1、Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay on the importanceof writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than180 words._Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this se
2、ction, you will hear threenews reports. At the end of eachnews report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the correspo
3、nding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed. B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the womans hands. B) It wound up on the steering wheel. C) It was killed by the police on the
4、spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service. B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonalds new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers higher demands. B) The
5、inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) U.S. governments app
6、roval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant. B)
7、 It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end ofeachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation andthe questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must c
8、hoose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C)
9、 Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girls parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at
10、 his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying
11、 some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for
12、 young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gyms pe
13、rsonal trainer.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear three or four 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),
14、B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of t
15、heir applications.D) They search extensively for employers information.17. A) Get better organized. B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail. B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply fo
16、r more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D)
17、If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn
18、 at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social
19、activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) T
20、heir state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage withten bl
21、anks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making yourchoices. Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet
22、 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad asthey once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worstcity in the U
23、nited States for levels of 26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, anart museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Oceanblurred by the haze(霾).Nor is the states bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the centralvalley, comes top of the list in America for
24、year-round pollution. Residents hearts and lungsare affected as a 28 . All of which, combined with Californias reputation as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed tomonitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Fra
25、ncisco, hasbeendoing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 toyield minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep aneye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Googles
26、 Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclimasboss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when SanFranciscos transit workerswent on strike and the citys 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, “cycle to work“days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A) assisted B) collaborating C) co
27、nsequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) outdoor M) pollutantsN) restricted O) sumSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached toit. Each statement contains information give
28、n in one of the paragraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more thanonce. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces Endangered Li
29、stA) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venices main touristsites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal.It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the districts of SanMarco and San P
30、olo. But on this day, there was a twist: it was filled with Venetians, nottourists.B) “People are cheering and holding their carts in the air,“ says Giovanni Giorgio,who helpedorganize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione 90. The carts herefers to are small shopping cartsthe
31、symbol of a true Venetian. “It started as a joke,“ hesays with a laugh. “The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur.Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down.“C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But thats a problem. Up to90,000 t
32、ourists crowd its streets and canals every dayfar outnumbering the 55,000permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key reason the citys population is downfrom 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. Andthose who stick around are tired of living in a place w
33、here they cant even get to the marketwithout swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through50,000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national governments havefailed to do anything about the cro
34、wds for decades, because theyre only interested in tourismthe primary industry in Venice, worth more than $3 billion in 2015. “Venice is a cash cow,“she says, “and everyone wants a piece.“E) Just beyond St. Marks Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year thatappear over their medieval
35、 (中世纪的)surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves atthe bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. “Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad,“ Chigi says. “You see the mud it drags; thedestruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts the ancient wooden
36、 poles holding up the cityunderwater. One day well see Venice break down.“F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two yearsago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCOconsiders the entire city a World Heritage Site, a g
37、reathonor that means Venice, at thecultural level, belongs to all of the worlds people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years tomanage Venices flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another listWorldHeritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syri
38、a.G) Venices deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝)this summer, just as UNESCO wasmeeting in Istanbul. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise theissue. “For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, and it hasnow reached a dramatic situation,“
39、 Tabet told UNESCO. “We have to act quicklythere isnot a moment to waste.“H) But UNESCO didnt even hold a vote. “Its been postponed until 2017,“ says Anna Somers,the founder and CEO of The Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a groupdevoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the ma
40、in reason the U.N. cultural organizationdidnt vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UNESCO hasbecome “intensely politicized. There would have been some back-room negotiations.“I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world,granting it
41、 considerable power and influence within the organization. The former head of theUNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, aVenetian who now serves as UNESCOs assistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to
42、establish a task force of police artdetectives and archaeologists (考古学家)to protect cultural heritage from natural disastersand terror groups, such as ISIS. The accord underlined Italys global reputation as a goodsteward ofart and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered listwhich is dom
43、inated by sites indeveloping and conflict-ridden countrieswould be an international embarrassment, andcould even hurt Italys profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it isunaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, itdeclined a request
44、for an interview.L) The citys current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told itto mind its ownbusiness, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry,which employs 5,000 Veniceresidents.M) As for Venetians, theyre beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soon. “Its anightmare
45、 for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists around,“ says Giorgio ashe navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridge. “There are just so many of them.They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigatingthe streets can be exhausting.“N) Then
46、it hits him: This crowd isnt made up of tourists. Theyre Venetians. Giorgio says hesnever experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 years. “For once, we are the oneswho are blocking the traffic,“ he says delightedly. “It feels unreal. It feels like were someform of endangered species. Its
47、 just nice. The feeling is just pure.“ But, he worries, iftourism isnt managed and his fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generationmight be the last who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient buildings inVenic
48、e.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to take measures toprotect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few years.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to theincrease of to
49、urists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altogether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to protect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% localresidents.43. Ignoring UNESCOs warning, the mayor of
