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第I卷（共100分）

I.ListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions：TnSectionA,youwillheartenshortconversations

betweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestion

willbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthe

questionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversation

andthequestionaboutit,readthefourpossibleanswersonyour

paper,anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyou

haveheard.

1.A.GototheB.KeepC.TryonlineD.Seeadoctor

officecal1ingbooking

2.A.AreporterB.AnathleteC.AfishermanD.Anorganizer

3.A.AtapostofficeB.Atafast-foodrestaurant

C.AtabookingofficeD.Atacheck-indesk

4.A.Healreadyhasplans.B.Thewomanshoulddecidewhere

toeat.

C.HewillmakeaD.Thewomancanaskherbrother

reservation.foradvice.

5.A.Hegotwetintherain.B.Theshowerwasoutoforder.

C.Hedicin'thearthephoneD.Hegotoutoftheshowerto

ringing.answerthephone.

6.A.ReasonableB.BrightC.SeriousD.Ridiculous

7.A.SendB.GoC.DosomeD.Visita

leafletssightseeinggardeninglawyer

8.A.Herdoorbelldoesn,tneedB.Shedidn,texpecthimto

repair.comesoearly

C.ThemanhasjustarrivedonD.Itisnottherighttimefor

time.her.

9.A.Shewon'tgotothebeachB.Shewouldlikethemantogo

ifitrains.tothebeach.

C.Itwillclearuptomorrow.D.Itwaspouringwhenshewas

atthebeach.

10.A.Whattotakeupasahobby.B.Howtokeepfit.

C.Howtohandlepressure.D.Whattoplaywith.

SectionB

Directions:InSectionB,youwillheartwoshortpassagesandone

longerconversation,andyouwillbeaskedseveralquestionsoneach

ofthepassagesandtheconversation.Thepassagesandthe

conversationwillbereadtwice,butthequestionswi11bespoken

onlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswers

onyourpaperanddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothe

questionyouhaveheard.

Questions11through13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

11.A.Greetguestsandtalktohotelstaff.

B.Havebreakfastandexamineroomservice.

C.Prepareforthemeetingandwritenewreports.?

D.Reviewthepreviousnight'sreportsandcheckemails.

12.A.SayinghellotoeveryB.Consideringdifferentbath

guest.requirements.

C.Diningwi:hadifferentD.Holdingvariousoperational

staffmember.meetings.

13.A.Aday'slifeofahotelB.Thedailyroutineatahotel.

manager.

C.HotelserviceandD.Meetingsattendedbyahotel

improvement.manager.

Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

14.A.Educatingchildren.B.Savingrareanimals.

C.RecreatinganD.Makingaprofit.

environment.

15.A.BecauseanimalsmakeB.Becauseanimalsmustlive

visitorsstressful.theirlivesincages.

C.BecauseanimalscanfeelD.Becauseanimalsareindanger

boredandsad.ofextinction.

16.A.Theyarestillusefulandnecessary.

B.Theyhavemoredisadvantagesthanadvantages.

C.Theyareaperfectenvironmentforanimals.

D.Theyarerecreativeplacesforanimals.

Questions17through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

17.A.B.Wednesday.C.Thursday.D.Friday.

Tuesday.

18.A.Eitherisacceptable.B.Theguestdoesn'tmindit.

C.Theguestdoesmindit.D.IT*Suptothehotel

waitress.

19.A.400B.600dollarsC.800dollarsD.1200

dollarsdollars

20.A.ThereisnofreeWiFiaccessintheroomsofthehotel

B.ThereisonlyWiFiaccessinthelobbyofthehotel

C.ThereisnofreeInternetaccessinthehotel

D.ThereisnoInternetaccessinthehotel

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblanksto

makethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblanks

withagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthe

givenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseach

blank.

LossofBiodiversity(生物多樣性)AffectsHumanSociety

Ifaspeciesofbeedisappearsforeveroraparticularplant

isextinct,whatdoesithavetodowithushumans?Well,according

toateamofinternationalscientists,biodiversityisdropping

belowlevels(21)(consider)safeforthehealthand

happinessofhumansocieties.

Theissueisthateverythingisinter-connectedandecosystems

supportoursocieties(22)theyprovideuswith,forexample,

food,fibresandfuels.Ifspeciesgoondisappearing,thiscan

disturbmanyvitalprocesses(23)croppollination(授粉)

andthedecomposition(分內軍)ofwaste.

Aframeworkwhichdefinestheenvironmentallimitswithin(24)

humanscanreallyoperate-calledplanetaryboundaries一

says(25)______(lose)morethan10%ofthebiodiversityinanarea

placesthelocalecosystematrisk.Ecosystemsarealldifferent

butthispercentageisconsideredasagoodmeasureofsafety.

AstudypublishedinthemagazineSciencesuggeststhat58%of

theworld'slandsurface(26)(reduce)belowthislevel

already.Theseareashouse71%oftheglobalpopulation.Professor

AndyPurvis,fromImperialCollegeLondonandtheNaturalHistory

Museum,isoneoftheauthorsofthestudy.Hesays,"One。we5rc

thewrongsideoftheboundary,(27)______doesn,tmeaneverything

goeswrongimmediately,butthereisaremarkablehigherrisk(28)

thingswillgobadlywrong.”

Theresearchersfoundthatgrasslands,savannasandshrublands

weremostaffectedbybiodiversitylossonaverage.Purvishopes

thisreport(29)becomeawake-upcalltothosewhodesign

policies.Here'shiswarning:aDecision-makersworryalotabout

economicrecessions（衰退），butanecologicalrecessioncouldhave

even（30）（bad）consequences-andthebiodiversitydamage

we'vehadmeansweJreatriskofthathappening.Untilandunless

wecanbringbiodiversitybackup,we'replayingecological

roulette（輪盤賭）

SectionB

Directions:Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthe

box.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisoneword

morethanyouneed.

A.characteristicB.environmentallyC.announcedD.

importsE.exposing

F.investG.extensivelyH.acquireI.machineryJ.

competitivenessK.crucial

ChinaSettoMakeOwnBallpointPenTips

OneofChina'smajorstainlesssteel（不銹鋼）producershas

independentlydevelopedthespecialsteelneededtomakethe

balIpointpentipsandplanstomass-producethematerialtoreplace

31intwoyears.

Thegrouphasspentfiveyearsonresearchanddevelopmentto

—32_thetechnology,endingalong-*ennChineserelianceon

foreignpentips.

Withoutthistechnology,China,spenmanufacturers,which

produce38billionballpointpensperyear,havehadtopurchase

the—33—partsfromoverseasmarkets,costingtheindustry

$millionayear,accordingtotheChinaNationalLightIndustry

Council.

“Ttwillbeoneofour_34_productsinthelongrun,and

wewilltrymorematerialsfortipsofballpointpenstoremain

competitive,“saidLiJianniin,directorofTISC0,sresearchand

developmentcenter.

WangHuimian,TISCO,sseniorengineer,saidthecompanywill

—35—morefinancialresourcesandmanpowertodevelop

next-generationbalIpointpentipsina(n)―36—friendlywayto

furthercompetewithrivalsinJapanandSwitzerland.

“Iftheserealeconomy-relatedfactorsareunderdeveloped,its

key—37—won'tbestrong,“saidWang.

ThepentipissuewasfirstbroughtintothespotlightbyPremier

LiKeqianginJanuarylastyear,_38_amajorissuefacingChinese

manufacturers一weakcompetitivenessinkeytechnology.

Makingsuchproductsrequireshigh-precision_39—and

extremely-thinsteelplates.Specialmicroelementsmustbeadded

toliquidsteeltomakeaqualitytipthatcanwritecontinually

foratleast800meters.

Eagertoenhanceitsearningability,thecompany_40_that

itplannedtoproducemillionmetrictonsofsteelthisyear,

includingmillionstainlesssteelproducts.

ZhaoYing,aresearcherattheInstituteofIndustrialEconomics

oftheChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesinBeijing,said,“All

theseelementscanbereachedonlythroughlong-terminvestmentand

increasingdevelopment,“hesaid.

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Directions:Foreachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefour

wordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththe

wordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

Throughouthistory,manyliveshavebeenlostatthehandsof

severeweather.Meteorologists(氣象學家)andscientistsalikeare

alwaysinvestigatingnewwaystoincreasethewarningtimefor

storms,withthehopeofreducingthe_41—oflives.Inthepast

fewdecades,localweatherradaradvancementshavebeenmade,which

allowforbetteraccuracyin_42_thepathsofstorms.

Meteorologistsandscientistshavebeenabletosuccessfully

trackseverethunderstormsandpossibletornadoesbyusingan

advancedtrackingsystemcalledNEXRAD(Next-GenerationRadar).

NEXRADisatrackingnetwork_43_158Dopplerweatherradars.And

duringastormthishigh-resolutioncomputerized_44—takes

readingsontheamountofprecipitation(降水)intheair,the

movementsintheclouds,andthewindspeeds.

These_45_arebouncedbacktoalocalweathercomputer,and

acolorfulimageappearsonthescreen,givingmeteorologistsa

clearpictureofwhatkindofweatherisonthehorizon.Thisfinal

imageiswhatyouseewhenthemeteorologistbreaksinwithsevere

weatherreportsandwarnings._46_,onyourtelevisionscreenyou

wi11seeacomputeranimatedimageoftheapproachingstorm.

Ifthestormissevereenough,thentheNationalWeatherService

(NWS)will_47—severeweatherreportsofseverethunderstorm

warningsforyourarea._48_,thestormcapturedontheradarwi11

haveproducedstrongreadablewinds,detectablelightning,andsome

hail(冰雹).Payingattentiontotheweathermapis_49—when

severeweatherisaround.

Onthetelevisionscreenyouwillseeseveralcolorsonthe

precipitationmap,_50_fromblue(thelightest)toblack(the

heaviest).Ifthecolorsforyour51areaareyellow,take

caution.Ifthecolorsrangebetweenorangeandred,takecover

immediately,asdamagingwindsanddangerouslightninghavebeen

reported.

WhenlocalweatherradarinAtlanta,Georgiareportedhighwinds,

52windpatternsandlargehai1earlierthisyear,theNational

WeatherServiceissuedatornado53.Meteorologistsinthearea

usedthecollecteddatatopredictwhatpaththestormwouldtake,

—54_whichareasneededtobewarned.

Thankstothistechnology,mostresidentsreceivedthesevere

weatherreportsearlyenoughtoseek_55_beforethestormhit.

Payingattentiontoyourlocalweathersourceduringsevereweather

playsavitalroleinyoursafety.

.lossB.increaseC.protectionD.value

.changingB.controllingC.predictingD.guiding

.facedwithB.exposedtoC.involvedinD.madeupof

.structureB.systemC.modeD.style

.figuresB.dataC.readingsD.statistics

46.A.MostB.MostC.MostD.Most

likelyevidentlyinterestinglyimportantly

.decideB.estimateC.handleD.issue

.BythewayB.TnthatcaseC.TosomeD.Onthe

extentcontrary

.vitalB.reasonableC.normalD.available

.expandingB.spreadingC.rangingD.extending

.properB.specificC.typicalD.regular

.straightB.uniqueC.generalD.circular

.processB.threatC.warningD.sign

.indicatingB.recognizingC.revealingD.

recommending

.rescueB.residenceC.supportD.shelter

SectionB

Directions:Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageis

followedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreach

ofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheone

thatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassage

youhavejustread.

(A)

Inthissectionweconsiderwhatyoucandototrainyourbrain

toimproveyourgameplayingskills.

1.Dailyworkout

Itisveryeasytofindtacticalpuzzlesandtrain.However,

youmusttrytosolvethem.Don,tjuststareatthepositionfor

10secondsandthenturntothesolution.Youwon'tlearnanything.

Haveagoattryingtosolvethepuzzle.Ifyougotitrightthen

great----wel1done.However,ifyougotitwrong,thenhaveanother

look.Askyourselfquestionssuchasthefollowing:

WhydidIgetitwrong?

Whatwaswrongwithmysolution?

Whatwastheweaknessthatthetacticexploited?

Wherecanyoufindtacticalpuzzles?

It'seasy.Theyareeverywhere.Manynewspapers,including

Independent,andmagazineshaveadailyorweeklychesspuzzle.Key

“chesspuzzles“intoGoogleandyou'11findawholeloadofthem.

Thereareplentyofpuzzlebooks.

2.Usesoftware

Nowadayschesssoftwareisterriblycheap.WorldChampion

VladimirKramnikrecentlylostamatch4-2againstasoftvzare

program.Thisprogramisavallableforabout￡30.

Ingeneral,peopleusechesssoftwareforthewrongreasons.

Theyoftenplaygameaftergameagainstthemachineandgetbeaten

everytime.Boredwiththis,theyturntheplayinglevelrightdown

sothattheprogramisalmostplayingrandommovesandthenthey

canbeatiteverytimeandfeelbetter.

Neithermethodwillhelpyouimprove.However,chesssoftv/are

canbeafantasticallyusefullearningtoolifusedintwoparticular

ways.

Thefirstisifyouhavetriedtosolveapuzzlebutit'sa

bittoodifficultandyoudon'treallyunderstandthesolution.

Nevermind----wel1donefortrying.Nowsetthepositionupon

theprogramandtrydifferentmoves.Chesssoftwareisfaultless

attacticalplay.Itwillinstantlytellyoutherightandwrong

movesandwhytheydoordon,twork.

Secondlyyoucanrunovergamesyouhaveplayedtolearnwhere

youhavegonewrongandwhereyoucouldhaveimproved.Getintothe

habitofkeepingthescore.writingdownthemoves)ofgamesthat

youplay.Thiswi11helpyoutoimproveandrefineyourunderstanding

oftacticalthemesandpatterns.

56.Whatwouldbethebesttitleofthispassage?

A.HowtoTrainYourBrain

B.WheretoFindTacticalPuzzles

C.DailyWorkoutandUseofSoftware

D.HowtoImproveYourChess-PlayingSkills

57.Theunderlinedpart“tacticalpuzzles“inthesecondparagraph

mostprobablymeans.

A.puzzlesmakingusbetterunderstandthemesandpatternsof

difficultgames

B.puzzlesshowingushowtotrainourbrainstothinkmore

effectively

C.puzzlesteachingussomeskillstoplaymoredifficultgames

D.puzzlesonlyteachingushowtoplaychessgameswell

58.Whichofthefollowingwouldbetherightwayofusingchess

software?

A.Playingasmanygamesagainstthemachineaspossible.

B.A1wayst.ryingdiffic.w11puzzlestoimprovpyourchessskills.

C.Runningovergamesyou"veplayedtolearnfrommistakesand

improve.

D.Turningtheplayingleveldowntobuildyourselfconfidence

andfeelbetter.

59.Whatdoesthewriterthinkaboutchesssoftware?

A.Chesssoftwarewillhelpalotifproperlyused.

B.Chesssoftwarebelow30poundsistoocheaptouse.

C.Chesssoftwareisafantasticallyusefullearningtoolin

dailywork.

D.Chesssoftwarehelpsimproveunderstandingoftacticalthemes

andpatterns.

(B)

InnovationforEveryone-CareerSkillsforLife

InvitationtoAlumni(校友)NetworkingEventOrganizedby

UniversityofWarwickandBritishCouncil

Wearedelightedtoinviteyoutoanalumninetworkingevent

onTuesday14March.7-9pmattheLeRoyalMeridienHotel,Shanghai.

TheeventisorganizedbytheUniversityofWarwickandtheBritish

Councilandisopentoallalumni.

Comeandjoinusforrefreshments,followedbyfourshort

presentationsontheimportanceofinnovationandentrepreneurship

（倉業）skillsinyourcareerandthelaunchofnewcareerinitiatives

forstudentsandalumni,beforespendingtimenetworkingwith

friendsandotherUKalumnioverabuffetdinner.

TheplaceforthiseventistheLeRoyalMeridienHotel,Nanjing

EastRoad,HuangpuDistrict,

Shanghai.TheLeRoyalMeridien

HotelislocatedinPeople'sSquare

inShanghaiandiseasilyaccessed

bysubway,busortaxi.

DATEANDTIME

Tue14March2017

19:00-21:00CST

LOCATION

LeRoyalMGridienHotel

NanjingEastRoad

HuangpuDistrict

Shanghai

PROGRAMME

7:00pmRegistrationandwelcomerefreshments

7:15-“AnoverviewofGraduateEmployability（就業能力）

7:25pmamongUK-educatedChineseAlumniandBritishCouncil

ActivitiestoSupportAlumniCareerDevelopment,

CathyHe,HeadofEducationServices,BritishCouncil

7:25-“TheImportanceofCareerPlanning:fromtheSJTU

7:35pmViewpoint,MrShen,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity

Careers

7:35-“TheImportanceofInnovationSkillsThroughoutYour

7:45pmCareer:AnEmployerViewpointn,JohnHung,Managing

Partner,ChinaConsumer&IndustrialProductsIndustry

andAutomotiveSector,Deloitte,China

7:45-“NewResourcestoEnhancetheEmployabilityofChinese

7:55pmStudentsandGraduates”,EstherdePorlaky,

InternationalManager,UniversityofWarwick

8:00-Networkingandbanquetbuffetdinner

9:00pm

Freebutupto80tickets,pleaseregisterviaREADMORE.

60.Themainpurposeofholdingthisalumninetworkingeventis

A.toinvitethealumniforrefreshments

B.tospendtimenetworkingwiththealumni

C.tohelpthealumnitolaunchnewcareerinitiatives

D.tosharetheexperienceofinnovationandcareerskillsfor

life

61.Thepeopleattendingtheeventaremostprobablythose.

A.UK-educatedChineseAlumni

B.onlyfromUniversityofWarwick

C.UK-educatedAlumniandtheirfriends

D.UK-educatedChineseAlumniandfromtheSJTU

G2.Whatdothefourshortpresentationsmainlytalkabout?

A.Howtoimprovetheemployabilityofthealumni.

B.Howtohelpthealumnifindandimproveemployment.

C.Howtoenhancetheemployabilityincareerdevelopment.

D.HowtomakecareerplanningandtrainthealumniJsinnovation

skills.

(C)

Culturecanaffectnotjustlanguageand

customs,butalsohowpeopleexperiencetheChineseCulture,

\XcsternCulture,

worldonsurprisinglybasiclevels.Whrt'mii*Clearnocbcrf

Researchers,withthehelpofbrain

scans,haveuncoveredshockingdifferences

inperception(感知)betweenWesternersand

!atPl*11ts

Asians,whattheyseewhentheylookata

citystreet,forexample,orevenhowtheyperceiveasimpleline

inasquare,accordingtofindingspublishedinaleadingscience

journal.

Inwesterncountries,culturemakespeoplethinkofthemselves

ashighlyindependententities（實體）.Whenlookingatscenes,

Westernerstendtofocusmoreoncentralobjectsthanontheir

surroundings.EastAsiancultures,however,emphasize

inter-dependence.WhenEasternerslookatascene,theytendto

focusonsurroundingsaswellastheobject.

Usinganexperimentinvolvingtwotasks,DrHeddenasked

subjectstolookatalinesimplytoestimateitslength,atask

thatisplayedtoAmericanstrengths.Inanother,theyestimated

theline*slengthrelativetothesizeofasquare,aneasiertask

fortheAsians.

Thelevelofbrainactivity,bytrackingbloodflow,wasthen

measuredbyBrainScanners.Theexperimentfoundthatalthoughthere

wasnodifferenceinperformance,andthetaskswereveryeasy,the

levelsofactivityinthesubjects'brainsweredifferent.Forthe

Americans,areaslinkedtoattentionlitupmore,whentheyworked

onthetasktheytendedtofindmoredifficult——estimatingthe

line'ssizerelativetothesquare.FortheAsians,theattention

areaslitupmoreduringthehardertaskalso-estimatingthe

line'slengthwithoutcomparingittothesquare.Thefindingsare

areflectionofmorethantenyearsofpreviousexperimental

researchintoeast-westdifferences.

Inonestudy,forinstance,researchersofferedpeopleachoice

amongfivepens;fourredandonegreen.Easternersweremorelikely

tochoosearedpenwhi1eWesternersweremorelikelytochoosethe

greenone.

Cultureisnotaffectinghowyouseetheworld,buthowyou

choosetounderstandandinternalize（使內化）it.Butsuchhabits

canbechanged.Somepsychologicalstudiessuggestthatwhenan

EasternergoestotheWestorviceversa,habitsofthoughtand

perceptionalsobegintochange.Suchresearchgivesusclueson

howourbrainworksandishopefulforustodevelopprogramsto

improveourmemory,memorytechniquesandenhanceandaccelerate

ourlearningskills.

63.Accordingtothepassage,Chinesepeoplearemostlikelyto

A.moreemphasizeindependentthinking

B.alwaysfocusmoreontheirsurroundings

C.focusmoreonthecontextaswellastheobject

D.thinkofWesternersashighlyindependententities

64.Weknowfromthepassagethatpeople'sbrainswi11bemore

activewhen_____.

A.thetaskismucheasierB.thebloodflowis

tracked

C.peoplebegintochoosecolorsD.thetaskismore

difficult

65.Whatdothefindingsoftheexperimentsmentionedinthepassage

indicate?

A.Theyindicatethatculturehasagreatimpactonthewaypeople

taikandbehave.

B.TheyshowthatEasternersandWesternershavegreat

differencesinperceivingtheworld.

C.Theysuggestthatpeople'shabitsofthoughtandperception

canbechangedindifferentcultures.

D.TheymakeitclearthatEasternersandWesternerslayemphasis

ondifferentthings.

66.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.

A.Easternersprefercollectivismtoindividualism

B.EastAsiancultureslaymoreemphasisonindependence

C.Ittookovertenyearstofindouthowtoimproveourbrainpower

D.Americanswillchangetheirhabitsofperceptionwhenthey5re

inBritain

SectionC

Directions:Readthepassagecarefully.Fillineachblankwitha

propersentencegiveninthebox.Eachsentencecanbeusedonly

once.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.

A.Thegreatestadvantageofthetutorialsystemistheindiv