单项选择题
1、听录音,回答题

A． He suffered from mental illness. 
B． He bought The Washington Post.
C． He turned a failing newspaper into a success.
D． He was once a reporter for a major newspaper.


2、根据材料，回答问题。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

A．By train and by car.
B．By plane and by coach.
C．By train and by bus.
D．By bus and by plane.


简答题
3、中国高速皇塞篮（high-speed raft）网由中国铁路公司运营。该铁路网包括所有商业高速列车运行服务，邀些列车的时速平均达200公里或更高。目前中国拥有全球长的高铁线网。运营中的线路约9300公里。2012年12月25日，中国启动世界上长的线路，该线路从北京至广州，共2298公里。高铁服务于2007年引进中国。在政府的大力资助下。高铁线网正在迅速扩展。

4、听录音,回答题
My favorite T．V．show? “The Twilight Zone．”I (26)__________ like the episode called“The Printer's Devil．”It’s about a newspaper editor who’s being(27) __________ out of business by a big newspaper syndicate--you know，a group of papers owned by the sanle people．
He’s about to(28) __________ when he’s intemapted by an old man who says his naiiie is Smith：The editor is not only offered $5'000 to(29) __________ his newspaper’s debts，but this．Smith character also offers his services for free．It turns out that the guy(30) __________ the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he's turning out newspapers with shocking(31) __________．The small paper is successful again．The editor is amazed at how quickly Smithgets his stories--only minutes after they happen--but soon he’s(32) __________ with a contract to sign-Mr．Smith，it seems，is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news，but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign．But soon Smith is reporting thenews even before it happens--and it’s all terrible--one(33) __________ after another．Anyway，thereis a little more to tell．but I don't want to ruin the story for you．I really like these old episodes of “The Wwmght Zone” because the stories are fascinating．They are not(34) __________．But thenagain, in a Way they are，because they(35) __________ human nature．
第(26)题__________


5、听录音,回答题
Many college students today own personal computers that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps$5,000 or more． (26)       , it is not uncommon for them to purehase (27)
        costing another several hundred dollars． Twenty years ago, computers were (28), butthey were very large and extremely expensive． Few, if any, (29)   purchased computersfor home use． Over the years, the price of the"guts" of a computerits memoryhas declined to lessthan a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty yeats ago． This is the mainreason why computers cost so much less today than they used to． Moreover, (30)       improvements have made it possible to (31)       memory circuitry that is small enough to fitinto the portable personal computers that many of us own and use． (32)       , as the priceof computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasingcomputers．(33)       , improved agricultural technology, hybrid seeds, (34)        animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce．The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most othergoods and services． As agricultural, prices have "fallen, many households have decreased their totalexpenses on food． Even though the (35)        of a product purchased generally increaseswhen its price falls, total expenses on it may decline．
第(26)题__________

6、读书有三个层次，三种境界。种境界是见书就读，不加鉴别，没有太多选择。第二种境界是读一部分你特别喜欢的作家的作品，找到你的兴趣和兴奋点在哪里。第三种境界就是只读一本或几本喜欢的书，或者反复阅读你喜欢的作家，精心研究他的作品。如此，我们应该明白“书越读越少”的意思了。


7、 Directions：‘For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of social practice of college students．You should start
your essay with a brief account of the advantages of social practice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.


8、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words butno more than 180 words.
Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to seeand why?


9、在全球变暖的大背景下，低碳经济(| ow-carbon economy)受到越来越多国家的关注。低碳经济是以减少温室气体排放为目标，以低能耗、低污染为基础的经济发展方式。近些年来，科学界以及各国政府已基本达成一致，推行低碳经济是避免气候发生灾难性变化、保持人类可持续发展的有效方法之一。以公众的消费选择引导和鼓励企业开发低碳产品技术，向低碳生产模式转变，终达到减少全球温室气体的效果。


10、You should write a short essay entitled RecreationalActivities．
写作蟹航
1．娱乐活动多种多样，
2．娱乐活动可能使人们受益，也可能带来危害性；
3．提出自己的想法。