單項選擇題
1、Questions are based on thefollowingpassage．
“THINKING is hard，”(36)__________Daniel Dennet，a professor of philosophy at Tufts University．“Thinking about some problems is so hard that it can make your head ache just thinking about thinking about them．”He has spent hA.f a century pondering some of the knottiest problems around：the nature of meaning，the(37)__________of minds and whether freewill is possible．His latest book，Intuition Pumps(直覺泵)and Other Tools for Thinking，is a precis of those 50 years，distilled into 77(38)__________ and mostly bite-sized chapters．
“Intuiuon pumps”are what Mr Dennet calls thought experiments that aim to get at the rub of concepts．But the aim of this book is not(39)__________to show how the pumps work,but to(40)__________them to help readers think through some of the most profound conundrums．
This pump which Mr Dennet calls a“cascade of homunculi(級聯侏儒)”，was(41)__________by the field of artificial Intelligence,An programmer begins by taking a problem a computer is meant to solve and breaking it down into smaller tasks，to be dealt with by particular(42)__________．These，in turn，are(43)__________ of sub．subsystems，and so on．In this way,we are in depth of thinking profound problems．
Of course，Mr Dennet’s book is not a(44)__________solution to such mind-benders；it is philosophy in action．Like all good philosophy,it works by getting the reader to examine deeply held but(45)__________ beliefs about some of our most fundamental concems，like personal autonomy．It is really not all easy read．
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
A.consist
B.actually
C.nature
D.concedes
E.inspired
F.definable
G.composed
H.readable
I.substance
J.merely
K.unspoken
L.apply
M.suppose
N.subsystem
O.definitive
第36題應填__________.


2、聽音頻：
根據所聽到的內容，回題。

A．Buy his daughter new shoes.
B．Listen to his daughter's music
C．Respect his daughter's opinion.
D．Have a passion on music.


3、根據以下資料，回答題：
        Drink from plastic bottles can raise the body's levels of a controversial "gender-bending" chemical by more than two thirds, according to tests．
        Experts have been concerned about the possible health effects of bisphenolA (BPA．--an everyday chemical used in many plastic food and drink containers and tins as well as clear baby bottles--which is officially classified as toxic in some countries．A study found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate (聚碳酸酯) bottles showed a 69 percent increase in their urine (尿液) of BPA．
        Researchers did not say how much liquid was drunk per day．Researchers from Harvard School ofPublic Health studied 77 students, who had first undergone a seven-day "washout" phase in which theydrank all cold beverages (飲料) from stainless steel bottles in order to minimise BPA exposure．
        They were then given two polycarbonate bottles and asked to drink all cold beverages from themduring the next week．Previous studies have suggested that high levels of BPA consumption are linked tobirth defects, growth problems and an increased risk of heart disease．In particular there are fears thatheating the bottles, as parents would do when warming their baby's milk, causes the chemical to leak inpotentially dangerous quantities into the liquid contained within．
        "If you heat those bottles, as is the case with baby bottles, we would expect the levels to beconsiderably higher．This would be of concern since infants may be particularly susceptible to BPA'shormone gland-disrupting (擾亂腺體極速分泌) potential．" said the senior author of the latest study, Karin B．Michels．
        Most adults carry BPA in their bodies but expert opinion on the risks is divided．The European Food Safety Authority believes that people naturally convert the chemical into less harmful substances in the body．
        Previous studies had found that BPA could leach (滲出 ) from polycarbonate bottles into theircontents, but this study is the first to show the size of the corresponding increase in urinary BPAconcentrations in humans．
        Harvard researcher Jenny Carwile said, "While previous studies have demonstrated that BPA is linkedto adverse health effects, this study fills in a missing piece of the puzzle--whether or not polycarbonateplastic bottles are an important contributor to the amount of BPA in the body．"

What do we know about bisphenol A (BPA．from the beginning of the passage?
A．It is certain substance taken in by human beings every day．
B．It is a component contained in a number of plastic products．
C．It is an element that plays a decisive role in people's gender．
D．It is a kind of chemical that is universally regarded poisonous．


4、 回答題：
        Marriage emerged as the most popular institution throughout history primarily because it was an effective arrangement to improve the care and upbringing of children. Marriage is not necessary to have children, but it has been of enormous importance in the rearing of children.
        With the sharp declines in birth rates since 1970 in Western and other rich countries, including much larger fractions of adults who do not have any children, both men and women have significantly increased　their ages marriage, and sharply raised their tendencies to divorce. In 1950, a typical woman and man married at ages 20.3 and 22.8 respectively, whereas now the typical marital ages are 26.0 and 27.7. These changes in age at mariage are related to reduced demand for many children, increased college education of both men and women but especially of women, much greater labor force participation of married and divorced women, and the narrowing of the gender gap in earnings.
        The most important economic and social concerns due to low marriage rates are the effects on roaring of children. These effects are not due to lower marriage rates alone, but rather to the close connection between these low rates and high divorce rates, and to the greater tendency of women to have children without being married, or without living with the fathers of their children.
        Although many single mothers do an absolutely wonderful job in raising their children, common sense and most academic findings suggest that having a father present during the raising of children generally has a positive effect on the development of non-cognitive ( 非認知性) traits of children, These include a general respect for authority and reduced rebelliousness in school, and the avoidance of gangs and other criminal activities. It also appears that the absence of fathers has a greater effect, on the non-cognitive traits of sons than daughters, although that is a less well-established finding.
        I am not claiming that children are worst oft" when their parents divorce if their parents were fighting a lot, or ff they bad abusive (粗暴的) fathers. Rather, it, appears that up to a significant point, children are, better off in intact families even when their families are not ideal.
What do we learn from the first paragraph about marriage?
A．It is primarily a necessary step to have children.
B．It meets resistance in Western and other rich countries.
C．It has a tremendous impact on the rearing of children.
D．It is the most important institution throughout history.


簡答題
5、Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English．
潑水節（Water Splashing Festival）是傣族富民族特色的節日。人們互相潑水，表示洗去身上一年的污垢和晦氣，在新的一年里會更加平安和幸福。潑水節這一天人們要拜佛（worship Budda）姑娘們用漂著鮮花的清水為佛洗塵，然后彼此潑水嬉戲，相互祝愿。被人潑的水越多，說明受到的祝福越多。潑水節期間，還要舉行賽龍船、放飛燈等傳統娛樂活動和各種歌舞晚會。

6、上海菜系(cuisqne)是中國年輕的地方菜系，有著400多年的歷史。同其他中國菜系一樣，本菜系具有“色、香(aroma)、味”三大要素。上海菜的特點是注重調料(seasoning)的使用、食材的質地和菜的原汁原味。其中著名的有特色點心“南翔小籠”(Nanxiang Steamed Meat Dumplings)和特色菜“松鼠鮭魚”(Squirrel—Shaped Mandarin Fish)。“南翔小籠”是豬肉餡，皮薄個小、汁醇味美。“松鼠鮭魚”色澤黃亮，形如松鼠，外皮脆而里肉嫩，湯汁酸甜適口。


7、題目一：
Directions：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English．
You shoud write your answer on Answer Sheet 2．
中國教育工作者早就認識到讀書對于國家的重要意義。有些教育工作者2003年就建議設立全民讀書日。他們強調，人們應當讀好書，尤其是經典著作，通過閱讀，人們能更好地學會感恩、有責任心和與人合作，而教育的目的正是要培養這些基本素質。閱讀對于中小學生尤為重要，假如他們沒有在這個關鍵時期培養閱讀的興趣，以后要養成閱讀的習慣就很難了。
題目二：
Directions：For this part,you are A．lowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English．You shouM write your answer on Answer Sheet 2．
為了促進教育公平，中國已經投入360億元，用于改善農村地區教育設施和加強中西部地區農村義務教育。這些資金用于改善教學設施、購買書籍，使16萬多所中小學受益。資金還用于購置音樂和繪畫器材。現在農村和山區的兒童可以與沿海城市的兒童一樣上音樂和繪畫課。一些為接受更好教育而轉往城市上學的學生如今又回到了本地農村學校就讀。
題目三：
Directions：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English．You shouM write your answer on Answer Sheet 2．
中國應進一步發展核能，因為核電目前只占其總發電量的2％，該比例在所有核國家中居第30位，幾乎是的。2011年3月日本核電站事故后，中國的核能開發停了下來，終止審批新的核電站，并開展全國性的核安全檢查。到2012年lo月，審批才又謹慎地恢復。隨著技術和安全措施的改進，發生核事故的可能性完全可以降低到程度。換句話說，核能是可以安全開發和利用的。
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。



8、

Chinese students are experiencing stricter examination on their visas．

9、You shouM write a short essay entitled How To Improve Student k Mental Health．
寫作導航
1．大學生的心理健康成為急需解決的問題；
2．學校和學生應該共同努力解決這個問題；
3．作出總結：大學生應保持積極樂觀的心態。


10、香港中文大學成立于1963年，是一所研究型綜合大學，以“結合傳統與現代，融匯中國與西方”為創校使命。40多年來，它一直致力于弘揚中華傳統文化，堅持雙語(bilingual)教育，并推行獨特的書院制度(college system)，在香港教育界卓然而立。其校園占地134公頃(hectare)．是世界』二美麗的校園之一。靈活的學分制賦予學生更大的學習自主權。它的多元教育有助于充分發揮每一個學生的潛能。