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Part I DICTATIONThink Positive and Feel PositiveAre you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? / Do you react positively or negatively? / The answer may depend in part on whom you’re around. / A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases. / For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates. / They measured each roommate’s tendency towards negative thinking. / It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. / Students with a negative thinking roommate became more depressed themselves, / and students with more positive thinking roommates / were more likely to become more positive as well.Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A TALK1. success2. challenging settings3. National Spelling Contest4. passion and perseverance5. future a reality6. marathon7. grittier8. measures of talent9. not fixed / changeable10. a temporary conditionSECTION B CONVERSATIONS1. Why does the woman call the man?答案：［D］To tell the man the procedure of the interview.2. What kind of questions can the man ask in the interview?答案：［A］Questions related to the job.3. Which is the last part of the interview?答案：［C］Presentation from the interviewee.4. What might be expected from the man’s presentation?答案：［D］Company future and his contribution.5. When is the interview scheduled?答案：［B］11 a.m. ，next Thursday.6. What is the interview mainly about?答案：［C］How to handle the problem of college loans.7. How does the cost of college education change every year?答案：［A］It was increased by 6 to 8%.8. What is used to measure student loan debt as a guideline?答案：［B］First year salary after graduation.9. What is the advantage of joining a college savings plan?答案：［D］Students withdraw without paying tax.10. What is the possible social cost of a college loan?答案：［A］Giving up charitable or volunteer work.Part III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE11. How can I concentrate if you_____ continually_____ me with silly questions?答案：［A］have...interrupted12. Among the four sentences below, Sentence _____ expresses the highest degree of possibility. 答案：［D］It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem.13. She is a better speaker than _____ in the class.答案：［A］any boy14. Nobody heard him sing, _____?答案：［D］did they15. I can’t put up with _____.答案：［B］that friend of yours16. There has been an increasing number of _____ in primary schools in the past few years.答案：［D］men teachers17. This is one of the issues that deserve _____ .答案：［B］mentioning18. The audience _____ excited on seeing _____ favorite star glide onto the stage.答案：［A］were...their19. _____ your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.答案：［B］Had it not been for20. The sentence I wish I had been more careful in spending money expresses the speaker’s _____ .答案：［C］regret21. The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to _____ the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death.答案：［C］assure22. The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the _____.答案：［D］aftermath23. The Foreign Secretary tried to _____ doubts about his handling of the crisis.答案：［D］quell（此题存在争议，也会说选[A]dispel的，需要进一步讨论）24. Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don’t want to take the time to study stocks in detail or who _____ the resources to build a portfolio.答案：［B］lack25. Chris ran _____ John at a sporting-goods trade show and the two quickly struck _____ an easy rapport.答案：［A］into...up26. “I am leaving the country soon,”he told a _____ convened group of reporters.答案：［C］specially27. Israel and Hamas had reached a deal on extending the _____ ceasefire by an extra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.答案：［D］temporary28. _____ to unplugging the alarm clock and trusting your ability to wake on time on your own, you should probably ease yourself into the new arrangement by keeping a very regular schedule for several weeks.答案：［B］Prior29. If you are an athlete, strong abdominal muscles help you ensure a strong back and freedom from injury during _____ upper-body movement.答案：［D］vigorous30. Finning is a cruel _____ in which the shark’s fins are lopped off, and the live shark is thrown back to sea.答案：［C］practicePart IV CLOZE31. ［H］lists32. ［L］shaped33. ［I］promulgated34. ［E］generations35. ［D］disseminated36. ［K］scant37. ［O］virtual38. ［C］directly39. ［M］sophisticated40. ［G］insteadPart V READING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSPASSAGE ONE41. In Para. 1, the phrase “set my feet”probably means .答案：B. prepare me42. It can be concluded from Para. 2 that .答案：A. the man wanted to maintain dignity though starved43. Compared with Brother A, Brother B was more towards the effect of the one-million-pound bank-note on a total stranger.答案：D. positivePASSAGE TWO44. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?答案：B. Popular Peace Symbols.45. The rainbow represents the connection between human beings and their gods in all the following countries EXCEPT .答案：D. China46. In North Europe mistletoe was often hung in doorways to indicate .答案：A. friendship47. The origin of the ankh can date back to .答案：D. ancient EgyptPASSAGE THREE48. What is the author’s attitude towards Clinton’s proposal to welfare?答案：A. Pessimistic.49. It can be inferred from Para. 7 that optimum penalties are to the underclass.答案：B. useless50. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?答案：D. Disease of Despair.SECTION B SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS说明：这部分答案不是唯一，只要意思对了就可以。