Questions 1 to 4 axe based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
Conversation Two
M: (5) You say your shop has been doing well. Could you give me some idea of what "doing well" means in facts and figures?
W: Well, "doing well" means averaging ￡1,200 or more a week for about 7 years, making almost a quarter of a million pounds. And "doing well" means your earnings are rising. Last year, we did slightly over 50,000 and this year, we hope to do more than 60,000. So, that's good if we continue to rise.
M: Now, that's gross earnings, I assume. What about your expenses?
W: Yes, that's gross. The expenses, of course, go up steadily. And since we've moved to this new shop, the expenses have increased greatly, because it's a much bigger shop. So I couldn't say exactly what our expenses are. They are something in the region of six or seven thousand pounds a year, which is not high.
(6) Commercially speaking, it's fairly low, and we try to keep our expenses as low as we can.
M: (7) And your prices are much lower than the same goods in shops round about. How do the local shopkeepers feel about having a shop doing so well in their midst?
W: Perhaps a lot of them don't realize how well we are doing, because we don't make a point of publicizing. That was a lesson we learned very early on. (8) We were very friendly with all local shopkeepers and we happened to mention to a local shopkeeper how much we had made that week. He was very unhappy and never as friendly again. So we make a point of never publicizing the amount of money we make. But we are on very good terms with all the shops. None of them have ever complained that we are putting them out of business or anything like that. I think it's a nice friendly relationship. Maybe if they did know what we made, perhaps they wouldn't be so friendly.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5.B
6. C
7. A
8. D
Passage One
Birds are famous for carrymg things around.Some，like homing pigeons，can be trained to deliver messages and packages.Other birds unknowingly carry seeds that cling to them for the ride.(9)Canadian scientists have found a worrisome.new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.Way up north in the Canadian ArctiC.seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds five.
Some l0.000 pairs of the birds，called flllitlars，a kind of ArctiC seabird.make their nests on Devon Island.north of the Arctic Circle.(10)The fllfinars travel some 400 kilometers over the sea to find food.
When they return home，their droppings end up all around their nesting sites，including in nearby ponds.
(11)Previously.scientists noticed ponutants arriving in the Arctic with the wind.Salmon also carry dangerous chemicals as the fish migrate between rivers and the sea.The bodies of fish and other meat—eaters Can build up high levels of the chemicals.
To test the polluting power of fulmars，researchers coUected samples of deposit from 11 ponds on Devon Island.In ponds closest to the colony，the results showed there were far more pollutants than in ponds less affected by the birds.The poHutantS in the ponds appear to come from fish that fulIIlars eat when they’re out on the ocean.(12)People who five，hunt，or fish near bird colonies need to be carefitl，the researchers say.The birds don’t mean to cause harm，but the chemicals they calTy Can cause major problems.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have iust heard.
9. B
10. C
11.A
12. C
Passage Two
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have iust heard.
预览三道题各选项，由选项中出现的centenarians，death，cure，health，fail，life等词可以推测，短文内容与百岁老人的身体健康状况以及导致他们死亡的疾病有关。
13. A
14. B
15.What is characteristic of people who live up t0100 years and beyond?
C。短文中提到，那些能够身体健康地活到百岁以上的老人们，最终向诸如老年痴呆症这样影响精神与认知功能的疾病屈服了，换言之，他们的精神似乎在他们的身体出问题前就先出问题了，故答案为C。
Recording One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
16.A
17. C
18.D
Recording Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. A
20. B
21. B
22. D
Recording Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
23.What is the aim of Michelle Obama’s campaign?
A。讲座开头提到，米歇尔·奥巴马的“Let’s Move!”是通过鼓励孩子们多做体育运动以减少儿童期肥胖现象的活动。因此，该活动的目的在于对抗儿童肥胖，故答案为A。
24.What does research find about advertisements featuring professional athletes?
D。讲座中提到，2010年，研究人员在报告中说，12至17岁的青少年看运动员所宣传的食品和饮料类商业广告比成年人多。因此，由职业运动员代言的广告给儿童留下的印象甚于给成年人留下的印象，故答案为D.。
25.What does the speaker think kids’idols should do?
C。讲座最后提到，如果儿童以运动员为偶像，那么偶像言行一致对他们才最有利。偶像们言行一致地传达积极的行为，才能给孩子们提供可以效仿的更加健康的生活方式，故答案为C。
