W: Well, there're clothes and school materials to buy. But you can also make this a positive experience. Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly. 12.How do children feel when going back to school after a summer break?
A) Excited. B) Upset. C) Calm. D) Horrible.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中女士提到，对有些孩子来说，回学校是件特别沮丧的事儿（for some children, it can be very upsetting），所以选B。 13.What causes children to feel stress when they go back to school?
A) Having less sleep.
B) Doing schoolwork at night. C) Going back to a routine life. D) Getting up early to catch school bus.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中女士提到，回到一种惯例性的生活让孩子很有压力（That feeling of going back to a routine is stressful），所以选C。 14.According to the man's opinion, why do children love holidays?
A) Because they can travel a lot. B) Because they don't have homework. C) Because they have enough time to play. D) Because they can choose their bedtime.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中男士说，孩子们之所以喜欢假期就是因为他们可以想什么时候睡就什么时候睡，想什么时候起就什么时候起（You get up when you want and you go to bed when you want），也就是自己安排睡觉时间，所以选D。 15.What can parents do before their children go back to school?
A) They can prepare everything for their children.
B) They can take their children shopping for school materials. C) They can get up as early as possible to avoid morning panic. D) They can help their children complete holiday assignments.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中女士提到，开学之前可以带孩子去买一些学校用的东西，这样会很有帮助（Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly），所以选B。
Section B Understanding Passages
Directions：In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
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Script
Flash-playing is all about meeting strangers in a strange city for just a day. This weekend, why not fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again? It sounds like a romantic film, but this is a novel activity for some young urban Chinese. And it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents.
The flash-play community on the Internet is one of the most popular in China and has signed up thousands of members. Li Xu, a 26-year-old banker says, \—the airplane, which can take me to another city and back in a short time.\
He invented the term \inspired by terms like \which refers to a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public space, perform a pointless act, and then quickly move apart. He created a page for flash-play, which means \trip in which people find companions quickly through the Internet, and travel to another city together.\16.What does \
A) Traveling to a new place with friends. B) Having a quick reunion with friends. C) Meeting strangers in a strange city. D) Chatting on the Internet with strangers.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到“闪玩”就是到一个陌生的城市，然后花一天的时间与一个陌生人在一起（fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选C。 17.Why do young urban Chinese like \
A) Because they do not have time for long-time travel. B) Because flash-play costs little travelling fees.
C) Because they need this recreation to lessen work pressure. D) Because flash-play is a romantic experience for them.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，闪玩是都市年轻人缓解压力的一种方法（it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents），所以选C。
18.What do flash-players normally do?
A) They find companions through newspapers.
B) They assemble in a private house to have a party. C) They set up fixed groups and meeting time. D) They get together for only one day.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，这些人花一天的时间在一起，分手之后就不会再见（spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选D。
Script
Call it a product of the local foods movement. But whatever the reason, more Americans are growing some of their own food.
Many need advice from experts like the master gardeners at the University of Maryland Extension service. The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens. Master gardeners are helping less experienced people learn how to work the land. Food gardeners can join a network and put their garden on a map on the extension service web site. They aim to have one million food gardeners in Maryland to produce their own affordable healthy food. The current count of food gardeners is around 5,000 statewide.
Nationally, sales of garden supplies increased last year as people started or expanded food gardens. Shannon Dill says the weak economy is not the only reason people are trying to grow their own food to save money. Prices for fruits and vegetables at the store are up. Shannon Dill finds that growing food at home usually costs less than buying it at stores or restaurants. She also finds that people seem to be staying home more, so they have more time to work in the garden. And, she says, \their food is coming from.\
But sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight. Master gardeners can help people avoid mistakes. 19.Why did the extension service launch a campaign?
A) Because they want to absorb more master gardeners.
B) Because they want to set up a social network for master gardeners. C) Because they want to provide help for less experienced gardeners. D) Because they want to grow affordable and healthy food for people.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，进修部发起这项运动是为了满足巨大的信息需求，帮助在家的园艺爱好者（The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens），所以选C。 20.Why do people like growing food at home?
A) Because they are too busy to buy food from the store. B) Because it is a fashion to grow food of one's own. C) Because they can sell their food to the store. D) Because it is an effective way to save money.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，人们自己种植粮食是为了省钱（people are trying to grow their own food to save money），所以选D。 21.What problem do home gardeners have?
A) They lack professional gardening knowledge. B) They cannot afford high quality seeds. C) They do not have time to watch the plants. D) They have to do everything all by themselves.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到了园艺爱好者们经常犯的错误有：所选的植物不适合当地的生长环境、种植时间不对、种植方式不当等（sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight），所有这些都可以归结为他们缺少专业知识，所以选A。
Script
While a WHO report has confirmed tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in the world, a survey shows that reminding smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more.
More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a global tobacco epidemic report, the WHO said smoke-free policies were crucial to reducing the harm caused by second-hand smoke, which it said kills around 600,000 people each year and causes crippling, disfiguring illness and economic losses reaching tens of billions of dollars. \control the tobacco epidemic, the annual death toll could rise to 8 million by 2030,\
However, a study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as \makes you unattractive\or \brings you and the people around you severe damage,\were more effective in changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit. This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youths who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers, and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.
\attempts as reflected in their willingness to continue the risky smoking behavior,\
22.Why are most non-smokers exposed to smoking?
A) Because they are not aware of the potential risk. B) Because non-smoking areas are too few in public places. C) Because government encourages smoking for economic benefits. D) Because they are not protected by laws against smoking.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，由于没有法律的保护，世界上94%的人口都面临着吸烟带来的死亡威胁（More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death），所以选D。 23.Which of the following is caused by second-hand smoke?
A) Environmental pollution. B) Unattractive appearance.
C) Crippling, disfiguring illness and economic losses. D) Brain damage.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，二手烟带来的危害包括跛腿、畸残类疾病和巨大的经济损失（causes crippling, disfiguring illness and economic losses reaching tens of billions of dollars），所以选C。
24.How can we change smokers' attitude toward their bad habit?
A) By reminding smokers of the high death possibility. B) By telling smokers the harm of second-hand smoke. C) By showing smokers warnings unrelated to death. D) By taking actions against heavy smokers.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，与死亡不相关的警告能更加有效的改变吸烟者对于吸烟的态度（warnings unrelated to death…were more effective in changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit），所以选C。 25.What is the reason for youths to take up smoking?
A) To reduce their study pressure. B) To escape from the real world. C) To fight against their parents. D) To get along well with their peers.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中提到，年轻人吸烟是为了炫耀或者与同龄人打成一片（youths who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers），所以选D。
Section C Dictation
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 have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Script
In an event at the White House, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day.
(26)Addressing students from different areas, the Obamas (27)referred to the progress women in America have made over the decades in (28)securing their rights.
Michelle Obama said the (29)purpose of the gathering was not only to express respect to persons in the (30)struggle for equality, but also to what she called the \achieved (31)extraordinary things.
President Obama said that the story of America's women, like that of the United States itself, has (32)peaks and valleys, but ultimately it has been one of progress against hardships that women continue to (33)confront . \on the hope of our history, we must also face squarely the reality of the present—a reality marked by (34)unfairness , marked by hardship for too many women in America ,\
The president pointed to some of what he called the \of inequality\— women making up more than half of the US population while occupying only 17 percent of the seats in the US Congress, and constituting less than three percent of Fortune 500 company (35)chief executive officers .
Madeleine Albright, a former Secretary of State pointed to the challenges women still face globally in achieving the same basic rights and dignity as men and boys. She said, though women have made great progress in obtaining legal recognition of their rights, they run up against some crushing realities. 26.正确答案为 Addressing 你没有作答。 27.正确答案为 referred 你没有作答。 28.正确答案为 securing 你没有作答。 29.正确答案为 purpose 你没有作答。 30.正确答案为 struggle 你没有作答。
31.正确答案为 extraordinary 你没有作答。 32.正确答案为 peaks 你没有作答。 33.正确答案为 confront 你没有作答。 34.正确答案为 unfairness 你没有作答。
35.正确答案为 chief executive officers 你没有作答。
Part Ⅲ
Section A Fill in the blanks
Directions：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
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Being fat is bad for you. On that, almost everyone agrees. It is just possible, though, that almost everyone is wrong. In fact, getting fat may be a mechanism that protects the body. The health problems (36)associated with fatness may not be caused by it but be another consequence, another symptom, of overeating.
That is the heretical (异端邪说的) (37)proposal of Roger Unger and Philipp Scherer. They have been (38)reviewing the science of what has come to be known as metabolic syndrome (代谢综合症). This is a host of symptoms such as high blood pressure, insulin (胰岛素) resistance and fatness that seem to increase the (39)risk of heart disease and strokes and liver disease. Metabolic syndrome is (40)found in one-sixth of the American population.
\ (41)collection of symptoms whose common cause is not properly understood. The symptom of metabolic syndrome that appears first is usually fatness, so this is generally regarded as the (42)potential cause.
Dr. Unger and Dr. Scherer, however, turn this logic on its head. They point out that there is usually a period of many years between a person becoming overweight and his (43)developing other symptoms. If the growth of the body cells was directly harmful, that would not be the case. This is one of the lines of evidence that has led them to the conclusion that, in addition