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The British usually expect one or two snowfalls each year, but the amount of snow rarely affects everyday life. However, this week Britain has had the worst snow it has seen in around 18 years. Some places had more than 30 cm in a day.

The bad weather caused severe damage. More than 3,000 schools had to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school. School children weren't too unhappy about it though as they headed out to play in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights and skiing.

In London, bus services were withdrawn for a day and tubes and trains were cancelled. Major motorways in the country had to close.

Anyone wanting to leave the country had problems too. All the UK's major airports were closed because of the amount of snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled leaving some passengers waiting at airports.

So why is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, explained that there aren't enough snow-ploughs and gritters and it doesn't make sense to buy such equipment when it snows so infrequently.

The southeast of England was the hardest hit at the beginning of the week but the snow is now moving northwards where the chaos continues.

22.What's the severe damage caused by the snow?

A) Some places had more than 13cm snowfall in a day. B) It's the worst snow in around eight years. C) More than 3,000 schools had to close. D) Some of the UK's major airports were closed.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中在谈及大雪给伦敦造成的危害时提到恶劣的天气造成了严重损失。由于老师和学生到不了学校，3000多所学校不得不停课（The bad weather caused severe damage. More than 3,000 schools had to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school），由此不难得出答案，所以选C。 23.Who were not affected by the snow emotionally?

A) Teachers. B) School children. C) Social workers. D) Passengers

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。

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音频中提到学校的孩子们却没有感到难过，因为他们能去雪中玩耍、堆雪人、打雪仗和滑雪（School children weren't too unhappy about it though as they headed out to play in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights and skiing），由此不难得出答案，所以选B。 24.Why was all the traffic held up?

A) Because there aren't enough equipment to solve problems arising from heavy snowfalls. B) Because it snows frequently in the UK.

C) Because the mayor of London was indifferent to the problems caused by heavy snowfalls. D) Because many children went out to play in the snow.

正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中伦敦的市长解释了所有交通都延误的原因，没有足够的铲雪机和铺砂机，由于不经常下雪，买这些设备没什么意义（The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, explained that there aren't enough snow-ploughs and gritters and it doesn't make sense to buy such equipment when it snows so infrequently），由此可以得出，所有交通延误是因为没有足够的设备去解决大雪造成的问题，所以选A。 25.Where was worst hit in the UK?

A) The south of England. B) The north of England. C) The southeast of England. D) The northwest of England.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到，本周伊始，英格兰的东南部是重灾区（The southeast of England was the hardest hit at the beginning of the week...），由此不难得出答案，所以选C。

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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If your life feels like it is (26)lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is (27)shift your point 12页

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By training your thoughts to (28)concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to have the incentive (鼓励) to follow through on your (29)goals .

Your life can be (31)enhanced , and your happiness enriched, when you choose to change your (32)perspective . Don't leave your future to chance, or wait for things to get better mysteriously on their own. You must go in the direction of your hopes and (33)aspirations . Begin to build up your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them. Remember that power is not necessarily the ability to have control over (34)situations , but the ability to deal with whatever comes your way.

Always believe that good things are possible, and remember that mistakes can be lessons that lead to discoveries. Take your fear and (35)transform it into trust; learn to rise above anxiety and doubt. Turn your \the energy that you have wasted and direct it toward every worthwhile effort that you can be involved in. You will see beautiful things happen when you allow yourself to experience the joys of life. You will find happiness when you adopt positive thinking into your daily routine and make it an important part of your world.

26.正确答案为 lacking 你没有作答。 27.正确答案为 shift 你没有作答。 28.正确答案为 concentrate 你没有作答。 29.正确答案为 goals 你没有作答。 30.正确答案为 negative 你没有作答。 31.正确答案为 enhanced 你没有作答。 32.正确答案为 perspective 你没有作答。 33.正确答案为 aspirations 你没有作答。 34.正确答案为 situations 你没有作答。 35.正确答案为 transform 你没有作答。

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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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Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that (36)show no imagination or distinctiveness (与众不同) are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says.

A (37)statistical analysis of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular U,S. website and posted on the Internet (38)reveals that people often do the easy thing.

It (39)found that 16 percent took a first name as a password, often their (40)own or one of their children, according to the study published by Information Week. Another 14 percent relied on the easiest keyboard combinations to remember such as \or \For those using English keyboards, \was popular. (41)Likewise , \

Five percent of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with young people like \were others.

The word \or easy to guess variations like \ (42)accounted for four percent. Three percent of the passwords expressed (43)attitudes like \care,\\\or \There were sentimental choices—\—and their opposite—\

Robert Graham, of the company Errata Security, which did the analysis and published the conclusions, advises that to better protect against (44)cyber intrusions (入侵) : \a password that is longer than eight characters with one (45)capital letter and one symbol.\A) statistical B) Otherwise C) reveals D) demonstration E) capital F) show G) cyber H) accounted

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I) Likewise J) amounts K) found L) own M) special N) attitudes O) opposite

36.正确答案为 F) show 你没有作答。 解析：F) show

show：句子结构和句子意思题。此句是定语从句，先行词是passwords，that引导定语从句，先行词在从句中作主语，宾语是no imagination or distinctiveness，因此定语从句中缺少谓语动词，由于主句是一般现在时态，句子的意思是“没有想象力和不与众不同的密码容易被盗”，因此空格处需要一个动词原形作passwords的谓语表示“表现，显示”，选项中只有show符合题意，所以此处填入show。 statistical：句子结构和句子意思题。空格处前面是不定冠词a，后面是名词，空格处需要填入一个形容词，此处要表达的意思是“一项针对2.8万个被盗密码的数据分析”，因此空格处的形容词要表示“数据上的、统计学上的”意思，所以此处填入statistical。

reveals：句子结构和句子意思题。句子中A statistical analysis of 28,000 passwords是句子的主语，stolen from a popular US website and posted on the Internet是非谓语形式，在此处修饰主语，that引导的是宾语从句，主句缺少谓语动词，此句要表达的意思是“一项针对2.8万个被盗密码的数据分析揭示出人们总是爱图省事”，因此空格处需要填入动词表示“揭示、揭露”的意思，选项中只有reveals符合题意，所以此处填入reveals。

found：上下文理解题。上文提到了这个数据分析的结果，根据上下文的关系，此处要继续表示这项分析的成果，因此空格处需要一个动词的过去分词形式表示“发现”的意思，选项只有found符合题意，所以填入found。

own：句子意思题。此处要表达的意思是“16%的人用名字作密码，其中大多数是自己或孩子的名字”，因此空格处需要填入一个形容词表示“自己的”意思，所以此处填入own。

Likewise：上下文联系题。上文表达的意思是“使用美式键盘的人爱用“QWERTY”作密码”，根据上下文的联系，下文要表示的是另一种情况，“而且使用欧式键盘的人则青睐于使用AZERTY”，因此空格处填入的词语要表示“同样地、而且”的意思，所以此处填入Likewise。

accounted：句子意思和固定搭配题。此句要表达的意思是“有4%的人选择password或容易被猜出的变体如password1作为密码”，根据对句子意思的理解，空格处所填的动词要与后面的介词for组成固定搭配

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