【正文】 A) The Egyptian alphabet. C) The Roman alphabet.B) The Greek alphabet. D) The Mediterranean alphabet. Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) They made tools with special instruments. C) They made tools out of animal skin.B) They made tools out of wood first. D) They made tools out of stones first.24. A) Stone chips have been used for thousands of years.B) Silicon chips have been used for hundred of years.C) Stone chips have changed people’s life dramatically.D) Silicon chips have changed people’s life dramatically.25. A) An introduction to two kinds of tools.B) The origin of the silicon chips.C) The way ancient people made tools.D) The changes brought about by tools.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Acplished teachers of world languages are keenly aware that young people learn in various ways. They used their knowledge of children in 26 and providing appropriate instruction to their students. They recognize and make professional acmodations for 27 in students’ age levels, cognitive, physical, and motor development, gender, multiple intelligence, and learning styles. Attitude also 28 in student success. Students with low selfesteem or little confidence about their ability to learn another language might benefit from extra encouragement from the teacher.Of course, all students can benefit from positive teacher feedback. Teachers might have students 29 so that they can also benefit from the help and positive reinforcement of their peers. Students who are 30 and confident might work well independently, using puter software, Those who teach young children know the importance of working at 31 levels。 students might learn to tell time 32 . As mature students, teachers need to provide more abstract and analytical challenges. Teachers should be aware that personalizing the language experience is helpful to students because many students will talk 33 about themselves and their experiences. Teachers recognize that providing learning experiences in the affective field by encourage openended personal expression is s valuable way of 34 students’ cognitive ability, cultural understanding, and linguistic 35 . Teachers provide a range of meaningful, interesting, and personally relevant instruction for students at all levels of development for ability.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 asking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.We all like to feel needed. But new research suggests have a sense of purpose is good for our health, too.In a study of 7,000 people, those with the strongest sense of direction in life were over70 percent less likely to suffer a stroke.The researcher 36 for other aggravating factors such as blood pressure and alcohol use and believe the 37 es through regulating the immune system.It has been long thought that 38 meaningful activity after retirement is important for physical and mental health— which often declines 39 soon after retirement.While past research focused on the 40 effects of negative psychological traits, such as depression and anxiety, new research is investigating how positive traits, such as 41, protect against illness.In the recent study, men and women aged 50 and over were 42 for four to five years and pleted psychological tests while researchers recorded strokes.The results show that the higher someone’s sense of purpose, the lower their risk of a stroke. Those with the greatest sense of purpose were 73% percent less likely to suffer a stroke pared to those with the lowest.Other research has shown that positive mood can lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (荷爾蒙皮質醇), also 43 in stroke.“This is signigicant as we have a (n) 44 population and it helps show what behaviours prevent people from getting ill,” says Cary Cooper, professor of health psychology at Lancaster University. “Maybe 45 is not good for some.”A) accountedI) implicatedB) ageingJ) optimismC) ambitionK) outstandingD) damagingL) pursuingE) decreasingM) retirementF) dramaticallyN) searchedG) effectO) trackedH) gradually Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than