15. How will Liz spend the prize money?
A． Setting up a fund for the local community. B． Building houses for more suffering families. C． Buying clothes for victims of the accident. D． Donating it to a charity organisation.
【答案】 B
【解析】
根据录音中的“we are rebuilding another ten families’ homes, with that money”可知，这笔钱将用来重建十个家庭。因此选B项。 【录音原文】
Anderson(A): The CNN Hero of the Year is Liz McCartney. Do you feel like a hero?
McCartney(M): No, I mean I’m surrounded by amazing people every single day, Anderson, people who are really, really strong and amazingly hardworking. So I don’t, I mean I think this award is again, really a tribute to everybody’s efforts.
A: What do you think the people in St. Bernard Parish think when they see this and hear that you won?
M: Well, I, I hope they are honored, you know, this award is really about them and their families and their communities and get them back to where they were before the storm. When you are in an area where people have suffered so much loss, you realize what’s really important is family, and homes and communites.
A: Do you think this is a reminder to a lot of folks there of , there is still a lot of work that needs to be done there?
M: I surely hope so. I hope the message is loud and clear, that while we are making a lot of progress thanks to all the help that we’ve received, there’s still a long way to go. What I’d like to do tonight is to dedicate this award to everybody in the New Orleans area that was affected by this storm.
A: What’s it been like being here on this night, I mean, you have celebrities, you know, talking about you and this award and your picture being taken, is it surreal?
M: It’s totally weird. You know I am, I am used to, like, walking around in jeans and T-shirts.
A: All of our heroes got 25,000 dollars, you got this year’s CNN Hero of the Year Award that’s an additional 100,000 dollars. Do you think what you plan to do with the money?
M: Oh, absolutely, we are rebuilding another ten families’ homes, with that money, yeah, so it’s going right back into the community. 16. Section C (5 marks)
In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
Why did NASA send New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto? A． To find out its relations with other planets. B． To test its new per-second speed in space.
C． To collect more detailed data about the planet. D． To see whether there are any life forms on it.
【答案】 C
【解析】
根据录音中的“The probe was sent to grab more pictures and science and other science data on the planet”可知，发射宇宙飞船的目的是进一步获取冥王星的信息。因此选C项。 【录音原文】
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past 14 km per second. Earlier, the space agency released the most detailed picture yet as it hurtled towards the dwarf planet on Tuesday. The probe was sent to grab more pictures and other science data on the planet, as it passed 12,500 km from the surface. 17. What is the title Geneva plans to regain? A． City of Negotiation.
B． Peace Capital of the World. C． UN European Headquarters.
D． Centre of Controlling Nuclear Weapons.
【答案】 B
【解析】
根据录音第一句“The Swiss city of the Geneva is planning activities to regain the title of ‘Peace Capital of the World’”可知，日内瓦计划重获“世界和平之都”的称号。因此选B项。 【录音原文】
The Swiss city of the Geneva is planning activities to regain the title of “Peace Capital of the World”. Geneva is home to the United Nations European headquarters. Many peace negotiations have taken place in the city. The United States and Soviet Union met there to talk about controlling nuclear weapons. Other talks included ways to end wars in Afghanistan and Lebanon. Talks to end those wars took place in Geneva throughout the 1990s. They were led by the United Nations.
18. What was Merriam-Webster’s criterion for choosing the 2015 Word of the Year? A． Whether it is related to politics, beliefs or discrimination. B． How often it is looked up in its online dictionary. C． Whether it ends in the suffix -ism. D． How often it is used in people’s life.
【答案】 B
【解析】
根据录音中的“Merriam-Webster chose its Word of the Year based on how many people look up each word in its online dictionary”可知，韦氏词典挑选年度词的标准是人们在线查找的频率。因此选B项。 【录音原文】
The American dictionary Merriam-Webstar’s 2015 Word of the Year is not even a word. It is a three-letter suffix—-ism. -ism is a noun suffix. Merriam-Webster.com defines it as the act, practice, or process of doing something. Major -ism words in 2015 centered on politics, beliefs and discrimination. Merriam-Webster chose its Word of the Year based on how many people look up each word in its online dictionary. It found that seven of the highest-ranking words this years ended in -ism.
19. What measures did the nations agree to take to fight climate change? A． Reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. B． Burning no fossil fuels from now on. C． Planting more trees. D． Using more solar power.
【答案】 A
【解析】
录音中指出，几乎所有国家都赞同阻止全球气温上升的提议，而其中一个办法就是“?to reduce their greenhouse gases（减少温室气体的排放）”。而化石燃料的燃烧只是产生温室气体的原因之一。因此选A项。加学霸兄微信号（wxxueba）获取最新真题 【录音原文】
Most recently, representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered in Paris to fight climate change. Almost every country agreed to limit the rise in global temperatures. They agreed that the world should not get any warmer than 2 degrees Celsius above what it was in the mid-1700s. This will require nations to reduce their greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide. Those gases are released from the burning of fossil fuels, like oil and gasoline, and they are blamed for raising the temperature of the planet.
20. Where did many of the richest in Britain get their increased wealth? A． From their investments in the stock market. B． From their accumulated bank savings. C． From their business earnings overseas.
D． From their rising private retirement payments.
【答案】 D
【解析】
根据录音中的“It says much of the increase came from a rise in private retirement payments, called pensions”可知，富人通过私人退休金的上涨获得财富的增加。因此选D项。 【录音原文】
The British government reports that the country’s richest people are increasing their wealth three times as fast as the poorest. The report is adding to worries about inequality in Britain. The Office of National Statistics says the wealth of the richest 10 percent of British households increased by 21 percent between 2012 and 2014. It says much of the increase came from a rise in private retirement payments, called pensions. The wealth of the lowest half of all households increased by just seven percent during the same time. 21. Section D (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
The most common legend about the discovery of coffee is that it happened in the ninth century A.D. A goat herder in Ethiopia named Kalil noticed that his goats became very active after they ate red berries from a leafy 1.______. He tried a few berries himself, and he was soon as 2. ______ as his herd. Kalil told other people in his tribe about his experience, and for the next four hundred years, people chewed the berries because they 3.______.
Recent botanical evidence indicates that Coffea arabica was first grown on the plateaus of central Ethiopia. There, the Galla tribe used to mix the beans with animal fat and eat this mixture as a source of 4.______. In 1000 A.D., the Arabs began to boil the beans and 5.______ a drink they called “qahwa,” which means wine, coffee, or any drink made from plants. Coffee was also used by the people of that region to get more energy. However, the Turks were the first to adopt coffee as an everyday drink, often adding 6.______ to the brew. The world’s first coffeehouse was opened in Constantinople in 1475.
The introduction of coffee in Europe 7.______. The delicacy was guarded like a military secret, and transportation of the plant out of the Muslim regions 8.______. In the 1600s, coffee was introduced in Europe by Italian traders through the port of Venice. Soon coffee became a popular European beverage, too. Coffeehouses 9.______ in one country after another, and became popular meeting places. The first coffeehouses were opened in England around 1650, and almost twenty years later coffee 10.______ beer as New York City’s breakfast drink.
Today coffee is drunk in millions of homes and workplaces all over the world, and coffee shops are found at almost every intersection in major cities. 1.
【答案】 bush
【解析】
(根据录音中的“A goat herder in Ethiopia named Kalil noticed that his goats became very active after they ate red berries from a leafy bush”可知，牧羊人发现他的山羊在吃了灌木丛里的红色浆果后，就变得很兴奋。因此填bush，表示“灌木丛”。) 2.
【答案】 overactive 【解析】
(根据录音中的“He tries a few berries himself, and he was soon as overactive as his herd”可知，他自己尝过之后，变得跟他的羊群一样异常兴奋。因此填overactive，表示“过于活跃的”。) 3.
【答案】
gave quick energy 【解析】
(根据录音中的“for the next four hundred years, people chewed the berries because they gave quick energy”可知，人们在之后的四百年里都通过咀嚼这种浆果来快速获得能量。因此填gave quick energy。) 4.
【答案】 nutrition 【解析】
(根据录音中的“the Galla tribe used to mix the beans with animal fat and eat this mixture as a source of nutrition”可知，盖拉语部落将咖啡豆与动物脂肪混在一起吃，作为一种营养来源。因此填nutrition，表示“营养”。) 5.
【答案】 created a drink 【解析】
(根据录音中的“the Arabs began to boil the beans and created a drink they called ‘qahwa’”可知，阿拉伯人开始将豆子煮沸，制作出叫“qahwa”的饮品。因此填created a drink。) 6.
【答案】 spices 【解析】
(根据录音中的“the Turks were the first to adopt coffee as an everyday drink, often adding spices to the brew”可知，土耳其人是第一个将咖啡作为每日饮品的人，通常会在冲泡时加入香料。因此填spices，表示“香料”。) 7.
【答案】
came much later 【解析】
(根据录音中的“The introduction of coffee in Europe came much later”可知，咖啡在较晚的时候才被引进欧洲。因此填came much later。) 8.
【答案】 was forbidden 【解析】
(根据录音中的“transportation of the plant out of the Muslim regions was forbidden”可知，穆斯林地区之外的咖啡运输是遭到禁止的。因此填was forbidden。) 9.
【答案】 spread