1、1未得到监考老师指令前，不得翻阅该试题册!Part 1 Writing (30 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and them comment on this kind of modern life. You should
2、 write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.THIS MODERN LIFE:WORK HOME PLAY SLEEP请用黑色签字笔在答题卡 1 指定区域作答作文题，在试题册上的作答无效。23Part II Listening Comprehension (30minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will bear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversatio
3、n, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each questions there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corre
4、sponding letter on Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答1. A) He is pleased to sit on the committee C) He will tell the woman his decision laterB) He is willing to offer the woman a hand D) He would like to become a club member2. A) Their planned trip to Vancouver
5、is obviously overpricedB) They should borrow a guide book instead of buying oneC ) The guide books in the library have the latest informationD) The library can help order guide books about Vancouver3. A) He regrets having taken the history courseB) He finds little interests in history booksC) He has
6、 trouble finishing his reading assignmentsD) He has difficulty in writing the weekly book report4. A) The man had better choose another restaurantB) The new restaurant is a perfect place for datingC) The new restaurant caught her fancy immediatelyD) The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant5
7、. A) He has been looking forward to sping C) He will clean the womans boots for springC) He has been waiting for the winter sale D) He will help the woman put things away6. A) At a tailors C) In a cloth storeB) At Bobs home D) In a theatre7. A) His guests favors Tibetan drinks C) Mineral water is go
8、od for healthB) His water is quite extraordinary D) Plain water will serve the purpose48. A) Report the result of a discussion C) Submit an important documentationB) Raise some environmental issues D) Revise an environmental reportQuestions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you just heard9. A) T
9、hey pollute the soil used to cover themB) They are harmful to nearby neighborhoodsC) The rubbish in them takes long to dissolveD) The gas they emit is extremely poisonous10. A) Growing populations C) Changed eating habitsB) Packaging materials D) Lower production cost11. A) By saving energy C) By re
10、ducing poisonous wastesB) By using less aluminum D) By making the most of materials12. A) We are running out of natural resources soonB) Only combined efforts can make a differenceC) The waste problem will eventually hurt all of usD) All of us can actually benefit from recyclingQuestions 13 to 15 ar
11、e based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) Miami C) BellinghamB) Vancouver D) Boston14. A) To get information on one-way tickets to CanadaB) To inquire about the price of “Super saver ” seatsC) To get advice on how to fly as cheaply as possibleD) To inquire about the shortest route to dr
12、ive home15. A) Join a tourist group C) Avoid trips in public holidaysB) Choose a major airline D) Book tickets as early as possibleSection BDirections: 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 b
13、e spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marketed A), B),C) and D). Then marked the correspond letter on Answer sheet I with a single line through the centre.注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you ha
14、ve just heard.516. A) There are mysterious stories behind his worksB) There are many misunderstandings about himC) His works have no match worldwided) His personal history is little known17. A) He moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his childhoodB) He failed to go beyond grammar schoolC) He was a member o
15、f the town councilD) He once worked in a well-know acting company18. A) Writers of his time had no means to protect their worksB) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fireC) His works were adapted beyond recognitionD) People of his time had little interest in himPassage TwoQuestions 19
16、-21 are based on the passage you have just heard19. A) It shows you have been ignoring your healthB) It can seriously affect your thinking processC) It is an early warning of some illnessD) It is a symptom of two much pressure20. A) Reduce our workload C) Use painkillers for reliefB) Control our tem
17、per D) Avoid masking symptom21. A) Lying down and having some sleep C) Going out for a walkB) Rubbing and pressing ones back D) Listening to light musicPassage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Depending heavily on loans C). Spending beyond ones meansB) Havi
18、ng no budget plans at all D). Leaving no room for large bills23. A) Many of them can be cut C) Their payment cannot be delayedB) All of them have to be covered D) They eat up most of the family income24. A) Rent a house instead of buying one C) Make a conversation planB) Discuss the problem in the f
19、amily D) Move to a cheaper place25. A) Financial issues plaguing a family C) Family budget problems and solutionsB) Difficulty in making both ends meet D) New ways to boost family incomeSection C6Directions: in this section,you will hear a paasage three times. When the passage is read for the first
20、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 reaf for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Perh
21、aps because going to college is so much a part of the American dream, many people go for no(26)_reason. Some go because their parents ecpect it, others because its what their friends are doing.Then, theres the belief that a college degree will(27)_ensure a good job and high pay.Some students (28)_ t
22、hrough for years ,attending classes, or skipping(逃课) them as the case may be, reading only what cant be avoided, looking for less(29)_courses,and never being touched or changed in any important way. For a few of these people, college provides no(30)_，yet because of parental or peer pressure, they ca
23、nnot voluntarily leave. They stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the decision for them by(31)_ them.To put it bluntly(直截了当地 )，unless youre willing to make your college years count, you might be(32)_ doing something else. Not everyone should attend college, nor should everyone who d
24、oes attend begin right after high school. Many college students(33)_ taking a year or so off. A year out in the world helps some people to(34)_their priorities and goals. If youre really going to get something out of going to college, you have to make it mean something, and to do that you must have
25、some idea why youre there, what you hope to get out of it, and (35)_even what you hope to become.Part III Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirection: 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 wor
26、d bank follwing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making choices. Each choie in the bank is identificated by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answere Sheet2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more th
27、an once.7Question 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Its our guilty pleasure: Watching TV is the most common everyday activity,after work and sleep, in many parts of the world. Americans view five hours of TV each day, and while we know that spending so much time sitting _36_ can lead to ob
28、esity(肥胖症) and other diseases, researchers have now quantified just how_37_being a couch potato can be.In an analysis of data from eight large _38_published studies, a Harvard-led group reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that for every two hours per day spent channel _39_,th
29、e risk of developing Type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)rose 20% over 8.5 years, the risk of heart disease increased 15% over a _40_, and the odds of dying permaturely_41_ 13% during a seven-year follow-up .All of these_42_are linked to a lack of physical exercise. But compared with other sedentary(久坐的)activities,
30、 like knitting ,viewing TV may be especially_43_at promoting unhealthy habits. For one, the sheer number of hours we pass watching TV dwarfs the time we spend on anything else. And other studies have found that watching ads for beer and popcorn may make you more likely to _44_them.Even so, the autho
31、rs admit that they didnt compare different sedentary activities to _45_whether TV watching was linked to a greater risk of diabetes,heart disease or clearly death compared with, say, reading.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A)climbed I)previouslyB)conseme J)resumeC)decade K)sufferedD)determine L)sufferingE)effec
32、tIve M)termF)harmful N)terminalsG)outcomes O)twistingH)passivelySection BDirections: In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attavched to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is 8derived.
33、 You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2Essay -granding Software Officers Professors a BreakA Imagine taking a college exam, and instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade
34、from a professoer a few weeks later, clicking the “send” button when you are done and receiving a grade back instantly, your essay scored by a software program. And then, instead of being done with the exam, imagine that the system would immediately let you rewrite the test to try to improve your gr
35、ade.B Edx,the nonprofit enterprise founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Thnology(MIT) to offer courses on the Internet ,has just introduced such a system and will make its automated(自动的)software available free on the Web to any institutioons that wants to use it. The software uses a
36、rtificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.C The new service will bring the educational consortium(联盟)into a growing conflict over the role of the automation education. Altough automated grading systems for multiple-choice and true-fa
37、lse tests are now widespread, the use of artificial intelligence technology to grade essay answers has not yet provided widespread acceptance by educations and has many critics.D Anant Agarwal, an electrical engineer who is president of Edx, predicted that the instant grading software would be a use
38、ful teaching tool,enabling students to take tests and write essays over and over and improve the quality of their answers . He said the technology would offer distinct advantages over the traditional classroom system, where students often wait days or weeks for grades.“Thers is a huge value in learn
39、ing with instant feedback,” Dr.Agarwal said, “Students are telling us they learn much better with instant feedback.”E But skeptics(怀疑者)say the automated system is no matter for live teachers. One longtime critic, Les Perelman，has drawn national attention several times for putting together nonsense e
40、ssays that have fooled software grading programs into giving high marks. He has also been highly critical of studies claiming that the software compares well to human grades.F He is among a group of educators who last month began circulating a petition(呼吁) opposing automated assessment software. The
41、 9group, which calls itself Professionals Against Machine Scoring of Student Essays in High-Stakes Assessment, has collected nearly 2,000 signatures, including some from famous people like Noam Chomsky.G “Lets face the realities of automatic essay scoring,” the groups statement reads in part. “Compu
42、ters cannot read. They cannot measure the essentials of effective written communication: accuracy, reasoning, adequacy of evidence, good sense, ethical (伦理)position, convincing argument, meaningful organization, and clarity, among others.”H But EdX experts its software to be widely by schools and un
43、iversities. It offers free online classes from Harvard, MIT and the University of California-Berkeley; this fall, it will add classes from Wellesley, Geogetown and the University of Texas. In all, 12 universities participate in EdX, which offers certificates for course completion and has said that i
44、t plans to continue to expand next year, including adding international schools.I The EdX assessment tool requires human teachers, or graders 100 essay or essay questions. The system then uses a variety of machine-learning techniques to train itself to be able to grade any number of essays or answer
45、s automatically and almost instantly. The software will assign a grade depending on the scoring system created by the teacher, whether it is a letter grade or numerical (数字的) rank.J Edx is not the first to use the automated assessment technology, which dates to early computers in the 1960s. there is
46、 now a range of companies offering commercial programs to grade written test answers, and four states Louisiana, North Dakota, Utah and West Virginia are using some form of the technology in second schools. A fifth, Indiana, has experimented with it. In some cases the software is used as a “second r
47、eader”, to check the reliability of the human graders.K But the growing influence of the Edx consortium to set standards is likely to give the technology a boost. On Tuesday, Stanford announced that it would work with EdX to develop a joint educational system that will make use of the automated asse
48、ssment technology.L Two start-ups, Coursera and Udacity, recently founded by Stanford faculty members to create “massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, are also committed to automated assessment systems because of the value of instant feedback. “it allows students to get immediate feedback on their
49、 work, so that learning turns into a game, with students naturally gravitating (吸引) to ward resubmitting the work until they get it right, ” said Daphne Koller, a computer scientist and a founder of Coursera.10M Last year the Hewlett Foundation, a grant-making organization set up by one of the Hewlett-Packard founders and his wife, sponsored two $100,000 Prizes aimed at improving software that grades essay and short answers. More than 150 teams entered ea
