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４ ꎮＰａｒｔ Ⅱ Ｌｉｓｔｅｎｉｎｇ Ｃｏｍｐｒｅｈｅｎｓｉｏｎ ２５ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ａ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔｓ. Ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｅｎｄ ｏｆ ｅａｃｈ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ
ｈｅａｒ ｔｗｏ ｏｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ. Ｂｏｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ 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 ａｎｄ ２ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
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1. A)They will see a 27% higher price to buy natural gas.
B)They will have insufficient heating oil to keep warm.
C)They will have a costly bill to pay to heat their homes.
D)They will experience the coldest winter in four decades.
2. A)Provided additional funding to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
B)Assured U.S. citizens of an increase in energy supplies by the end of this year.
C)Predicted a 10% jump in heating bills for most U.S. households this winter.
D)Decided on this years energy assistance package of $8 billion in total.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ３ ａｎｄ ４ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
3. A)They care less about their diet now than before.
B)They may lack adequate knowledge of healthy food.
C)They may hold too optimistic a view about their diet.
D)They pay insufficient attention to their choice of food.
4. A)Those who finished 24 hour food questionnaires.
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B)Those who fully understood the rating scale.
C)Those who cared about food quality.
D)Those who rated their diet as poor.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ５ ｔｏ ７ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｗｓ ｒｅｐｏｒｔ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
5. A)They experienced a heartbreaking moment.
B)They gathered together to rescue an elephant.
C)They heard a noise from the bottom of a well.
D)They found an elephant wandering around a well.
１6. A)To borrow their crane.
B)To ask them for help.
C)To report the strange noise.
D)To get food for the elephant.
7. A)The elephant was able to return to the jungle.
B)The army officers were examined for injuries.
C)The army officers were rewarded for their rescue efforts.
D)The elephant was given medical treatment for many days.
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｂ
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 ８ ｔｏ １１ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
8. A)He found it had caused him much inconvenience.
B)It led him to spend more money than necessary.
C)It was much less secure than paying with cash.
D)He wanted to be less dependent on his phone.
9. A)Living beyond her means.
B)Lack of budgeting strategies.
C)Fashion addiction.
D)Impulse purchasing.
10. A)Eat healthier food with less money.
B)Order food like burgers and chips.
C)Avoid getting addicted to junk food
D)Pay either in cash or with his phone.
11. A)Making a shopping list.
B)Sticking to his budget.
C)Withdrawing cash only once a month.
D)Thinking twice before buying something.
２Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １２ ｔｏ １５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｖｅｒｓａｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
12. A)He does not enjoy any ball games.
B)He has to prepare for the future.
C)He has breathing problems.
D)He is not up to anything challenging.
13. A)Soccer.
B)Badminton.
C)Volleyball.
D)Basketball.
14. A)The possibilities of joining the school sports team.
B)The opportunities of winning some championships.
C)The chances of getting an athletic scholarship later on.
D)The odds of becoming a professional sportsman someday.
15. A)It differs entirely from indoor volleyball.
B)It appeals to both schoolgirls and schoolboys.
C)It is less popular than indoor sports in the country.
D)It is completely different from other outdoor games.
Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｃ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｈｅａｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ 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 １６ ｔｏ １８ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
16. A)It usually requires years of preparations.
B)It does a lot of harm to the environment.
C)It often burns over three hundred tonnes of refined fuel.
D)It proves to be the most complicated stage of space missions.
17. A)They are burnt up in outer space.
B)They are guided back to Earth.
C)They are reused up to 100 times.
D)They are treated as expendable.
３18. A)New technologies for bringing back space vehicles for recycling.
B)The technology for meeting the needs of commercial space travel.
C)Many of the technologies to limit the impact of space travel on Earth.
D)The technology for effectively protecting ozone from being destroyed.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ １９ ｔｏ ２１ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
19. A)It can help unskilled readers feel more secure.
B)It can encourage reluctant readers to read aloud.
C)It can strengthen childrens confidence in others.
D)It can boost childrens interest in communication.
20. A)By motivating children to find out about their favourite pets.
B)By taking children to the library to borrow books on animals.
C)By allowing children to surf the internet about pets by themselves.
D)By showing children how to acquire knowledge about healthy pets.
21. A)By learning that raising pets can do much good.
B)By watching how healthy pets are brought up.
C)By hearing about their peers passion for pets.
D)By visiting friends who have household pets.
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ２２ ｔｏ ２５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｊｕｓｔ ｈｅａｒｄ.
22. A)Send would be students a packet of information.
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B)Update regularly all information on their websites.
C)Inform prospective students of their yearly enrollment.
D)Answer questions raised by applicants and their parents.
23. A)Oversee private institutions directly.
B)Follow other states example.
C)Supervise all schools consistently.
D)Regulate public institutions by law.
24. A)They are resourceful.
B)They are competitive.
C)They provide the best opportunity to realize ones dream.
D)They appeal most to students from other states in the U.S.
25. A)Some students waste much time surfing the net.
B)Students may need to visit too many websites.
C)Students have to search for the information.
D)Some students may lack adequate access.
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.
Scientists have known that depriving adult mice of vision can increase the sensitivity of
individual ｎｅｕｒｏｎｓ (神经元)in the part of the brain devoted to hearing.New research from biologists
at the University of Maryland 26 that sight deprivation also changes the way brain cells 27
with one another, shifting the mices sensitivity to different frequencies.
This study 28 what we are learning about how manipulating vision can have a 29
effect on the ability of an animal to hear long after the window for ａｕｄｉｔｏｒｙ (听觉的)learning was
thought to have 30 , said Patrick Kanold, senior author of the study.
It was once thought that the sensory regions of the brain were not 31 after a critical period
in childhood. This is why children learn languages much more 32 than adults. Kanolds earlier
research disproved this idea by showing that depriving adult mice of vision for a short period
increased the sensitivity of individual neurons in the auditory ｃｏｒｔｅｘ (皮质 , which is devoted to
hearing.
Young brains wire themselves according to the sounds they hear frequently, assigning areas of
the auditory cortex to 33 frequencies based on what they are used to hearing. The researchers
found that, in adult mice, a week in the dark also changed the 34 of space to different
frequencies.
We dont know why we are seeing these patterns, Kanold said. We 35 that it may have
to do with what the mice are paying attention to while they are in the dark.
A) adaptable I) readily
B) closed J) registered
C) distribution K)reinforces
D) interact L)revealed
E) narration M)significant
F) neutral N)specific
G) permanently O)speculate
H) prescribes
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
.
Ｉｆ ｗｅ ｃａｒｅ ａｂｏｕｔ ｐｌａｓｔｉｃ ｗａｓｔｅ ｗｈｙ ｗｏｎｔ ｗｅ ｓｔｏｐ ｄｒｉｎｋｉｎｇ ｂｏｔｔｌｅｄ ｗａｔｅｒ
Ｗｅ ｈａｖｅ ａｌｌ ｓｅｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｄａｍａｇｅ ｐｌａｓｔｉｃ ｗａｓｔｅ ｉｓ ｄｏｉｎｇ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｌｄ ｂｕｔ ｓａｌｅｓ ｏｆ ｂｏｔｔｌｅｄ ｗａｔｅｒ
ｈａｖｅ ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅｄ ｔｏ ｇｒｏｗ.
A)For all the innovation and choice that define the food and drink industries, if you want to make
money, you could do a lot worse than fill a bottle with water and sell it. A litre of tap water, the
stuff we have cleverly piped into our homes, costs less than half a penny. A litre of bottled water
can cost well over a pound, especially for something fancy that has been sucked through a
mountain.
B)Yet the bottled water market is livelier than ever. It defies our increasing awareness of the harm
plastics do to the environment and a broader, growing sense that something has to change. Sales
in the UK were worth a record 558.4 million this past year, an increase of 7%, according to the
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latest figures from the market analyst Kantar.Separate data from other analysts show that last year
the British consumed more than 2.2 billion litres of bottled water, including take home and on
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the go products. Thats an annual rise in volume of 8.5%.
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C)Environmental campaigners are struggling to understand why nations blessed with clean tap water
grow only fonder of the bottle. Its very surprising to me, says Sam Chetan Walsh, a political
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adviser at Greenpeace and campaigner against ocean plastic. Public awareness has never been
higher, but the message is not quite reaching all the people it needs to. Where it is heard, the
message is causing concern. Plastic water bottles require oceans of fossil fuels to make and ship.
Additionally, single use plastics of all types are polluting our cities and seas. Numerous
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documentaries have shown how plastic is ultimately killing wildlife.
D)Moves against various plastics have gathered pace,from shopping bags to straws and plastic lined
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coffee cups. Chetan Walsh argues that bottled water is different because the alternatives are so
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obvious. If a product that is so nakedly unnecessary can exist, then the whole system is failing,
he says.
E)Hope is not entirely out of reach. The rate of growth has begun to ease (sales were up 7% in the
year, compared with 8% the previous year).
６F) But even if large numbers of people are quitting bottled water because of care for the
environment, others are taking it up.The introduction of the sugar tax on juices and soda drinks
has pushed more people to bottled water, while health awareness has boosted its desirability. Tap
water consumption is growing at roughly the same pace (UK consumers still drink almost three
times as much tap water as bottled water).
G)So the plastic tide only creeps higher. The industry is quick to point out that all its bottles are
recyclable. But collection rates are, at the most generous estimates,56%, so the actual recycling
rate will be lower than that, Chetan Walsh says. And while bottles may be recyclable, very few
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are made of recycled plastic. One water bottle company launched recycled half litre eco bottles
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alongside its standard bottles.Another has pledged to use only recycled plastic across its range by
2025. Chetan Walsh believes in a ban on single use bottles. Bans do exist in some places.
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Organisers of a famous music festival announced that water bottles will not be sold this summer.
San Francisco has banned them from city property and events. Last year, the UK government set
out plans to ban single use plastic from its estate.
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H)Water bottlers, unsurprisingly, dont support bans.But they raise concerns about health rather than
profit margins. Last month one chief executive of a water botling company said that bans would
result in greater consumption of sugary drinks, adding to all the health dangers of obesity,
diabetes and tooth decay .Kinvara Carey,general manager of an association of the biggest bottled
water manufacturers, cites a survey in which people were asked what they would do if bottled
water were not available. Forty four per cent would buy another drink, which is not great,14%
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would go without and 4.5% said they would find a fountain, she says. The choice is
important.
I) What if fountains were more numerous, and tap water more clearly available in cafes, restaurants
and elsewhere? Dozens of fountains are being installed in London. There are similar initiatives
elsewhere. Before plastic and the marketing that made people think they needed bottled water in
the first place, fountains were an urban fixture. Greenpeace, among others, is also pushing for a
deposit return scheme. This would mean tax on bottled water would be refunded to customers
who returned the plastic for recycling.
J) Even if bottled water sales are growing slightly more slowly, the industry is racing to adapt to
changing concerns and tastes. Flavoured water is booming: sales of the sparkling variety shot up
by 20%, according to the latest analyst data. Meanwhile, international water brands, as well as a
range of new companies, are selling high end reusable bottles. And if you must fill them with tap
￣
water, why not add flavouring?
７K)As the owner of multiple sugary drink brands and bottled water, PepsiCo is facing challenges on
health and environmental fronts. Last year, the company bought SodaStream(a drinks company
that sells machines for making tap water bubbly and then consumers add flavours) for $3.2
billion. It also launched a range offancy bottles that work with tap water and flavour packets.The
bottle is reusable. The packets? Not so much, and, yes, they are made of plastic, although the
company invites users to post them back for recycling.
L)As is so often the case, clever marketing can beat reason;awareness is rarely enough. There is
always this kind of slip between concern, intent and changed behaviour, says Giles Quick, an
analyst of bottled water. The best example is five a day,the recommendation to have at least five
portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Almost everyone is aware of this, but something like
15% of us achieve it. Unless a far reaching bottle ban does come into force, it will be up to
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consumers to not only demand change but to act themselves.
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36. Judging from the slowing rate of sales growth, there is still hope to combat bottled water.
37. Bottled water manufacturers base their arguments against bans of plastic bottles on health
concerns rather than on profits.
38. Sales of bottled water in Britain hit a record high last year even though people are increasingly
aware that plastics are environmentally unfriendly.
39. It often happens that people can lack reason when faced with skillful marketing.
40. One city on the west coast of America has banned single use bottles from its property and events.
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41. Manufacturing and shipping of plastic water bottles consume a tremendous amount offossil fuels.
42. One large beverage company has adapted its operations when confronted with challenges from
health and environmental advocates.
43. Bottled water is considerably more expensive than tap water.
44. Fountains could be seen in cities before bottled water became popular.
45. More people have taken to bottled water because of their health awareness.
８Ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ Ｃ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｔｈｅｒｅ ａｒｅ ｐａｓｓａｇｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｅｃｔｉｏｎ. Ｅａｃｈ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｉｓ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｅｄ ｂｙ ｓｏｍｅ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ｏｒ
２
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 Ｓｈｅｅｔ２
ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｓｉｎｇｌｅ ｌｉｎｅ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｅｎｔｒｅ
.
Ｐａｓｓａｇｅ Ｏｎｅ
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ４６ ｔｏ ５０ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ.
As a university student, Ive come to realise just how little I know about money. Ive come to
the brutal realisation that Australias youth are being done a great disservice by not receiving any
consistent financial education.
Diving headfirst into the crash course of starting university, Ive quickly tried to get myself up
to speed with the financial terms of the modern era to help manage my personal finances.
Ive read some financial education books, done some online learning, and have spoken to my
nearest and dearest for their pearls of financial wisdom.
There are undoubtedly hundreds of great resources out there for those wishing to improve their
financial literacy, but while I was researching, I still kept wishing that I didnt have to play catch up
￣
with the money world. I felt that I was sailing the financial seas with no skills and no life jacket!
However, after talking to my friends who felt the same, I quickly realised that it wasnt my
ignorance but the lack of financial education in our schooling system that is leaving high schoolers
seriously behind in the modern world of money.
Lets compare a theoretical financial education subject to the standard compulsory English class.
On average, English may not be the most popular subject, but its consistently on the schedule
throughout high school, with all students graduating fluent in English.
A financial education subject should do just the same.It shouldnt be just a one day event but a
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course integrated throughout the whole of high school that would allow students to gradually expand
their financial literacy,and would prevent the need for a catch up phase once were out on our own
after graduation.
In the same way that learning a language or new skills takes time, building financial skills
requires practice and years to gradually accumulate bits and pieces of knowledge.
Giving young people the opportunity to become familiar with the world of money would
provide them with a great advantage to enter adulthood with confidence and security so that they are
able to manage their own money and look after themselves.
９46. What has the author come to realise since entering university?
A)He needs a crash course on financial terms.
B)He is very much lacking in financial literacy.
C)It requires consistent education to be financially independent.
D)It is unrealistic to give all Australian youth a financial education.
47. How did the author feel in todays money world?
A)Badly equipped to survive.
B)Ignorant of financial literature.
C)Barely capable of moving ahead.
D)Overwhelmed by the resources online.
48. What did the author realise after talking to his friends?
A)They were as keen as he was on financial matters.
B)The schooling system was to blame for his trouble.
C)High schoolers knew nothing about the modern financial world.
D)Financial courses were as unpopular as compulsory English classes.
49. What is the authors idea of a financial education course?
A)It should foresee students needs after graduation.
B)It should provide students with some basic knowledge.
C)It should be taught the same way as English is taught.
D)It should be integrated into high school education.
50. What would financial literacy do to young people?
A)Allow them to enter adulthood with financial security.
B)Enable them to look after themselves without worrying about money.
C)Render them confident and secure in terms of money management.
D)Help them become familiar with the world of money.
１０Ｐａｓｓａｇｅ Ｔｗｏ
Ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ ５１ ｔｏ ５５ ａｒｅ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｌｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ.
Chocolates save us from many things,especially emotional distress.They comfort us in times of
trouble, calming down a racing heart by channelling happy calories inside us. We all have faith in
chocolates to delight us in an instant!
Recently, chocolate lovers were heartbroken as scientists claimed that they can become extinct
by 2050! But hey, we have some happy news for you. Scientists can still help save chocolates from
dying out!If you are not aware as to why scientists made the statement about the death of this
wonderful thing, let us tell you the facts. Chocolate trees, whose seeds are used to make chocolate,
grow in the tropical plant world and require very specific weather conditions to prosper.
Now, fifty percent of the worlds ｃｏｃｏａ (可可)beans come from two countries in West Africa:
C te dlvoire and Ghana. Scientists believe that both of these countries will experience a 3.8 F
ô °
temperature increase by 2050 due to global warming, endangering the ｃａｃａｏ (可可树)farms in the
rainforests. These farms will then have to be shifted to cooler mountainous areas, which are the
natural habitat of wildlife.This will lead to some tough decisions: whether to grow chocolate or save
wildlife.
Unfortunately, the crisis of global warming has already had a serious negative impact on cacao
farms yields, leading to the prices of chocolates skyrocketing.
Scientists, however, are trying to find a long term and eco friendly solution to this problem!
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They are trying to modify the species with a gene editing technology, which will transform the
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seedlings into a species that survives even in a drier and warmer climate.
According to a report by Ｔｈｅ Ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ Ｉｎｓｉｄｅｒ, in the University of Californias new bio sciences
￣
building,tiny green cacao seedlings are lined up in refrigerated greenhouses for a new experiment by
using a technology called CRISPR. By manipulating the DNA of plants, this technology is already
being used across the world to make plants tougher and cheaper. Similarly, in this unconventional
experiment, scientists will make tiny, precise changes to the DNA of the seedlings to make the cocoa
crops survive in warmer and drier climates.
51. What do people believe chocolates can do?
A)Cheer them up instantly.
B)Create happy calories.
C)Conceal emotional distress.
D)Relieve them of heart trouble.
１１52. What was scientists recent assertion about chocolates?
A)They could become a rare treat in the near future.
B)They could calm people down a bit in times of crisis.
C)They could prevent people from getting heartbroken.
D)They could become unavailable in less than 30 years.
53. What would happen if the cacao farms were shifted to cooler mountainous areas?
A)The natural habitat of wildlife there would be ruined.
B)The cacao farmers would have a tough time to adapt.
C)The rainforests would be shrinking dramatically.
D)The quality of cocoa beans would suffer greatly.
54. What do we learn about the cacao farms in the crisis of global warming?
A)They try to seek help from gene editing scientists.
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B)They decide to move to cooler mountainous areas.
C)They have suffered a lot due to a decrease in produce.
D)They have benefited by raising prices of cocoa beans.
55. What are scientists trying to do in the University of Californias new bio sciences building?
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A)Build rows of refrigerated greenhouses for research on cacao seedlings
B)Gene edit cacao seedlings for them to withstand a drier, warmer climate.
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C)Produce chocolates with the latest gene editing technology.
￣
D)Transplant the genes of tougher plants to cacao seedlings.
Ｐａｒｔ Ⅳ Ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｉｏｎ ３０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ
Ｄｉｒｅｃｔｉｏｎｓ Ｆｏｒ ｔｈｉｓ ｐａｒｔ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ａｌｌｏｗｅｄ ３０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅｓ ｔｏ ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｅ ａ ｐａｓｓａｇｅ ｆｒｏｍ Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ ｉｎｔｏ
Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ. Ｙｏｕ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｗｒｉｔｅ ｙｏｕｒ ａｎｓｗｅｒ ｏｎ Ａｎｓｗｅｒ Ｓｈｅｅｔ ２.
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