2024年4月23日发(作者：)
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.
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Part?II?Listening?Comprehension?(25?minutes)
Section?A
Directions:?In?this?section,?you?will?hear?threenews?reports.?At?the?end?of?each?
news?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?th
e?corresponding?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 woman's hands.
B) It wound up on the steering wheel.
C) It was killed by the police on the 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) McDonald's new business strategies.
D) Competition in the fast-food industry.
4. A) Customers' higher demands.
B) The 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. government's approval 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) It is promising.
C) It is unpredictable.
D) It is unprofitable.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachc
onversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the question
s will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best ans
wer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding let
ter 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) 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 girl's 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 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 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 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 gym's personal trainer.
Section C
Directions: 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 spo
ken only you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the
four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answe
r 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 their 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 for 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) 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 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 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) Their 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 Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage withten blanks. You are required to sel
ect one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the
passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choic
e in the bank is identifiedby a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each
item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre. You may not use any o
f 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 Ange
les is still the worstcity in the United States for levels of 26 . Gazing down on the cit
y from the Getty Center, anart museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would fi
nd the view of the Pacific Oceanblurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air 2
7 to its south. Fresno, in the centralvalley, comes top of the list in America for year-
round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungsare affected as a 28 . All of which, co
mbined with California's reputation as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the pla
ce ideal for developing and testing systems designed tomonitor pollution in 30 . An
d that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has beendoing over the past
few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 toyield minute-t
o-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 Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Acl
ima'sboss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's tr
ansit workerswent on strike and the city's 34 were forced to use their cars. Convers
ely, "cycle to work"days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.
A) assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G)
domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) outdoor M) pol
lutantsN) restricted O) sum
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements atta
ched toit. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Ide
ntify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragra
ph 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' List
A) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice's main tour
istsites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Gran
d is the oldest bridge across the canal, and was the dividing line between the di
stricts of SanMarco and San Polo. But on this day, there was a twist: it was filled with V
enetians, nottourists.
B)
"People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helpe
dorganize the march with a grass-roots organization called Generazione '90. The carts
herefers to are small shopping carts—the 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 ely like that, y
ou just go around and run people down."
C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a problem. Up
to90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outnumbering the 55,000
permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key reason the city's population is do
wnfrom 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumbered Venetians have been steadily fleeing.
Andthose who stick around are tired of living in a place where they can't even get to the
marketwithout swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigatin
g 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 ha
vefailed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because they're only interested in
tourism—the 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. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds every year that
appear over their medieval (中世纪
的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves atthe bottom of the sea, weakeni
ng 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 poles holding up the cityunderwater. One day we'll see Venice break down."
F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to agree. Two y
earsago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESC
Oconsiders the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at the
cultural level, belongs to all of the world's people. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years
tomanage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—Worl
dHeritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in
Syria.
G) Venice's 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," Tabet told UNESCO.
"We have to act quickly—there isnot a moment to waste."
H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote.
"It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers,the founder and CEO of The Art Ne
wspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a groupdevoted to restoring Venetian a
rt. She says the main reason the U.N. cultural organizationdidn't vote to declare Venice
a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UNESCO hasbecome "intensely politicized. Th
ere would have been some back-room negotiations."
I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world,g
ranting it considerable power and influence within the organization. The former head of
theUNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandari
n, aVenetian who now serves as UNESCO's assistant director-general for culture.
J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task force of polic
e artdetectives and archaeologists (考古学
家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disastersand terror groups, such as ISIS. T
he accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a goodsteward of art and culture.
K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites indev
eloping and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, andc
ould even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is
unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO. As for the organization itself,
itdeclined a request for an interview.
L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind it
s ownbusiness, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,00
0 Veniceresidents.
M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soon.
"It's anightmare 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 never know where they are going, and do not wal
k in an orderly manner. Navigatingthe streets can be exhausting."
N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. Giorgio says
he'snever 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 we're someform of endangered species. It's just nice. The f
eeling is just pure." But, he worries, iftourism isn't managed and his fellow locals continu
e to move to the mainland, his generationmight be the last who can call themselves nati
ve Venetians.
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