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４. ꎮＰａｒｔ Ⅱ Ｌｉｓｔｅｎｉｎｇ Ｃｏｍｐｒｅｈｅｎｓｉｏｎ ３０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ａ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｔｗｏ ｌｏｎｇ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎｓ. Ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｄ ｏｆ ｅａｃｈ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ
ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｆｏｕｒ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ. Ｂｏｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ 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 Ｂ Ｃ ａｎｄ Ｄ . Ｔｈｅｎ ｍａｒｋ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｒｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ １ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ
ｌｉｎｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １ ｔｏ ４ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
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1. A)Preparing for a job interview.
B)Writing a work report together.
C)Going through a couple of issues the company faces.
D)Discussing the womans annual performance review.
2. A)The overall culture of the company.
B)The instruction from her supervisor.
C)The honesty of the manager.
D)The recognition of her merits.
3. A)Her inadequate language proficiency.
B)Her inability to interact with colleagues properly.
C)Her inappropriate behavior at company meetings.
D)Her simplistic approach to dealing with others.
4. A)To avoid offending the recipients.
B)To show her unique writing style.
C)To save time.
D)To be frank.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ５ ｔｏ ８ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
5. A)Provide medical service to the community.
B)Make healthcare in her hometown the best.
C)Obtain a doctoral degree in internal medicine.
D)Have a profound impact on people around her.
１6. A)They have constantly urged her to study hard.
B)They have worked hard to finance her education.
C)They have tried to create a positive learning environment.
D)They have pursued the familys dreams together with her.
7. A)It is a key medical branch conducive to realizing her dreams.
B)It connects many other specialties with its broad coverage.
C)It has a long history in the mans prestigious institution.
D)It is a medical branch both of her parents specialize in.
8. A)Problematic.
B)Competitive.
C)Inconsistent.
D)Trustworthy.
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｂ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｔｗｏ ｐａｓｓａｇｅｓ. Ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｄ ｏｆ ｅａｃｈ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ 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 Ｂ Ｃ
ａｎｄ Ｄ . Ｔｈｅｎ ｍａｒｋ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｒｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ１ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｌｉｎｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ
ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ９ ｔｏ １１ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
9. A)To prevent hackers from cracking our secret codes.
B)To show that all the guidelines are being followed.
C)To provide evidence that passwords are forgotten.
D)To convince our computer that we are human.
10. A)Put an end to the hacking phenomenon.
B)Help people remember their passwords.
C)Reduce the intricacy of the password itself.
D)Explain the need for different email accounts.
11. A)Innovate technologies to ensure the safety of users accounts.
B)Provide incentives for the application of creative passwords.
C)Explore the possibility of using simpler secret codes.
D)Take steps to encourage users to log in more often.
２Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １２ ｔｏ １５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
12. A)Her work no longer interested her.
B)Her training app did not fit her.
C)Her fitness fell into a slump.
D)Her business deteriorated.
13. A)Help users keep track of their fitness levels.
B)Design personalised training programmes.
C)Strengthen ties among users worldwide.
D)Select well qualified human coaches.
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14. A)They are never repeated.
B)They help enrich her life.
C)They are of no extreme intensity.
D)They keep her focused on her goal.
15. A)They will not be able to take the place of human personal trainers.
B)They will not be able to comprehend some of the profiles users put in.
C)They cannot lead to optimal results with their mathematical approach.
D)They cannot match humans in arranging meticulous workout schedules.
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｃ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇｓ ｏｆ ｌｅｃｔｕｒｅｓ ｏｒ ｔａｌｋｓ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｅｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｏｒ ｆｏｕｒ
ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｐｌａｙｅｄ ｏｎｌｙ ｏｎｃｅ. Ａｆｔｅｒ 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 Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ １ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｌｉｎｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １６ ｔｏ １８ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
16. A)All societies are built upon the cornerstones of basic values.
B)Everyone everywhere demonstrates seven character traits.
C)All societies are kept together by seven basic moral rules.
D)Everyone everywhere shares a universal moral standard.
17. A)Ascertain whether deferring to authority was confined to right￣wing people.
B)Find out whether different societies had different versions of morality.
C)Make clear whether all societies faced the same moral issues.
D)Find out whether left￣wing people still had a group loyalty.
３18. A)Make independent descriptions of cultures around the world.
B)Strive to understand the basic differences between peoples.
C)Appreciate the foundational value of the existing data.
D)Carry out systematic field studies to gather new data.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １９ ｔｏ ２１ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
19. A)They might be the most important part of our eating experience.
B)They can activate our brain functions in a most direct fashion.
C)They can be viewed as the windows to our soul.
D)They could mislead us in more ways than one.
20. A)It attracts food companies growing attention.
B)It adversely impacts ones eating experience.
C)It invariably determines how food sells.
D)It changes the way people taste food.
21. A)Enhance the taste.
B)Make predictions.
C)Identify distinct flavors.
D)Enrich the eating experience.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ２２ ｔｏ ２５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｃｏｒｄｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
22. A)Social status.
B)Financial resources.
C)Meaning.
D)Happiness.
23. A)Their effect on peoples happiness has long been overstated.
B)Their influence on peoples life varies with social contexts.
C)They can affect peoples experience of meaning.
D)They can ensure peoples overall well￣being.
24. A)It used questions totally different from those in their first study.
B)It focused on the sense of meaning of French participants.
C)It analysed cases from a daily poll of US residents.
D)It examined data collected from multiple countries.
25. A)They might have more access to external sources of happiness.
B)They might focus on an individual sense of satisfaction or meaning.
C)They might be less easily affected by a communitys overall feeling.
D)They might be less adversely impacted by failure to achieve a purpose.
４Ｐａｒｔ Ⅲ Ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ Ｃｏｍｐｒｅｈｅｎｓｉｏｎ ４０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ａ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ 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 ｗｏｒｄ ｂａｎｋ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ. Ｒｅａｄ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ
ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｃａｒｅｆｕｌｌｙ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｍａｋｉｎｇ ｙｏｕｒ ｃｈｏｉｃｅｓ. Ｅａｃｈ ｃｈｏｉｃｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂａｎｋ ｉｓ ｉｄｅｎｔｉｆｉｅｄ ｂｙ ａ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ.
Ｐｌｅａｓｅ ｍａｒｋ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｒｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｆｏｒ ｅａｃｈ ｉｔｅｍ ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ ２ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｌｉｎｅ
ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ. Ｙｏｕ ｍａｙ ｎｏｔ ｕｓｅ ａｎｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｄｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂａｎｋ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｏｎｃｅ.
With the rapid progress in the economy, it is natural that peoples ideology is bound for change.
Being 26 is no longer a virtue to some people,and they are not alone in holding this view.Each
might have different viewpoints on how to lead ones lifestyle: some prefer simplicity, some love
luxuries, some spend 27 , some accumulate as much as they can like a country mouse. As I was
born poor and in the countryside, the simple rural life seldom loses its 28 to me, but as my
station changes, I have an opportunity to 29 with the newly rich, an experience which has
revolutionized my view of lifestyle.
It is evil or sinful to spend little and to save much, an idea only recently being revealed to me.
Actually the whole world is in a 30 to borrow and to spend, with the USA leading the trend.
The USA is still the richest and most powerful country in the world, but the 31 is that they
borrow money from us. Though a 32 of economics, at least I know that investing with
borrowed money will turn the borrower into the 33 rather than the decent and kind lender. An
apparent case is real estate. Those who are 34 and have got loans from the bank become
relatively rich by selling their purchased home at a price several folds higher. Even education is not
immune from this theory. Many of those poor parents who have the vision to send their children to
college have benefited from this investment, even though they have to 35 a living. It is
reasonable to conclude that spending is praiseworthy, supposing it is not beyond your means.
A) appeal I) meadow
B) extravagantly J) mingle
C) intrinsically K)predator
D) irony L)rage
E) layman M)scrape
F) literally N)shrewd
G) majestic O)thrifty
H) malicious
５Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｂ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｒｅａｄ ａ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｅｎ ｓｔａｔｅｍｅｎｔｓ ａｔｔａｃｈｅｄ ｔｏ ｉｔ. Ｅａｃｈ
ｓｔａｔｅｍｅｎｔ ｃｏｎｔａｉｎｓ ｉｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｉｎ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐａｒａｇｒａｐｈｓ. Ｉｄｅｎｔｉｆｙ ｔｈｅ ｐａｒａｇｒａｐｈ ｆｒｏｍ
ｗｈｉｃｈ ｔｈｅ ｉｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ ｉｓ ｄｅｒｉｖｅｄ. Ｙｏｕ ｍａｙ ｃｈｏｏｓｅ ａ ｐａｒａｇｒａｐｈ ｍｏｒｅ ｔｈａｎ ｏｎｃｅ. Ｅａｃｈ
ｐａｒａｇｒａｐｈ ｉｓ ｍａｒｋｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ. Ａｎｓｗｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ｂｙ ｍａｒｋｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｒｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ
ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ ２
.
Ａｒｅ Ｆｏｒｇｏｔｔｅｎ Ｃｒｏｐｓ ｔｈｅ Ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ｏｆ Ｆｏｏｄ
A)On a small fruit farm near the Straits of Malacca, Lim Kok Ann is down to just one tree growing
kedondong, a crunchy, sour berry that Malaysians mostly use in ｐｉｃｋｌｅｓ (腌菜) and salads. Its not
very well known, says the 45 year old, who is instead focusing on ｌｏｎｇａｎ (龙眼) berries and
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pineapples, which have bigger markets. We have to grow what is profitable, he says.
B) But less than an hour away in the Malaysian countryside, inside three giant, silver domes,
scientists are trying to change the future of food. Theyre pushing the boundaries of what humans
eat by growing and processing so called alternative crops such as kedondong. At the
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headquarters of global research centre Crops For the Future (CFF) this particular under used fruit
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has been turned into a sugar free juice, high in vitamin C and getting top marks in sensory
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evaluations. Anything you see here is a forgotten crop, says Sayed Azam Ali of the abundant
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plants weaving through the gardens of CFF outside Malaysias capital Kuala Lumpur.
C)Prof Azam Ali explains that just four crops wheat, maize, rice and soybean provide two thirds
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of the worlds food supply. Were dependent on these four, he says. But actually therere7 000
crops weve been farming for thousands of years. We ignore all of those. Researchers are trying
to unlock the potential of these ignored crops plants they describe as forgotten, under used or
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alternative as they are displaced by increasingly uniform diets fuelled by processed ingredients
from the major crops.
D)Its a timely quest. The food sector is already responsible for nearly a third of global greenhouse
gas emissions.By 2050 it estimates the world must produce 50% more food to feed the projected
global population of 10 billion. Meeting this demand without contributing to climate change calls
for urgent solutions.
E) Forgotten crops hold key answers. By investing in neglected local plants, countries can reduce
their reliance on imported crops and their carbon heavy supply chains. Bringing back the variety
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of crops humans once ate also boosts food security at a time warming climates threaten existing
crops. On top of that forgotten crops are among the most ｃｌｉｍａｔｅ￣ｒｅｓｉｌｉｅｎｔ (具有气候韧性的) and
nutritious, argues Azam Ali.His summary is plain: Dietary diversification is critical to the future
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of humanity.
F) Food security experts agree. There is no food insecurity in the world, there is food ignorance,
says Cecilia Tortajada, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Water Policy at the National
University of Singapore. Whenever we have native crops we tend to disregard them as if they
６were not valuable but they are, she adds.
G) Azam Ali knows that scepticism firsthand. He came across alternative crops in the 1980s through
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the work of women farmers he met in Niger. The then PhD student remembers marvelling at the
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crops they grew in their backyards,without the benefits of technology,to feed their families when
the big crops failed. He saw a tremendous opportunity to build alternative food systems. But the
resistance was enormous, he recalls.
H)Undeterred, he ploughed on.Project after project helped prove these crops were viable in different
environments as alternatives to the staple ones. But the question of whether these crops would be
marketable remained. Thats the critical thing, he says. In one of the centres domes, food
technologist Tan Xinlin uses powdered ｍｏｒｉｎｇａ (辣木) leaves in place of some wheat flour to
bake a cake lower in ｇｌｕｔｅｎ (谷胶) and higher in nutrients. Tans job is to create recipes with
these still unfamiliar ingredients that will appeal to both local and international tastes. In recent
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years she has used some of the forgotten crops grown at CFF, such as moringa and bambara
groundnut, to make everything from instant soup to Indian snacks, I try to modernise forgotten
crops instead of using old recipes. says Tan, who is also a trained chef. Its a strategy to appeal
to the worlds growing middle classes who are increasingly turning to the fast and processed food
industries. Its also a way to help counter perceptions of local crops as old or poor peoples
food or as inferior womens crops , adds Tan.
I) The roots of these connotations about local foods can run deep. The bambara groundnut, a
protein rich native crop of sub Saharan Africa that is also grown in parts of southeast Asia, can
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trace its marginalisation to colonial rule. African women who grew bambara groundnut were
actually punished for growing it, says Azam Ali. Colonial powers said you cant grow that
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because theres no oil. We cant get a market for it. But today the bambara murukku is one of
CFFs best reviewed foods and they are aiming to get it into grocery stores, pointing to the
success of crops like quinoa to potential investors. Some 30 years ago, quinoa was virtually
unheard of outside its native mountains in Bolivia and Peru. Today the nutritious grain is found
on the menus of lavish restaurants across the world.
J) Measuring crops by nutrition instead of yield is at the heart of the forgotten foods enterprise.Ever
since the green revolution of the 1960s, high yielding crops have dominated modern agriculture.
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That was in part a crucial response to devastating famines at a time when the world needed to
increase its food supply. Today nutrition is becoming a time bomb , says Azam Ali, as growing
￣
carbon dioxide levels strip crops of their minerals. Instead of bio fortifying major crops we should
￣
be investing in those forgotten crops that are already more nutritious, he asserts.
K) In the bowels of CFFs third dome, lab manager Gomathy Sethuraman opens a window into the
centres crown jewels ,revealing vines of winged beans growing under a bright yellow light.Its one
of multiple chambers where scientists are studying the impact of higher temperatures and carbon
dioxide levels on the nutritional make up of alternative crops. This research is the game changer ,
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says Azam Ali,ensuring that future crops are also the healthiest ones in warmer climates.
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７L)There is a growing global momentum around forgotten foods, says Danielle Nierenberg, president
of Food Tank, a US based think tank. Other than CFF, which bills itself as the worlds first
￣
research centre dedicated solely to under utilised crops, there are other key groups championing
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agricultural diversity including Crop Trust,Slow Food,Icrisat and Bioversity International.Add to
that more middle income consumers searching for nutritious foods and others eager to try the
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unprocessed foods their grandparents once ate, she says.
M)But the rising interest in forgotten foods in some quarters is overtaken by the global spread of
Western style diets heavy in sugar, fat and processed foods in others.
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N)A key obstacle to promoting fading local crops in Malaysia, for example, is the obsession with
imported products , says Jenifer Kuah, co founder of a restaurant that champions locally sourced
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food in an affluent suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Customers at Sitka, regarded as a pioneer in the
countrys small farm to table dining scene, still seek foreign ingredients as a status symbol , she
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says.
O) The argument for forgotten foods feels intuitive. Some analysts say it is in fact inevitable.
Climate change is going to mean almost certainly tastes are going to be forced to change, says
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University of London. We have to get used to eating
other crops as yields of staple crops fall, he says.
36. According to a senior researcher, we will have secure food supply if we rid ourselves of
ignorance about native crops.
37. Most of the worlds food supply comes from a tiny number out of thousands of crops that have
been grown for centuries.
38. To provide their family with food when the staple crops failed, some African women farmers
grew local crops in their backyards.
39. High yielding crops have occupied a dominant position in modern agriculture since the green
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revolution in the last century.
40. Growing alternative crops proved feasible in a variety of environments, but the critical question
was whether they would be marketable.
41. According to a professor, when the yields of staple crops fall, we will have to adapt to eating
foods from alternative crops.
42. Urgent measures have to be taken to provide food for the projected world population without
aggravating the climate.
43. Colonial rule marginalised local crops by punishing Africans who grew them.
８44. As existing crops are endangered by global warming, we can increase food security by bringing
back the many forgotten food crops.
45. Researchers are trying to find out how higher temperatures and CO levels affect the nutritional
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composition of alternative crops.
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｃ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ２ ｐａｓｓａｇｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ. Ｅａｃｈ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｉｓ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｅｄ ｂｙ ｓｏｍｅ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ｏｒ
ｕｎｆｉｎｉｓｈｅｄ ｓｔａｔｅｍｅｎｔｓ. Ｆｏｒ ｅａｃｈ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｍ ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ｆｏｕｒ ｃｈｏｉｃｅｓ ｍａｒｋｅｄ Ａ Ｂ Ｃ ａｎｄ
Ｄ . Ｙｏｕ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｄｅｃｉｄｅ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｃｈｏｉｃｅ ａｎｄ ｍａｒｋ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｒｒｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇ ｌｅｔｔｅｒ ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ
Ｓｈｅｅｔ ２ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｌｉｎｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ.
Ｐａｓｓａｇｅ Ｏｎｅ
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ４６ ｔｏ ５０ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ.
Imagine youre an alien sent to Earth to document the behaviour of the mammals inhabiting the
planet. You stumble into a movie theatre thats showing the latest Hollywood horror film.
Several dozen humans are gathered together in a dark, undecorated room. Theyre all staring at
a rectangular area on which patterns of light change rapidly.
They are clearly in a state of high arousal. Their heart rate is elevated, they occasionally glance
around nervously,and they sometimes jump collectively in their seats,and emit high pitched warning
￣
calls.
Eventually, the lights come up and the rectangular screen goes black. The humans stand up and
leave the room, chatting and laughing, and showing signs of pleasure.
Why do these humans voluntarily expose themselves to what appears to be a deeply unpleasant
experience? And why do they react so strongly to those patterns of light on a screen?
I am fascinated with the paradox of horror the strange fact that many people seek out scary
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entertainment.
I think the answer to the puzzle lies in human nature.
My research suggests that we humans evolved to find pleasure in situations that allow us to
experience negative emotions in a safe context. You can see these elements of horror in childrens
games.Take hide and seek for example,which is a simulation of a predator prey interaction.The kid
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hides and the adult pretends to be a predator, searching for the child while howling like a dangerous
beast.
This simulation gives the child crucial information about how to avoid becoming prey, and
children tend to find that kind of activity deeply satisfying, presumably because it gives them a safe
experience of a potentially catastrophic scenario.
They find it pleasurable, and pleasure is evolutions way of motivating us toward adaptive
behaviour.
Horror is pleasurable to many people because it lets us play with negative emotions and develop
coping strategies. We learn what it feels like to be truly afraid, and we learn how to handle negative
９emotion.
How, then, does horror work? My research suggests that horror works by exploiting an ancient
set of biological defence mechanisms an evolved fear system, which we share with other animals.
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But humans are uniquely imaginative, and we use our evolved imagination to travel into virtual
worlds that are full of danger.
There are good reasons for watching a horror film, even if youre not a loyal horror fan. If you
make it through the film in one piece, youll probably experience a strong sense of mastery, a sense
that you were able to make it through an appalling experience. Anyway, watching a horror film
makes you better at handling your own fear, and who knows when that will become critically
relevant?
46. The alien finds the audience in the movie theatre clearly in a state of .
A)total mindfulness
B)extreme excitement
C)spiritual elevation
D)intense curiosity
47. Why do many people seek out scary entertainment, according to the authors research?
A)They gain experience in overcoming horror in real life.
B)They find joy in going through simulated horrible experiences.
C)They have learned from hide and seek as kids the thrill involved.
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D)They have evolved to gain pleasure in escaping life threatening situations.
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48. What do children learn from hide and seek?
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A)How to avoid falling prey to an attacker.
B)How to simulate a predator prey interaction.
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C)How to keep themselves from catastrophic errors.
D)How to turn a dangerous scenario into a safe one.
49. Why is horror gratifying to many people?
A)It reminds them of an ancient set of biological defence mechanisms.
B)It triggers their imagination to travel into dangerous virtual worlds.
C)It allows them to learn what fear feels like and how to tackle it.
D)It activates their evolved fear system and their unique fantasy.
50. What will one experience if they watch a horror film through without being hurt?
A)A strong sense of clear relevance.
B)A profound sense of good fortune.
C)A profound sense of intense relief.
D)A strong sense of being in control.
１０Ｐａｓｓａｇｅ Ｔｗｏ
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ５１ ｔｏ ５５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ.
An awakening has been taking place in the physical world against the beauty model that has
been dictated to us for years. But in the digital arena, social media determines what is considered
beautiful.
The two opposing struggles are taking place in parallel. In the physical world, the struggle goes
against the underlying pressure exerted on women to conform to an unrealistic beauty ideal. As part
of the struggle, various media outlets have presented women whose bodies dont correspond to the
so called ideal. All those women who had previously been excluded from the covers of magazines,
￣
television series and the public agenda, have become legitimate . At the same time, a group of
influencers have begun to upload to social media photos of themselves without makeup, and even
photos in which they highlight supposed flaws.
Technology has reshaped our beauty ideal and is doing a great job communicating that message
to the masses. One of the bizarre legacies of the past decade is the popularity of the cyborg look ,
which illustrates what Americans will look like in 2050.
The cyborg look spread rapidly.Today,however,the Instagram face has become the new beauty
ideal.
The internalization of accepted beauty norms is much more effective when there is active
involvement in the learning process. The active involvement of users is reflected in the ｇａｍｉｆｉｅｄ (游
戏化的) interaction offered by the social media platforms the ability to like, write a comment,
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compare, share.
Once the desired beauty ideal has been internalized, users are given tools or features to change
their appearance to suit the accepted beauty ideal such as editing the image, choosing the ideal filter,
the right background.
A survey conducted in the United States revealed that more than 50% filter the images before
posting them.And you will not be surprised to hear that the majority of them are women.One of the
significant consequences of obsessive filtering is the emerging tendency to treat oneself as an object
to be observed and valued, in the same way another person observes and judges from the side.
The effect of the filters is already far beyond amiable amusement. The filters and the entire
game played on the networks affect the mental health of the users. According to a study, apps like
Instagram, Snapchat and FaceTune allow users to achieve a level of perfection that was previously
only observed in beauty magazines.
Even though humanity has always cherished beauty, in the last decade our obsession with looks
has reached an unprecedented peak. The time spent on social media creates an urge to achieve an
impossible beauty ideal so powerful that the only thing that can fix it is not cosmetic intervention,
but mental health care.
１１51. What do we learn about beauty in the digital arena?
A)It dictates the taste of digital media.
B)It has been in the making for years.
C)It has ushered in a new awakening.
D)It is defined by social media.
52. What does the passage say about beauty in the physical world?
A)Women are under constant pressure to keep up with beauty models.
B)Women are encouraged to pursue a beauty ideal that has never existed.
C)A fight is going on to remove pressure on women to conform to an absurd beauty ideal.
D)Media outlets have begun to present as beauty models trendy women without any makeup.
53. What do we learn from the passage about the Instagram face?
A)It is now regarded as the new beauty ideal.
B)It is what most women will go after in 2050.
C)It is being much talked about on social media.
D)It is a perfect illustration of the ultimate beauty.
54. What has obsessive filtering resulted in?
A)A good many women striving to reach an impossible level of perfection.
B)An urge to turn the entire game played on the network to ones advantage.
C)A tendency to regard ones body as an object of observation and judgment.
D)An increasing number of women filtering their images before uploading them.
55. What does the author want to emphasize at the end of the passage regarding Americans obsession
with looks?
A)Cosmetic surgery should be made more accessible to the masses.
B)Psychological intervention should be introduced to alleviate it.
C)Their time spent on social media should be strictly controlled.
D)Its root cause should be meticulously examined and analyzed.
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.
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