medicine three times a day after eating, but it doesn't seem to help. He also told me to stay off my feet for a day or so, but I'm so busy these days.
W: Listen, forget about that medicine! I have just the thing to get rid of bad cold. You see, my mom is really into Chinese traditional medicine.
M: Oh, thanks.
W: Ah, come on! Give it a try. You just take some of my mom's Chinese medicine and drink it four times a day. Believe me. You'll be up and dancing around in no time.
M: Dancing around in no time, right? Well, I guess. Nothing else seems to be doing the job.
W: Great. I'll come by your place at 7:30.
M: See you then.
12.What's wrong with the man?
A) He has a cold. B) He has the flu. C) He has a stomachache. D) He has a headache.
正确答案为 A 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中男士提到，医生说他得了重感冒（the doctor said it was just a bad cold），所以选A。 13.How often should the man take the medicine the doctor has prescribed?
A) Three times a day with meals. B) Four times a day before meals. C) Three times a day after meals. D) Four times a day with meals.
正确答案为 C 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中男士提到，他应该每天饭后服药，一天三次（I'm supposed to take the medicine three times a day after eating），所以选C。
14.What does the woman suggest the man do?
A) See another doctor. B) Take Chinese medicine. C) Eat chicken soup.
D) Take her grandpa's medicine.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中女士建议男士尝试一下中药（Give it a try. You just take some of my mom's Chinese medicine and drink it four times a day），所以选B。 15.What does the man decide to do?
A) To talk to another friend. B) To accept the woman's suggestion. C) To see the same doctor again. D) To stay in bed for more days.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中男士最后说到，好像也没有什么其他办法了（Nothing else seems to be doing the job），据此可以推测，他可能会接受女士的建议，尝试中药，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).
本题得分：10.0/10分
Script
A people thought to be dead for 500 years hope to prove they're still very much alive, thanks to the 2010 population count. It counts everyone in the Americas, including places like Puerto Rico. Thousands of Puerto Ricans are rediscovering their origins and plan to ensure that the US government knows about them.
At the Texas State Capital Building in Austin, members of the Taino tribe gathered to raise awareness about the 2010 US census. Dr. Ana María Tekina-eirú Maynard led the group in song. She's the tribe's leader, who directs and teaches ceremonial dances to Tainos in the United States.
She explains that the Tainos greeted Christopher Columbus when he landed in the New World in 1492, but the Spanish explorers who followed him killed the tribe in large numbers. Some Tainos managed to survive by fleeing to the mountains. But in the 1800s, Spain stopped counting native people in the census of its colonies.
Today, most history books say the Tainos were wiped out 50 years after the Spanish explorers arrived. After hundreds of years of mainstream thought that taught them the Tainos were dead, many Puerto Ricans forgot about their native ancestors.
Tainos see the 2010 US population statistics as their chance to finally prove the history books are wrong. \went into the mountains to survive when the Spanish were killing our people.\
16.What change will the 2010 population statistics probably bring about to Puerto Ricans?
A) The US government will be able to conquer them.
B) They will be known to people that they are still alive. C) Their traditional culture will be carried on. D) They can move to the modern cities.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，由于2010年的人口普查，一个被认为在500年前已经绝种的种族，或许有望证实他们仍然存活（A people thought to be dead for 500 years hope to prove they're still very much alive, thanks to the 2010 population count），所以选B。
17.How did some Tainos manage to survive from the Spanish explorers?
A) By escaping to the mountains. B) By immigrating to South America. C) By pretending to be dead.
D) By looking for the native ancestors.
正确答案为 A 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，一些泰诺人为了躲避屠杀而躲进了山里（Some Tainos managed to survive by fleeing to the mountains），所以选A。
18.Which statement is true about the Taino tribe?
A) The Tainos started to live here after Christopher Columbus landed. B) The Spanish explorers killed half of the Tainos.
C) Spain stopped counting the Tainos in the census of its colonies in 1800s. D) The Tainos were wiped out by Christopher Columbus.
正确答案为 C 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，到了19世纪，西班牙在其殖民地的人口普查中不再包括泰诺人（But in the 1800s, Spain stopped counting native people in the census of its colonies），因此C项与音频意思相符，所以选C。
Script
Much has been written about the negative effect that the Internet has had on the newspaper business. So many readers have switched to the Web for information. The sales of the printed papers and advertising income that brings in the money to publish them have dropped. Last year alone, 105 US newspapers went out of business, and 10,000 newspaper jobs were lost. So the Internet has not been lucky for a lot of newspaper, magazine, and book publishers.
The Internet changed the way people do business. According to the latest study, the Internet is making a lot of companies more efficient and more responsible to their customers. About 900 top business Internet users surveyed believe the net will force even the most disordered companies to tune into customer demands if they want to keep up.
Anderson noted that many said there is too much pressure from the public in this era of collective intelligence. Others are doubtful. Susan Crawford, a former member of President Obama's National Economic Council, told the researchers, \information is online and available, there will still be some small circle of men who will be hanging on to all the other media.\
19.What is the negative effect the Internet had on the newspaper business?
A) More than half of the newspaper readers go to the Web forinformation. B) Both the sales of the printed papers and the advertising income have dropped. C) 105 US newspapers went out of business in two years. D) 10,000 newspaper jobs were lost overnight.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，由于很多读者开始从网络获取信息，印刷类报纸的销量以及由此带来的广告收益都有所下降（The sales of the printed papers and advertising income that brings in the money to publish them have dropped），所以选B 。
20.How did the Internet change the way of doing business?
A) By making companies more efficient and responsible. B) By treating their customers as God.
C) By training their employees more aggressive. D) By keeping informed of the various news.
正确答案为 A 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，互联网使得很多公司越来越高效，对消费者越来越负责（the Internet is making a lot of companies more efficient and more responsible to their customers），所以选A。
21.What does Susan Crawford say about getting information?
A) The online information is not reliable and disordered.
B) Some small circle of people will refer to the other media for information. C) People will go for other sources if the internet information is not available. D) Many people will still like to read newspaper.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中引用Susan Crawford的观点，不管网上有多少信息，有一小部分人仍然会依赖其他媒介获取信息（there will still be some small circle of men who will be hanging on to all the other media），所以选B。 Script
Do you think a little music would enhance your reading experience? Pianist and novelist Harrison Gradwell Slater thinks so. In fact, he's integrated music into the text of his new novel, Nocturne. The romantic adventure story comes with a CD of Chopin favorites performed by the author, to be played at specific points in the book.
Slater says playing Chopin is the greatest happiness in his life. \touches me with its incredible strength. It immediately brings us into a world of passion, and of great sensitivity.\with giving his readers a chance to hear Chopin's music as part of the story, from beginning to end.
The author says Chopin's music enhances the text in many ways. Slater says it wasn't just Chopin's music that inspired his novel; it was the composer's life as well. Nocturne is only one part of Slater's celebration of Chopin's birth. He is also artistic director of an international Chopin piano competition coming to his city of Boston in May. Slater's hope of providing a CD along with the book will give Chopin's admirers a chance to enjoy his music in a different setting while also introducing the great composer to a new generation.
22.What is Slater's new novel about?
A) A romantic adventure. B) His favorite music.
C) How to make music into story. D) Chopin's achievement.
正确答案为 A 你选对了！ 解析：
音频中提到，Slater的新小说是一部浪漫主义的冒险故事（his new novel, Nocturne. The romantic adventure story?），所以选A。