Experts say coffee prices are rising mainly because people are willing to pay more. Coffee sellers like Mark Warmuth say tastes are changing and more people want a good cup of coffee.
Mark Warmuth owns the M. E. Swing Coffee Company in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington. He says big coffee sellers like Starbucks help his business by building a base of customers who want something better.
Greater demand for high-quality coffee has helped drive coffee prices higher. That includes greater demand among Brazilians. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of coffee.
People in India are also drinking more coffee. Starbucks just announced plans to enter that market in a deal with India's Tata Coffee Company.
22.When did the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization begin keeping records of food prices?
A) In 1909. B) In 1919. C) In 1990. D) In 1999.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in 1990（自美国食品和农业组织从1990年开始记录以来，食品价格达到了最高水平）。由此可以看出，美国食品和农业组织从1990年开始对食品价格进行记录，所以选C。 23.What are the possible causes for the rise of food prices according to the passage?
A) Crop growers' high expectation. B) Bad weather and growing demand. C) Inflation and natural disasters. D) People's waste of food.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中首先提到食品价格已经达到有记录以来的最高水平，随后又提到价格升高的原因包括恶劣的天气和需求的增长（The causes include bad weather and growing demand），所以选B。 24.Which of the following is true about coffee prices?
A) Higher coffee prices are the result of limited supplies. B) Coffee prices are not rising according to the experts.
C) Great demand for high-quality coffee results in its rising price.
D) There is no change in coffee prices in Brazil.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到Greater demand for high-quality coffee has helped drive coffee prices higher（对高品质咖啡需求量的增大推动了咖啡价格的上升），所以选C。 25.What is Starbucks's plan?
A) To do business with India's Tata Coffee Company. B) To cooperate with a coffee company in Brazil. C) To reduce coffee prices as soon as possible.
D) To help Mark Warmuth's business as a big coffee seller.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到Starbucks just announced plans to enter that market in a deal with India's Tata Coffee Company（星巴克刚刚宣布计划打入该市场，并与印度的塔塔咖啡公司进行交易），所以选A。
Section C Dictation
Directions：In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Script
The prospect of university fees rising to ￡9,000 a year is prompting parents to save more for their children's education, research suggests.
The rise—to apply from September 2012—is the main (26)factor behind a rise in savings in recent months, said ING Direct (网上银行名), which (27)questioned 1,300 adults, including 300 who do not save at all.
It said 23% of parents were saving more or setting up university (28)accounts . And 1 in 10 parents and children were having second (29)thoughts about going to university, it added.
Ministers have decided that the (30)standard level for tuition (学费) fees will be ￡6,000, up from the (31)current level of ￡3,290. But universities will be able to charge up to ￡9,000 if they (32)fulfill/fulfil certain
conditions.
Student loans will continue to be (33)available to cover both the fees and day-to-day maintenance. But many parents try to reduce the debt (34)burden by covering some of the cost.
The evidence from ING Direct implies that more parents are becoming alarmed at the prospect of a rise in fees. But few will be able to protect their children from taking on some student (35)loans .
Full details about the loans on offer in 2012 have not yet been finalized, but it appears that some students could end up with ￡40,000 of debt.
26.正确答案为 factor 你没有作答。 27.正确答案为 questioned 你没有作答。 28.正确答案为 accounts 你没有作答。 29.正确答案为 thoughts 你没有作答。 30.正确答案为 standard 你没有作答。 31.正确答案为 current 你没有作答。 32.正确答案为 fulfill/fulfil 你没有作答。 33.正确答案为 available 你没有作答。 34.正确答案为 burden 你没有作答。 35.正确答案为 loans 你没有作答。
Part Ⅲ
Section A Fill in the blanks
Directions：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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
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Teen smokers are influenced to start smoking if their favorite movie stars are smokers, suggests research in a Dartmouth College study published in this week's Tobacco Control, a BMJ journal. Teenagers aged 10 to 19 were (36)surveyed about their smoking habits and their attitudes toward smoking. These were scored on a five-point (37)scale . Altogether, 632 students from five rural New England schools (38)participated .
Teens whose favorite stars smoked in films were more likely to score (39)higher than teens who chose stars who did not smoke. And the more a star portrayed (描绘) smoking, the more (40)favorably the adolescent (青少年) viewed smoking. Teens whose favorite stars smoked in two films were 1.5 times more likely to score on the (41)upper end of the scale,
while those whose favorite stars smoked in three or more films were three times as likely to do so.
Among teens who had never smoked, those who chose stars who smoked in three or more films were 16 times as likely to express positive opinions about smoking than those who chose \ (42)non-smoking \
Stars who smoke may therefore (43)encourage teens to try out smoking, suggest the authors, who conclude: \believe this (44)evidence strongly suggests that media descriptions of tobacco use by popular movie stars (45)contribute to adolescent smoking.\
A) participated B) attribute C) favorably D) evidence E) higher F) scale G) level H) upper I) contribute J) encourage K) likely L) non-smoking M) lower N) surveyed O) anticipated
36.正确答案为 N) surveyed 你没有作答。 解析：N) surveyed
surveyed：逻辑题。第一段第一句说Teen smokers are influenced to start smoking if their favorite movie stars are smokers（研究表明青少年会受到他们所喜爱影星的影响而抽烟），第二句话要具体介绍这项研究的主要对象和目的。由于前面有were，因此空格处需要一个动词的被动式表示“被调查”的意思，所以此处填入surveyed。
scale：上下文关系题。此句要表达的是这些被调查的青少年被分为五个等级，scale在此表示的意思是“等级”，文章第二段中也出现了这个词语用来表示此意思，所以此处填入scale。
participated：句子成分和句子意思题。根据上面所述，此句要表示的是一共有五所来自乡村新英格兰学校的632名学生参与了这项调查研究。空格需要一个动词的过去时来表示“参与、参加”的意思，所以此处填入participated。
higher：上下文联系题。文章开头第一句话提到了研究表明青少年会受到他们所喜爱影星的影响而抽烟，因此这句话要表示的是那些喜欢吸烟影星的青少年更有可能比喜欢不吸烟影星的被划分在更高的等级上，意思就是说他们更有可能染上烟瘾，空格处需要一个形容词的比较级表示“更高的”，所以此处填入higher。 favorably：句子意思题。根据上一句话的意思，此句要表达的是一位影星描绘吸烟的场景越多，喜欢他们的青少年就越喜欢吸烟。空格处需要一个副词来修饰后面的viewed，表示“喜欢地”意思，选项中只有favorably符合题意，所以此处填入favorably。
upper：句子意思题。这个句子结构完整不缺成分，此句的意思是若影星在两部电影里吸过烟，则喜欢他们的青少年被划分在等级上限的可能性达到1.5倍，空格处需要一个形容词，表示“上等的”的意思，选项中只有upper符合题意，所以此处填入upper。
non-smoking：逻辑题。这段话要在不吸烟的青少年中，把喜欢吸烟影星和喜欢不吸烟影星的青少年作比较，看看他们对吸烟的观点和态度，根据句子的逻辑关系，空格处需要一个形容词表示“不吸烟”的意思，所以此处填入non-smoking。
encourage：上下文联系题。根据上文的一系列比较，此句要表示的是吸烟的影星会促使青少年尝试吸烟。由于有情态动词may，空格处需要一个动词原形表示“促使”的意思，所以此处填入encourage。 evidence：句子意思题。此句的意思是我们坚信这个证据有力地表明了：媒体通过刻画那些受欢迎的影星对烟草的运用是青少年吸烟的原因之一。因此空格处需要填入一个名词来表示“证据、证明”的意思，选项中evidence符合题意，所以此处填入evidence。
contribute：上下文联系题。通过上文的叙述，此句要表达的意思是媒体刻画的影星吸烟场景是青少年吸烟的原因之一。此句缺少谓语动词，因此空格处需要一个动词与后面的to作搭配，表示“是??的原因之一”的意思，选项中只有contribute符合题意，所以此处填入contribute。 37.正确答案为 F) scale 你没有作答。 解析：F) scale 略
38.正确答案为 A) participated 你没有作答。