Part I Writing (15%)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission." You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of lifelong learning. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Part II Listening Comprehension (25%)

Section A (15%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. A. Sarah’s elder brother was with her mother.

B. Sarah’s mother and her elder brother are at home.

C. Sarah’s going to see her mother.

D. Sarah’s elder brother is in Paris.

2. A. To answer the door. B. To wash the dishes.

C. To ring the doorbell. D. To prepare the dish.

3. A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife.

C. Policeman and passerby. D. Customer and salesman.

4. A. In a restaurant. B. In a bank.

C. In a school. D. At a theater.

5. A. She may be driving at 7 o’clock.

B. She may be going to the party.

C. She may be seeing her friends.

D. She may be going to prepare for the party.

6. A. 9:10 a.m. B. 10:20 a.m.

C. 9:00 a.m. D. 10:00 a.m.

7. A. Yes, he finds it interesting. B. Yes, he makes a big buck.

C. No, he finds it very boring. D. No, he hates long working hours.

8. A. Doing his homework. B. Calling his girlfriend.

C. Playing with his dog. D. Watching TV.

Conversation One

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A. Art history. B. Art.

C. European history. D. Art of painting.

10. A. His newspaper. B. His paper..

C. His report. D. His book.

11. A. Geology. B. Psychology.

C. Philosophy. D. Biology.

12. A. A course on Western painters. B. A course on Eastern painters.

C. A course on court painters. D. A course on color painters.

Conversation Two

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A. A letter of invitation. B. A letter of recommendation.

C. A letter of complaint. D. An application letter.

14. A. The man. B. The woman.

C. The man and his wife. D. The man, woman and several friends.

15. A. 11 hours. B. 7 hours.

C. 5 hours. D. For a whole day.

Section B (10%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A. The search for physical fitness. B. Playing tennis.

C. Studying yoga. D. The wushu.

17. A. On the job market. B. At their former schools.

C. In their homes. D. At the local high schools or colleges.

18. A. Because they want to meet new friends there.

B. Because they want to keep themselves busy.

C. Because they are trying to find better jobs.

D. Because they want to educate their children.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A. Shops that take care of pets.

B. Shops that sell food and clothing for pets.

C. Shops that provide medical treatment for pets.

D. Shops that sell various pets.

20. A. To have a good company.

B. To make them live a nice life.

C. To keep away unwanted animals.

D. To keep away loneliness.

21. A. People treat their pets as family members.

B. Most pets live a very comfortable life.

C. Pets all over the world live in the similar way.

D. Pet owners have some tender feelings for their pets.

Passage Three

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A. At five. B. At twelve.

C. At six. D. At eight.

23. A. Having the court organist as his music teacher.

B. Having a tender mother.

C. Having Mozart as his good friend.

D. Having an outstanding father.

24. A. He was given a chance to Vienna.

B. He met Mozart for the first time.

C. He became a second court organist.

D. He supported his family by his performance.

25. A. Long works based on short pieces.

B. Excellent works praised by people.

C. Long works in several movements.

D. Classical works lasting forever.

Part III Vocabulary & Structure (10%)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are

four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best

completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer

Sheet with a single line through the centre.

26. Some people think that reading a number of books and reports on economic globalization can ________ them as experts in this filed.

A. quantum B. qualify

C. candidate D. involve

27. Why does the story of Moby Dick continue to ________ generation after generation since it was created in 1851?

A. enthrall B. enroll

C. expose D. exhaust

28. He thought he knew everything about the world when he was young, but________ he grew, ________ he thought he was.

A. the elder, more ignorant B. the elder; the more ignorant

B. the younger; more innocent B. the younger; the more innocent

29. The area ________ into a park for everyone to enjoy, but now several apartment buildings stand there.

A. will have been built B. can have been built

C. must have been built D. should have been built

30. It’s very ________ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

A. concerned B. careful

C. considerable D. considerate

31. Mr. Wilson is quite satisfied with his new secretary because she’s much more ________ than the former one.

A. sufficient B. deficient

C. efficient D. magnificent

32. Our tutor specializes in the ________ study of British and American cultures in the fields such as language, eating habits, customs, etc.

A. respective B. constructive

C. comparative D. distinctive

33. No wonder her room looks spotless all the time, she spends 2 hours every day sweeping and mopping the floor. In this sentence, the underlined phrase equals to ________ in meaning.

A. it is not surprising B. it is wonderful

C. it is strange D. it is doubtful

34. As I came to know more about Chinese traditional literature, my love for it ________

A. sheltered B. drifted

C. twinkled D. deepened

35. During the group living in kindergarten(幼儿园), kids are ________ to more viruses and they are more likely to get diseases.

A. allergic B. exposed

C. peculiar D. modest

36. Horrible images and ________ filled his mind after he did drugs.

A. illusions B. recession

C. commission D. nomination

37. Standing on the top of the mountain, I felt ________ I had melted in the beautiful scenery.

A. if only B. only if

C. as if D. if

38. ________ along the river, we agreed that we had just spent probably the most enjoyable experience of our trip in Russia.

A. Wondered B. Stretching

C. Toasted D. Wandering

39. What you have done is ________ the doctor’s orders.

A. attached to B. responsible to

C. contrary to D. resistant to

40. I have no ________ of changing my job in a short time.

A. fascination B. trend

C. allowance D. inclination

41. Many Europeans ________ the continent of Africa in the 19th century.

A. explained B. explored

C. exploded D. expanded

42. Some of his instructions are really too ________ to be understood.

A. unfortunate B. repetitive

C. stressful D. vague

43. The students are anxious to ________ the knowledge they think they need to make a buck.

A. acquire B. abandon

C. commence D. polish

44. I couldn’t give an accurate answer to the curious man, so I ________ shifting the topic.

A. relied on B. hung on

C. resorted to D. left off

45. Why is it that people of the English-speaking world ________ that the rest of the world should speak English?

A. take it for granted B. take pity on

C. take it away D. take it up

Part IV Reading Comprehension (35%)

Section A (10%)

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 writing a corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.(答案请写在答题纸上)

Reaping the Rewards of Risk-Taking

A) Since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple, much has been said about him as a peerless business leader who has created immense wealth for shareholders, and guided the design of hit products that are transforming entire industries, like music and mobile communications.

B) All true, but let’s think different, to borrow the Apple marketing slogan of years back. Let’s look at Mr. Jobs as a role model.

C) Above all, he is an innovator. His creative force is seen in products such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad and in new business models for pricing and distributing music and mobile software online. Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion: you can’t engineer innovation, but you can increase the odds of it occurring. And Mr. Jobs’ career can be viewed as a consistent pursuit of improving those odds, both for himself and the companies he has led. Mr. Jobs, of course, has enjoyed singular success. But innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress—higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers for individuals. And Mr. Jobs, many experts say, exemplifies what works in the innovation game.

D) "We can look at and learn from Steve Jobs what the essence of American innovation is," says John Kao, an innovation consultant to corporations and governments. Many other nations, Mr. John Kao notes, are now ahead of the United States in producing what are considered the raw materials of innovation. These include government financing for scientific research, national policies to support emerging industries, educational achievement, engineers and scientists graduated, even the speeds of Internet broadband service.

E) Yet what other nations typically lack, Mr. Kao adds, is a social environment that encourages diversity, experimentation, risk-taking, and combining skills from many fields into products that he calls "recombinant mash-ups (打碎重组)," like the iPhone, which redefined the smartphone category. "The culture of other countries doesn’t support the kind of innovation that Steve Jobs exemplifies, as America does," Mr. John Kao says.

F) Workers of every rank are told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to thriving in the modern economy. Formal education matters, career counselors say, but real-life experience is often even more valuable.

G) An adopted child, growing up in Silicon Valley, Mr. Jobs displayed those traits early on. He was fascinated by electronics as a child, building Heathkit do-it-yourself projects, like radios. Mr. Jobs dropped out of Reed College after only a semester and traveled around India in search of spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Silicon Valley to found Apple with his friend, Stephen Wozniak, an engineering wizard (奇才). Mr. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, went off and founded two other companies, Next and Pixar, before returning to Apple in 1996 and becoming chief executive in 1997.

H) His path was unique, but innovation experts say the pattern of exploration is not unusual. "It’s often people like Steve Jobs who can draw from a deep reservoir of diverse experiences that often generate breakthrough ideas and insights," says Hal Gregersen, a professor at the European Institute of Business Administration.

I) Mr. Gregersen is a co-author of a new book, The Innovator’s DNA, which is based on an eight-year study of 5,000 entrepreneurs(创业者) and executives worldwide. His two collaborators and co-authors are Jeff Dyer, a professor at Brigham Young University, and Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, whose 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma popularized the concept of "disruptive (颠覆性的) innovation. "

J) The academics identify five traits that are common to the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking. Their bundle of characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness to take risks noted by other experts. Networking, Mr. Hal Gregersen explains, is less about career-building relationships than a consistent search for new ideas. Associating, he adds, is the ability to make idea-producing connections by linking concepts from different disciplines.

K) "Innovators engage in these mental activities regularly," Mr. Gregersen says. "It’s a habit for them." Innovative companies, according to the authors, typically enjoy higher valuations in the stock market, which they call an "innovation premium(溢价)”. It is calculated by estimating the share of a company’s value that cannot be accounted for by its current products and cash flow. The innovation premium tries to quantify (量化) investors’ bets that a company will do even better in the future because of innovation.

L) Apple, by their calculations, had a 37 percent innovation premium during Mr. Jobs’ first term with the company. His years in exile resulted in a 31 percent innovation discount. After his return, Apple’s fortunes improved gradually at first, and improved markedly starting in 2005, yielding a 52 percent innovation premium since then.

M) There is no conclusive proof, but Mr. Hal Gregersen says it is unlikely that Mr. Jobs could have reshaped industries beyond computing, as he has done in his second term at Apple, without the experience outside the company, especially at Pixar—the computer-animation (动画制作) studio that created a string of critically and commercially successful movies, such as "Toy Story" and "Up."

N) Mr. Jobs suggested much the same thing during a commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University in 2005. "It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me," he told the students. Mr. Jobs also spoke of perseverance (坚持) and will power. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick," he said. "Don’t lose faith."

O) Mr. Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to innovation, both in one’s choice of work and in one’s life. Be curious, experiment, take risks, he said to the students. His advice was emphasized by the words on the back of the final edition of The Whole Earth Catalog, which he quoted: "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." "And," Mr. Jobs said, "I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. "

46. Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in his commencement address.

47. Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired once by Apple.

48. Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were commercial hits.

49. Many governments have done more than the US government in providing the raw materials for innovation.

50. Great innovators are good at connecting concepts from various academic fields.

51. Innovation is vital to driving economic progress.

52. America has a social environment that is particularly favorable to innovation.

53. Innovative ideas often come from diverse experiences.

54. Real-life experience is often more important than formal education for career success.

55. Apple’s fortunes suffered from an innovation discount during Jobs’ absence.

Section B (5%)

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 choice. Each choice in the blank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

GE, Whirlpool Corp. and Maytag Corp. currently (56) ________ the US market for household (57) ________ but they tend to focus most of their (58) ________ on mainstream areas such as large refrigerators and freezers.

Haier, which (59) ________ sells $200 million worth of appliances in the US, now claims more than a 35 percent (60) ________ of the US market for minibars (61) ________ in hotels and college dormitories.

“When those college kids (62) ________ our little refrigerators grow up and marry, we want them to remain (63) ________ to our brand,” said Michael Jemal, Haier America’s president.

Haier may need to depend less on the Chinese market because it is likely to face an increasing (64) ________ on its own turf. China’s entry into the World Trade Organization will open up Chinese (65) ________ to greater foreign competition at home.

Section C (20%)

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. They are followed by some questions or unfinished statements. There are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.

Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields(产量) of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.

The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soybeans (大豆). They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.

There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous (人口多的) countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.

Second, yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soybeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that "we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world."

The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.

Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert (返回) to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.

66. What does the author try to draw attention to?

A. Food riots and hunger in the world.

B. News headlines in the leading media.

C. The decline of the grain yield growth.

D. The food supply in populous countries.

67. Why does the author mention India and China in particular?

A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.

B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.

C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.

D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.

68. What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?

A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.

B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.

C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.

D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.

69. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the coming decades?

A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.

B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.

C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.

D. The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.

70. How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organization?

A. It is built on the findings of a new study.

B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.

C. It is backed by strong evidence.

D. It is open to future discussion.

Passage 2

Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.

In this age of Internet chat, video games and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her, "Don’t you want to win again?" "No," she replied, "I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade."

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously(自由地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly "guided" by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.

While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

71. What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

B. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

C. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

D. A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.

72. What did the author say about her own writing experience?

A. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

B. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

C. She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

D. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

73. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

A. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.

B. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.

C. She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D. She had won a prize in the previous contest.

74. The author took great pains to refine her daughter’s stories because ____

A. She believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance

B. She did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much

C. She wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of becoming a writer

D. She was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing

75. What’s the author’s advice for parents?

A. A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

B. Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.

C. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.

D. Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.

Part V Translation (15%)

Directions: For this part, you are required to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet.

那时，我是一个门门皆优的好学生，人人都喜欢我。但是，随着时间推移，情况发生了变化。毕业后我开始越来越频繁地吸食毒品，并且开始看不起那些不吸毒的人。我已经从一个不沾毒品的女孩变成了一个没有毒品就难以度日的女人。

参考答案

Part I Writing (15%)

Part II Listening Comprehension (25%)

Section A (15%)

1-5 DACAB 6-10 CCBAB 11-15 DDCCB

Section B (10%)

16-20 ADCBC 21-25 DDACC

Part III Vocabulary & Structure (10%)

26-30 BABDD 31-35 CCADB 36-40 ACDCD 41-45 BDACA

Part IV Reading Comprehension (35%)

Section A (10%)

46-50 ONMDJ 51-55 CEHFL

Section B (5%)

56-60 KAMCL 61-65 DNFEG

Section C (20%)

66-70 CADDB 71-75 DBCAB

Part V Translation (15%)

At that time I was a straight-A student and liked by all the different crowds. However, as time went by, things changed. I graduated and began to use drugs more frequently. I started to look down on those who did not. I have gone from a girl who never used drugs to a woman who couldn’t imagine life without them.