feeling of going back to a routine is stressful. They have to adapt to a new timetable and the stress.
M: So is there a way to make starting up again easier after the summer break?
W: Yes, there're things that you can do. I mentioned routine before and that's the key. It's difficult to get back into a routine. So you need to try and prepare for it.
M: How to do that?
W: Well, sleep is the most important factor. During holidays, you don't have a proper sleeping routine. You get up when you want and you go to bed when you want.
M: I suppose that is why children love holidays.
W: Yeah, but it makes going back to school much more difficult. You need to enforce a bedtime routine at least a few days before your children go back to school. Also prepare everything the night before. Make sure you have all the clothes laid out to help avoid any early morning panic.
M: That makes sense. After all, the mornings are the hardest part. So what else can we do?
W: Well, there're clothes and school materials to buy. But you can also make this a positive experience. Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly.
12.How do children feel when going back to school after a summer break?
A) Excited. B) Upset. C) Calm. D) Horrible.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中女士提到，对有些孩子来说，回学校是件特别沮丧的事儿（for some children, it can be very upsetting），所以选B。
13.What causes children to feel stress when they go back to school?
A) Having less sleep.
B) Doing schoolwork at night. C) Going back to a routine life. D) Getting up early to catch school bus.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。
解析：
音频中女士提到，回到一种惯例性的生活让孩子很有压力（That feeling of going back to a routine is stressful），所以选C。
14.According to the man's opinion, why do children love holidays?
A) Because they can travel a lot. B) Because they don't have homework. C) Because they have enough time to play. D) Because they can choose their bedtime.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中男士说，孩子们之所以喜欢假期就是因为他们可以想什么时候睡就什么时候睡，想什么时候起就什么时候起（You get up when you want and you go to bed when you want），也就是自己安排睡觉时间，所以选D。
15.What can parents do before their children go back to school?
A) They can prepare everything for their children.
B) They can take their children shopping for school materials. C) They can get up as early as possible to avoid morning panic. D) They can help their children complete holiday assignments.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中女士提到，开学之前可以带孩子去买一些学校用的东西，这样会很有帮助（Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly），所以选B。
Section B Understanding Passages
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).
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Script
Flash-playing is all about meeting strangers in a strange city for just a day. This weekend, why not fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again? It sounds like a romantic film, but this is a novel activity for some young urban Chinese. And it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents.
The flash-play community on the Internet is one of the most popular in China and has signed up thousands of members. Li Xu, a 26-year-old banker says, \of my high-pressure work, I use weekends to adjust my life. Fortunately, there is fast transport—the airplane, which can take me to another city and back in a short time.\
He invented the term \to a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public space, perform a pointless act, and then quickly move apart. He created a page for flash-play, which means \of trip in which people find companions quickly through the Internet, and travel to another city together.\
16.What does \
A) Traveling to a new place with friends. B) Having a quick reunion with friends. C) Meeting strangers in a strange city. D) Chatting on the Internet with strangers.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到“闪玩”就是到一个陌生的城市，然后花一天的时间与一个陌生人在一起（fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选C。
17.Why do young urban Chinese like \
A) Because they do not have time for long-time travel. B) Because flash-play costs little travelling fees.
C) Because they need this recreation to lessen work pressure. D) Because flash-play is a romantic experience for them.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，闪玩是都市年轻人缓解压力的一种方法（it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents），所以选C。 18.What do flash-players normally do?
A) They find companions through newspapers.
B) They assemble in a private house to have a party. C) They set up fixed groups and meeting time. D) They get together for only one day.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，这些人花一天的时间在一起，分手之后就不会再见（spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选D。 Script
Call it a product of the local foods movement. But whatever the reason, more Americans are growing some of their own food.
Many need advice from experts like the master gardeners at the University of Maryland Extension service. The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens. Master gardeners are helping less experienced people learn how to work the land. Food gardeners can join a network and put their garden on a map on the extension service web site. They aim to have one million food gardeners in Maryland to produce their own affordable healthy food. The current count of food gardeners is around 5,000 statewide.
Nationally, sales of garden supplies increased last year as people started or expanded food gardens. Shannon Dill says the weak economy is not the only reason people are trying to grow their own food to save money. Prices for fruits and vegetables at the store are up. Shannon Dill finds that growing food at home usually costs less than buying it at stores or restaurants. She also finds that people seem to be staying home more, so they have more time to work in the garden. And, she says, \food is coming from.\
But sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight. Master gardeners can help people avoid mistakes.
19.Why did the extension service launch a campaign?
A) Because they want to absorb more master gardeners.
B) Because they want to set up a social network for master gardeners. C) Because they want to provide help for less experienced gardeners. D) Because they want to grow affordable and healthy food for people.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，进修部发起这项运动是为了满足巨大的信息需求，帮助在家的园艺爱好者（The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens），所以选C。
20.Why do people like growing food at home?
A) Because they are too busy to buy food from the store. B) Because it is a fashion to grow food of one's own. C) Because they can sell their food to the store.
D) Because it is an effective way to save money.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，人们自己种植粮食是为了省钱（people are trying to grow their own food to save money），所以选D。
21.What problem do home gardeners have?
A) They lack professional gardening knowledge. B) They cannot afford high quality seeds. C) They do not have time to watch the plants. D) They have to do everything all by themselves.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到了园艺爱好者们经常犯的错误有：所选的植物不适合当地的生长环境、种植时间不对、种植方式不当等（sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight），所有这些都可以归结为他们缺少专业知识，所以选A。 Script
While a WHO report has confirmed tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in the world, a survey shows that reminding smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more.
More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a global tobacco epidemic report, the WHO said smoke-free policies were crucial to reducing the harm caused by second-hand smoke, which it said kills around 600,000 people each year and causes crippling, disfiguring illness and economic losses reaching tens of billions of dollars. \control the tobacco epidemic, the annual death toll could rise to 8 million by 2030,\the WHO report said.
However, a study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as \\changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit. This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youths who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers, and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.