【正文】 ) Friends should always be faithful to each other. C) There should be a distance even between friends. D) There should be fewer disputes between friends 64. Why does the author say we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret (Line 5 )? A) Modern society has finally evolved into an open society. B) People leave traces around when using modern technology. C) There are always people who are curious about others39。s important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs(碎屑 ) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret. The key question is: Does that matter? For many Americans, the answer apparently is no When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy， most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is slipping away, and that bothers me. But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths (收費站 ) to avoid using the EZPass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down 10 supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquits has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50centsoff coupon(優(yōu)惠券 ). But privacy does matter at least sometimes. It39。s really engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don39。s population is projected to grow from billion to billion, a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, CO2) will be 42% higher in 2050. But that39。m braver or more daring than others. I39。re now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical (36)______, raw materials, and capital are no longer the key (37) ______in the creation of wealth. Now, the (38) ____ raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow39。 welfare. 20. A) Speaking with a proper accent. B) Wearing an official uniform. C) Making friends with them. D) Showing them his ID. 21. A) To be on the alert when being followed. B) Not to leave senior citizens alone at home. C) Not to let anyone in without an appointment. D) To watch out for those from the electricity board. ) She was robbed near the parking lot. B) All her money in the bank disappeared. C) The pension she had just drawn was stolen. D) She was knocked down in the post office. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) Marketing consultancy. B) Professional accountancy. C) Luxury hotel management. D) Business conference anization. ) Having a good knowledge of its customs. B) Knowing some key people in tourism. C) Having been to the country before. D) Being able to speak Japanese. ) It will bring her potential into full play. B) It will involve lots of train travel. C) It will enable her to improve her Chinese. D) It will give her more chance to visit Japan. Section B 10%（ 101%） Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡 2 上作答。s reputation D) it is affordable to most advertisers 2. With the increase in the number of TV channels, ________. A) the cost of TV advertising has decreased B) the number of TV viewers has increased C) advertisers39。 ) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a position on the topic Recreational Activities. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1. 娛樂活動多種多樣 ，也可能有危害性 ，我的看法。 advertising in the near future. Inter audiences tend to be quite homogeneous, but small. Advertisers will have to adjust their methods to reach these audiences and will have to adapt their persuasive strategies to the online medium as well. Direct mail A final advertising medium is direct mail, which uses mailings to consumers to municate a client39。s apology. C) The woman offered to pay for the man39。s efforts. D) His second wife39。ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a 55______. And I know I39。t do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemnsounding mitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these mitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed. Al Gore calls global warming an inconvenient truth, as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don39。t. But it hasn39。s view on global warming? A) It is a reality both people and Politicians are unaware of. B) It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences. C) It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized. D) It is an area we actually have little knowledge about. 59. Greenhouse emissions will more than double by 2050 because of _________. A) economic growth B) wasteful use of energy C) the widening gap between the rich and poor D) the rapid advances of science and technology 60. The author believes that, since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, __________. A) politicians have started to do something