[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 41of this warming will be very different depending on where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and 42 for humans than these areas are now. The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 43 , everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been expe

[单项选择] Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 1S seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen w the passage.


The average number of women in each group is ______.
A. 30
B. 27
C. 65
D. 35

[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.


Who used to live together in an extended family
A. There were two or more brothers with their wives.
B. There were many relatives.
C. There were only grandparents and children.
D. There was one father, one mother and their children.

[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
When NEWSWEEK recently asked 1,000 U. S. citizens to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent couldn’t name the vice president. Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on a calendar.
Don’t get us wrong: civic ignorance is nothing new. For as long as they’ve existed, Americans have been misunderstanding checks and balances and misidentifying their senators. But the world has changed. And unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more inhospitable to incurious know-nothings—like us.
To appreciate the risks involved, it’s important to understand where American ignorance comes from. Most experts agree that the relative complexity of the U. S. political system makes it hard for Americans to keep up. Different from many European countries, we’re saddled with a tangle of state, local, and federal bureaucrac
A. In this system you don’t have to be knowledgeable to vote.
B. The government and authorities discourage people from learning more.
C. The political system is so complex that nobody can understand it all.
D. This system has resulted in many people’s undereducation.

[单项选择] Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following passage on Amsterdam American Hotel.What do we know about the Amsterdam American Hotel according to the talk
A. It’s near the Leidseplein Square.
B. It has altogether 175 guestrooms.
C. It was built in the 19th century.
D. Its location is very good.

[单项选择]Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Right now, many parents are readjusting to life with their college students at home for a few weeks or months. Most, of course, are delighted to see the kids. And the kids, often exhausted after final exams, are ready for some parental loving care.
"The reality is that there is a lot of mixed feelings on both sides, "says Madge Lawrence Treeger, a psychotherapist (精神治疗医师) and former college counselor, the coauthor of Letting Go; A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years.
Parents who cry when teens leave for college often cheer up pretty quickly in cleaner, quieter, less busy homes — and then welcome the blast of energy that comes in the door with returning students, Treeger says.
"But the first time they get in their car and expect to hear NPR (美国国家共用广播电台)and instead get a blast of heavy metal, or the first time they find wet towels on the bathroom floor, reality starts to s
A. Both parents and their students are eager to see each other.
B. Both parents and their students have a lot of feelings to share.
C. There are other feelings besides longing to see each other.
D. There is actually resistance instead of love on both sides.

[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and builders broke ground on more homes in May. The latest data offered some hope that the economy may be improving after hitting a recent slump.
Economists said the steady decline in unemployment applications signaled that the job market was improving, but at a very slow pace.
Bricklin Dwyer, an economist at BNP Paribas, said "This is a period of weak growth, and we’re going to see this for some time."
The elevated level of applications suggests that companies pulled back on hiring in the face of higher gas and food prices, which have cut consumer spending. Hiring has slowed sharply since applications rose.
While the job market was improving earlier this year, home building is coming off the two worst years on records dating back five decades. And the May data suggests that will not change anytime soon.
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