【正文】 都市寸土千金，地價(jià)炒得越來(lái)越高，今后將更高。 B. Nathaniel Hawthorne. B. They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits。 A. It is bizarre and Outlandish. C. contribution to national economy In Barcelona the Catalonians call them castells, but these arent stereotypical castles in Spain. These castles are made up of human beings, not stone. The people who perform this agile feat of acrobatics are called castellers, and to see their towers take shape is to observe a marvel of human cooperation. B. Longing for greater wealth, Whats new about the latest returnees is their affluence and zeal for the business of producing quality foods, if only at a microlevel. A healthy economy and surging London house prices have helped to ease the escape of the wouldbe rustics. The media recognize and feed the fantasy. One of the big TV hits of recent years, the River Cottage series, chronicled the attempts of a London chef to run his own Dorset farm. Naturally, the newers cant hope to match their City salaries, but many are happy to trade any loss of ine for the extra job satisfaction. Who cares if theres no sixfigure annual bonus when the land offers other incalculable pensations? D. B D. between parents and the government.15. Which of the following adjectives best describes the authors treatment of the topic? D. reduce the number of prospective college applicants.12. What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system? B. have realized the problems of language barriers. B. a NASA ground tracking station. In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your colored answer sheet. LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)SECTION A B. more people will be encouraged to travel. D. more potential damage to the area5. We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Marys ideas, C. He works in a NASA ground receiving site. A. the governments egalitarian policy. C. Negative. Wilfred EmmanuelJones was a teenager before he saw his first cow in his first field. Born in Jamaica, the 47yearold grew up in innercity Birmingham before making a career as a television producer and launching his own marketing agency. But deep down he always nurtured every true Englishmans dream of a rustic life, a dream that his entrepreneurial wealth has allowed him to satisfy. These days hes the owner of a thriving 12hectare farm in deepest Devon with cattle, sheep and pigs. His latest business venture: pushing his brand of Black Fanner gourmet sausages and barbecue sauces. “My background may be very urban,” says EmmanuelJones. Besides, the specialist producers can at least depend on a burgeoning market for their products. Todays ecoaware generation loves to seek out authentic ingredients. People like me may be making a difference in a small way, Jan McCourt, a onetime investment banker now running his own 40hectare spread in the English Midlands stocked with rare see signs of farreaching change: Britain isnt catching up with mainland Europe。 C. Raising and selling rare live stock. V First the castellers form what looks like a gigantic rugby scrummage. They are the foundation blocks of the castle. Behind them, other people press together, forming outwardradiating ramparts of inwardpushing muscle: flying buttresses for the castle. Then sturdy but lighter castellers scramble over the backs of those at the bottom and stand, barefoot, on their shoulders—then still others, each time adding a higher story. C. people perform castells in different formations. C. They were all recovering from drinking. C. the Cabinet. A. the President. 我想，其實(shí)誰(shuí)都有一個(gè)小小花園，這便是我們的內(nèi)心世界。 they had established a new household, and must fulfill in some way or another the obligations of it. They looked back with affection to their engagement。SECTION B D. the Prime Minister.35. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by C. the British monarch, C. Basketball. D. the Congress.33. Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States? A. Patrick was made a partner of the firm. D. parison with other regions24. In the last but two paragraph, the Ramblas is described as “a frontrow seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean? A. development of a bank D. the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.TEXT C A. knowledge of farming. And of how to sell it. EmmanuelJones joins a herd of wealthy fugitives from city life who are bringing a new mercial knowhow to British farming. Britains burgeoning farmers markets numbers have doubled to at least 500 in the last five years—swarm with specialty cheesemakers, beekeepers or organic smallholders who are redeploying the business skills they learned in the city. Everyone in the rural munity has to e to terms with the fact that things have changed. Says EmmanuelJones. You can produce the best food in the world, but if you dont know how to market it, you are wasting your time. We are helping the traditionalists to move on.The emergence of the new class of superpeasants reflects some old yearnings. If the British were the first nation to industrialize, they were also the first to head back to the land. There is this romantic image of the countryside that is particularly English, says Alun Howkins of the University of Sussex, who reckons the population of rural England has been rising since 1