Section B

　　Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

　　(A)

　　(You may read the questions first.)

　　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　　Using your NatWest Service Card

　　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　　Using your cards abroad

　　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you’re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　　We take a commission charge (手續(xù)費) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　　With your credit card you can do the following:

　　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’ interest-free credit.

　　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (結(jié)算單). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler’s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　　66. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　　67. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

68. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller’s cheques.

　　69. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　　(B)

　　A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species. The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants—the Asian elephant, African forest elephant and African savanna (熱帶草原) elephant.

　　Once they obtained DNA sequences (序列) from two fossils，mammoths and mastodons，the team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.

　　The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephants and the African forest elephants have been distinct species for several million years. The separation of the two species took place around the time of the separation of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.

　　There has long been a debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.

　　Previously, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species despite the elephants’ significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2.5 metres. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However, the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA.

　　Alfred Roca, assistant professor in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Minois, said, “We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation (保護(hù)) purpose. Since 1950 all African elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are two very distinct animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority for conservation purpose.”

　　70. One of the fossils studied by the researchers is that of ________.

　　A. the Asian elephant B. the forest elephant

　　C. the savanna elephant D. the mastodon elephant

　　71. The researcher’s conclusion was based on a study of the African elephant’s ________.

　　A. DNA B. height C. weight D. population

　　72. Alfred Roca’s words were mainly about ________.

　　A. the purpose of studying African elephants

　　B. the conservation of African elephants

　　C. the way to divide African elephants into two units

　　D. the reason for the distinction of African elephants

　　73. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Naturalist’s Belief about Elephants.

　　B. Amazing Experiment about Elephants.

　　C. An Unexpected Finding about Elephants.

　　D. A Long scientific Debate about Elephants.

　　(C)

　　A big focus of the criticism of computer games has concerned the content of the games being played. When the story of the games is analyzed they can be seen to fall into some styles. The two styles most popular with the children I interviewed were ‘Platformers’ and ‘Beat-them-ups.’ Platform games such as Sonic and Super Mario involve leaping from platform to platform, avoiding obstacles, moving on through the levels, and progressing through the different stages of the game. Beat-them-ups are the games which have caused concern over their violent content. These games involve fights between animated (動畫的) characters. In many ways this violence can be compared to violence within children’s cartoons where a character is hit over the head or falls off a cliff but walks away unscathed.

　　Argument has occurred in part because of the intensity of the game play, which is said to spill over into children’s everyday lives. There are worries that children are becoming more violent and aggressive after longtime exposure to these games. Playing computer games involves feelings of intense frustration and anger which often expresses itself in aggressive ‘yells’ at the screen. It is not only the ‘Beat-them-up’ games which produce this aggression; platform games are just as frustrating when the characters lose all their ‘lives’ and ‘die’ just before the end of the level is reached. Computer gaming relies upon intense concentration on the moving images on the screen and demands great hand-to-eye coordination (協(xié)調(diào)). When the player loses and the words ‘Game over’ appear on the screen, there is annoyance and frustration at being beaten by the computer and at having made an error. This anger and aggression could perhaps be compared to the aggression felt when playing football and you take your eye off the ball and enable the opposition to score. The annoyance experienced when defeated at a computer game is what makes gaming ‘addictive’: the player is determined not to make the same mistake again and to have ‘one last go’ in the hope of doing better next time.

　　Some of the concern over the violence of computer games has been about children who are unable to tell the difference between fiction and reality and who act out the violent moves of the games in fight on the playground. The problem with video games is that they involve children more than television or films and this means there are more implications for their social behavior. Playing these games can lead to anti-social behavior, make children aggressive and affect their emotional stability.

　　74. The best title for the passage is _______.

　　A. How to control anger while playing computer games

　　B. There is no difference between ‘Platformers’ and ‘Beat-Them-Ups’

　　C. How does playing computer games affect the level of violence in children

　　D. How to make children spend less time on computer games

　　75. The word “unscathed” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

　　A. unharmed B. unbeaten C. unsettled D. unhappy

　　76. According to Paragraph 2, how does violence relate to playing computer games?

　　A. Beat-Them-Ups are more popular with children therefore more likely to produce violent behavior.

　　B. When losing computer games children tend to experience frustration and anger.

　　C. People who have good hand-eye-coordination tend to be more violent than others.

　　D. The violent content in the games gets children addicted to the games.

　　77. According to the author, why do video games lead to violence more than TV or movies?

　　A. Because children cannot tell fiction from reality.

　　B. Because children like to act out the scenes in the games on the playground.

　　C. Because computer games can produce more anti-social behavior.

　　D. Because computer games involve children more than TV or films.

　　Section C

　　Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

　　Gift certificates, or rather their high-tech new replacements, gift cards, are America’s most popular present. They spare gift-givers the tension of choosing anything specific, and receivers the horror of having to keep the result. Retailers like them too, because they are quite profitable. But like most goods in the recession (衰退), they have become harder to shift, prompting some radical redesigns.

　　Gift cards are profitable because retailers receive money for them up from, and around 10% of them are never redeemed (收回), according to Lew Paine of the GFK Group, a market-research firm. When people do use them, they often spend more than the amount given, on products with high margins.

　　But sales of gift cards were down by around 6% last year in America, to about billion, partly because discounts in stores were so steep that customers saw more value in buying products directly. Bankruptcies (破產(chǎn)) among retailers also scared people away from gift cards, for fear that stores would not be around to honour them. Some financial-services companies that offer gift cards which can be used in various stores, including Visa and American Express, came under fire for charging monthly maintenance fees on unspent balances.

　　Analysts expect another tough holiday season for gift cards this year. Sales will be down by about 5%, projects Archstone Consulting, which studies the business. Retailers are trying to counter this decline by making gift cards more attractive. One approach is to add nifty (俏皮的) packaging. Target, for example, is selling gift cards that double as wind-up toys or play recorded greetings. Other retailers have launched schemes that let people e-mail one another electronic gift certificates, which the receivers can then print out for use.

Some retailers have even given gift cards away in an effort to drum up business. Neiman Marcus, for example, sent gift cards to big customers to tempt them back for further shopping. Target will give a $l0 gift card to people who spend $l00 before noon on the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is considered the start of the holiday shopping season. Such handouts can be cheaper than sharp store-wide discounts, which proved destructive to profits last year. Expiration dates add a sense of urgency, which retailers are eager to promote.

　　(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS)

　　78. The reason for the popularity of gift cards to gift-givers is that they don’t have to worry

　　about _________________________________________________.

　　79. Some financial-services companies that offer gift cards were criticized last year because

　　___________________________________.

　　80. Give one example of retailers’ responding to the decline of the sales of gift cards according to the passage.

　　81. Retailers gave out handouts to promote consumption last year, but their efforts turned out _________________________________.

　　第II 卷 (共47分)

　　I. Translation

　　Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

　　82. 屠呦呦是中國第一個被授予諾貝爾獎的女科學(xué)家。(award)

　　83. 直到他走出空調(diào)房間，才意識到今天有多冷。(Not…)

　　84. 你接觸到的原版小說越多，對英美文化的了解就越深。(expose)

　　85. 同事們從來沒有想到，他會想方設(shè)法完成大家認(rèn)為不可能完成的任務(wù)。 (occur)

　　86. 盡管空氣污染嚴(yán)重，警察仍在高峰時段堅守崗位，嚴(yán)格執(zhí)法，確保交通暢通。(Despite)

　　II. Guided Writing

　　Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

　　以下是2014年中國某城市交通事故發(fā)生原因的調(diào)查信息統(tǒng)計表，請根據(jù)此表，寫一篇120—150字的文章。你的文章需包括：

　　1. 簡要描述下表

　　2. 談?wù)勀愕目捶ê徒ㄗh

　　參考答案

　　第I卷

　　一、參考答案

　　1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B

　　11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. D

　　17. owners 18. 50 19. branch 20. management

　　21. campus food service 22. overcooked 23. (generally) satisfactory 24. opening hours

　　25. because 26. the latest 27. what 28. which

　　29. a 30. are reduced 31. comes 32. Expecting

　　33. like 34. as if 35. himself 36. though / although

　　37. named 38. to be drawing 39. reading 40. May / Can / Could /Shall

　　41 C 42. I 43. G 44. K 45. F 46. A 47. D 48. J 49. E 50. B

　　51. B 52. A 53. D 54. C 55. D 56. B 57. A 58. B 59. C 60. D

　　61. A 62. B 63. D 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. A 68. C 69. D 70. D

　　71. A 72. B 73. C 74. C 75. A 76. B 77. D

　　78. choosing anything specific

　　79. they charged monthly maintenance fees on unspent balances

　　80. Add nifty packaging. / Promote electronic gift certificates (let people email electronic gift certificates) / make gift cards more attractive / …

　　81. to be destructive to profits

　　二、評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

　　1、第1~10題;17~65題每題1分。第11~16題：66~81題每題2分。

　　2、語法題的答案可忽略大小寫。

　　3、第78~81題答案僅供閱卷參考?？忌缬衅渌项}意的表達(dá)法，且無語法錯誤可得分。

　　第II卷

　　一、參考答案

　　(一)中譯英

　　82. Tu Youyou is the first Chinese woman scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

　　83. Not until he went out of the air-conditioned room did he realize how cold it was (is) today.

　　84. The more original novels you are exposed to, the deeper understanding you’ll have on the British and American culture.

　　85. It never occurred to the colleagues that he could try every possible means to accomplish the tasks which they all considered impossible.

　　86. Despite the fact that the air pollution is serious, policemen still stick to the posts in the rush hours and strictly carry out the law to ensure the smooth traffic.

　　Despite the serious air pollution, policemen still stick to the posts in the rush hours and strictly carry out the law to ensure the smooth traffic.

　　(二)寫作

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