[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
To call something "marginal" means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to (47) marginal land: It is the last to be planted under good conditions, and has the (48) to be avoided under poor conditions. Low (49) soil is not the only reason land could be considered marginal. It might be in an area where rainfall is (50) or where a hillside might rise too steeply(陡峭地).
There are uses for marginal land, however. Most often it is used as grassland. Grasses provide excellent (51) for grazing (吃草) animals like cattle, sheep and goats. Grass seed can be bought from a foreign supplier or (52) grasses can be used. However, using marginal land for grazing is not a simple issue. There is a (53) of overgrazing. Cattle can damage the crops by eating down to the roots. Also, the weight of the animals crushes the soft and can make

[简答题]Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: In 1857, when Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, became an apprentice river pilot, steam boating had been a part of the Mississippi scene for a quarter of a century. The steamboat dominated life along the old river. How well Sam knew the magic cry. S-t-e-a-m-boat are-coming, which woke his sleepy little hometown of Hannibal Missouri. Ten minutes before a steamboat touched the dock, the town would be dead, and ten minutes after the boat had departed, the familiar boatman’s sounding call “mark twain", meaning that the river depth measured two fathoms, or twelve feet of water, could still be heard. Twain’s first experience as a cub pilot was aboard the steamer Paul Jones, out of New Orleans, and his instructor was the strict Horace Bixby. Through his experience as a pilot, Sam Clemens soon learned that there was more to piloting on the Old Mississippi than having sharp eyes. The most important skill was the necessary
A. A．1812
B．1832
C．1852
D．1872

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
Jules Verne was
A. an inventor as well as a scientist.
B. a scientist rather than an inventor.
C. not a scientist but an inventor.
D. neither a scientist nor an inventor.

[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
On 60 Minutes Sunday, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was asked about rising income inequality in the United States. Curiously, The New York Times thought his response would appeal to liberals.
"It’s a very bad development," he said. "It’s creating two societies. And it’s based very much, I think, on educational differences. The unemployment rate we’ve been talking about. If you’re a college graduate, unemployment is 5 %. If you’ re high school graduate, it’s 10% or more. It’s a very big difference."
Is this true Of course liberals would be pleased that Bernanke acknowledges that inequality is a moral and economic problem. But would they agree with his diagnosis of the cause Partially--certainly education affects one’s earning potential enormously in a service economy--but there are many other important phenomena at play.
"It doesn’t explain why all the money went to the very top
A. It helps them perform better.
B. It brings industries more profits.
C. They can earn much in a strong market and lose nothing in a weak market.
D. They can abolish current programs and make performance the sole standard of income.

[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage,you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
What kind of man would you say John Milton was
A. He was well-known in the world.
B. He was very strange.
C. He was clever and hard working.
D. He was quick at Latin and poems.

[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance(复兴), it’s now.The National Endowment for the Arts released "Reading at Risk" last year, a study showing that adult reading 47 have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade, with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24. “Only one half of young people read a book of any kind in 2002. We set the bar almost on the ground. If you read one short story in a teenager magazine, that would have 48 , ”laments a director of research and analysis. He 49 the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which attracts would-be leisure readers to E-mail, IM chats, and video games and leaves them with no time to cope with a novel.
“These new forms of media undoubtedly have some benefits,” says Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You. Video games 50 problem solving skills; TV shows promote mental gymna

[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
What kind of customer does online banking most appeal to
A. People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.
B. Young people who are fond of modem technology.
C. Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.
D. People who have computers at home.

[单项选择] Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.

What is a hopper
A. It is a clerk.
B. It is a bill.
C. It is a box.
D. It is a vot

[单项选择] Questions 17 to 20 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.

According to the news, what is the worst damage that object falling in the sky could have caused
A. The destruction of a house.
B. The destruction of cities.
C. The destruction of species of animals.
D. The destruction of expensive satellites.

[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.


The speaker mainly discusses ______.
A. the growth of the printing industry
B. the history of paper-making
C. the use of paper in the 19th century
D. the composition of wood fiber

[单项选择] Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The poor old consumer! We’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc, from an advertisement.
Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railw
A. we have cheap goods because of heavy advertising
B. we know to inform is one of the functions of advertising
C. we have much knowledge about household goods
D. we believe the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods