【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 。故選D。15. A) Fiber may help to reduce hormones in the body.B)Fiber may bring more benefits to women than men.C)Fiber may improve the function of heart muscles.D)Fiber may make blood circulation more smooth.【答案】A【解析】文章中提到，對44000名女性的研究表明了長期以來的證據(jù)，即纖維能夠降低雌性激素的循環(huán)水平，這一點(diǎn)能夠解釋纖維為什么能夠降低患乳腺癌的風(fēng)險。其本質(zhì)內(nèi)容就是你吃的纖維越多，你身體中的激素水平可能越低，因此，患乳腺癌的風(fēng)險也就越低。故選A。Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) Observing the changes in marketing.B) Conducting research on consumer behavior.C)Studying the hazards of young people drinking.D) Investigating the impact of media on government.【答案】B【解析】聽力材料開頭就提到，說話者目前的研究實(shí)際上是關(guān)于消費(fèi)者行為。其中，文章中提到的市場變化、年輕人喝酒都是在用案例論證要從消費(fèi)者的角度看問題。媒體對政府的影響并未提及。故選B。17. A) It is the cause of many street riots.B) It is getting worse year by year.C)It is a chief concern of parents.D) It is an act of socialising.【答案】D【解析】聽力材料中提到，在年輕人喝酒的案例中，能夠確定的其中一件事情是對于1824歲的年輕人來說，喝酒與參與社會活動有關(guān)。文章中還提到年輕人喝酒目前備受政府而不是父母的關(guān)切。故選D。18. A) They spent a week studying their own purchasing behavior.B)They researched the impact of mobile phones on young people.C)They analysed their family budgets over the years.D)They conducted a thorough research on advertising.【答案】A【解析】聽力材料中提到，說話者的學(xué)生去年花了一周的時間研究他們自己的購買行為，并且對從商店到他們與零售銀行和手機(jī)提供商之間的關(guān)系做了詳細(xì)的分析。故選A。Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) It is helping its banks to improve efficiency.B)It is trying hard to do away with dirty money.C)It is the first country to use credit cards in the world.D)It is likely to give up paper money in the near future.【答案】D【解析】題目是問從聽力中我們對瑞典有何了解。聽力材料開頭提到，瑞典是第一個印刷和使用紙幣的歐洲國家，但是它可能很快將不再使用紙幣。D選項(xiàng)符合題意。故選D。20. A) Whether it is possible to travel without carrying any physical currency.B)Whether it is possible to predict how much money one is going to spend.C)Whether the absence of physical currency causes a person to spend more.D)Whether the absence of physical currency is going to affect everyday life.【答案】C【解析】聽力材料中提到，克萊爾?貝瑞塔想查明沒有紙幣是否確實(shí)會導(dǎo)致一個人花更多的錢，因此她幾個月前決定做一項(xiàng)實(shí)驗(yàn)。故選C。21. A) There was no food service on the train.B) The service on the train was not good.C)The restaurant car accepted cash only.D) The cash in her handbag was missing.【答案】C【解析】聽力材料中提到，克萊爾?貝瑞塔在實(shí)驗(yàn)期間坐了一次火車。在途中，有一項(xiàng)通告告訴人們餐車目前不接受信用卡支付。因?yàn)楹芏喑丝吐眯兄袥]有帶現(xiàn)金， 所以火車上有很多抱怨。由此可知，火車上的餐車只接受現(xiàn)金支付。故選C。22. A) By putting money into envelopes.B)By drawing money week by week.C)By limiting their daytoday spending.D)By refusing to buy anything on credit.【答案】A【解析】聽力材料中提到，貝瑞塔說她的父母年輕的時候常把錢放進(jìn)信封里來做預(yù)算。當(dāng)他們拿到工資后，他們便立馬把現(xiàn)金分為幾份放進(jìn)信封，這樣他們就能知道每周有多少錢。故選A。Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A) Population explosion.B)Chronic hunger.C)Extinction of rare species.D)Environmental deterioration.【答案】B【解析】聽力材料中提到，說話者想要告訴我們?nèi)祟惾丝诘倪^去、現(xiàn)在和將來，并且用幾個問題作為開場。第一個問題就是：現(xiàn)在有十億人長期處于饑餓狀態(tài)，這意味著他們醒來后感覺俄，一整天都感覺餓，睡覺的時候也感覺餓。故選B。24. A) They contribute to overpopulation.B)About half of them are unintended.C)They have been brought under control.D)The majority of them tend to end halfway.【答案】B【解析】聽力材料中提到，有2000—2500萬不識字的女人在生育上沒有得到她們想要的控制。這一問題不只在發(fā)展中國家有，全球有近五成的懷孕是出于意外。故選B。25. A) It is essential to the wellbeing of all species on earth.B)It is being a subject of interdisciplinary research.C)It is neglected in many of the developing countries.D)It is beginning to attract postgraduates’ attention.【答案】A【解析】聽力材料中提到，人口統(tǒng)計學(xué)不僅關(guān)乎人類的種群，也關(guān)乎于非人類種群，還包括無生命的對象。它是一種干預(yù)真實(shí)世界更明智、更有效的方法。它不僅能夠提高你自己的福祉，同樣重要的是，它還能夠提高你自己和周圍的人以及與我們共享地球的其 他物種的福祉。由此可知，人口統(tǒng)計學(xué)對地球上所有物種來說都是必要的。故選A。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 making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Let’s all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who can’t seem tokeep their inner monologues (獨(dú)白）in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain (26)_______betterand show improved perception capabilities. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychologyby professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to (27)_______mentalpictures helps people function quicker.In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty (28) _______。andasked themto find just one of those, a banana. Half were (29)_______to repeat out loud what they were looking forand the other half kept their lips (30)_______Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightlyfaster than those who didn’t, the researchers say. In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that(31)_______the name of a mon product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone’s pace，buttalking about unmon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, althoughdoing so when you’ve (32)_______matured is not a great sign of (33)_______. The two professors hopeto refute that idea, (34)_______that just as when kids walk themselves through a process, adults canbenefit from using language not just to municate, but also to help “augment thinking”.Of course, you are still en