A£®volunteer B£®qualify

C£®contribute D£®donate

(32) Which of the following is a shared feature of the sleepless elite? A£®They are much thinner than most people£® B£®They ignore all physical and emotional pains£® C£®They surf the Internet almost six hours a day£® D£®They always think positive in face of difficulties£®

Passage Three

Most people think women are more affected when a relationship hits a rocky patch£®According to a new study on over 1,000 break-ups£¬it is the opposite£®Research from the Wake Forest University in the USA suggests men have a much harder time dealing with the low points£®Lead researcher Robin Simon said£º¡°Common wisdom says that women are more hurt by problems in a relationship£¬but we found that the disadvantages of strain are exaggerated for the men£®¡±She added£º¡°Men are more sensitive than we often think they are£®¡±Simon and her co-researchers discovered that men often put a brave face on problems they have with their partner but inside£¬they feel more emotional pain than women£®

The research also showed how differently men and women dealt with problems£®Women show their feelings more by crying and talking about how they feel£®Men find this hard to do because they need to be¡°masculine¡±and men don?t cry£®Instead£¬they turn to the bottle or look for escape by using drugs£®Ms£®Simon said the more relationship problems a guy went through£¬the more likely he was to become dependent on alcohol or drugs£®They make the pain go away through substance abuse rather than talking£®Simon said things are changing and that more and more men are opening up£® She said guys these daysare more likely to have divorced parents and¡°this might make them more sensitive to the ups and downs of a relationship¡±and be more emotionally aware£®

(33) Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? A£®Men are hurt more in rocky relationships£® B£®Women are hurt more in marriage break-ups£® C£®Men and women are equally hurt in break-ups.

D£®Women are more emotionally aware than men£®

(34)What does the phrase¡°a rocky patch¡±at the beginning of the passage mean? A£®A bad mood£® B£®A difficult time£® C£®A sensitive period£®

D£®A mountaineering accident£®

(35)According to the lead researcher£¬ £® A£®women have more difficulty dealing with break-ups B£®men are very insensitive to emotional problems C£®men try to cover up their real emotions

D£®women are more sensitive than previously thought

(36)It is stated in the passage that men deal with emotional problems 21

A£®in the same way as women B£®with tears and sadness

C£®by breaking bottles into pieces D£®by using alcohol and drugs

(37)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A£®Men drink alcohol to escape from emotional pain£® B£®There is a 1ink between break-ups and drug use£® C£®Divorced men are more sensitive nowadays£® D£®Guys these days are more emotionally aware£®

Passage Four

The New York Times has reported on a problem that many of us have but are not aware of¡ªInternet addiction£®According to reporter Tara Parker-Pope£¬millions of us are addicted to being online£®She says this is a growing problem that is making us more forgetful and impatient£®Ms£®Parker-Pope writes about various reports highlighting how technology is changing people. In one£¬she quotes cyber-psychologist Dr£®Elias Aboujaode who says£º¡°More and more£¬life is resembling the chat room.?? He said we are living in¡°virtual lifestyles¡±which are negatively affecting our real-life relationships£®Nicki Dowling£¬a clinical psychologist from Melbourne University in Australia£¬concluded in a recent study that 10 percent of young people had what she called ¡°Internet dependence.¡±

Tara Parker-Pope quizzed experts in this field on what the signs are of being overly absorbed in technology£®She came up with seven indicators of ¡°tech overload£®¡±The first is whether you check your e-mail before doing other things£®Another telltale sign is if you always anticipate and look forward to your next online visit¡ªa sure sign of dependence and addiction£®The third point is if you say£¬¡°just a few more minutes¡±when someone wants you£®Parker-Pope found your interaction with others also says a lot about how important the Internet is£¬compared with your family and friends£®Do you lie about how much time you spend online or choose to surf the Net instead of going out with others? Other giveaways include the¡°online lift¡±that stops you being unhappy£¬and when others complain about you always being online.

(38)Which of the following can be the title of this passage?

A£®Internet Addiction¡ªA Growing Problem£®

B£®Virtual Lifestyles in Chat Rooms£® C£®Indicators of Internet Dependence£®

D£®Importance of the Internet£®

(39)According to Tara Parker-Pope£¬millions of people______£®

A£®have realized the problem of Internet addiction B£®are unable to stop their habit of staying online C£®have become more patient and careful online

D£®welcome the changes brought about by technology

(40)What does Dr£®Elias Aboujaode think of the virtual lifestyles that we are living in?

A£®They change the place where people talk£®

B£®They make people dependent more on the Internet¡£ C£®They have negative effect on real-life relationships£®

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D£®They make more people interested in online studies£® (41)Which of the following is NOT a sign of Internet addiction? A£®Checking e-mail before doing anything else£® B£®Expecting all the time the next online visit£®

C£®Surfing the Net instead of going out with others£® D£®Preferring the company of family and friends£®

Section B

Directions£ºIn this section£¬you are required to read several excerpts from newspapers and£¯or magazines£®These excerpts are followed by four questions or unfinished statements£¬each with four suggested answers A£¬B£¬C and D£®Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet£®

Excerpt 1£º

Sales of e-readers surged during the Christmas holiday season£¬according to a Pew Research Center report£¬which showed that the number of adults in the United States who owned tablets nearlv doubled from mid-December to early January£®

Excerpt 2£º

Apple£¬based in Cupertino£¬California£¬controls 73 percent of the market£¬while Samsung Electronics Co£®£¬Sony Corp£®and Toshiba Corp£®are among companies making constant improvements on tablets without bringing services that cut into the market share£¬Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester£¬said in the report£®

Excerpt 3£º

Under Square?s year-long pilot program£¬an iPad would be installed in the space where Taxi TVs currently sit£¬and the driver would have an iPhone to process credit-card payments£®The technology would allow drivers to accept a passenger?s card at any point during the ride£¬then enter the amount later£®The system charges drivers less in credit card transaction fees than the current rates£®

Exrerpt 4£º

When Apple introduced the iPad tablet computer in 20 10£¬it was doing what it likes to do best£ºcreating a new category to dominate£¬as it had done with the iPod and iPhone£®By the end of the year£¬the company had sold nearly 15 million iPads£¬generating about $9.5 billion in revenue£® Just two years later£¬the chief executive of Apple£¬Timothy D£®Cook, has a prediction£ºthe day will come when tablet devices like the Apple iPad outsell traditional personal computers£®

Excerpt 5£º

Apple has made its first attempt to quantify how many American jobs can be credited to the sale of its iPads and other products, a group that includes the Apple engineers who design the devices and the drivers who deliver them¡ªeven the people who build the trucks that get them there£®

On Friday£¬the company published the results of a study it commissioned saying that it

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had¡°created or supported\ 514£¬000 American jobs£® The study is an effort to show that Apple¡¯s benefit to the American job market goes far beyond the 47£¬000 people it directly employs here£®

Excerpt 6£º

People who read e-book on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive£¬a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience£¬or stop it in its tracks£®

E-mail lurks tantalizingly within reach£®Looking up a tricky word or unknown fact in the book is easily accomplished through a quick Google search£®And if a book starts to drag£¬giving up on it to stream a movie over Netflix or scroll through your Twitter feed is only a few taps away£®

(42)What is said about Apple Inc£®with its tablet devices like iPads? A£®It doubled its sale of e-readers during the Christmas season£® B£®It controls 73 percent of the tablet device market£® C£®It charges customers less in credit card transaction fees£® D£®It has long been selling its traditional personal computers£®

(43)Which of the following choices involves the creation of tablet devices and its possible

replacement of Taxi TVs? A£®Excerpt 1 and Excerpt 5 B£®Excerpt 3 and Excerpt 4 C£®Excerpt 2 and Excerpt 6 D£®Excerpt 3 and Excerpt 5

(44)Tablet devices can miraculously perform many functions but they also cause the problem of

Taxu TVs?

A£®its rivals succeeding in cutting into the market share B£®failing to process credit-card payments with an iPhone C£®e-book readers being distracted from their normal reading D£®misleading the trucks that get them to the tablet market

(45)It can be inferred from one of the excerpts that a successful company should take the social

responsibility of______£® A£®filing reports to the agencies like Pew Research Center B£®installing its products in the space where Taxi TVs sit

C£®predicting the trends in product design and manufacturing

D£®creating more jobs for people to be involved in its business operation

Part IV Cloze(10 minutes£¬10 points)

Directions£ºIn this part£¬there is a passage with ten blanks£®For each blank there are four choices marked A£¬B£¬C and D£®Choose the best ansxoer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet£®

Scientists say they have found key clues into how long we will live. One of them is a(46)_____handshake£®British researchers believe a strong grip is not just a sign of confidence but also an(47) _____ of longevity£®Lead author Dr£®Rachel Cooper£¬of University College London£¬said her study looked into 33 different reports on the strength of handshakes£®The research(48)____ more than 50£¬000 men and women and spanned 40 years£®Dr£®Cooper

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