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PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(25MIN)SECTIONAMINI-LECTURE
Inthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.Youwillhearthemini-lectureONCEONLY.Whilelisteningtothemini-lecture,pleasecompletethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONEandwriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachgap.Makesuretheword(s)youfillinis(are)bothgrammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayusetheblanksheetfornote-taking.
YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask.
Nowlistentothemini-lecture.Whenitisover,youwillbegivenTHREEminutestocheckyourwork.
SECTIONBINTERVIEW
InthissectionyouwillhearONEinterview.TheinterviewwillbedividedintoTWOparts.Attheendofeachpart,fivequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.BoththeinterviewandthequestionswillbespokenONCEONLY.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeaten-secondpause.Duringthepause,youshouldreadthefourchoicesofA),B),C)andD),andmarkthebestanswertoeachquestiononANSWERSHEETTWO.
YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthequestions.Now,listentoPartOneoftheinterview.
1.A.Doingwhattheyhavepromisedtoschools
B.CreatingopportunitiesforleadinguniversitiesC.Reducingopportunitiesforstateschoolpupils
D.Consideringremovingbarriersforstateschoolpupils
2.A.Thegovernmenthasloweredstatepupils’expectations.
B.ThenumberofstatepupilsapplyingtoOxfordfailstoincrease.C.Universitiesarenotworkinghardtoacceptstateschoolpupils.D.Leadinguniversitiesarerejectingstateschoolpupils.3.……4.……5.……
Now,listentoPartTwooftheinterview.
16.A.ItmeansmorefundingfromeducationauthoritiesB.ItmeansmoreopportunitiesandchoicesC.Itmeansgreaterpowertorunthemselves
D.Itmeansgettingallthemoneyanddecidinghowtospendit7.A.Localeducationauthoritiesandsecondaryschoolstogether.B.Localeducationauthoritiesandthecentralgovernment.C.Localeducationauthoritiesonly.D.Thecentralgovernmentonly.
8.A.Toinitiatenewtopics.B.Tosupporttheinterviewee.C.Tointroducenewpolicies.D.Toexplainsomestatistics.9.……10……
PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION(45MIN)SECTIONAMULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS
Inthissectionthereareseveralpassagesfollowedbyfourteenmultiplechoicequestions.Foreachmultiplechoicequestion,therearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosetheonethatyouthinkisthebestanswerandmarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO.
PASSAGEONE
In2011,manyshoppersoptedtoavoidthefreneticcrowdsanddotheirholidayshoppingfromthecomfortoftheircomputer.Salesatonlineretailersgainedbymorethan15%,makingitthebiggestseasonever.Butpeoplearealsoreturningthosepurchasesatrecordrates,up8%fromlastyear.
Whatwentwrong?Isthelingeringshadowoftheglobalfinancialcrisismakingithardertoacceptextravagantindulgences?Ordopeopleshopmoreimpulsively–andthereforemakebaddecisions–whenonline?Bothargumentsareplausible.However,thereisathirdfactor:aquestionoftouch.Wecanlovethelookbut,inanonlineenvironment,wecannotfeelthequalityofatexture,theshapeofthefit,thefallofafoldortheweightofanearring.Andphysicallyinteractingwithanobjectmakesyoumorecommittedtoyourpurchase.
WhenmymostrecentbookBrandwashedwasreleased,Iteamedupwithalocalbookstoreto
2conductanexperimentaboutthedifferencesbetweentheonlineandofflineshopping.Icarefullyinstructedagroupofvolunteerstopromotemybookintwodifferentways.Thefirstwasafairlyhands-offapproach.Wheneveracustomerwouldinquireaboutmybook,thevolunteerwouldtakethemovertotheshelfandpointtoit.Outof20suchrequests,sixcustomersproceededwiththepurchase.
Thesecondoptionalsoinvolvedgoingovertotheshelfbut,thistime,removingthebookandthensubtlyholdingontoitforjustanextramomentbeforeplacingitinthecustomer’shands.Ofthe20peoplewhowerehandedthebook,13endedupbuyingit.Justphysicallypassingthebookshowedabigdifferenceinsales.Why?Wefeelsomethingsimilartoasenseofownershipwhenweholdthingsinourhand.That’swhyweestablishorreestablishconnectionbygreetingstrangersandfriendswithahandshake.Inthiscase,havingtothenletgoofthebookafterholdingitmightgenerateasubtlesenseofloss,andmotivateustomakethepurchaseevenmore.
ArecentstudyconductedbyBangorUniversitytogetherwiththeUnitedKingdom’sRoyalMailservicealsorevealedthepoweroftouch,inthiscasewhenitcametosnailmail.Adeeperandlonger-lastingimpressionofamessagewasformedwhendeliveredinaletter,asopposedtoreceivingthesamemessageonline.FMRIs（功能性磁共振成像）showedthat,ontouchingthepaper,theemotionalcentreofthebrainwasactivated,thusformingastrongerbond.Thestudyalsoindicatedthatoncetouchbecomespartoftheprocess,itcouldtranslateintoasenseofpossession.Inotherwords,wesimplyfeelmorecommittedtopossessandthusbuyanitemwhenwe’vefirsttouchedit.Thissenseofownershipissimplynotpartoftheequationintheonlineshoppingexperience.
Astheritualsofpurchaseinthelead-uptoChristmaschange,notonlydowegivelessthoughttothetypeofgiftswebuyforourlovedonesbut,throughourowndigitalwishlists,weincreasinglycontrolwhattheybuyforus.Thereality,however,isthatnomatterhowconvincedweallarethatdigitalisthewaytogo,findingrealsatisfactionwillprobablytakemorethanafewsimpleclicks.
11.Accordingtotheauthor,shoppersarereturningtheirpurchasesforallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat________.
A.theyareunsatisfiedwiththequalityofthepurchaseB.theyeventuallyfindthepurchasetooexpensiveC.theychangetheirmindoutofuncertainty
D.theyregretmakingthepurchasewithoutforethought12.WhydoestheauthorcitethestudybyBangorUniversityandtheRoyalMailService?
A.Tocomparesimilarresponsesindifferentsettings.B.Toprovidefurtherevidenceforhisownobservation.C.Toofferascientificaccountofthebrain’sfunctions.D.Todescribeemotionalresponsesinonlineshopping.13.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?
A.Despiteonlineshoppingwestillattachimportancetogiftbuying.B.Somepeoplearestilluncertainaboutthedigitalage.
C.Realsatisfactiondependsonfactorsotherthanthecomputer.D.Onlineshoppingoffersrealsatisfactiontoshoppers.
3PASSAGETWO
MyprofessorbrotherandIhaveanargumentaboutheadandheart,aboutwhetherheovervaluesIQwhileIleanmoretowardEQ.Wetypicallyhavethisdebateaboutpeople–canyoubefriendswithareallysmartjerk（怪物）?–butthere’scorollarytoanimalsaswell.I’dloveitifourdogcouldfetchthemorningpaperandthenreadittomeovercoffee,butIactuallycaremuchmoreaboutherloyalandinnocentheart.There’salreadyenoughthinkinggoingoninourhouse,andweprobablyspendtoomuchtimeinourheads.Whereweneedsomerolemodelingisininstinct,andthat’swhereadogisarovingrevelation.
Ididnotgrowupwithdogs,whichmeantthatmyolderdaughter’srespectfulbutunyieldingdeterminationtogetonerequiredsomeadjustmentonmypart.Ioftenfeltshewastrainingme:fromagesof6to9,shegentlyschooledmeinvariousbreedsandtheirpersonalities,whisperedtothedogsweencounteredsotheywouldcharmandpersuademe,demonstratedbyherself-disciplinethatshewasreadyfortheresponsibility.AndthuscameourdogTwist,whomIsometimesmistakeforathirddaughter.
AtfirstIthoughtthechallengewouldbetotrainhertosit,toheel,towalkcalmlybesideusandnotgowildlychasingtheneighbourhoodrabbits.ButIsoondiscoveredhowmuchmorewehadtolearnfromherthanshefromus.
Ifitistrue,forexample,thatthesecrettoachild’ssuccessislessraregeniusthanrawpersistence,Twist’sabilitytostayontaskisamodelforusall,especiallyifthetaskistryingtocapturethesunbeamthatflicksaroundthelivingroomasthewindblowsthroughthebranchesoutside.Sheneversucceeds,andshenevergivesup.Thisincludeswhensherunssquareintowalls.
Thenthereisherunfailingpatience,whichbreaksdownonlywhenshesensesthatdinnertimewas15minutesagoandwehavesomehowfailedtonotice.Eventhensheismoreeagerthanindignant,andherrefusaltowhineshowsarestraintofwhichI’mnotalwayscapablewhenhungry.
ButthelessonIvaluemostistheoneinforgiveness,andTwistfirstofferedthiswhenshewasstillveryyoung.Whenshewasabout7monthsold,wetookhertothevettobespayed（切除卵巢）.Weturnedherovertoastranger,whoproceededtoperformaprocedurethatwasprobablynotpleasant.Butwhenthevetreturnedhertous,limpandtender,therewasnorecrimination（反责）,noHowcouldyoudothattome?Itwasasthoughshealreadyknewthatwewouldnotintentionallycauseherpain,andwhileshedidnotunderstand,sheforgaveandcurledupwithherheadonmydaughter’slap.
Isupposewecouldhaveconcludedthatshewasjustblindlyloyalanddocile.Buteventuallyweknewbetter.Sheisentirelycapableofdisobedience,asshehasprovedmanytimes.Shewillignoreuswhentherearemoreinterestingthingstolookat,rebukeuswhenwearecareless,barkintothetwilightwhenshehasurgentmessagestosend.Butherpatiencewithourfailingsandficklenessandherwillingnesstogiveusasecondchanceareadailylessoningratitude.
Myfriendswhogrewupwithdogstellmehowwhentheywereteenagersandtrustednooneintheworld,theycouldtelltheirdogalltheirsecrets.Itwastheonefriendwhowouldnotgossiporbetray,couldprovideinthemiddleofthenightthesoft,unbegrudgingcomfortandpeacethatadolescenceconspirestodisrupt.Anagethatisallaboutgrowthandriskneedssomeanchorsandweights,amodelofsteadfastnesswhenallelseisinflux.SometimesIthinkTwist’sdevotionkeepsmygirlsonabenevolentleash,onethathangsquietlyattheirsideastheytrotalongbutoccasionallyyanksthembacktosafetyandsolidground.
We’veweighedsomanydecisionssocarefullyinraisingourdaughters–whatschooltosendthem
4toandwhatchurchtoattend,whentogivethemcellphonesandwithwhatprecautions.Butwhenitcomestowhatreallyshapestheircharacterandbindsourfamily,Ineverwouldhavethoughtwewouldowesomuchtoitssmallestmember.
14.Inthefirstparagraph,theauthorsuggeststhat
A.apersoncaneitherhaveahighIQoralowEQB.weneedexamplesofhowtofollowone’sheartC.herprofessorbrothercarestoomuchaboutIQD.sheprefersdogsthatarecleverandloyal
.15.Accordingtothepassage,allthefollowingareTwist’scharacteristicsEXCEPT
A.ResignationB.patienceC.forgivenessD.tenacity16.ThatTwist’sdevotionkeepsmygirlsonabenevolentleashmeansthat
A.TwistiscapableoflookingafterthegirlsB.TwistandthegirlshavebecomefriendsC.TwistknowshowtofollowthegirlsD.Twist’sloyaltyhelpsthegirlsgrowup17.Whatdoestheauthortrytoexpressinthelastparagraph?
A.GratitudetoTwistforherrole.B.Difficultiesinraisingherchildren.C.Worriesaboutwhattobuyforkids.D.Concernsaboutschoolingandreligion.PASSAGETHREE
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MostWestAfricanlorriesarenotinwhatonewouldcallthefirstflushofyouth,andIhadlearntbybitterexperiencenottoexpectanythingverymuchofthem.ButthelorrythatarrivedtotakemeuptothemountainswasworsethananythingIhadseenbefore:ittotteredonthebordersofseniledecay.Itstoodthereonbuckledwheels,wheezingandgaspingwithexhaustionfromhavingtoclimbupthegentleslopetothecamp,andIconsignedmyselfandmyloadstoitwithsomefear.Thedriver,whowasacheerfulfellow,pointedoutthathewouldrequiremyassistanceintwoverynecessaryoperations:first,Ihadtokeepthehandbrakepresseddownwhentravellingdownhill,forunlessitwasheldthusalmostlevelwiththeflooritsullenlyrefusedtofunction.Secondly,Ihadtokeepasterneyeontheclutch,awillfulpieceofmechanismthatseizedeverychancetoleapoutofitssocketwithanoiselikeastranglingleopard.AsitwasobviousthatnotevenaWestAfricanlorry-drivercouldbesuccessfulindrivingwhilecrouchedunderthedashboard,IhadtotakeovercontrolofthoseinstrumentsifIvaluedmylife.So,whileIduckedatintervalstoputonthebrake,amidtherichsmellofburningrubber,ournoblelorryjerkeditswaytowardsthe
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