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Part I Writing ( 30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who
wants to teach English in China. Please recommend a city to him. You should write
at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Part 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
· clwose the best answer from the four clwices 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.
1. A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow.
B) A wandering cow lmocked down one of its fences.
C) Some tourists were i.rtjured by a wandering cow.
D) A wandering cow was captured by the police.
2. A) It was shot to death by a police officer. C) It became a great attraction for tourists.
B) It found its way back to the park's zoo. D) It was sent to the animal control department.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) It is the largest of its kind. C) It is displaying more fossil specimens.
B) It is going to be expanded. D) It is starting an online exhibition.
4. A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.
B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.
C) Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.
D) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Pick up trash. C) Deliver messages.
B) Amuse visitors. D) Play with children.
6. A) They are especially intelligent. C) They are quite easy to tame.
B) They are children's favorite. D) They are clean and pretty.
7. A) Children may be harmed by the rooks. C) Children may contract bird diseases.
B) Children may be tempted to drop litter. D) Children may overfeed the rooks.
2019. 12 / 1 ( ffi 11E)Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two wng conversations. At the end of each conversation,
you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken oruy
once. AffR/r you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A) , B) , C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letfR/r 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) It will be produced at Harvard University. C) It will cover different areas of science.
B) It will be hosted by famous professors. D) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.
9. A) It will be more futuristic. C) It will be more entertaining.
B) It will be more systematic. D) It will be easier to understand.
10. A) People interested in science. C) Children in their early teens.
B) Youngsters eager to explore. D) Students majoring in science.
11. A) Offer professional advice. C) Help promote it on the Internet.
B) Provide financial support. D) Make episodes for its first season.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Unsure. C) Concerned.
B) Helpless. D) Dissatisfied.
13. A) He is too concerned with being perfect. C) He is too ambitious in achieving goals.
B) He loses heart when faced with setbacks. D) He takes on projects beyond his ability.
14. A) Embarrassed. C) Miserable.
B) Unconcerned. D) Resentful.
15. A) Try to be optimistic whatever happens. C) Always learn from others' achievements.
B) Compare his present with his past only. D) Treat others the way he would be treated.
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 th!3 passage and the questions will be spoken oruy 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 letfR/r on Answer Sheet 1 with a
single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
B) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.
C) They are more likely to become engineers.
D) They have greater potential to be leaders.
17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.
B) Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.
C) Insist that boys and girls work together more.
D) Respond more positively to boys' comments.
18. A) Offer personalized teaching materials. C) Place great emphasis on test scores.
B) Provide a variety of optional courses. D) Pay extra attention to top students.
2019. 12 / 2 (ffi 1 �)Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It often rains cats and dogs. C) It does not rain as much as people think.
B) It seldom rains in summer time. D) It is one of the most rainy cities in the US.
20. A) They drive most of the time. C) They have got used to the rain.
B) The rain is usually very light. D) The rain comes mostly at night.
21. A) It has a lot of places for entertainment.
B) It has never seen thunder and lightning.
C) It has fewer cloudy days than any other coast.al city.
D) It has mild weather both in summer and in winter.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) It occurs when people are doing a repetitive activity.
B) It results from exerting one's muscles continuously.
C) It happens when people engage in an uncommon activity.
D) It comes from straining one's muscles in an unusual way.
23. A) Blood flow and body heat increase in the affected area.
B) Body movements in the affected area become difficult.
C) They begin to make repairs immediately.
D) They gradually become fragmented.
24. A) About one week. C) About ten days.
B) About two days. D) About four weeks.
25. A) Apply muscle creams. C) Have a hot shower.
B) Drink plenty of water. D) Take pain-killers.
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Part 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.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water?
Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or� the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a
bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, ri�t? The bottle is _.%!___, and the label
says "pure water". But maybe what's inside is not so�- Would you still be drinking it if you knew
that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world � microplastics?
That's the conclusion of a recently� study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in
nine countries, ---2,L_ an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics
included a 32 commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food
and 33 containers. The study was conducted at. .the State University of New York on behalf of Orb
Media, a journalism organisation. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty
tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this �, several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola
2019. 12 / 3 ( ffi 1 $,:)undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did
contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless , the World Health
Organisation has launched a review into the � health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
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B) admiring J) potential
C) contains K) released
D) defending L) revealing
E) evidence M) sealed
F) instant N) solves
G) liquid 0) substance
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten stat,ements 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.
The quiet heroism of mail delivery
A) On Wednesday, a polar wind brought bitter cold to the Midwest. Overnight, Chicago reached a low
of 21 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, making it slightly colder than Antarctica ( mtlH}H) , Alaska,
and the North Pole. Wind chills were 64 degrees below zero in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and 45
degrees below zero in Buffalo, North Dakota, according to the National Weather Service. Schools,
restaurants, and businesses closed, and more than 1 , 000 flights were cancele d.
B) Even the United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended mail delivery. "Due to this arctic outbreak
and concerns for the safety of USPS employees," USPS announced Wednesday morning, "the Postal
Service is suspending delivery Jan. 30 in some 3-digit ZIP Code locations." Twelve regions were
listed as unsafe on Wednesday; on Thursday, eight remained.
C) As global surface temperatures increase, so does the likelihood of extreme weather. In 2018 alone,
wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least
$ 49 billion in the United States. As my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto Rico is still
confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from 2017's Hurricane Maria.
Natural disasters can wreck a community's infrastructure, disrupting systems for months or years.
Some services, however, remind U$ that life will eventually return, in some form, to normal.
D) Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone ( -JGA.ffl.) caught footage ( �
�,m�) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van,
collecting mail in an affected area. The video is striking: The operation is familiar, but the scene
looks like the end of the world. According to Rae Ann Haight, the program manager for the national
preparedness office at USPS, Smith was fulfilling a request made by some of the home owners to
pick up any mail that was left untouched. For Smith, this was just another day on the job. " I
followed my route like I normally do," Smith told a reporter. "As I came across a box that was up
but with no house, I checked, and there was mail-outgoing mail-in it. And so I picked those up
and carried on. "
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201s. 12; 4 1 lUE) USPS has sophisticated emergency plans for natural disasters. Across the country, 285 emergency
management teams are devoted to crisis control. These teams are trained annually using a
framework known as the three Ps: people, property, product. After mail service stops due to
weather, the agency's top priority is ensuring that employees are safe. Then it evaluates the health
of infrastructure, such as the roads that mail carriers drive on. Finally, it decides when and how to
re-open operations. If the destruction is extreme, mail addressed to the area will get sent
elsewhere. In response to HUITicane Katrina in 2005, USPS redirected incoming New Orleans mail to
existing mail facilities in Houston. Mail that was already processed in New Orleans facilities was
moved to an upper floor so it would be protected from water damage.
F) As soon as it's safe enough to be outside, couriers ( df�:ii.vi) start distributing accumulated mail on
the still-accessible routes. USPS urges those without standing addresses to file change-of-address
forms with their new location. After HUITicane Katrina hit in 2005 , mail facilities were set up in
dozens of locations across the country in the two weeks that USPS was unable to provide street
delivery.
G) Every day, USPS processes, on average, 493. 4 million pieces of mail-anything from postcards to
Social Security checks to medicine. Spokespeople from both USPS and UPS told me all mail is
important. But some mail can be extremely sensitive and timely. According to data released in
January 2017, 56 percent of bills are paid online, which means that just under half of payments still
rely on delivery services to be completed.
H) It can be hard to identify which parcels are carrying crucial items such as Social Security checks, but
USPS and UPS try their best to prioritize sensitive material. They will coordinate with the Social
Security Administration to make sure that Social Security checks reach the right people in a timely
fashion. After HUITicane Florence and HUITicane Michael last fall, USPS worked with state and local
election boards to make sure that absentee ballots were available and received on time.
I) Mail companies are logistics ( �vft) companies, which puts them in a special position to help when
disaster strikes. In a 2011 USPS case study, the agency emphasized its massive infrastructure as a
"unique federal asset" to be called upon in a disaster or terrorist attack. "I think we're unique as a
federal agency," USPS official Mike Swigart told me, "because we're in literally every community in
this country ... We're obligated to deliver to that point on a daily basis. "
J) Private courier companies, which have more dollars to spend, use their expertise in logistics to help
revitalize damaged areas after a disaster. For more than a decade, FedEx has supported the
American Red Cross in its effort to get emergency supplies to areas affected by disasters, both
domestically and internationally. In 2012 , the company distributed more than 1 , 200 MedPacks to
Medical ReseIVe Corps groups in California. They also donated space for 3. 1 million pounds of
charitable shipping globally. Last October, the company pledged $ 1 million in cash and
transportation support for HUITicanes Florence and Michael. UPS's charitable ann, the UPS
Foundation, uses the company's logistics to help disaster-struck areas rebuild. "We realize that as a
company with people, trucks, warehouses, we needed to play a larger role," said Eduardo
Martinez, the president of the UPS Foundation. The company employs its trucks and planes to
deliver food, medicine, and water. The day bef<>re I spoke to Martinez in November, he had been
touring the damage from HUITicane Michael in Florida with the American Red Cross. "We have an
obligation to make sure our communities are thriving, " he said.
K) Rebuilding can take a long time, and even then, impressions of the disaster may still remain.
Returning to a normal life can be difficult, but some small routines-mail delivery being one of
2019. 12 / 5 (ffi 1 I;)them-may help residents remember that their communities are still their communities. "When they
see that carrier back out on the street, " Swigart said, "that's the first sign to them that life is
starting to return to normal. "
36. The United States Postal Service has a system to ensure its employees' safety.
37. One official says USPS is unique in that it has more direct reach to communities compared with
other federal agencies.
38. Natural disasters can have a long-lasting impact on community life.
39. Mail delivery service is still responsible for the completion of almost half of payments.
40. The sight of a mailman on the street is a reassuring sign of life becoming normal again.
41. After Hurricane Katrina interrupted routine delivery, temporary mail service points were set up.
42. Postal service in some regions in the U.S. was suspended due to extreme cold weather.
43. Private postal companies also support disaster relief efforts by distributing urgent supplies.
44. A dedicated USPS �mployee was on the job carrying out duties in spite of extreme conditions.
45. Postal services work hard to identify items that require priority treatment.
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.
Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help
handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge-Based .Artificial
Intelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech's online Master of Science in
Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had eight teaching assistants, but that wasn't
enough to deal with the overwhelming number of daily questions from students.
Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students
feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue
begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to
create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.
Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online
forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online
discussion forum to find all the 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched.
Then they began to feed Jill with the questions and answers. After some ac\justments and sufficient
time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant
became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who
were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with the virtual assistant and couldn't tell it apart
from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students
were actually very positive about the experience.
The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all the
questions posed by . students on the online forum. The name Jill Watson will, of course, change to
something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of artificial
2019. 12 / 6 ( ffi 1 it)intelligence than, say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.
46. What do we learn about Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence?
A) It is a robot that can answer students' questions.
B) It is a course designed for students to learn online.
C) It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.
D) It is a computer program that aids student learning.
47. What problem did Professor Goel meet with?
A) His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.
B) His course was too difficult for the students.
C) Students' questions were too many to handle.
D) Too many students dropped out of his course.
48. What do we learn about Jill Watson?
A) She turned out to be a great success.
B) She got along pretty well with students.
C) She was unwelcome to students at first.
D) She was released online as an experiment.
49. How did the students feel about Jill Watson?
A) They thought she was a bit too artificial.
B) They found her not as capable as expected.
C) They could not but admire her knowledge.
D) They could not tell her from a real person.
50. What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson?
A) Launch different versions of her online.
B) Feed her with new questions and answers.
C) Assign her to answer more of students' questions.
D) Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don't hurt. Those are a few of the
traits of successful science crowdfunding efforts that emerge from a recent study that examined nearly
400 campaigns. But having a large network and some promotional skills may be more crucial.
Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals , has taken off in recent years for
everything from mald.ng movies to producing water-saving gadgets. Scientists have tried to tap Internet
donors , too , with mixed success. Some raised more than twice their goals , but others have fallen short
of reaching even modest targets.
To determine what separates science crowdfunding triumphs from failures, a team led by science
communications scholar Mike Schafer of the University of Zurich examined the content of the webpages
for 371 recent campaigns.
Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public
Understanding of Science. For one, they use a crowdfunding platform that specializes in raising money
for science, and not just any kind of project. Although sites like Kickstarter take all comers, platforms
such as Experiment. corn and Petridish. org only present scientific projects. For another, they present
the project with a funny video because good visuals and a sense of humor improved success. Most of
2019. 12 / 7 ( ffl 1 ¥}them engage with potential donors, since projects that answered questions from interested donors fared
better. And they target a small amount of money. The projects included in the study raised $4,000 on
average , with 30% receiving less than $1 , 000. The more money a project sought, the lower the chance
it reached its goal, the researchers found.
Other factors may also significantly influence a project's success, most notably, the size of a
scientist's personal and professional networks, and how much a researcher promotes a project on their
own. Those two factors are by far more critical than the content on the page. Crowdfunding can be part
of researchers' efforts to reach the public, and people give because " they feel a connection to the
person" who is doing the fundraising-not necessarily to the science.
51. What do we learn about the scientists trying to raise money online for their projects?
A) They did not raise much due to modest targets.
B) They made use of mixed fundraising strategies.
C) Not all of them achieved their anticipated goals.
D) Most of them put movies online for the purpose.
52. What is the purpose of Mike Schafer's research of recent crowdfunding campaigns?
A) To create attractive content for science websites.
B) To identify reasons for their different outcomes.
C) To help scientists to launch innovative projects.
D) To separate science projects from general ones.
53. What trait contributes to the success of a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The potential benefit to future generations.
B) Its interaction with prospective donors.
C) Its originality in addressing financial issues.
D) The value of the proposed project.
54. What did the researchers think of the financial targets of crowdfunding projects?
A) They should be small to be successful.
B) They should be based on actual needs.
C) They should be assessed with great care.
D) They should be ambitious to gain notice.
55. What motivates people to donate in a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The ease of access to the content of the webpage.
B) Their desire to contribute to the cause of science.
C) The significance and influence of the project itself.
D) Their feeling of connection to the scientists themselves.
Part IV Translation ( 30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are aJJ,owed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into
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