16. A. To avoid one child policy. B. To get better service.

C. To gain more job opportunities. D. To gain better child education.

Section C Longer Conversations

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

About Highland Hotel

Rooms: Well-furnished.

Prices in the restaurant: _____17_____.

Recommended dish: Baked fish.

Special offer: A _____18_____ at the weekends.

Complaint: A problem with the Internet _____19_____.

Tip policy: Money in the special box is shared _____20_____ by the hotel staff.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

What color was Lucy’s hair in August?_____21_____.

What does Lucy think of black hair?It’s _____22_____.

Why is the man against using hair dye frequently?Because it is likely to _____23_____.

What’s the advantage of natural hair dyes?They don’t _____24_____ and do no harm to hair.

II. Grammar and vocabulary (25%)

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25. In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys--13.8%, far _____ the national average.

A. over B. beyond

C. below D. on

26. Doctors should take special care when treating children because their breathing rate is different from _____ of adults.

A. one B. those

C. some D. that

27. After being a teacher, he found himself _____ his student badly, the same way he was treated by his former teacher.

A. treated B. being treated

C. treating D. treat

28. Best-selling author and race car driver Han Han offered a 20 million RMB reward to _____ could prove his works were ghostwritten (代笔)。

A. no matter who B. who

C. whoever D. whomever

29. _____ for her powerful and pure voice, Houston was the winner of 6 Grammys and 22 American music awards.

A. Being known B. Knowing

C. Known D. Having been known

30. To prepare for the Olympic Games in summer, London _____ its largest ever exercise to test the response of emergency services.

A. planned B. is planning

C. had planned D. plans

31. The man won’t be sent to prison _____ he does volunteer work in the community for at least two years.

A. in case B. even if

C. on condition that D. as far as

32. More teens begin to realize the basic principle _____ there is more to a person than physical beauty.

A. that B. whether

C. in which D. when

33. On the ocean floor _____. However, to bring them to the surface requires expensive equipment and trained people.

A. do some sunken ships lie B. some sunken ships do lie

C. lie some sunken ships D. some sunken ships lie

34. He gets about 500 yuan a month. How _____ he balance his family's outgoings with such a small income?

A. could B. ought

C. might D. would

35. Medical teams are reported _____ to isolated villages to help people fight against the cold snap in Europe.

A. to have been sent B. to be sent

C. sent D. having been sent

36. _____ you are in a speech contest or you are giving a talk in class, a little preparation will make your presentation organized and dynamic.

A. Either B. While

C. Whether D. No matter

37. There is no denying that it was drug use _____ badly damaged Whitney Houston’s voice and ruined her life.

A. which B. that

C. what D. /

38. I heard that some patients who had undergone laser eye surgery experienced sudden losses of vision, _____?

A. didn’t I B. hadn’t they

C. didn’t they D. isn’t it

39. Jeremy’s fans in China are going crazy about this 23-year-old Harvard graduate, _____ it’s a breakthrough in American basketball history.

A. saying B. said

C. having said D. to say

40. People choose to have a haircut for a refreshing start on the second day of the second lunar month because it is the day _____ the dragon awakens and raises its head.

A. that B. which

C. when D. whose

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. mirrored B. adequate C. sticking D. processed E. disorder F. developing G. associated H. environmental I. anxiety J. extraordinary

Eating lots of fruit and vegetables could help protect teenagers from mental health problems, according to an Australian study published in an academic journal.

The study of 3,000 adolescents aged 11 to 18 found that those who had poor diets filled with junk and __41__ foods were more likely to suffer mental health problems such as depression and __42__.

The participants filled in questionnaires about their diets and psychological symptoms in 2005 and again in 2007. The study found that teenagers who ate healthy diets had fewer mental health problems than those with poor diets.

The study also found that improvements in diet quality were __43__ by improvements in mental health, while worsening diet quality was __44__with poorer psychological __45__.

Jacka said the finding suggested it could be possible to stop some mental health problems __46__ in adolescents by ensuring they ate healthy diets.

"Having good nutrition-rich foods is really important for adolescents because it's a time when they are growing rapidly and it's essential they have __47__ nutrition," Jacka said.

Studies show one in five Australian adolescents has some forms of mental health problems, caused by genes and __48__ factors such as stressful events in early childhood.

Jacka said parents could protect children against mental health problems by eating two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables a day, as well as __49__ to wholegrain food and lean meats while avoiding junk food.

III. Reading Comprehension (50%)

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The Human Development Report, published annually since 1990, seeks to __50__ “human development” around the world and calculates a “Human Development Index” (HDI 人类发展指数) for 169 countries. The HDI is __51__ on average income, life expectancy, and level of education. __52__, rich countries tend to have higher HDIs than poor countries, but there are interesting __53__ in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.

Almost every country in the world has a higher HDI than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis the total number of people living in extreme __54__ has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are more __55__, — and that even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s health and education have generally __56__. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile __57__ human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is __58__, however, of the fact that economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.

The greatest threat to HDI in the future, according to the report, is climate change. The way to increase average income in a country is through economic growth, which means increased production and __59__. However, if this __60__ to greater emissions (排放) of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warming will probably go faster, causing severe environmental problems in some parts of the world that will __61__ the livelihoods of huge numbers of people. The progress of the last twenty years, __62__, might not be sustainable (可持续的).

The only solution, according to the report, is to break the __63__ between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions — which, __64__ to say, is easier said than done.

50. A. judge B. investigate C. assess D. justify

51. A. based B. focused C. keen D. reflected

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