【正文】 the International Center close on week nights? [A] 11:30. [B] 10:30. [C] 8:00. [D] 8:30. You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to questions 22 25. Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to the ANSWER SHEET 1. 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 15 頁 共 37 頁 That is the end of the listening prehension section. Section Ⅱ Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1. Text What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one 26 there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. 27 two speakers speak in exactly the same 28 We can always hear differences 29 them, and the pronunciation of English 30 a great deal in different geographical 31 . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a 32 ? This is not a question that can be 33 in the same way for all foreign 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 16 頁 共 37 頁 learners of English. 34 you live in a part of the world 35 India or West Africa, where there is a long 36 of speaking English for general munication purposes, you should 37 to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a 38 in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or 39 of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country 40 there is no traditional use of English, you must take 41 your model some form of 42 English pronunciation. It does not 43 very much which form you choose. The most 44 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can 45 most often. 26. [A] meaning [B] sense [C] case [D] situation 27. [A] Not [B] No [C] None [D] Nor 28. [A] type [B] form [C] sort [DJ way 29.[A} between [B] among [C] of [D] from 30. [A] changes [B] varies [C] shifts [D] alters 31. [A] areas [ B ] parts [ C ] countries [ D ] spaces 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 17 頁 共 37 頁 32. [A] direction [B] guide [C] symbol [D] model 33. [A] given [B] responded [C] satisfied [D] answered 34. [A] Because [B]When [C]lf [D] Whether 35. [A] as [B]in [C]like [D] near 36. [A] custom [B] use [C] tradition [D] habit 37. [A] aim [B) propose [C] select [D] tend 38. [A] fashion [B] mistake [C] nonsense [D] possibility 39. [A] everything [B] nothing [C] anything [D] things 40. [A] where [B] that [C] which [D] wherever 41. [A] to [B] with [C] on [D] as 42. [A] practical [B] domestic [C] native [D] new 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 18 頁 共 37 頁 43. [A] care [B] affect [C] trouble [D] matter 44. [A] effective [B] sensitive [C] ordinary [D] careful 45. [A] listen [B] hear [C] notice [D] find Section 11 Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Part A Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets. Text I If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 19 頁 共 37 頁 is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能 ) and emotion, and determine the human character. ( The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties (功能 ). Contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas 中國最大的管 理 資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免費(fèi)資源共享 ) 第 20 頁 共 37 頁 observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixtyandseventyyearolds. Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with ageusing the head. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant. Matsuzawa39。 s ways of seeing the world。 s eye down to a very short jump. Moreover, a very. short jump too short to provide any meaning or sense