Part I Writing
On Excessive Packaging
Nowadays, the phenomenon of excessive packaging of goods is prevalent in our society. Wandering in the supermarkets, one might be dazzled by the fancy packaging of goods on the shelves. Although the government has concerned with the issue, the phenomenon still flourishes。
The reasons can be listed as follows. First, manufactures believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by means of over-packaging their goods, thus gaining more profits. Second, quite a number of consumers mistakenly hold the opinion that the more exquisite the package is, the better the quality will be, which encourages excessive packaging. In addition, most of this kind of goods are brought and sent as gifts to their relatives or leaders。
To my mind, excessive packaging can do harm to our society, for instance, it can result in the loss of precious resources and the shortage of energy. In the light of the disastrous consequences mentioned above, every citizen should be aware of the problem, and laws or regulations must be made to restrict the behavior of excessive packaging of manufactures。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. D) providing good education for baby boomers。
2. B) Students’ performance declined。
3. D) They are mostly small in size。
4. A) Some large schools have split up into smaller ones。
5. D) their college-level test participation。
6. D) Their school performance was getting worse。
7. C) maintain closer relationships with their teachers。
8. Simplicity
9. different measures
10. tough subjects
Part III Listening Comprehension
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Section A
短对话：
11. D. Discussing a house plan。
12. D. She is tired of the food in the canteen。
13. C. Listening to some loud music。
14. C. The man can dress casually for the occasion。
15. A. Grey pants made from pure cotton。
16. C. Its location。
17. C. Travel overseas。
18. A. It is a good bargain。
长对话：
19. D Hosting an evening TV program
20. A He worked as a salesman
21. B He wanted to be his own boss
22. A They are all the man’s friends
23. B It remains a major of industrial activity
24. C Transport problem
25. D Measures to create job opportunities.Section B
Passage one
26 B. They had known each other since childhood
27 B. At Joe’s house
28 A. Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other。
Passage two
29 A. In his building’s parking lot
30 A. It had been stolen by someone
31 B. In the city garage
Passage three
32 D. The mysteriousness of creativity
33 A. It is the source of all artistic work
34 D. Creative imagination
35 A. It is part of everyday life
Section C
36. calculators
37. handle
38. items
39. Responding
40. emergencies
41. rarely
42. occur
43. murders
44. there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property
45. Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched
46. A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47.E domestic
48.M communities
49.O survive
50.H gather
51.M serves
52.N surrounding
53.J recession
54.E reported
55.G households
56.F financially
Section B
57 C.bring about a drop in the divorce rate。
58 D.living separately would be too costly。
59 D.Falling housing prices。
60 D.It will irreparably damage their relationship。
61 A.The economic recovery will see a higher
divorce rate。
62 C.It profits by selling its users' personal data。
63 B.They don't know their personal data enriches
Facebook。
64 A.To render better service to its users。
65 C.Formulating regulations for social-networking
sites。
66 C.He doesn't want his personal data abused。
Part V Cloze
67. D avoid
68. D However
69. C failing
70. C stages
71. A on
72. D predicts
73. D through
74. D and
75. A sensitive
76. B experience
77. C as well as
78. B emotions
79. D to
80. B inevitable
81. C receive
82. B with
83. A quality
84. B positive
85. C memories
86. D increased
Part VI Translation87. Those flowers looked as if they hadn't been watered for a long time(好长时间没有浇水了)。
【点评】look as if 虚拟语气后接过去完成时。they即flowers做主语，用被动语态。water做动词时，有“给植物浇水”“流泪”之意。
88. Fred bought a car last week. It is 1,000 pounds cheaper than mine(比我的车便宜一千英镑).【点评】简单的比较级，cheaper than。不需要重复car，直接用mine代替my car。
89. This TV program is quite boring. We might as well listen to the music (不妨听听音乐)。
【点评】固定搭配：might(may) as well“还是……的好、不妨”。listen to the music，听音乐。
90. He left his office in a hurry, with the lights on and the door open(灯亮着，门开着)。
【点评】with短语做伴随状语。
91.The famous novel is said to have been translated into multiple / several languages(已经被译成多种语言)。
【点评】be said to后面跟动词原型，“已经被译”，用完成时被动语态have been translated，介词用into。
