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Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension

Section A Passage Reading

Format Ⅰ
Directions: There are four passages in this part. 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 blacken the corresponding letter on The Answer Sheet.
People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, a study suggests. The findings, based on performances and self-evaluation of about 310 college students, indicate that many people multitask not out of a desire to improve efficiency, but because they are easily distracted and can't focus on one activity. "And those people turn out to be the worst at handling different things," said David Sanbonmatsu, a psychologist at the University of Utah.
Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues gave the students a set of tests and asked them to report how often they multitasked, how good they thought they were at it, and how sensation-seeking(寻求刺激) or impulsive(易冲动的) they were. They then evaluated the participants' multitasking ability with a tricky mental task that required the students to do simple mathematical calculations while remembering a set of letters.
Not surprisingly, those who thought they were better at multitasking were more likely to use a cellphone while driving or view multiple kinds of media at once. But those who frequently deal with many things at the same time were found to perform the worst in the actual multitasking test. They were also more likely to admit sensation-seeking and impulsive behavior, which is connected with how easily they get bored and distracted.
"People multitask not because it can improve efficiency, but because they are easily distracted, and they get sucked into things that are not so important," Sanbonmatsu said.
The findings do suggest, however, why the sensation seekers who multitask the most may enjoy risky, distracted driving. "People who are multitasking are generally less sensitive to risky situations," said Paul Atchley, a researcher not in the group. "This may partly explain why people go in for these situations even though they're very dangerous."

1. The research led by Sanbonmatsu indicates that people who multitask ______.

A.seek high efficiency constantly
B.prefer handling different things when getting bored
C.are more focused when doing many things at a time
D.have the poorest results in doing various things at the same time

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
   [解析] 根据第一段第一句“People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once，a study suggests.”和下文可知，Sanbonmatsu的一项研究表明，总是同时处理多项任务的人在同时做不同事情时反而表现最差。故选D。
   [参考译文] 一项研究表明，总是同时处理多项任务的人可能最不擅长同时做两件事。该研究结果以大约310名大学生的表现和自我评估为基础，它表明，许多人同时处理多项任务不是因为想提高效率，而是因为他们容易分心，无法专注于一项活动。犹他大学的一位心理学家戴维·三本松称：“而结果是那些人最不擅长处理不同的事情。”
   三本松和他的同事们给了学生们一组测验，要求他们汇报自己多久进行一次多任务同时处理，他们认为自己对此有多擅长以及自己有多么寻求刺激或易冲动。然后，他们用一项棘手的脑力任务来评估参与者的多任务同时处理能力，这项任务要求学生在记住一组字母的同时进行简单的数学计算。
   毫不奇怪，那些认为自己更擅长多任务同时处理的人更有可能在开车时使用手机或同时看多种媒体。但是那些经常同时处理很多事情的人被发现在实际的多任务同时处理测验中表现最差。他们也更可能承认有寻求刺激和易冲动的行为，这与他们容易感到无聊和分心有关。
   “人们同时处理多项任务，不是因为这会提高效率，而是因为他们容易分心，会被卷入不那么重要的事情中，”三本松说。
   然而，该研究结果确实说明了为什么那些同时处理多项任务最多的寻求刺激者可能喜欢冒险、分心的驾驶。“同时处理多项任务的人通常对危险情况不那么敏感，”一位不在该小组的研究人员保罗·阿奇利说。“这可能在一定程度上解释了为什么人们会对这些情况感兴趣，尽管它们很危险。”

2. When Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues conducted their research, they ______.

A.assessed the multitasking ability of the students
B.evaluated the academic achievements of the students
C.analyzed the effects of the participants' tricky mental tasks
D.measured the changes of the students' understanding ability

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第二段最后一句“They then evaluated the participants' multitasking ability with a tricky mental task...”可知，在做研究时，他们用一项棘手的脑力任务对学生的多任务同时处理能力进行了评估。故选A。

3. According to Sanbonmatsu, people multitask because of their ______.

A.limited power in calculation
B.interest in doing things differently
C.inability to concentrate on one task
D.impulsive desire to try new things

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第四段中Sanbonmatsu所说的话“...but because they are easily distracted，and they get sucked into things...”可知，人们同时处理多项任务是因为他们容易分心，即不能专心于一项任务。故选C。

4. From the last paragraph, we can learn that multitaskers usually ______.

A.drive very skillfully
B.go in for different tasks
C.fail to react quickly to potential dangers
D.refuse to explain the reasons for their behavior

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据最后一段第二句“'People who are multitasking are generally less sensitive to risky situations,'...”可知，同时处理多项任务的人通常对危险情况不那么敏感。由此可推知，他们在遇到潜在的危险时通常不能快速做出反应。故选C。

5. The passage is written to ______.

A.warn against the danger of multitasking
B.introduce the findings of a study
C.explain subjectively the reasons for and the possible results of multitasking
D.conduct research on multitasking

A B C D

[考点] 主旨大意题
[解析] 通读全文并结合第一段第一句可知，本文主要介绍了一项研究的发现，即同时处理多项任务的人在同时做多项任务时可能表现最差，并分析了这些人同时处理多项任务的原因和可能造成的结果，所以B项(介绍一项研究的发现)最能概括文章内容。故选B。

"Family" is of course an elastic word. But British people think about "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father, and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere their lives—they are their own masters.
Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice know that in former times marriages among wealthy families were arranged by the gift's parents—that is, it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter and lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the fiercely married pair a sum of money called a dowry (嫁妆).
But today, most girls get a job after they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This leads to two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. Every coin has two sides; independence for gifts is no exception. But it may be a good thing for all of the gifts, for their social status is much higher and they are no longer subordinate(从属的) to their parents and husbands.

6. What does the author mean by saying "' Family' is of course an elastic word"? ______

A.Different families have different ways of life.
B.Different times produce different families.
C.Different nations have different families.
D.Different definitions could be given to the word.

A B C D

[考点] 词语理解题
[解析] 本题主要考查对elastic这个单词的理解，elastic意为“有弹性的，灵活的”，整句话的意思是“‘家庭’当然是一个灵活的词”。根据第一段第二句“But British people think about...living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit.”可知，英国人认为的“家庭”是一种狭隘的、欧洲特有意义上的经济和社会单位。由此可推知，其他国家的人对家庭的概念可能不是这样的。因此，此处是指“家庭”一词可能有不同的定义。故选D。
[参考译文] “家庭”当然是一个灵活的词。但是英国人认为“家庭”是一种狭隘的、欧洲特有意义上的经济和社会单位，即母亲、父亲和孩子单独一起生活在他们自己的房子里。因此，每一段英国人的婚姻都预示着一个新的独立家庭的开始。对男人和女人来说，婚姻意味着离开父母，开始自己的生活。其后，男人的首要职责将是对自己的妻子负责，而妻子的首要职责将是对自己的丈夫负责。他将完全负责她的财务支持，而她则负责经营新家。无论是夫妻双方的父母，还是他们的兄弟姐妹、婶婶或叔叔，都没有任何权利干涉他们的生活——他们是自己的主人。
读过像简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》这样的小说的读者们知道，从前富裕家庭之间的婚姻是由女孩儿的父母安排的，也就是说，为女儿找一个合适的丈夫并最终引导男方请求他们将女孩儿嫁给他，这是父母的职责。在那时之前，女孩儿会被父母养护在家中，接着父母会给新婚夫妇一笔钱，也就是嫁妆，意味着他们不在经济上对女孩儿负责了。
但如今大多数女孩儿离校后会找到一份工作，并且在婚前就已经经济独立了。这导致了两个结果。女孩儿选择自己的丈夫，并且得不到嫁妆。事物都有两面性；独立对于女孩儿也不例外。但这对所有女孩儿来说可能是件好事，因为她们的社会地位更高了，并且她们不再从属于其父母和丈夫了。

7. For a British family, the husband's duty is ______.

A.financial while the wife's is running the home
B.defending the family while the wife's is running the home
C.supporting the family while the wife's is financial
D.independent while the wife's is dependent

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第一段倒数第二句“He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home.”可知，在一个英国家庭中，男人完全负责女人的财务支持，即男人的责任是财务上的，而女人负责持家。故选A。

8. Everything is decided in a British family ______.

A.by the couple
B.with the help of the couple's parents
C.by the couple's brothers and sisters
D.with the help of the couple's aunts and uncles

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第一段最后一句“Neither the wife's parents...have any right to interfere their lives—they are their own masters.”可知，谁都没有权利干涉夫妻俩的生活，他们是自己的主人，即家庭中的一切事务是由夫妻俩决定的。故选A。

9. Which statement is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? ______

A.It is the best book on marriage.
B.It is a handbook on manage.
C.It gives some idea of British social life in the past.
D.It provides a lot of information about current poor families.

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据第二段可知，《傲慢与偏见》这本书讲述了从前英国的婚姻状况：富裕家庭之间的婚姻都是由女方父母安排的，并且女方父母会给新婚夫妇一些钱作为嫁妆，之后就不再负责他们女儿的经济问题，这是过去英国社会生活的一个方面。由此可推知，这本书让人们对英国过去的社会生活有了一些了解。故选C。

10. With regard to marriage in Britain, present girls differ from former girls in ______.

A.the right to get married
B.more parental support
C.finding a job
D.the social position

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据最后一段最后一句“But it may be a good thing for all of the girls, for their social status is much higher...”可知，现在女孩儿的社会地位更高了，她们不再从属于其父母和丈夫了，这就是她们不同于过去女孩儿的地方，因此D项正确。故选D。

A lot of real businesses are using the Internet as a way of increasing sales, but some people with nothing to sell are creating their own websites to announce wedding plans, show off pictures of their kids or just have communication. It's not as hard as you think and it can be a lot of fun. Carol Masser offers some tips on building your own website. "Like my living room or my study, it's where I put mementos(纪念品), collections, hooks and paintings and things that I would like to show to my friends and relatives."
Renne Tubegeihan uses his own website to invite people into his virtual home, while John Marashod designed his own website to attract other parents of disabled children. "I'd say the goal of this site is to basically link parents in the same situation with disabled children and exchange ideas with one another."
Renne and John are part of a growing number of surfers who have established their own websites. If you want to weave a web yourself, it's easier than you think. The first step is to get your own web address. Web addresses are sold by web service providers like Microsoft, AT＆T, and other local companies. You are expected to pay between 15 and 25 dollars every month to rent space for your site. But some companies, like Tripod and GeoCities, issue the site for free as long as you agree to allow their advertising on your page.
Before you get into setting up your own website, you should do some surfing and check out other sites. Once you know what you want to do, it's time to build one. If you just want the basics, you can use Microsoft's free Internet Assistant. Or if you want to get a little fancier, you can buy a software program like Adobe PageMill for 100 dollars or Microsoft's FrontPage Editor for 150 dollars.

11. According to the passage, some people create their own websites in order to ______.

A.sell their personal things
B.set up family businesses
C.communicate with others
D.show off their website building skills

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
   [解析] 根据第一段第一句“...but some people with nothing to sell are creating their own websites to announce wedding plans，show off pictures of their kids or just have communication.”可知，一些人创建自己的网站是为了宣布婚礼计划、炫耀自己孩子的照片或与他人交流。故选C。
   [参考译文] 许多真实的企业将互联网作为增加销售量的一种方式，但有些无物可售的人正在创建自己的网站来宣布婚礼计划、炫耀自己孩子的照片或只是进行交流。它并不像你想象的那么难，并且可能会很有趣。卡罗尔·马瑟在创建属于你自己的网站方面提供了一些实用的提示。“就像我的客厅或书房一样，我在这里放置了纪念品、收藏品、书籍和绘画，以及我想向亲朋好友展示的东西。”
   伦尼·图比格翰使用他自己的网站邀请人们进入他的虚拟住宅，而约翰·马拉索德设计了自己的网站来吸引其他残疾孩子的父母。“我想说的是，该网站的目标主要是将处境相同的有残疾孩子的父母联系在一起，并彼此交流想法。”
   伦尼和约翰是越来越多的建立自己网站的冲浪者中的一员。如果你想自己创建网站，它比你想象的要更简单。第一步是获得你自己的网址。Microsoft, AT＆T和其他本地公司等网络服务供应商出售网址。预计你每月要支付15到25美元，以便为你的网站租用空间。但是一些公司，例如Tripod和GeoCities，免费发网址，只要你同意允许他们在你的(网站)页面上刊登广告。
   在开始创建自己的网站之前，你应该上网浏览一下并调查其他网站。一旦你知道自己想要做什么，就该进行创建了。如果你只想有基本要素，可以使用Microsoft的免费互联网助手。或者，如果你想要稍微复杂一些(的网站)，可以购买一个软件程序，例如花100美元购买Adobe PageMill，或花150美元购买Microsoft的FrontPage Editor。

12. What is the main goal of John Marashod's website? ______

A.To contact parents who like to share their ideas of raising children.
B.To link parents who offer free service to disabled children.
C.To send information to disabled children.
D.To link parents with disabled children so as to communicate with each other.

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第二段最后一句“'I'd say the goal of this site is to basically link parents in the same situation with disabled children and exchange ideas with one another.'”可知，John Marashod创建网站的目的主要是将处境相同的有残疾孩子的父母联系起来，并相互交流想法。故选D。

13. Some companies offer free web addresses provided that ______.

A.their advertisements are allowed to be put on the website
B.the web service providers agree to put their advertisements on the website
C.Microsoft and other service providers pay the monthly rent
D.25 dollars is paid to Microsoft, AT＆T o1" other local companies

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第三段最后一句“But some companies, like Tripod and CeoCities, issue the site for free as long as you agree to allow their advertising on your page.”可知，一些公司发免费的网址，只要你同意让他们在你的网站页面上刊登广告。故选A。

14. What do you need to do after you get your website address according to the passage? ______

A.You need to contact a local company for free advertising.
B.You need to surf some websites so as to decide what will be included on your website.
C.You need to learn the basic skills in creating a website.
D.You need to buy a software program called Adobe PageMill.

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据最后一段前两句“Before you get into setting up your own website, you should do some surfing and check out other sites...build one.”可知，在你开始创建自己的网站之前，应该上网浏览一下其他网站，当你知道自己想要做什么时，就可以开始创建了。由此可推知，在你得到自己的网址之后，需要先浏览一些网站，以便决定往自己的网站上加什么内容。故选B。

15. What does the author think about creating one's own website? ______

A.It's very complicated.
B.It's expensive by American standards:
C.It's much easier than we think.
D.It's just too simple.

A B C D

[考点] 观点态度题
[解析] 根据第三段第二句“If you want to weave a web yourself, it's easier than you think.”可知，作者认为创建自己的网站要比想象的更简单些。故选C。

Roger Sperry of the California Institute of Technology won the Nobel Prize in 1981. He discovered that the human brain has two sides, and each side has different work to do. The left side of the brain controls language and numbers, and it makes analysis and reasoning. The right side controls our imagination, and it controls our understanding of music and our sense of rhythm. It is the right side of our brain that daydreams.
Great artists and great scientists are similar: they all use the two sides of their brain. It is well known that Albert Einstein, a great scientist, also enjoyed art, playing the violin and sailing. Einstein said his scientific discoveries derived from his imagination rather than from analysis, reasoning and language. He said that written and spoken words were not important in his thinking. He got ideas by using his imagination. And he used the left side of the brain to make analysis and reasoning, and then he used language to explain.
Usual education in the school always encourages us to use the left side of our brain. Language, analysis and reasoning are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming. However, we are encouraged to hop when we have two perfectly good legs! Then why don't we give more value to visual thinking?
In fact, all of us need both sides of our brain. We need to use our imagination to think of solutions to problems and to enjoy feelings and creative experiences. And we need to be logical and to be able to make analysis and organization in order to live in this world.
It is true that some people find it easier to use one side of the brain than the other, but all of us can use both sides and all of us can benefit by using all the powers we have.

16. A great composer composes music by using ______.

A.the right side of his brain
B.the left side of his brain
C.both sides of his brain
D.neither side of his brain

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据第二段第一句“Great artists and great scientists are similar: they all use the two sides of their brain.”可知，伟大的艺术家和科学家是相似的：他们都使用其大脑的两侧。作曲家属于艺术家。
由此可推知，一位伟大的作曲家通过使用其大脑的两侧创作音乐。故选C。
[参考译文] 加州理工学院的罗杰·斯佩里在1981年获得了诺贝尔奖。他发现人脑有两侧，而每侧都有不同的工作要做。大脑的左侧控制语言和数字，它进行分析和推理。右侧控制着我们的想象力，它控制着我们对音乐的理解和节奏感。进行幻想的正是我们大脑的右侧。
伟大的艺术家和科学家是相似的：他们都使用其大脑的两侧。众所周知，阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦是一位伟大的科学家，他也喜欢艺术、拉小提琴和航行。爱因斯坦说，他韵科学发现源于他的想象力，而不是来自分析、推理和语言。他说，在他思考时书面和口头表达并不重要。他利用自己的想象力获得了想法。然后，他用大脑的左侧进行分析和推理，之后用语言进行解释。
学校里一贯的教育总是鼓励我们使用自己大脑的左侧。比起想象力和幻想，我们的学校更重视语言、分析和推理。然而，当我们有两条完好的腿时，我们被鼓励单脚跳行!那为什么我们不更重视视觉思维呢?
实际上，我们所有人都需要自己大脑的两侧。我们需要运用自己的想象力来想出问题的解决办法，并享受感觉和创新的体验。而且为了在这个世界上生存，我们需要具有逻辑性并且能够进行分析和组织。的确，有些人发现使用大脑的一侧比使用另一侧更容易，但是我们所有人都可以使用(大脑的)两侧，并且我们所有人都可以通过利用我们拥有的所有能力而受益。

17. Albert Einstein's example suggests that ______.

A.all scientific discoveries are based on imagination rather than analysis
B.people should do nothing but daydream
C.using two sides of the brain is equally important
D.scientists are good at imagining the happenings

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据第二段最后两句“He got ideas by using his imagination. And he used the left side of the brain to make analysis and reasoning, and then he used language to explain.”可知，爱因斯坦的科学发现是使用大脑的左侧进行分析、推理、表达和使用大脑的右侧进行想象的结果，所以选项A、B不正确；根据第二段可推知，使用大脑的左侧和右侧是同样重要的，所以选项C正确；文中并未提及选项D(科学家善于想象发生的事情)。故选C。

18. It is implied in the passage that regular education ______.

A.should be praised because it suggests using both sides of the brain
B.finds it important to imagine
C.claims that analysis and reasoning are of no value
D.fails to find the importance of using the right side of the brain

A B C D

[考点] 推理判断题
[解析] 根据第三段第一、二句“Usual education in the school always encourages us to use the left side of our brain. Language, analysis and reasoning are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming.”可知，学校里一贯的教育总是鼓励学生使用大脑的左侧，而且在学校中，比起想象力和幻想，语言、分析和推理更受重视，所以选项A、B、C均不正确。且根据第一段倒数第二句可知，大脑的右侧控制着想象力。由此可推知，学校里一贯的教育并未意识到使用大脑右侧的重要性。故选D。

19. According to the author, we ______.

A.ought to stop using the left side of the brain
B.should combine the functions of the two sides of the brain
C.are likely to focus on the right side of the brain
D.are advised to forget everything about the brain

A B C D

[考点] 事实细节题
[解析] 根据第四段“In fact, all of us need both sides of our brain. We need to use our imagination...And we need to be logical...”可知，作者认为我们应该同时使用自己大脑的左右两侧，即我们应将大脑的左右两侧所具有的功能结合起来。故选B。

20. The author's attitude towards using the two sides of the brain is ______.

A.positive
B.negative
C.subjective
D.critical

A B C D

[考点] 观点态度题
[解析] 通读全文，尤其是根据最后两段可知，作者对“同时使用大脑的左右两侧”持支持态度，所以应选positive(表示赞同的)。negative：否定的，消极的；subjective：主观的；critical：批判性的。故选A。

Format Ⅱ
Directions: In the following passage, some sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit into any of the blanks. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on The Answer Sheet.
Much of the work in today's world is accomplished in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 1 Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?
2 They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only Up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team's performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn't evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team's performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate (使协调) their actions. 3 In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They concluded that when task interdependence(任务依存性) is high, team performance will suffer if there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, "There is no I in the TEAM." 4
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a tug of war(拔河), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
5 An A-team may require a balance—not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A. It's not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B. Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.
C. The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers' attention.
D. Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E. Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F. Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G. This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

[解析] 上文提到“大多数人认为建立一个伟大团队的最好方法是聚集一群最有才华的个人”，空后提到“公司花费数百万美元雇用顶尖的商业人士”，所以B项(运动队老板花费数百万美元吸引顶尖人才)承接上文，且与下文内容构成并列，符合语境。故选B。

[解析] 下文提到“他们专注于足球、篮球和棒球。结果是混杂的”，所以E项(最近的几项研究调查了人才在体育世界中的作用)引出下文，符合语境。故选E。

[解析] 根据下文的关键词baseball, task interdependence和basketball可知，这里应是讲述不同球类运动中任务依存性的区别，所以G项(这种任务依存性使棒球有别于足球和篮球)引出下文，符合语境。故选G。

[解析] 上文提到“例如，如果一个篮球明星想要获得很高的个人总得分，当把球传给队友会更好的时候他可能会自己投篮，这影响了球队的表现。而学习参加团队体育运动的小孩子经常被告知‘团队中没有我’”。由此可推知，篮球明星没有遵循这种团队精神，所以D项(明星们显然不遵循这一体育精神的基本原则)承接上文，符合语境。故选D。

[解析] 根据下文“一支最佳运动队可能需要均衡——不仅需要A级球员，还需要一些为人宽厚的B级球员”可知，F项(建立一个梦之队比只是雇用最优秀的人才要复杂得多)引出下文，符合语境。故选F。

Section B Banked Cloze
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. Please blacken the corresponding letter for each choice on The Answer Sheet. You may not use an), of the words in the word bank more than once.
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Evidence shows that the 1 are in poorer health than the jobholders. A study shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is 2 to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work 3 people busy, away from loneliness and solitude. Research shows that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest people are those who are busy. Work 4 as a bridge between man and reality. By work, people keep in contact with each other. By collective activities, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful in keeping healthy. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It 5 man's spirit and makes him liable to disease. 6 , work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of 7 . Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a writer finishes his writing, a doctor successfully 8 on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond 9 .
From the above we can come to the 10 that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be.
A. keeps
B. affects
C. jobless
D. achievement
E. words
F. beneficial
G. Besides
H. understand
I. selves
J. consideration
K. operates
L. busy
M. favor
N. conclusion
O. describe

[解析] 根据空前的the和空后的are可知，空处应填复数名词或形容词。“the+形容词”表示一类人或物，可以作主语，多表示复数意义，谓语动词常用复数形式。符合要求的选项有C、E、F、L。the jobless意为“失业者”，与下文中的jobholders(有固定工作者)形成对比，此处表达的是“失业者比有固定工作者的健康状况差”。故选C。
[参考译文] A．keeps(v. 保持)
B．affects(v. 影响)
C．jobless(adj. 失业的)
D．achievement(n. 成就)
E．words(n. 话语)
F．beneficial(adj. 有益的)
G．Besides(adv. 此外)
H．understand(v. 理解)
I．serves(v. 产生……的效果)
J．consideration(n. 仔细考虑)
K．operates(v. 动手术)
L．busy(adj. 忙碌的)
M．favor(n. 帮助 v. 选择)
N．conclusion(n. 结论)
O．describe(v. 描述)

[解析] 根据空前的is和空后的to可知，空处应填形容词。符合要求的选项有F、L。he beneficial to sb./sth. 为固定搭配，意为“有益于……，对……有利”，此处表达的是“工作有益于健康”。故选F。

[解析] 分析句子结构并结合空前的不可数名词work(工作)可知，空处应填动词的第三人称单数形式，作从句的谓语。符合要求的选项有A、B、I、K。句意：这是因为工作使人保持忙碌，远离孤独和独处。故选A。

[解析] 分析句子结构并结合空前的不可数名词work可知，空处应填动词的第三人称单数形式，作句子的谓语。符合要求的选项有B、I、K。serve as sth. 为固定搭配，意为“起……作用”。句意：工作起着人与现实之间的桥梁的作用。故选I。

[解析] 分析句子结构并结合空前的It及空后的and makes可知，空处应填动词的第三人称单数形式，与makes构成并列的谓语动词。符合要求的选项有B、K。句意：它影响人的精神，使人容易生病。故选B。

[解析] 空处应填首字母大写的副词，修饰整个句子。符合要求的选项只有G。上文指出了工作对健康的好处，下文讲工作给人一种满足感和成就感，下文是对上文的补充说明，所以空处表示“此外”。故选G。

[解析] 根据空前的a sense of(一种……感觉)可知，空处应填名词。符合要求的选项有D、E、J、M、N。句意：此外，工作给人一种满足感和成就感。故选D。

[解析] 分析句子结构前的a doctor可知，空处应填动词的第三人称单数形式，作从句其中一个分句的谓语。符合要求的选项只有K。operate on sb. 为固定搭配，意为“给某人做手术”。句意：当作家完成写作，医生成功地给病人做了手术，老师看着他的学生成长，他们的快乐无以言表。故选K。

[解析] beyond words为固定搭配，意为“无以言表”。

10.

[解析] 根据空前的the可知，空处应填名词。符合要求的选项有J、M、N。come to the conclusion为固定搭配，意为“得出结论”。句意：从上述内容我们可以得出结论，你工作得越多，你就会越快乐、越健康。故选N。

Part Ⅱ Integrated Testing

Section A Cloze
Directions: In this section, there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on The Answer Sheet.
"Have you eaten your meal?" It is traditionally the first sentence coming to 1 when we Chinese 2 each other. This 3 greeting can best show that food culture is very important in our everyday life. Whatever the 4 , whether it is for business negotiation or for family gatherings, people like to 5 together to make business negotiation successful or to 6 family ties. Without dining together, all gatherings might be regarded 7 not satisfying or not complete. Eating does not just mean 8 the stomach; being able to enjoy a good 9 of food, and knowing what and how to eat are all viewed as a good "fortune". There's probably 10 place in this world that has as great a 11 of delicious food as China and has a long and rich food culture as China.
On the one hand, many famous people, known as epicures (美食家), 12 a lot to developing Chinese food culture. Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, was famous not only for being good 13 writing, but also for being talented 14 an epicure. His creation—Dongpo Pork—is a popular and 15 praised dish.
Another person is Yuan Mei, who also plays a very important role 16 developing Chinese food culture. In his book Sui Yuan Shi Dan Yuan Mei talked about cooking 17 and northern and southern dishes systematically. This book 18 over 300 dishes popular in the 18th-century China, ranging 19 exotic meat dishes 20 superb seafood.

A.mind
B.brain
C.heart
D.memory

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] mind：头脑，come to mind为固定搭配，意为“突然记起(或想到)”。brain：脑，智力；heart：心；memory：记忆。故选A。

A.meet
B.see
C.greet
D.cheat

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 句意：在传统上，我们中国人在相互打招呼时，首先想到的是“你吃饭了吗?”这句话。meet：遇见，(与……)会面；see：领会，理解，看见；greet：和……打招呼，迎接；cheat：欺骗，诈取。根据句意可知，空处应用greet。根据下一句中的greeting也可推知正确答案。故选C。

A.daily
B.monthly
C.weekly
D.yearly

A B C D

[考点] 逻辑推理题
[解析] 句意：这个日常问候语最能表明在我们的日常生活中饮食文化很重要。根据句意和常识可推知，“你吃饭了吗”是我们中国人的日常问候语，所以空处应用daily(日常的)。monthly：每月的；weekly：每周的；yearly：每年的。故选A。

A.situation
B.occasion
C.condition
D.circumstance

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 句意：不管什么场合，商业谈判还是家庭聚会，人们都喜欢一起吃饭以助于商业谈判成功或者巩固家庭关系。situation：情况，局面；occasion：场合，机会；condition：状态，状况；circumstance：环境，条件。根据句意可知，选B。

A.diner
B.dinner
C.dinning
D.dine

A B C D

[考点] 语法结构题
[解析] 根据空前的like to可知，空处应用动词原形。like to do sth. 意为“喜欢做某事”。选项中只有dine(吃饭，进餐)为动词原形。diner：(n. )(尤指餐馆的)就餐者；dinner：(n. )(中午或晚上吃的)正餐，主餐；din：(n. )嘈杂声，(v. )反复灌输，dinning是其动名词和现在分词形式，dine的动名词和现在分词形式应是dining。根据下句中的dining也可推知正确答案。故选D。

A.lengthen
B.heighten
C.strengthen
D.broaden

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] lengthen：(使)变长；heighten：提高，增加；strengthen：加强，巩固；broaden：变宽，增长(经验、知识等)。此处表达的是“巩固家庭关系”，所以空处应用strengthen。故选C。

A.as
B.at
C.on
D.to

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] be regarded as...为固定搭配，意为“被认为是……，被当作是……”。故选A。

A.to be filled
B.to fill
C.filling
D.being filled

A B C D

[考点] 语法结构题
[解析] 动词mean后面可跟不定式，构成mean to do sth. (打算做某事，有意做某事)；也可跟动名词，构成mean doing sth. (意味着做某事)。此处表达的是“吃饭并不只是意味着填饱肚子”，可排除A、B两项。根据句意可知，fill(填满)和其逻辑主语之间是主谓关系，所以应用动名词的一般形式。故选C。

A.number
B.many
C.lot
D.taste

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] a good number of：许多，大量，其后应跟可数名词复数；a good many of：许多，其后应跟可数名词复数；a lot of：许多，大量，其后可跟不可数名词或可数名词复数，没有a good lot of这样的搭配；a good taste of：好好地品尝。根据句意“能够好好地品尝食物”和空后的不可数名词food可知，空处应用taste。故选D。

10.

A.none
B.no other
C.no others
D.not

A B C D

[考点] 逻辑推理题
[解析] 句意：世界上很可能再没有其他地方像中国一样有如此多样的美食，并且有丰富久远的饮食文化。none：没有一个，毫无，不能用作定语，常用于none of sb. /sth. 结构；no other：别无其他，其后可跟名词；no others：没有其他的人或物；not：不，没有，常与动词连用。根据句意并结合空后的名词place可知，选B。

11.

A.variety
B.various
C.kind
D.species

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] a variety of为固定搭配，意为“多种多样的”，相当于various。此处表达的是“多种多样的美食”。kind：种类；species：物种，种。故选A。

12.

A.distribute
B.contribute
C.attribute
D.tribute

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 句意：另一方面，很多以美食家著称的名人对中国饮食文化的发展贡献很大。distribute...to...：把……分发给……；contribute to...：对……做出贡献；attribute...to...：把……归因于……；tribute to...：对(某人，尤指死者)致敬，tribute为名词。分析句子结构可知，空处应用动词；再结合句意可知，选B。

13.

A.on
B.out
C.of
D.at

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] be good at...为固定搭配，意为“精通……”。此处表达的是“精通写作”。故选D。

14.

A.for
B.as
C.of
D.to

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] for：关于，为了；as：作为；of：属于(某人或某物)；to：到，向。根据空后的an epicure(一个美食家)可知，空处应用介词as。此处表达的是“作为美食家，他也很有天赋”。故选B。

15.

A.high
B.highly
C.less
D.more

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] high：(adj.)高的，(adv.)在高处；highly：高度地，非常，highly praised意为“被高度赞扬”；less：更少，较小；more：更，更多。此处表达的是“他创造的东坡肉是一道受欢迎且被高度赞扬的菜”。故选B。

16.

A.in
B.at
C.as
D.of

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] play an important role in...为固定搭配，意为“在……中发挥重要作用”。故选A。

17.

A.facilities
B.technology
C.instruments
D.techniques

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 句意：袁枚在他的《随园食单》一书中系统地谈论了做菜技巧以及南方和北方的菜肴。facilities：设施，设备；technology：技术，工艺；instrument：仪器，乐器；technique：技艺，技巧。根据句意可知，选D。

18.

A.conceals
B.reveals
C.covers
D.discovers

A B C D

[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 句意：这本书包括了在18世纪的中国受欢迎的三百多道菜。conceal：隐瞒，隐藏；reveal：揭示，透露；cover：涉及，包括；discover：发现，发觉。根据句意可知，选C。

19.

A.from
B.in
C.on
D.at

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题
[解析] range from...to...为固定搭配，意为“包括从……到……之间的各类事物”。此处表达的是“从异国风味的肉类菜肴到一流的海鲜”。故选A。

20.

A.at
B.to
C.and
D.with

A B C D

[考点] 词语搭配题

非选择题部分
Section B Short Answer Questions
Directions: In this part there is a short passage followed by five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements with no more than 10 words. Please write your answers on The Answer Sheet.
Free Wi-Fi has become very important to us: many stores and shopping malls offer it, restaurants use it to attract customers, and for libraries and coffee shops it is a must-have service.
Even when people are traveling, they scan for free Wi-Fi. When selecting or rating a hotel, six in ten travelers believe that unlimited Wi-Fi is the most important factor.
"Today, people will never forget to pack their smart phones, tablet PCs and laptops into the suitcase," said the Daily Mail. "We rely on flee Wi-Fi heavily when traveling—especially when it comes to checking social media, checking out travel tips, and accessing websites."
However, despite the opportunities that free Wi-Fi gives us, "our overreliance on technology has come at a price, with travelers feeling unable to escape social media," said Lonely Planet, the world's largest travel guide brand.
Anita Isalska, Lonely Planet editor and tech addict, was forced to unplug all her electronic equipment when in an isolated camp in Greenland recently. "Adjusting to this slower pace, I began to realize that social media had changed into a habit," she wrote. "I had believed I was capturing moments, but in reality my busy fingers were preventing me enjoying travel's deepest pleasures. How fully can you appreciate a huge glacier or wild flowers when your brain is selecting the right photo filter(滤镜) or the perfect six seconds to take photos?"
In September, Lonely Planet released 10 predictions for the future of global travel. One of them was that true escapes would be highly valued in future, so remote hotels would start to make their lack of the Internet into an appealing feature. Would you like to have an unplugged holiday?

1. ______ is the most important factor in affecting people's choice of hotels during travel.

Unlimited Wi-Fi

[解析] 根据第二段“Even when people are traveling...When selecting or rating a hotel, six in ten travelers believe that unlimited Wi-Fi is the most important factor.”可知，在旅行中选择或评价一家旅馆时，60%的旅行者认为无限制的Wi-Fi是最重要的因素。

2. According to the Daily Mail, what are people sure to bring when packing suitcases?

Their smart phones, tablet PCs and laptops.

[解析] 根据第三段第一句“'Today, people will never forget to pack their smart phones, tablet PCs and laptops into the suitcase,'...”可知，据《每日邮报》所说，人们在今天决不会忘记把他们的智能手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑装进手提箱。

3. What's the price travelers have to pay due to their overeliance on technology?

They feel unable to escape social media.

[解析] 根据第四段“...'our overreliance on technology has come at a price, with travelers feeling unable to escape social media,'...”可知，我们对科技的过度依赖是有代价的，这使得旅行者觉得无法摆脱社交媒体。

4. After the stay in Greenland, what did Anita think about technology's true effect on travel?

She thought it prevented her enjoying travel's deepest pleasures.

[解析] 根据第五段Anita所说的话中的“...but in reality my busy fingers were preventing me enjoying travel's deepest pleasures.”可知，她认为事实上，她忙碌的手指，即对科技的依赖，阻碍了她享受旅行最深层的乐趣。

5. Maybe in the future, ______ will be an appealing feature of remote hotels.

lack of the Internet

[解析] 根据最后一段第二句“...so remote hotels would start to make their lack of the Internet into an appealing feature.”可知，未来偏远地区的旅馆将开始利用其缺乏互联网的特点来吸引游客。

Part Ⅲ Translation

Section A Chinese-English Translation
Directions:Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese expressions given in the brackets. Please write your translation on The Answer Sheet.

1. He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, ______(否则他就赢了) the match.

otherwise/or he should/would/could/might have won

2. ______(最光荣的时刻之一) in his life was when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

One of the most glorious moments

3. In order to prevent the house prices from ______ (上涨过快), the government will take action.

going up/rising/increasing too fast

4. ______(如果你没有良好的信用记录), you wouldn't be able to get a loan from the bank, not to mention buying a house.

If you didn't have a good credit record

5. Although she was still a newcomer, she was promoted three months later ______ (因为她的勤奋和智慧).

because of/due to/owing to her diligence and wisdom

Section B English-Chinese Translation
Directions: Translate into Chinese the underlined sentences in the following passage. Please write your translation on The Answer Sheet.
The world is becoming more and more dependent on modern inventions, 1 because modern inventions have speeded up people's pace of life greatly. Cars cover a hundred miles in a little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. 2 In fact, people's love for speed seems endless. Every year cars which go even faster are produced and each new computer boasts of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. 3 Again, spending too much time on computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.
However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax. 4 We are so accustomed to the constant movement that we find it very difficult to sit and do nothing. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people's lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multitasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. We might envy a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to make tools with wood and stone. 5 Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

1. because modern inventions have speeded up people's pace of life greatly.

因为现代发明大大地加快了人们的生活节奏。

2. In fact, people's love for speed seems endless.

事实上，人们对速度的热爱似乎是无止境的。

3. Again, spending too much time on computers results in painful wrists and fingers.

其次，花太长时间在电脑上会导致手腕和手指痛。

4. We are so accustomed to the constant movement that we find it very difficult to sit and do nothing.

我们太习惯于这种不断的运动，以至于我们觉得很难坐着什么也不做。

5. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

现代机器已经把人们从那种原始的生活中解放了出来。

Part Ⅳ Writing

1. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Importance of Setting a Life Goal. You should write about 120 words following the outline given below. Please write your composition on The Answer Sheet.
(1)说明树立目标的重要性；
(2)许多成功人士都有明确的目标；
(3)陈述你的看法。

[范文]

The Importance of Setting a Life Goal

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. As the well-known proverb goes, life is just like a voyage on the sea. Without a goal, we are prone to be disturbed by the outside distractions.
Successful people have an expectation of what their life should be like and they set a lot of goals to help themselves realize their dreams. Just like a driver, a driver with a goal arrives at the destination without any waste of time, while a driver with no goal will never get anywhere. Without a goal, we have to live a passive and aimless life. And our life will be dull and meaningless just like the dead water.
Therefore, we should set a life goal reasonably according to our personal cases. With a clear goal and specific plans, we will finally get what we want.