單項(xiàng)選擇題
1、Questionsare based om the following passage．
Libraries are my world．I've been a patron(老主顧)all my life，and for the past nine years I've worked at multiple libraries and archives in and around Detroit The library as an institution has many roles，but as our country struggles through an economic crisis，I have watched the library where l work evolve into a career and business center，a community gathering place and a bastion(堡壘)for hope．
In the spring of 2007 I got a Ubrary internship(實(shí)習(xí)生的位置)at the Southfield Public Library(SPL)，just north of Detroit．Summers at SPL were usually slow，but that ye嶼we experienced a library that was as busy as science-fair project week,midterms or tax season．Yet patrons weren’t looking for Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference or tax return forms．They were coming for information on growing their small business．
I interpreted people’s interest in our business collection as the first step to pursuing their dreams，but these patrons were not motivated by dreams．They were responding to reality，and they were looking for Plan B．
Things worsened in 2008，and in 2009 the economic crisis continues to plague Michigan．Last year, we put up a display with a variety of job resources that we restocked every hour．Each night the library closed，the display was bare．While we normally keep displays up for a week，we kept the job resources display up for months．
Then there’s the tightening credit market．People see the writmg on the wall and they want to get educated．They can’t afford a financial adviser，but checking books out is flee．Some of the most popular rifles now are Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think and Grow Rich, and Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan．
The economic downturn affects us all．I have had to work long hours and don’t get to see much of my boyfriend or experience any kind of social life lately．but I am thankful to be in a position where I can help people overcome this struggle．In Michigan，we haven’t lost hope．As long as there are libraries here，there will always be hope．
What change has the current economic crisis brought to the library?
A．It has opened its age-old archives to the general public．
B．It has become a job and business information center．
C．It has evolved into a place for business transactions．
D．It has had to cut its budget to get through the crisis．


2、聽(tīng)錄音,回答題

A．It reflects American people's view of French politics．
B．It is first published in Washington and then in Paris．
C．It explains American politics to the French public．
D．It is popular among French government officials．


3、聽(tīng)錄音,回答題

A．The lack of time．
B．The quality of life．
C．The frustrations at work．
D．The pressure on worldng families．


4、根據(jù)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

A．Speed limits were the same in all areas.
B．She had told him what his speed was.
C．There were signs along the road.
D．He had just received his driving license.


5、根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題。
A．A recent Cambridge University analysisof 76 studies involving more than 650，000 peopleconcluded，“The current evidence does not clearlysupport guidelines that low consumption of total Saturated fats．“Yet the American Heart Association（Arial，in its most recent dietary guidelines，heldfast to the idea that we must A．l eat low．fat diets for optimal  hearthealth．It’s a stance that—at the very best—is controversial，and at worst is dead wrong．As a practicing cardiologist（心臟病學(xué)家）for more than three decades，I agree with the latte—it’s dead wrong．Whydoes the AHA cling to recommendations that fly in the face of scientificevidence？
B．What I discovered was both eye．opening and disturbing．The AHA not only ignored all the other risk factors for heart disease，but it appointed someone with ties to Big Food and bizarrescientific beliefs to lead the guideline-writing panel—just the type of thing that undermines the public’s confidence in the medical community．The AHA guidelines warrant that saturated fat make up no more than 5 to 6 percent of daily calories for adults because this will lower “bad” cholesterol（膽固醇）．And，for those people who need blood pressure control，the guidelines A．so suggest lowering sodium（salt）intake to no more than a teaspoon（2，300 mg）daily．Despite many other known risk factors for heart disease，salt and fat were，astonishingly，the only two considered by the AHA panel writing the guidelines．There are many other recognized risk factors the AHA ignored，including blood sugar level，low “good” cholesterol，insulin（胰島素）levels，and body weight—an of these are influenced by diet．
C．In fact，mostpeople who have heart attacks don’t have elevations in bad cholesterol．They are much  more likely tohave metabolic syndrome（新陳代謝綜合征）—a condition that putsyou at high risk for diabetes and heart disease．Interestinglyenough，blood triglycerides（甘油三脂）do not go up with eating fat—they go up if you eat a diet high inprocessed grains，starches，andsugar．Unfortunately for the proponents ofhigh-carbohydrate（糖類(lèi)）diets，highblood triglycerides are a major risk factor for heart disease．In addition．low fat／highcarb diets lower protective “good”cholesterol and raiseinsulin．
These diets are involved in the development of diabetes．which is a powerful risk factor for developing heart disease．
Heart Cheek Program’s contribution
D．The writers of the 2013 statinguidelines based their recommendations on studies that looked at the reductionin the risk of events like heart attacks in people treated with statins．compared to people on a placebo（安慰劑）．The AHAdietary guidelines do not cite any diet studies that looked at whether followinga specific diet lowered the risk of developing heart events—yet they are givingdietary advice．Why？There mightbe two plausible reasons．One is the AHA's moneymaking “HeartCheck Program．”The second is the conflict of interestof Robert Eckel—the co-chair of the panel that wrote the guidelines．
E．Forty．fivepercent of these “heart healthy” foods—over 400 of them—are meat：92 are processed meats—which have been shown to have either neutralor negative effects on heart health．Even more problematicare the foods containing added sugar．The AHA recommendsthat women consume less
than 6 teaspoons（100 calories）of sugar a day and less than 9 teaspoons（150caories）for men．Yet there areitems that get the nod of approval．from the HeartCheck program despite being near or at the sugar limit．1ikeBruce’s Yams Candied Sweet Potatoes and Healthy Choice Salisbury Steak．
F．Until this year，Heart Check approved many foods with trans-fats，which raise bad cholesterol and lower good cholesterol，among other harmful effects on health，like increasing inflammation（發(fā)炎）and the laying down of calciumin arteries（動(dòng)脈）．
G．Like the dietary guidelines，the AHA Heart Check Program appears to address only the effect of foods on cholesterol level and blood pressure．Meanwhile，since the 1 970s，our yearly sugarconsumption has increased quickly along with the incidence of diabetes and obesity．This brings us to Dr．Robert
H．Eckel，theco-chair of the Working Group．He is a consultant for Foodminds，which specializes “in food，beverage，nutrition，health and wellness．”Foodminds works with more than 30 leadingfood，beverage，and nutrition tooffer a “one stop shop of…consulting…to guide food and beverage companies innavigating the complexities around the upcoming FDA Nutrition Facts labeloverhaul．”In other words．Foodmindsis a lobbying firm for “Big Food．”
Creationist’s coming
H．And then there is this：Dr．Eckeldescribes himself as “a scientist and professing six．daycreationist and a member of the technical advisory board of the Institute forCreation Research…”Many scientists are religious．This isnot to question Dr．Eckel’s religious beliefs．but to question his ability to think sciemifically．He believes there is scientific proof that the world was created insix days and mat evolution does not exist．This shouldat least raise eyebrows when the co-chair of an influential panel charged withgiving scientifically sound dietary advice has a financial conflict of interestand proselytizes for beliefs that are anti．scientific．
I．The American people should beable to trust that only impartial scientists write guidelines．We should be confident that those experts are not working to advancecorporate interests and that they do not espouse beliefs that are well outsidethe scientific mainstream．An avowed creationist who consults for a food lobby hardly seems an appropriate choice to fulfill these criteria．For the last several decades，the AHA has promoted a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet as acornerstone of heart health．It has taken a very public position that saturated fats are a major driver of heart disease risk and the mounting tide of evidence that this is dead wrong must put it in a very uncomfortable position．And yet a fundamental requirement of science--as opposed to propaganda--is that when evidence that contradicts a hypothesis is replicated over and over again，that hypothesis must be abandoned．
J．The idea that eating high amounts of saturated fat causes hardening of the arteries—the so．Called “diet-heart hypothesis—deserves to be jettisoned along with other discredited belief systems．Creationism comes tomind．Will the AHA step up to the plate？
注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。
It is fun that blood triglycerides won’t rise when you eat fat，but go up with eating other sugar and starches．

填空題
6、The northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday (26)reduce smog.
The measure which was first imposed on a trial basis in the'year 2007 is (27)__________whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit for 12 (28)__________ days.
Satellite imagery shows Milan to be one of the most polluted cities in Europe. An estimated 120,000 (29) will be affected by the move, according to the major daily newspaper in the city.
The most polluting vehicles have (30) __________ driving through the city center since Thursday. But on Sunday, there was supposed to be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.
The ban is imposed when pollution (31)__________50 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air over 12 days. The last time the full ban was (32) __________ was in February.
The move is not popular with all environmentalists, who argue that the city's public transport system should be improved to (33)__________people from using their cars. Local Green Party councilor Enrico Fedrighini said cars with three or four people inside should be offered free parking, for example. "One or two car-free Sundays each month will not do anything to (34)__________ the smog crisis," he told the daily newspaper in the city.
Public transport was to be bolstered during the day, with an (35)__________ metro trains and buses operating.
根據(jù)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
26.__________


7、 __________



簡(jiǎn)答題
8、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essayon the topic of reserving a seat in college classrooms. You should start youressay with a brief account of the phenotnenon reserving a seat in collegeclassrooms and then explain the defects it may cause. You should write atloner 120 words but no more than 180 words.


9、“一年之計(jì)在于春，一日之計(jì)在于晨”。從這句耳熟能詳?shù)乃渍Z(yǔ)中可見(jiàn)早餐對(duì)人體健康的重要性。早晨應(yīng)要有足夠的營(yíng)養(yǎng)攝入(nutr i t i ona |jntake)。以保證有一個(gè)良好的工作和生活狀態(tài)。歐美人非常重視早餐。他們認(rèn)為早餐若吃得舒服，即表示今天一天會(huì)有愉快、滿(mǎn)意的時(shí)光。有些人甚至利用早餐時(shí)間，邊吃邊談生意。然而根據(jù)營(yíng)養(yǎng)學(xué)家的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)。目前還有很多人沒(méi)有養(yǎng)成吃早餐的習(xí)慣或是吃早餐過(guò)于隨意。


10、蒙古族是一個(gè)富有傳奇色彩的民族，對(duì)亞歐歷史進(jìn)程產(chǎn)生過(guò)巨大的影響。全球蒙古民族共約有820萬(wàn)，主要分布在中國(guó)、蒙古國(guó)、俄羅斯三個(gè)國(guó)家。蒙古族服飾包括長(zhǎng)袍、腰帶、靴子、首飾等，但因地區(qū)不同在樣式上有所差異。中國(guó)境內(nèi)的蒙古族主要居住在內(nèi)蒙古自治區(qū)，全區(qū)現(xiàn)有蒙古族人口約達(dá)380萬(wàn)。自古以來(lái)，蒙古族人善于騎射，素有“馬背上的民族”(the Peop I e on Horseback)之稱(chēng)。