(总分：90.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Part 1(总题数：1，分数：16.00)
Read the article below and choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A-H)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Have Life Insurance? Is It Enough or Maybe Too Much? Most parents know that they need life insurance. But many would rather have a root canal than shop for the best life insurance policy. \"People don't think about, 'What will my family do if I am gone and not earning a living? '\" says Peter Katt, a fee-only life insurance adviser. \"The whole point of this kind of planning is to provide the family with maximum flexibility so they're not stuck.\" 1Too often, parents make a quick decision, ignoring important considerations. Among their mistakes, one is that they do not buy enough life insurance. 2\"They don't think that the person who is not bringing in an income needs life insurance,\" says Greg Daugherty, executive editor of Consumers Union. But if that person dies, the other parent can't stop working and usually has to pay someone to help care for the family. 3Katt recommended that one young couple should buy $3 million for the husband who earns $100,000 a year and $1 million for the stay-at-home wife. At the same time, many families rely on employer-provided life insurance, but employer-provided coverage is rarely sufficient to support your family. 4Some employers provide a year's salary, but that may also fall well short of the amount your family would need to maintain its standard of living. Some employers let workers buy group life insurance through payroll deductions. That may be a good deal for workers who have health problems that would disqualify them for an individual policy. 5 Another drawback is that if you leave your job, you may not be able to take your insurance. \"Given the job market, most of us are not absolutely certain that our jobs are secure,\" Daugherty says. 6 On the other hand, some families buy too much insurance. Not everyone needs life insurance. Some people buy life insurance for babies, which is unnecessary, unless the baby is a child model who is supporting the family, Daugherty says: 7Single people and those who have no children to care for usually don't need life insurance. Katt says a man with substantial savings in stocks and bonds and other sources of income recently asked him how much life insurance he needs. \"I said none,\" Katt says. 8 A. Many employer-provided policies provide a death benefit of $10,000 to $25,000 — barely enough to cover your funeral expenses. B. Families don't always insure a parent who is staying home to care for the children. C. \"There are people who don't need life insurance but have it and many more people who need it but are woefully uninsured.\" D. The purpose of insurance is to replace the income that a family has been relying on. E. \"Even if you have a lot of insurance at work, it makes sense to have some more insurance on your own.\" F. To make insurance more affordable, you may not need to buy the same amount of insurance for both parents. G. Planning for your death is not a cheerful topic. H. But if you're young and healthy, you may be able to get a better rate on your own. （分数：16.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：G） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：B） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：F） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：A） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：H） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：E） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：D） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：C） 解析：
二、 Part 2(总题数：2，分数：20.00)
Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. Addiction 1. The word \"addiction\" is often used loosely or ironically in informal conversation. People will refer to themselves as \"mystery book addicts\believes that reading mysteries, being crazy about fashion or eating cookie is serious enough to be compared with addiction to heroin, drug or alcohol. The word \"addiction\" is here used jokingly to denote a tendency to thoroughly or over indulge in some pleasurable activities. 2. Some people often refer to being \"hooked on TV\". Does this, too, fall into the lighthearted category of cookie eating and other pleasures that people pursue with unusual intensity, or is there a kind of television viewing that falls into the more serious category of destructive addiction, like of drug or alcohol? The answer is obvious. 3. When we think about addiction to drugs or alcohol, we frequently focus on negative aspects, ignoring the pleasures that accompany drinking or drug-taking. And yet the essence of any serious addiction is a pursuit of pleasure, a search for a \"high\" substance that is dismaying, the dependence of the organism upon a certain experience and an increasing inability to function normally without it. Thus a person will take two or three drinks at the end of the day not merely for the pleasure drinking provides, but also because he \"doesn't feel normal\" without them. 4. An addict does not merely pursue a pleasurable experience and need to experience it in order to function normally. He needs to repeat it again and again. Certain thing about that particular experience makes his life without it less than complete. Other potentially pleasurable experiences are no longer possible for him, for under the magic spell of the addictive experience, his life is peculiarly distorted, and he is deprived of other possible pleasures. The addict intensely desires an experience and yet he is never really or fully satisfied. The organism may be temporarily sated or satisfied, but soon it begins to desire severely again. 5. Finally a serious addiction is distinguished from a harmless pursuit of pleasure by its distinctly destructive elements and consequences. A heroin addict, for instance, leads a damaged life: his increasing need for heroin in increasing doses prevents him from rational thinking, from capable working, from maintaining relationships normally, from developing in human ways. Similarly an alcoholic's life is ruined too —it is narrowed down, cut short and dehumanized by his incurable dependence on alcohol. Questions 9-13(10 marks) For questions 9-13, choose the best title for each paragraph from the box below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Classification of TV addiction question B. Functions of the harmless pursuit of pleasure C. Essence of serious addictions D. Development of the addict's organism E. Destructive features of serious addictions F. Importance of addictive experiences for addicts G. Informal usage of the word \"addiction\"（分数：10.00） (1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：G）
解析：解析：第一段的首句就是该段的主题句，意思是“addiction一词被人们随意使用，或在非正式场合表达讽刺意味”，所以G选项符合。 (2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：A）
解析：解析：由第二段重复出现的名词“TV”可判断该段落关于“电视瘾的分类”，即A选项。 (3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：C）
解析：解析：该段的第二句由“yet”引出作者的观点，即本段的主题“任何严重的成瘾都是为了追求某种快感”，故选项C概括了这一主题。 (4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：F）
解析：解析：该段的首句说明瘾君子的“瘾”是为了让他们的生活正常运转，对他们的生活非常重要。 (5).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）
填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：E） 解析：解析：首句是该段的主题句，E选项概括了这一主题。
Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18),mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. the addict is looking for pleasure B. serious and does harm to the addicts C. a serious addiction has destructive features D. they are making comment jokingly on their likes E. it should not be criticized to pursue addictive pleasures F. his life is totally ruined G. all addictions have negative and positive aspects（分数：10.00）
(1).When people refer to themselves as \"cookie addicts\（分数：2.00） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：D）
解析：解析：该题定位在第一段，该段的最后一句则为答案所在，和D句“以玩笑的态度评价他们的喜好”意思一致。
(2).The essence of a serious addiction is 1.（分数：2.00） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：A）
解析：解析：该题定位在第三段第二句，所以A选项“瘾君子寻求快感”符合题意。 (3).The difference between a serious and a harmless addiction is 1.（分数：2.00） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：C）
解析：解析：该题定位在第五段第一句，该句说明两种“瘾”的根本区别在于“严重成瘾具有破坏性”，即C句的意思。
(4).The author believes that TV addiction 1.（分数：2.00） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：B）
解析：解析：该题定位在第二段。作者用疑问句提出电视成瘾的负面作用实际是“严重成瘾并具有破坏性”，即B句的意思。
(5).When a person is addicted to heroin, 1.（分数：2.00） 填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：F）
解析：解析：该题定位在第二段倒数第二至三句，作者认为对毒品上瘾的瘾君子的“生活就会被彻底毁了”，即F句的意思。
三、 Part 3(总题数：1，分数：14.00)
Read the following article from a magazine and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. A Thirsty Planet If you live in a city in North America or Europe, you have probably never thought much about water. Whenever you need some, you turn on the tap and there it is. Millions of people in other parts of the world are not so lucky. They have trouble getting enough clean water for their basic needs. This situation may soon become common all around the world, scientists believe. In fact, they say that the lack of clean water may be one of the biggest issues in the twenty-first century. The reasons for this are clear. On the one hand, people are using more water than ever before. Over the last fifty years, the population of the world has more than doubled. So has the demand for water — for home use, for farming and for industry. On the other hand, supplies of clean water are disappearing. Many sources of surface water — such as rivers, lakes and streams — are too polluted and unhealthy for use as drinking water. This has forced more and more people to drill wells so they can get water from underground. There are enormous amounts of water deep underground in lakes called aquifers. Until recently, scientists believed this groundwater was safe from pollution. Then, in 1980s, people in the Untied States began to find chemicals in their well water, and scientists took a closer look at what was happening. Weldon Spring, Missouri, for example, was the site of a bomb factory during World War II. The factory was destroyed after the war, but poisonous chemicals remained on the ground. Very slowly, theses chemicals dripped down through the ground and into the aquifer. Once they did, however, the water from that aquifer was no longer drinkable. It probably never will be drinkable again. Groundwater is not renewed regularly by the rain, like lake or river water. Thus, if a harmful chemical gets into an aquifer,
it will stay there for a very long time. Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to remove all the water in an aquifer and clean out the pollutants. Industrial sites like Weldon Spring are one cause of groundwater pollution. There are thousands of such sites in the Untied States alone, and many others around the world. Groundwater pollution is also caused by modern farming methods, which require the use of large amounts of chemicals in the fields. And finally, yet another important cause of groundwater pollution is waste. That includes solid waste thrown away in dumps and landfills, and also untreated human and animal waste. The situation is indeed very serious. Fortunately, there are many aquifers and they are very large. Only a small number have been seriously damaged so far. But if the world does not want to go thirsty in the near future, further pollution must be prevented. Around the world, governments must make real changes in industry, agriculture and waste disposal.（分数：14.00）
(1).This passage is mainly about ______.（分数：2.00） A.pollution problems
B.water supplies around the world √ C.an industrial site in Missouri D.groundwater pollution
解析：解析：纵观全篇，可知其主要内容说的是全球的供水问题。其他3个选项只是本文提到的各个部分之一，并非主题。
(2).In the first paragraph scientists express the idea that ______.（分数：2.00） A.clean water is not necessary for millions of people B.there will always be enough water for everyone C.the water problem will soon be resolved
D.many more people may soon be without clean water √
解析：解析：第1段的开始说到北美和欧洲的居民可能从来没有想到过会没有水用，而本段倒数第2句话： “This situation may…world，scientists believe．”点出了会有更多的人缺乏干净的水源这一预测。 (3).One reason for water shortage is that ______.（分数：2.00） A.the population has been continuously rising √ B.people wash their clothes more often C.people in Europe don't turn off their taps D.there is not much underground water
解析：解析：此题可用排除法来做。首先排除的是B选项(人们洗衣服更勤了)和C选项(欧洲人不关水龙头)，D选项(地下水不多)与第3段的第1句话相反，所以只剩下A选项(人口不断增长)，这个意思在第2段的第2句话也明确体现了(过去的50年，世界人口增长了一倍)。
(4).Another reason for water shortage is that ______.（分数：2.00） A.lakes and streams are drying up B.underground water is hard to get
C.surface water is too polluted to drink √ D.people don't want to drill wells
解析：解析：此题问的是缺水的另一个原因，第2段的倒数第2句话：“许多地表水的水源——比如河流、湖泊和溪流——因为污染太严重、太不卫生，已经不能作为饮用水来用。”其他3个选项所述内容均不正确。
(5).In Weldon Spring, people found ______.（分数：2.00） A.many sources of surface water B.chemicals in well water √ C.more aquifers
D.chemicals in the bomb factory
解析：解析：第3段提到了美国的Weldon Spring这个地方的井水受到了来自地面炸弹工厂残留化学物的污染。
(6).If chemicals get into groundwater, ______.（分数：2.00）
A.it is not good to drink √ B.people can drink it anyway C.they can be removed D.they will be washed away
解析：解析：此题即使不看原文，凭常识也能做出正确的回答。受到化学物质污染的地下水当然不适于饮用。第3段的最后一句话很明确地说到了这个判断。
(7).We can infer from this passage that industry, farming and waste are ______.（分数：2.00） A.the three main sources of groundwater pollution √ B.minor sources of ground water pollution C.causing problems in bomb factories
D.polluting all aquifers in the United States
解析：解析：本篇文章的最后一句说到了“在全世界范围内，各国政府都必须真正改变工业、农业和废物处理”，也就是暗示了工业、农业和废物是地下水污染的3大祸根。注意“agriculture”和选项中的“farming”是同样的意思，都是指农业。
四、 Part 4(总题数：1，分数：40.00)
Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26-45, mark one letter A, B, CorD on the Answer Sheet We Really Can Tell if We Are Being Watched Stories about how people somehow know when they are being watched have been going around for years. However, few【C1】______have been made to investigate the phenomenon scientifically. Now, with the completion of the largest ever【C2】______of the so-called staring effect, there is impressive evidence that this is a recognisable and【C3】______sixth sense. The study【C4】______hundreds of children. For the experiments, they sat with their eyes【C5】______so they could not see, and with their【C6】______to other children, who were told to either stare at them or look away. Time and time again the【C7】______showed that the children who could not see were able to【C8】______when they were being stared at. In a【C9】______of more than 18,000 trials carried out worldwide, the children【C10】______sensed when they were being watched almost 70% of the time. The experiment was repeated with the【C11】______precaution of putting the children who were being watched outside the room,【C12】______from the starers by the windows. This was done just in case there was some【C13】______going on with the children telling each other whether they were looking or not. This【C14】______the possibility of sounds being【C15】______between the children. The results, though less【C16】______. were more or less the same. Dr Sheldrake, the biologist who【C17】______the study, believes that the results are【C18】______enough to find out through further experiments【C19】______how the staring effect might actually【C20】______.（分数：40.00） (1).【C1】（分数：2.00） A.tries B.tests C.attempts √ D.aims
解析：解析：根据上文所提到的许多年前就有的说法——你看某人时，对方就会有所察觉，引出下文——然而很少人会尝试用科学的方法去调查研究此类现象，因此选C。 (2).【C2】（分数：2.00） A.facility B.study √ C.delivery D.object
解析：解析：根据下文即第4句开头“The study(此项研究)”，说明上文已提到过研究本身，即关于注视效果的研究，因此选B。 (3).【C3】（分数：2.00） A.genuine
B.accepted √ C.received D.honest
解析：解析：此空作为形容词和“recognisable(可识别的)”共同修饰第六感，所以B选项“accepted(公认的)”最贴切。
(4).【C4】（分数：2.00） A.involved √ B.contained C.comprised D.enclosed
解析：解析：A选项中的involved(涉及、包含、使参与)意思最贴切，因此选A。 (5).【C5】（分数：2.00） A.shaded B.wrapped C.disguised D.covered √
解析：解析：此处文中指实验对象蒙着眼睛所以看不到外物，因此选D。 (6).【C6】（分数：2.00） A.faces B.backs √ C.bodies D.heads
解析：解析：此处是说实验对象背朝其他孩子，所以选B。 (7).【C7】（分数：2.00） A.results √ B.groups C.figures D.wonders
解析：解析：此处指结果显示，因此A选项最贴切。 (8).【C8】（分数：2.00） A.find B.notice C.tell √ D.reveal
解析：解析：根据上下文，孩子们虽然看不到但能识别出被注视与否，因此C选项最符合要求。 (9).【C9】（分数：2.00） A.sum B.collection C.mass D.total √
解析：解析：此处考查的短语是“a total of(总数为)”，因此选D。 (10).【C10】（分数：2.00） A.correctly √ B.exactly C.thoroughly D.perfectly
解析：解析：B、C、D三个选项过于绝对，根据上下文，孩子们能正确感知被注视的概率是近70％，因此选A。
(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）
A.attached √ B.talented C.connected D.increased
解析：解析：根据上下文，重复试验时又附加了预防作弊的措施，因此选A。 (12).【C12】（分数：2.00） A.disordered B.parted C.split D.divided √
解析：解析：短语“divided from”表示彻底隔开，根据上下文，让实验对象待在屋外，和隔窗注视他们的人彻底隔开，因此选D。 (13).【C13】（分数：2.00） A.pretending B.lying C.cheating √ D.deceiving
解析：解析：根据上下文，这样做的原因是以防作弊发生，因此选C。 (14).【C14】（分数：2.00） A.prevented √ B.omitted C.evaded D.ended
解析：解析：根据上下文，这样就阻止了孩子间传话的可能性，因此选A。 (15).【C15】（分数：2.00） A.delivered B.transported C.transmitted √ D.distributed
解析：解析：根据上下文，C选项是传输的意思，和声音搭配最恰当，因此选C。 (16).【C16】（分数：2.00） A.practical B.direct C.logical D.impressive √
解析：解析：短语“impressive results”指惊人的结果、令人印象深刻的结果，根据上下文，选D最恰当。
(17).【C17】（分数：2.00） A.completed √ B.replicated C.designed D.undertook
解析：解析：短语“complete the study”的意思是完成此项研究，根据上下文，选A最恰当。 (18).【C18】（分数：2.00） A.satisfying B.convincing √ C.concluding D.persuading
解析：解析：“convincing(有说服力的)”和“results(结果)”搭配最恰当，因此选B。
(19).【C19】（分数：2.00） A.really B.carefully C.definitely D.precisely √
解析：解析：A．实际上；B．仔细地；C．确切地；D．精确地。根据上下文，选D搭配最恰当。 (20).【C20】（分数：2.00） A.come about √ B.be looked at C.setout D.be held up
解析：解析：短语“come about”是“发生”的意思，根据上下文，通过进一步实验找出注视效果是如何发生的，因此选A。
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