Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)
　　Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Chinese Workers-Paid Holidays. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:

　　1. 有人认为"带薪休假"有很多好处……
　　2. 有人认为"带薪休假"落到实处很难
　　3. 你的观点及建议
 

　　Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
　　Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
　　For questions 1-7, mark
　　Y (for YES)if the statement agrees with information given in the passage;
　　N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
　　NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
　　For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

　　Obesity in Children
　　Obesity in children and adolescents is rising at an alarming rate. Currently over 15% of young people over 6 years old are obese, and obesity is also increasing among children aged 5 and younger.
　　Children are considered to be overweight if the BMI (Body Mass Index) is over 85% of the weight group in their age and sex categories. If it is 95% and over, they are considered to be obese. Adolescents are generally judged according to adult criteria for obesity, although there are other considerations in this population. Ethnic variations, timing of growth spurts, and higher normal fat levels around puberty can cause disparities in these measurements.
　　Causes and Risk Factors for Obesity in Children
　　Lifestyle Factors. Without educational or parental guidance, children are extremely vulnerable to the intense cultural pressures that are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. Neither the media nor the educational system has strong well-financed programs that encourage healthy-alternatives, including exercise and healthy foods. The following are some specific problems created by the culture:
　　* Excessive television watching plays a critical role in obesity in children. Not only is it a sedentary activity, but television also offers innumerable temptations with its advertisements for fast foods, sugar cereals, and unhealthy snacks. In one study obesity rates were lowest in children who watched television one hour or less a day and highest in those who watched four or more hours.
　　* Sugar, particularly from soda, other sweetened beverages, and fruit juice, may be major contributors to childhood obesity. One study reported that drinking soda regularly increases a child's risk for obesity by 60%.
　　* Less physical exercise and greater sedentary activities play another significant role in obesity in children. A high level of physical, activity-not just using up energy-is important for weight control in young people.
　　Family History. Parental obesity more than doubles the risk that a young child, whether thin or overweight, will become obese as an adult. In older children and teenagers, obesity in parents starts to count less as a predictor for body weight than their own weight. The risk may be due to environmental or genetic factors, or both.
　　Ethnic and Socioeconomic Factors. As in adult populations, children from lower socioeconomic groups and minority populations are at higher risk for obesity. For example, among young Mexican Americans and African Americans, there has been an increase in overweight prevalence of about 13% to over 23%.
　　Factors Surrounding Birth. The following factors surrounding birth are associated with a child's weight:
　　* Low birth weight is a risk factor for later obesity and diabetes. One theory is that humans have a "thrifty gene" that produces metabolic changes in infants with low birth weight. Such changes affect insulin and fat accumulation in order to produce a "catch-up" weight in these young children as quickly as possible. This rapid weight gain in infancy increases the gain risk for obesity in children and also in young adulthood.
　　* In a study of African American children, having an overweight pregnant mother increased the risk for later weight gain, but low birth weight did not.
　　Although some small studies have reported protection against obesity from breastfeeding, evidence is weak. In a 2003 study, for example, children who were breast fed for three to five months had a lower risk for obesity, but prolonged breastfeeding had no effect. Nevertheless, given the healthful effects of breast feeding and the possibility that it may have even a slight impact on childhood obesity, it is highly recommended.
　　Health Consequences of Childhood Obesity
　　Children and adolescents who are obese have poorer health than other children. Studies are reporting unhealthy cholesterol levels and high blood pressure in obese children and adolescents. Of great concern is the dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes in young people, which is most certainly largely due to the increase in obesity. Obesity in children is also linked to asthma, gallbladder problems, sleep apnea, and liver abnormalities. Childhood obesity may be partly responsible for the declining age for onset of puberty in girls, with subsequent risks for breast cancer.
　　It is not clear yet how many of these childhood problems persist in people who achieve normal weight as adults. Staying overweight into adulthood certainly confers health risks.
　　Managing Overweight and Obese Children
　　Childhood obesity is best treated by a non-drug, multidisciplinary approach including diet, behavior modification, and exercise. Some evidence suggests that reducing calories by only 200 to 260 per day would prevent weight gain in most overweight children. Here some tips for children who are overweight:
　　* Limit or avoid if possible take-out, fast foods, high-sugar snacks, commercial packaged snacks, soda and sugar sweetened beverages (including too much juice).
　　* Let children snack but make sure the snacks are healthy. Eating small frequent healthy meals (instead of two or three large ones) has been associated with being thinner and having a better cholesterol profile.
　　* Let children choose their own food portions. One study indicated that children naturally ate 25% less than they chose their own portion size. When they were given larger portions their bite sizes were larger and they ate more.
　　* Don't criticize a child for being overweight. It does not help and such attitudes could put children at risk for eating disorders, which are equal or even greater dangers to health.
　　* Limit television, video games, and computer use to a few hours a week. This can contribute significantly to weight control, regardless of diet and physical activity.
　　* For young children, try the traffic-light diet. Food is designated with stoplight colors depending on their high caloric content: Green for go (low calories); yellow for "eat with caution" (medium calories); red for "stop" (high calories).
　　* Try a low-glycemic index diet. This may be as beneficial and possibly more than a standard reduced-fat diet in obese children. Such a diet focuses on carbohydrates, such as dried beans and soy, that raise blood sugar more slowly than others. This diet is sometimes used in diabetes and as a dietary approach in overweight adults.

　　1. Overweight children are those whose BMI is over 85% of the weight group in their age and sex categories.
 

　　2. The educational system is positive in promoting exercise and healthy foods, according to the passage.

　　3. It is observed that children watching television one hour or less a day tend to be less likely to suffer from obesity.
 

　　4. The intake of sugar among children is an important contributor to childhood obesity.

　　5. In most cases, obese children tend to have parents suffering obesity, as environmental or genetic factors are the major reasons for childhood obesity.
 

　　6. Infants with low birth weight may face a risk for obesity as they grow up into childhood and young adulthood.
 

　　7. For obese children, achieving a healthy weight becomes more difficult as they get older, as the persistence is biological.
 

　　8. Obese children and adolescents have poorer health, as they are reported to have unhealthy .
 

　　9. It is suggested that reducing calories would prevent weight gain in most overweight children.
 

　　10. The author believes that it does not help to criticize children for being overweight, as this may increase the risk for .　
 

　　Part ⅢListening Comprehension(35 minutes)

　　Section A
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
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　　Section B
　　Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
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　　Section C
　　Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46, you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
　　The automobile has many advantages. Above all ,it (36) people freedom to go where they want to go when they want to go there. To most people, cars are also personal (37)
　　machines that serve as (38) of power, success, speed, excitement, and (39) . In (40) , much of the world's economy is built on producing vehicles and supplying roads, services, and repairs of vehicles. Half of the world's paychecks are (41) .
　　In spite of their advantages, motor vehicles have many harmful effects on human lives and on air, water, land and wildlife resources. Though we (42) to deny it, (43) in cars is one of the most dangerous things we do in our daily lives.
　　Every year, (44) ,and they injure or permanently disable ten million more.(45) .
　　Motor vehicles are the largest sources of air pollution, producing a haze of smog over the world's cities.(46) .
 

　　Section A
　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
　　The comparatively treeless plains of North Africa have suffered a progressive drying up, both 47 and man-made, but the region was 48 so rich in fertile soil that the district we now know as the Libyan Desert was, in the old days, part of the granary (粮仓) of the Roman Empire, and the centre of the Sahara 49 a busy trading population for a long period. That was when there were 50 in plenty and the fields were the traditional "fields of the woods" -clearings in the forest-and therefore always tree 51 .
　　It is the trees that lift the water and send 52 into the air so that it may fall as dew or rain further on. Trees reduce the speed of the wind, and provide shelter and shade; the roots 53 minerals in the soil and these are carried to the leaves which, when they have fulfilled their function, return to the earth, giving the soil the combination of minerals that plants require.
　　But through the ages Africa has been 54 . Successive invaders have felled the forest to provide grazing lands for their flocks and herds. With the removal of the essential tree cover, the water 55 was broken, the earth became feverish and sick, and in course of time was unable to support those who had broken the 56 of life by removing the earth's green mantle-the trees.
　　

A) moisture
B) cycle
C) water
D) rhythm
E) contain
F) trap
G) once
H) surrounded
I) fed
 J) exploited
K) social
L) natural
M) forest
N) usually
O) trees

　　Section B
　　Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　Passage One
　　Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
　　No one knows when the first calendar was developed. But it seems possible that it was based on lunar months. When people started farming, the sages of the tribes became very important, they studied the sky and gathered enough information to be able to predict when the seasons would change, and were able to announce when it was time to plant crops.
　　The divisions of time we use today were developed in ancient Babylonia 4,000 years ago.Babylonian astronomers believed the sun moved around the Earth every 365 days.They divided the trip into 12 equal parts, each with 30 days. Then they divided each day into 24 equal parts, or hours, and divided each hour into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds.
　　Humans have used many devices to measure time; the sundial (日晷) was one of the earliest and simplest. However, the sundial worked well only when the weather was fine, so other ways of measuring the passing of time were invented. One device was the hourglass(沙漏). By the eighteenth century, people had developed mechanical clocks and watches. So we have devices to mark the passing of time, but what time is it now? Clocks in different parts of the world do not show the same time at the same time, because time on Earth is set by the sun's positions in the sky above us. As international communications and travel grew, it became clear that a way to establish a common time for all parts of the world was needed. In 1884, an international conference divided the world into 24 time zones, each zone represents one hour. The astronomical observatory in Greenwich, England, was chosen as the starting point for the time zones. Twelve zones are west of Greenwich. Twelve are east. The time at Greenwich measured by the sun is considered by astronomers to be Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time.

　　57. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

　　58. What does the example of Babylonia astronomers reveal?

　　59. The author mentions all of the following ways to measure time EXCEPT .

　　60. According to the passage, Greenwich Mean Time .

　　61. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?

　　Passage Two
　　Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
　　For many years, scientists couldn't figure out how atoms and molecules on the Earth combined to make living things. Plants, fish, dinosaurs, and people are made of atoms and molecules, but they are put together in a more complicated way than the molecules in the primitive ocean. What's more, living things have energy and can reproduce, while the chemicals on the Earth 4 billion years ago were lifeless.
　　After years of study, scientists figured out that living things, including human bodies, are basically made of amino acids and nucleotide bases. These are molecules with millions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms. How could such complicated molecules have been formed in the primitive soup? Scientists were stumped.
　　Then, in 1953, two scientists named Harold Urey and Stanley L. Miller did a very simple experiment to find out what had happened on the Primitive Earth. They set up some tubes and bottles in a closed loop, and put in some of the same gases that were present in the atmosphere 4 billion years ago: water vapor, ammonia, carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen.
　　Then they shot an electric spark through the gases to simulate bolts of lightning on the ancient Earth, circulated the gases through some water, sent them back for more sparks, and so on. After seven days, the water that the gases had been bubbling through had turned brown. Some new chemicals were dissolved in it. When Miller and Urey analyzed the liquid, they found that it contained amino acids-the very kind of molecules found in all living things.
　　62. When did scientists come to realize how the atoms and molecules on the Earth combined to make living thing?

　　63. Scientists figured out that human bodies are basically made of .

　　64. Harold Urey and Stanley L.Miller did their experiment in order to .

　　65. At the end of the last paragraph, the word "it" refers to .

　　66. According to the writer, living things on the Earth include .

　　Part ⅤCloze(15 minutes)
　　Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　Robert Edwards 67 in an unusual accident many years 68 .He was also partially deaf 69 old age.Last week he was walking near his home 70 a thunderstorm 71 .He took shelter 72 a tree and was struck by lightning.He was 73 to the ground and woke up 74 20 minutes later, 75 face down in water below a tree.He went into the house and lay down in bed.A short time later he awoke.His legs couldn't move 76 he was trembling. 77 ,when he opened his eyes he could see the clock 78 the room in front of him. 79 his wife entered he saw her for the first time in nine years. Doctors confirmed that he had 80 his sight and hearing apparently 81 the flash of lightning.But they were unable to explain the 82 . One possible explanation 83 by one doctor was that Edwards lost his sight 84 a hard blow in a terrible accident.Perhaps the only way it could 85 was by 86 blow.
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　　Part Ⅵ Translation(5 minutes)
　　Directions:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　87. Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors (增加了27%).
 

　　88. By the time you get to New York, I (该已经动身往伦敦去了).
 

　　89. Sometimes children have trouble (区分事实和想象).
 

　　90. The boy spent (同样的时间) watching TV as he did studying.
 

　　91. (由于竞争激烈) among the airlines, travel expenses have reduced dramatically.