得知保險業的存在是由於許多人投保，而隻有少數投保人受損，特見此句隱含義：“In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance.”
47. 【答案】A
【解析】語義題。“the pool of contributions”意指“投保付的錢”，即“投保費”。
48. 【答案】C
【解析】細節題。第二段闡述保險不能涵蓋所有風險，包括不能預估的商業風險。
49. 【答案】C
【解析】細節題。本文主旨是警告人們可能的損失，故A項對；第三段第一二句解釋“policy”，即“保險單”，故B項對；由第二段闡述得知C選項“所有風險隻要交了投保費就可投保”是錯誤的；D選項在第三段中提到。
50. 【答案】B
【解析】推理題。A選項中nearly不對，不是幾乎所有人受損；由全文推斷“保險是必須的”是因為受損的保險人有可能得到賠償，故B選項正確。C項、D項 不是“保險是必須的”的原因。
Part IIIVocabulary and Structure (15%)（每題1分，共15分）
51—55B A C B C56—60C A A D B61—65C B B A D
【答案解析】
51. 【答案】B
【解析】demolish 拆除；polish 磨光，擦亮；使優美，潤飾；abolish徹底廢除，廢止；accomplish完成
52. 【答案】A
【解析】of one's own accord自願地；自動地；in accord with 與……一致；根據；with one accord 一致地；out of accord (with) (同……不一致；跟……)不調和。本句意思是：不需要我告訴她，Joan 主動道歉了。
53. 【答案】C
【解析】turn something to advantage使變得對自己有利；gain an advantage of/over 勝過，優於；take advantage of（以不正當手段）利用；占便宜；have the advantage of 有優勢；本句意思是：人們往往會利用人類的善良的性情為自己謀利。