Section One: Listening Test

　　Part A: Spot Dictation

　　Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or wor

ds you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.

　　Now let us begin Part A with Spot Dictation.

　　Play is very important for humans from birth to death. Play is not meant to be just for children. It is a form of freedom and connection that can tap into your creativity, and can allow you the chance to find your inner child, and the inner child of others.

　　I have collected the top five benefits of play here.

　　Play can stimulate you to think differently. It can go against all the rules and change the same old boring way of doing things. Walt Disney was devoted to play, and his willingness to oppose the common wisdom changed the world of entertainment. The next time you’re stuck in a fixed and boring way of life, pull out a box of colored pencils, modeling clay, glue and scissors, and invite your inner child out, and break free. You’ll be amazed that the way you’re thinking shifts to new worlds of discovery.

　　Playing can bring greater joy into your life. What do you think the world would be like if every human spends time each day in play? I bet just asking you this question has brought a smile to your face.

　　Play creates laughter, joy, entertainment and a feeling of inner peace. Starting today, try to get 30 minutes each day to engage in some form of play, and watch your joy factor rise.

　　Play is known to reduce stress. Studies show that as humans, play is part of our nature. We have the need to play because it is instinctive and basic to human existence. With regular play, our problem solving and adaptive abilities will be in much better shape to handle this complex world. And we’re much more likely to choose healthy answer to challenging situations as they arise. It creates laughter and freedom that can instantly reduce stress, and add a feeling of relaxation to our daily living.

　　Play can stimulate the imagination, curiosity and creativity. Research shows that play is both a hands-on and minds-on learning process. It produces a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the world and its possibilities. We begin giving meaning to life through story-making and playing out various possible situations.

　　这次的spot dictation 仍然是大家熟悉的说明文，讲的是play玩耍的意义。文章的结构清楚，在开头已经点出文章的结构，要讲五个play的好处。之后，文章的脉络就一直没有出乎意料的成分，挨个点出了这五个好处，依次是可以发散思维，带来乐趣，平和内心，减缓压力，培养想象力创造力。

　　综观全文，难度在历年spot dictation 中算是比较简单平和的。真正考生完全不知道的词，基本没有出现，除了一个tab into有些同学可能会陌生一点。相比之下，有几个所谓“只要想一下就可以知道”的词，构成了一些障碍，如instinctive, willingness, modeling clay, adaptive等，这些词在阅读中都是低难度词，但是在听力中，会阻碍大家对语流的理解，记忆，和记录。此外，Spot Dictation这一项的难度，还取决于所填空的词数，这要等试题揭晓才能获知了。但是，已经有理由推断在这个部分中，考生得分率会超过上次考试。

　　Part B: Listening Comprehension

　　Directions: In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

　　Now Let us begin Part B with listening comprehension

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following conversation.

　　Woman: New studies are proving that more and more Americans are living way beyond their expectations... into their eighties or nineties and even into a second century.

　　Man: Sounds very interesting.

　　Woman: So then, we decided to get a first-hand look into this incredible group of senior citizens... the oldest old... centenarians... individuals who are over 100. We decided to visit a unique village whose 150 elderly residents (90% of whom are over 85) live independently in small apartments. Last June we spent a lovely sunny afternoon at Cherry Blossoms Village in Baltimore, Maryland. There we met with the director of the village and had the opportunity to speak with a few of the remarkable centenarians living there.

　　Man: According to recent statistics, the number of centenarians is growing rapidly. There are estimated to be more than 3600 centenarians in the United States, which is double the number 10 years ago. If you were born 100 years ago you had a 1 in 400 chance of becoming a centenarian, but if you were born in 1980 you had a 1 in 87 chance. And by the year 2080, you’ll have a 1 in 40 chance.

　　Woman: Yes, I just read some fascinating new research done by some scientists in Georgia who studied 96 non-institutionalized, independent centenarians. They wanted to discover what the real secrets were to becoming an active and healthy 100-year-old. They were quite surprised by what they found. Most people believe diet, exercise, and genetics are the common threads among most centenarians. However, they were not among the traits that all of these individuals had in common.

　　Man: O.K, then. What were the common themes? What did the scientists find out?

　　Woman: Well, they uncovered four themes that all 96 of their centenarians had in common. These were optimism, engagement or commitment to something they were interested in, activity or mobility, and the strength to adapt to loss. All four of these themes were pervasive among the “oldest old” they studied.

　　Man: I was told that there have centenarians living in that Baltimore village who have unconventional hobbies such as competitive swimming, auto racing, and horseback riding. Is this the norm?

　　Female: Well...no, not exactly...not all of them take it quite this far, but all of our residents do some sort of regular physical activity.

　　Man: And what about diet?

　　Female: They found that the centenarians they studied had the highest caloric intake and are the largest amount of fat.

　　Man: Well, when speaking with the centenarians in the village, what do they tell you about diet and nutrition? I mean, do they offer advice about good eating habits and nutrition that may help someone live longer?

　　Woman: Oh, all of them basically do something different. Some of them eat a low-fat and low-calorie, unprocessed food diet. But others suggest that everyone eat spicy food, drink whisky, and have a large portion of sweet pork each day. The nutritionist must be totally baffled as to why some of the centenarians can defy good nutritional rules and get away with it.

　　Woman: Earlier you mentioned that the Georgian researchers found that the ability to cope with loss is another characteristic that healthy centenarians share.

　　Man: Yes, exactly! If you live to be 100 you are bound to lose a lot. It’s natural. Most of our centenarians have lost a spouse, children, and siblings. Many have lost their peer group as well. But in spite of this, they are able to incorporate that loss in a positive way so they can go on with their lives.

　　Woman: One final question about the centenarians … So, if I want to live to be 100 … what would they suggest I do?

　　Man: I guess most of them would suggest that you work hard, stay busy, and always find something to laugh about.

　　Question No. 1:Which of the following statements is true according to the dialogue?

　　Question No. 2:What did the scientists in Georgia want to find out?

　　Question No. 3:According to the researchers, what were the four main themes or characteristics that all of the 96 centenarians have in common?

　　Question No. 4:Scientists in Georgia studied the centenarians’ diets. What did they find?

　　Question No. 5:The centenarians offer suggestions about living to be 100. Which of the following is not one of their suggestions?

　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following news.

　　Africa

　　Disease spread by global warming could kill an extra 185 million people in Africa by the middle of the century and turn millions more into refugees, unless rich nations take actions now, a report says yesterday. Christian Aids says rich developed countries had to end their dependence on fossil fuels and set aside large sums of aid to help poor nations write out the worst impact of global warming, and switch to energy sources like wind, solar, and waves. Most scientists agree that global warming is a result of burning fossil fuels for transport and power, and new calculation suggests that having risen by 1.7 degrees in the 20th century, global temperatures could surge 3 degrees by 2050.

　　Seoul

　　South Korea will indict the chairman of the Hyundai Motor Group today over a cash-for-favor scandal, a spokesman for the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office said yesterday. Analysts are concerned that the probe could create a leadership vacuum at the country’s top car-maker, and derail its ambitions to become the fifth biggest company in the world’s auto industry by 2010, since Chung Mong-koo, the chairman, is said to take a strong role in the day-to-day management of the group. The chairman was arrested on April 28th over allegations of misusing company funds linked to a bribery scandal, involving suspected slush funds used to offer cash for political favors via a lobbyist.

　　Jakarta

　　Indonesia raises alert status to the highest level, thousands living nearby moved to shelters in safe areas. Grey ash covered crop fields and hundreds of roof tops in the area of Ketap, ten kilometers from the base of the mountain, and many houses appear deserted after residents evacuated. Not everyone was gone. Some people cleaned ash off their houses, and others opened shops. Commercial mini-buses continue to run. The mountain has exploded already, the head of the volcano research center in the region cautioned, however, that Merapi’s eruption process could be gradual, rather than a sudden burst, and that the massive eruption had yet to come. He was reluctant to forecast whether the situation would get worse. The hot clouds stretched for 4 kilometers, while as a comparison during the eruption in 1994, they reached 6 kilometers before a deadly rain of materials started falling.

　　London

　　Britain is considering introducing compulsory lessons on core British values for children in response to last July’s suicide bomb attacks on London, the government says yesterday. Education Minister Bill Rammell said a six-month-review would examine whether all 11 to 16 year olds should be taught about issues such as freedom of speech, civic responsibility, and democracy, and how historically they have developed in Britain. The proposal comes in response to the attacks on London on July 7th, when four Britains blew up themselves and 52 commuters on a capital’s transport system.

　　Moscow

　　Russia’s top prosecutor urged law enforcement authority to do a better job fighting organized crime, saying it is becoming a national security threat. Vladimir Ustinov remarks yesterday followed a series of high-level dismissals that President Vladimir Putin said were part of an effort to curb corruption. Today we’re forced to acknowledge that the spread and scale of organized crime in Russia is taking on a character of national threat, Ustinov told representatives of law enforcement agencies in televised comments. Organized crime groups are active in all large cities without exception, and have penetrated into most towns, he said, reading from a report.

　　Question No. 6: What does the report say about the impact produced by global warming?

　　根据首句新闻导语改写，大意为由于全球变暖造成非洲受到严重影响，且下文提到细节，造成气温显著上升。

　　Question No. 7: For what will the Chairman of the Hyundai Motor Group in South Korea be prosecuted tomorrow?

　　首句中的cash for favor，以及末句都有交待，关键词为贿赂丑闻，政治献金。

　　Question No. 8: Which of the following statements best describes the situation concerning the volcano eruption in Indonesia?

　　首句交待大意，并在文中几处细节中加以进一步说明，火山爆发威胁加大，未来可能更加严重。

　　Question No. 9: What age group should be taught compulsory lessons on core British values, according to Britain’s Education Minister?

　　细节题，难度较低，11-16岁。

　　Question No.10: What did Russia’s top prosecutor urge law enforcement departments to do?

　　根据首句新闻导语改写，最高检控官要求执法部门加强对团伙有组织犯罪的打击力度。

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.

　　W: “Flinty, insouciant, aggressive.” The fine, sometimes funny, language of wine-tasting. “Saucy, a bit piquant.” Last weekend in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, words like these were spoken about municipal tap water. At the annual Toast to the Tap, water drawn straight from the faucets of thirty-one municipalities competed to see which was best. One criterion, an absence of taste(Question 13). On the line to discuss the Zen of water tasting, the water master for Toast to the Tap, Arthur Von (Question 11) tell us who the winner was this year; we’re dying to know.

　　M: Well, actually, this year was amazing because this is the sixth annual event, and every year there’s been different municipal waters that have been submitted. One that has been consistently successful has been Atlantic City, and it did again this year, (Question 12) it came in first place. It’s the third time it’s come in first place.

　　W: What explains that?

　　M: I spoke to the engineer out there who works on the water treatment plant, and he said that he runs the water through a very large amount of activated carbon filters, which remove almost all chlorine and other chemical tastes from the water.

　　W: How did the judges describe the Atlantic City water? Did they say, “Nothing, nothing, nothing; here’s the winner”?

　　M: Actually, they went a little bit better than that. They said, you know, “This is very decent water. I could use this as my daily drinking water.”

　　W: Wow.

　　M: Some people found it to be lively and fresh tasting; they said it had a good balance. It seemed to be a very pleasing water, compared to the ones that were high in chlorine, that tasted like jumping in the swimming pool with your mouth open.

　　W: You train the judges in these contests. Tell the main thing that a water taster needs to know.

　　M: Primarily what they do is, they want to look for, as you said, the absence of things. You don’t want to see color in your water, to begin with, or anything floating in your water. Then they’ll do an aroma check. They’ll take three short sniffs, at the top of the glass of the water sample, and they’re looking for any kind of aromas.(Question 14) Of course, some that are usually common are chlorine, which is from the chemicals used in water treatment…sometimes you can smell iron or sulfur that can come into water. Again, if you have anything, if you detect anything, then those would be off-marks, and then they go into the taste evaluation process.

　　W: Is good drinking water also good water to take baths in? And another question—and this one is dear to my editor’s heart—is it good for boiling pasta in?

　　M: Water does have a big impact in things like baking, and, sure, boiling pasta…(Question 15) anything could influence the quality of your end product. Certainly tea is another example. One lady who lives here in Santa Barbara part-time, once said that her Santa Barbara tap water turns her Chinese tea into mud.

　　W: Wow. If you have some water in front of you, take a sip and describe it to us, will you?

　　M: The taste, unfortunately, is not what you’d hope for in a glass of water. I’m getting a mustiness, a swampiness, coming through right away.

　　Question 11. Who is the man being interviewed in the program?

　　Question 12: Who was the winner in the municipal tap water competition this year?

　　Question 13: What’s the criterion for testing the tap water mentioned in the interview?

　　Question 14: What is the sequence of tasting the tap water in the competition?

　　Question 15: According to the interviewee, water does have an impact on several things, which of the following is not one of the things he mentions?

　　本文主要介绍了美国Virginia西部31个城市自来水水质测试评比。公布了获奖城市，介绍了测试的评比标准、流程等。话题较生僻。

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.

　　Just how music enhances mathematical skills is unknown. It may be by the more general effect of increasing self-esteem, or maybe something neurological happens in the brain, or maybe, psychologist Andrea Halpen from Bucknell University suggests, these children are learning how to learn.

　　Most schools offer music and art classes to give students a well-rounded education. New research indicates those classes may do more for students than just give them an appreciation of arts. (Question 16)According to a study in tomorrow’s issue of the journal Nature, studying music and art can significantly advance a child’s reading skills and especially boost math proficiency. A class of six-year-olds getting a special music lesson, part of a special arts program that researcher Martin Gardiner and his colleagues at the music school in Rhode Island designed for several elementary schools in the state.

　　They started out wanting to see the impact of arts training in some first- and second-grade kids. (Question 17) So, some classrooms had an extra hour of this special arts curriculum incorporated into their normal school week, and other classrooms getting the standard curriculum in the arts, which was pretty standard for Rhode Island and rather representative of the country as a whole. The standard curriculum, say the researchers, gave students music lessons twice a month (Question 18) and art lessons twice a month. The typical music lesson tended to be somewhat passive. Students listened to tapes and concerts and talked about music in class. In contrast, the special arts classes met twice weekly and got students actively involved as a way to teach them the basic building blocks.

　　The kinds of skill that they are learning in these grades are….in music, they’re learning to sing together properly, sing together songs; and, in the visual arts, they’re learning to draw shapes and deal with colors and forms, and so forth.

　　A very interactive, experiential approach that took advantage of children’s natural inclination to master enjoyable tasks and build upon sequential skills. And at the end of seven months, (Question 19) all the kids in the school took standardized tests, and we looked not only at how these teachers rated the kids on attitude and so forth, but also how the kids scored on their tests.

　　And here’s what the researchers found. First of all, those kids who’d entered the first grade toward the bottom of the class in reading and then received the special arts program for the year had now caught up to the average in reading. (Question 20)

　　And that in itself is wonderful. But in addition, they were now statistically ahead in learning math. Dramatically ahead in math, compared to the kids who had received the special arts classes throughout the year. The researchers found also that the kids who continued their special arts classes for a second year continued to improve in math. (Question 20)

　　Question 16: What can music and arts education do according to a recent study?

　　Question 17: What was the purpose of the special arts program in Rhode Island?

　　Question 18: How often did the standard curriculum give the students music class?

　　Question 19: How long did the special music arts program last?

　　Question 20: What did the researchers check at the end of the test period?

　　文章大意：这篇讲座主要关注音乐和艺术类课程如何对学生的其他科目包括阅读，数学产生积极影响。美国罗德岛一个音乐学校的老师为该区小学一、二年级的学生设计了一个与“标准音乐课程”不同的“特别音乐课”项目。他们在7个月后对参加两种课程的学生进行测试，最终发现互动性强的艺术课程的确在教学中有积极的应用。

　　This is the end of SECTION 1, listening test.

　　SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST

　　Part A: Note-taking And Gap-filling

　　Directions: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk.

　　Now listen to the talk carefully.

　　Well, my topic today is the doctor-patient relationship. If you come in, and the doctor doesn’t shake your hand, the doctor doesn’t meet your eye, the doctor is looking at the clock, the telephone is ringing, and the secretary is coming in, this is not a doctor you can have a healing relationship with. Can you say to him, “Doctor, put that phone down; you’re looking at me”? It’s not likely that you’ll choose such doctors.

　　All of us may have to see the doctor sometimes. We know the symptoms and what calls itself “the best medical system in the world”. The receptionist is more interested in our insurance than in our pain. We can often feel that our examination, such as it is, is being conducted by that blinking machinery. What we’re missing is the educated touch. The cocked head of a real doctor listening to your heartbeat, listening for your spirit. Without that human recognition, as one patient said, I am nothing but my illness. I am talking about one of the critical relationships in life—a relationship which many people would say is beyond saving. This doctor-patient relationship… Can this thing be saved? Is this the last requiem for a dying breed? Or should we call young doctors to a new standard? Can it be done?

　　The answer is categorically yes, because it must. Because otherwise, we can’t get medicine. Because medicine is not merely science. Medicine is not only curing, but it’s also healing. And healing requires the type of medicine that we’re espousing. And if that is lost, medicine becomes a technology, and is de-professionalized. And that is what we’re aiming to halt. In part, the crisis in medicine began with doctors distancing themselves from patients.

　　The more critical work of a doctor happens not from lab tests, not from anything that you can measure with a needle or a number, but in the taking of the human history, which is, of course, one of the patient’s biggest…I mean, we’re all longing for somebody to take our history and see it whole—mind, body, spirit—well or ill.

　　Listening is the most important and most difficult single transaction. Most difficult, because it takes time. There is no substitute. And the moment you start by not giving time, you cannot listen. And listening is not merely with the ears: Listening is with your total being. And the fact of the matter is, the studies carried out in Britain and other places, show that 75% of all the valuable information that leads to correct diagnosis comes from the history. Another 10% comes from the physical examination. 10% comes from simple laboratory tests, and 5% comes from all the complex technology that you’re launched against, and sometimes for, the patient. So listening is vital, because listening is not merely listening, but to establish a relationship.

　　But some doctors think listening is inefficient, because if you get all the information in this least costly way, immediately you don’t have to report to numerous specialists, and you don’t have to engage in complex and costly technologies. You don’t launch drugs that create adverse reactions and require hospitalization, and a whole array of consequentialities ensue.

　　So the doctors seize the patient for 10 minutes. The doctor focuses on only one thing—the chief complaint. And the chief complaint may have to nothing do with what brings the patient to the doctor. This type of doctoring is essential, because 80% of all the problems that come to doctors are trivial. The problem is the doctor isn’t there, because the doctor doesn’t want to listen. He’s afraid to listen. He doesn’t know how to listen. He hasn’t been trained how to listen. There is no premium on listening. There’s no reward for listening. Even so, the doctor-patient relationship is not beyond saving. I am an incorrigible optimist, because time and time again, the American people, if they begin to understand what good health is all about, what is good health? And good health begins first and foremost with caring. If you don’t care for a patient, be somebody else, but don’t be a doctor.

　　Part B: Listening and Translation

　　1. Sentence Translation

　　Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

　　Now let us begin Part B with sentence translation:

　　1.Let’s define both of these terms. First a service economy is one in which most workers provide services. That is they do something, like pumping gas into people’s cars for example instead of making something.

　　首先让我们来定义这两个术语。第一个术语是“服务业经济”。“服务业经济”是指在这种经济形式下，大多数的工作者为别人提供服务——比如为汽车加油——而不是从事制造。

　　2. From my perspective, homework often is a significant burden for both teachers and students. Reducing the amount of homework would create far more opportunities for direct interaction between students, parents and teachers.

　　从我的角度来说，家庭作业无论对老师还是学生都是沉重的负担。减少家庭作业将会给老师、学生和家长创造更多直接交流的机会。

　　3. The unemployment situation for man in the USA steadily improved between 2000 and 2005. In 2000, the rate of unemployment stood at almost 8 percent but fell to just over 4 percent in 2005.

　　美国的失业形势在2000年到2005年间有了稳步改善。在2000年，失业率几乎达到8%，但是到了2005年降到4%以上。

　　4. According to experts, we can expect many changes in transportation technology in the 21c. All the forms of transportation we use today will still be popular, they will be different in design, materials and Technology.

　　专家表示，我们可以预测在21世纪交通技术将有很多革新。我们现在使用的各种交通工具今后将会更普遍，但它们的设计、材质和技术会有变化。

　　5. Last year alone household burglary losses rose by 27 per cent over the previous year to 138.2 million pounds, and some insurance companies are refusing to provide burglary cover in what we might call high-risk areas.

　　仅去年一年，家庭盗窃案的损失与前一年相比上升27%，其金额达到1亿3千8百20万英镑。一些保险公司拒绝对我们所谓的“高危地区”提供保险。

　　II. Passage Translation

　　Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 English passages. You will hear the passages only once. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.

　　Now let us begin passage translation with the first passage.

　　Passage One:

　　Right now, schools are under extraordinary pressure because many political and business leaders view our educational system as crucial in giving students skills that will allow them to be more effective participants in the job market. They view the job market as increasingly internationalized and ever more competitive. Unfortunately, the competition is getting daily intensified. Thus, the pressures on schools and teachers often have been passed on to students and parents. Students are tested more and teachers are under the gun. To meet these intensified requirements, more homework often is seen as one of the key solutions.

　　现在，由于许多政治界和商界的领导人都把我们的教育系统视为培育有用人才的关键环节，教授学生技能的主要机构，因此学校所承受着巨大的压力。他们认为人才市场越来越国际化，有

　　Passage Two:

　　Violence against women in the family occurs in developed and developing countries alike. It has long been considered a private matter by by-standers, including the neighbors, the community and government. But such private matters have a tendency to become public tragedies. In the United States, a woman is beaten every 18 minutes. Indeed, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury among women of reproductive age in the United States. Between 22 and 35 percent of women who visit emergency rooms are there for that reason. In Columbia and some other South American countries, 70% of all crimes reported to the police involve women beaten by their husbands.

　　针对女性的家庭暴力在发达国家和发展中国家都存在。长时间以来，家庭暴力在别人眼中是个人隐私，包括邻居，社区，和政府都这么认为。但这样的个人隐私正趋向于成为社会的悲剧。在美国，每18分钟就有一名女性遭到殴打。事实上，家庭暴力是美国育龄女性遭受伤害的首要原因。送往急症室的女性中，百分之22到35也是因为遭受家庭暴力的缘故。在哥伦比亚等一些南美国家，向警方报案的70%案件都与女性被丈夫殴打有关。

　　This is the end of SECTION 4, listening test.

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