Western dads seemed more in tune with mothers, with nearly a quarter agreeing that finding time for housework was the biggest issue. About a third of dads took their own fathers' counsel about careers and family to heart and were happy with the outcome, while another 18 percent chose not to listen.
22.What's the passage mainly about?
A) A survey about Western working dads. B) Working fathers in Quebec. C) Father-to-father wisdom. D) A poll about Father's Day.
正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：
文章通篇都在描述一项基于上班族父亲的调查结果，例如他们如何平衡工作和家庭时间，如何找时间帮忙家务等，所以选A。
23.What troubles 16 percent of fathers so much according to the passage?
A) Kids couldn't see their fathers at the end of the day. B) Work stops them from enjoying family time. C) They have to go on business a lot. D) They have no time for housework.
正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，16%的受访者在一天快结束的时候无法摆脱工作的影响（16 percent of fathers said they had difficulty letting go of work at the end of the day），可见对于他们来说，工作和家庭生活无法界限分明，所以选B。
24.How many fathers claim to be able to keep the family-career balance?
A) 11 percent of them. B) 16 percent of them. C) 40 percent of them. D) 15 percent of them.
正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，40%的上班族爸爸能够找到家庭与工作之间的平衡（40 percent of working dads still claim the family-work balance is manageable），所以选C。
25.According to the passage, from whom do one third of Western dads receive suggestions on career and family?
A) Their relatives.
B) Their mothers. C) Family counselors. D) Their fathers.
正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：
音频中提到，三分之一的人会听取自己父亲的建议（About a third of dads took their own fathers' counsel about careers and family to heart），所以选D。
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
More than 1 in 10 UK teenagers has been left without a job or college place, despite 11 years of compulsory (义务的) education, figures show. The number of 16- to 18-year-olds (26)branded as \—not in education, employment or training—has risen amid (27)growing fears that school-leavers are bearing the burden of job (28)shortages in the recession.
Some 261,000 young people had no job or training place, according to (29)official data. The figure rose to 1,082,000 among 16- to 24-year-olds. The Conservatives (30)considered the figures \shadow skills (31)secretary , said: \is a damning blame on the Government's (32)failure
to
help
young
people
during
the
recession. (33)Despite all Gordon Brown's guarantees and pledges, the number of young people neither earning nor learning is increasing at a rate of more than 9,000 a week. Ministers must stop making empty (34)gestures that do so little to help young people.\
The Government has a target to reduce the proportion of young Neets to 7.6 percent by next year. The latest (35)annual data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families is 10.3 percent by the end of 2008. Iain Wright, the Schools Minister, said: \training so they can gain the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive labour/labor market. We need to carry on helping young people through this tough economic climate.\
26.正确答案为 branded 你没有作答。 27.正确答案为 growing 你没有作答。 28.正确答案为 shortages 你没有作答。 29.正确答案为 official 你没有作答。 30.正确答案为 considered 你没有作答。 31.正确答案为 secretary 你没有作答。 32.正确答案为 failure 你没有作答。 33.正确答案为 Despite 你没有作答。 34.正确答案为 gestures 你没有作答。 35.正确答案为 annual 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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They are the so-called \Generation\They look stylish and sophisticated. They are soft and get hurt easily. They seem (36)unbearably spoilt and can't take much (37)pressure .
The term was coined by a Taiwan writer in one of her books about office rules. It refers to the post-60s generation of office workers, who grew up in a (38)protected environment and got easily dented(挫伤)—just like strawberries—by life's lightest (39)knocks . This expression is now finding its way into the mainland, and refers to young workers, of only child families, who have been (40)active in the workforce for just a year or two. They are (41)generally well educated but are self-centered and give too much importance to appearance and material (42)comforts .
They are unwilling to work hard, give up easily to setbacks and often put personal interests before collective interests. The worst of them are (43)characterized as \or \豆腐).
Bosses often (44)despair of this \flimsy(站不住脚的) reason. They think well of themselves and sometimes even command their bosses and senior colleagues. Yet, their own performance can be (45)wanting . Owner of a public relations agency in Beijing, Li interviewed a girl recently, who left her last job because many senior officials in her former company had been fired. She feared she would be next. But in fact, the company hadn't intended to dismiss her.
A) despair B) unbearably C) inevitably D) characterized E) worry F) comforts G) isolated H) generally I) pressure J) active K) wanting L) knocks M) confidence N) protected O) insensitively
36.正确答案为 B) unbearably 你没有作答。 解析：B) unbearably
unbearably:【考点】句子意思题 【解析】这里要表达的意思是：他们看起来被父母宠的让人无法忍受。Unbearably意思是“让人无法容忍的”，所以此处填入unbearably。
pressure:【考点】逻辑分析题 【解析】由前面的内容可知，这些人看起来很柔弱，容易受伤害，又是被父母娇惯长大的，可以推断出他们可能不太能承受太多的压力，所以此处填入pressure。
protected:【考点】句子结构题 【解析】分析句子成分可知，这里需要一个修饰environment（环境）的形容词，由后面的“容易受到挫伤”可知，这些人是在受保护的环境中成长起来的，所以此处填入protected。 knocks:【考点】词义辨析题 【解析】这里要表达的意思是：他们经受不住生活中最轻微的打击。Knock意思是“挫折、打击”的意思，所以此处填入knocks。
active:【考点】常识判断题 【解析】由于文章当中说的是来自大陆的独生子女家庭的孩子们，通过常识可知他们是最近一两年开始活跃在劳动力大军中，所以此处填入active。
generally:【考点】句子意思题 【解析】这里要表达的意思是：一般来说，他们都接受过良好的教育，但是都以自我为中心。generally意思是“一般来讲，普遍来讲”，所以此处填入generally。
comforts:【考点】固定用法题 【解析】material comforts是固定搭配，意思是物质享受，这里是说这些人太注重外表和物质享受，所以此处填入comforts。
characterized:【考点】词义辨析题【解析】这里要表达的意思是：他们中最差的那些被描述为“布丁”或“豆腐”。characterize意思是“描述、描绘”，所以此处填入characterized。
despair:【考点】固定搭配题【解析】despair of是固定搭配，意思是“对某人失去信心、绝望”。这句话的意思是：老板常常对这些“草莓的一代”感到绝望，所以此处填入despair。
wanting:【考点】上下文联系题 【解析】上文提到这些人有时甚至会吩咐自己的上级或老板，这里是说，他们自己的行为却存在欠缺。Wanting意思是“不足的、欠缺的”，所以此处填入wanting。 37.正确答案为 I) pressure 你没有作答。 解析：I) pressure 略
38.正确答案为 N) protected 你没有作答。 解析：N) protected 略
39.正确答案为 L) knocks 你没有作答。 解析：L) knocks 略
40.正确答案为 J) active 你没有作答。 解析：J) active 略
41.正确答案为 H) generally 你没有作答。 解析：H) generally