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Model Test FivePart IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutesto write a shortessay on social skills.Youressay shouldincludetheimportanceof social skills andmeasuresto be taken to cultivatesocial skills.Youarerequired to writeatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,you will hearthreenews reports.At theendof eachnews report,you will heartwo orthreequestions.Both the news reportandthe questions will be spoken only once.After you heara question,youmustchoose thebestanswerfrom thefour choices marked A),B),C)andD).Thenmark thecorrespondingletteronAnswer Sheet 1withasingle linethroughthecentre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)Acaraccident.B)An earthquake.C)Atrainaccident.D)Aplaneaccident.2.A)Hegavethemansome waterto drink.B)Hecalledtheambulanceimmediately.C)Hecalledthepolicefirst.D)Hegavethemanfirst aid.3.A)Thosewhoaresufferingfrom choking.B)Thosewho aresufferingfrom minorscratches.C)Thosewhoaresufferingfrom cancer.D)Thosewho aresufferingfrom diabetes.4.A)Itmaycurethedisease.B)Itmayonefrom punishment.C)Itmaysaveones life.D)Itmayhelponeescapeunhurt.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)Ithasgotitsnamefrom a styleof architecture.B)Ithasgotits namefrom a kind of music.C)Ithasgotits namefrom a tribenamedGoths.D)Ithasgotits namefrom aspecialart.6.A)Priestsandworshipers.B)Some non-human entities.C)Kingsandknights.D)Successful businessmen.7.A)Becausemankind is alwaysin searchof fame.B)Becausemankind is greedyfor gold andyouth.C)Becausemankind is after forbidden knowledge.D)Becausemankind believes thattheycanachieveeverything.8.A)Thenarrativespiralstowardsthehiddentruth.B)Thenarrativedirectlyrevealsthetruth.C)Thenarrativeis often athird-personnarrator.D)Thenarrativeoften hideshisown secrets.Section BDirections：In thissection,you will heartwo long conversations.At theendof eachconversation,you will hearfour questions.Boththe conversationandthe questions willbe spoken only once.After you heara question,youmustchoose thebestanswerfrom thefour choices marked A),B),C),andD).Then mark thecorrespondingletteronAnswer Sheet 1witha single line throughthecentre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on passage you have just heard.9.A)An 81-year-oldJapanese womans technical life.B)An introduction to a traditionalartin Japan.C)How exercise is linkedto health.D)Howto delay agingprocess.10.A)Because she is fond of newinventions.B)Because she is interestedin preservingJapanese traditions.C)Because she is keen on technology andcommunication.D)Because sheis good atkeeping healthy.11.A)Keepingdoingexercise.B)Playingcomputer games.C)Surfing theInternet.D)Havingregular physical examination.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)Teaching non-native Englishlearners.B)Providing variousteachingmethodsto Englishteachers.C)Acceptingmorenon-native Englishspeaking studentsintokindergarten.D)Encouraging youngstudentsto spendmoretimelearning English.13.A)There aremoreschools for Spanish-speakingstudents.B)MoreSpanish-speakingstudentsthink aboutgoing to college.C)Thenumber of Spanish-speakinghighschool graduateshasincreased.D)MoreSpanish-speakingstudentscangraduatefrom college.14.A)Itattractsthefederalsattentionto theissue.B)It makes federalmoneymoreaccessible.C)It leads to betterworking conditionsof teachers.D)It raisesthenumber limit of newprograms.15.A)Allowingthemlonger timeto masterthelanguage.B)Teaching themreadingandmathin theirnativelanguage.C)Using bothEnglishandtheirnativelanguage whenteaching.D)Making themproficient in Englishbefore teachingthemothersubjects.Section CDirections:In this section,you willhearthreerecordingsof lectures orfollowedby threeor four questions.Therecordingswillbe played only once.After you heara question,you mustchoose the best answerfrom the fourchoices marked A),B),C),D).Thenmark the correspondingletter onAnswer Sheet 1with a single linethroughthecentre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)Mostpeople love readingbooks on smartphones.B)Mostpeople love readingTheNewYork Times.C)Mostpeople stilllove printedbooks.D)Mostpeople havechangedtheirtastefor printedbooks.17.A)VisitamagnificentGildedAge Manhattan library.B)Spendmuchtimein book storesof allkinds.C)Borrow a lot of books from libraries.D)Buya lot of books from book stores.18.A)Heis alibrarian.C)Heis a businessman.B)Heis anauthor.D)Heis abookseller.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)Thosewhocanshowtheirlove romantically.B)Thosewhocanspeak AmericanEnglish.C)Thosewhocanspeak morethanonelanguage.D)Thosewhocanlearna newlanguagequickly.20.A)Aboutone in four.C)Aboutnineoutof ten.B)Aboutonein eight.D)Abouttwo-thirds.21.A)The one thathassimilarpronunciation withtheirmothertongue.B)Theonethathassimilarspellingwithmothertongue.C)Theonethathassimilargrammarwiththeirmothertongue.D)Theonethatis partof thesamefamilyastheirmothertongue.22.A)Its useof a specialpronunciation.B)Its use of theCyrillicalphabetsystem.C)Its useof a totallydifferentspelling.D)Its use of too manygrammaticalrules.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A)Favorable.B)Doubtful.C)Critical.D)Reserved.24.A)Womenarelikely tohavea longerlife expectancy thanmenbecauseof parenthood.B)Menslife expectancy increasesmorethanwomenbecauseof parenthood.C)Womencanexpect to live 18 monthslongerthanmenbecauseof parenthood.D)Mencanexpect to live 2 yearslongerthanwomenbecauseof parenthood.25.A)Married women.C)Unmarried women.B)Married men.D)Unmarried men.Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)SectionADirections:In thissection,thereis a passagewith tenblanks.Youarerequired to select one wordforeachblankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage throughcarefullybeforemaking your choices.Eachchoice in the bank is identifiedby a letter.Please mark the correspondingletterforeach item onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line throughthe centre.Youmay not use any of the wordsin thebank morethanonce.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.If you hadto guess theorganthathasundueinfluenceon youremotions,yourmood,even yourchoices,whatwouldyou guess?Thebrain?Sure,butwhatelse?Theheart that_26_seatof thesoul?Notquite.Thestomach?Youre gettingwarmer.Wouldyou believe its the trillionsof bacteria the microbiota(微生物群)thanlive inyourgut.Eachof us_28_upto fouranda half poundsof bacteriaaroundin ourguts at any given time.Morethan100 trillionmicrobeslive downthere.Thatsasmanycells asmake uptherestof yourbody.Now,this crowd is mostly good guys,and they do important work,to the extentthat somescientists_29_classifyingthese collective microbiotaas its own_30_.Aside from helping digest our food,theyprotectus fromdisease,neutralize some of thetoxic by-products of the_31_process,andmake it harderforbad bacteriato set up shop.In short,your gut does way more than just digest everythingfrom Cheetos toCamembert.Butit turnsout gut bacteriamay also_32_howwe feel.Who knewthe next_33_inmentalwell-beingwould lead rightto the toilet?With thatlively_34_inmind,we knowhere are variousways our microbiotaare_35_toourmentalhealth.A)advocateI)gathersB)affectJ)imageC)attachedK)irreplaceableD)carriesL)mythicalE)collectivelyM)notoriouslyF)connectedN)organG)digestiveO)resultH)frontierSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to reada passage with ten statementsattachedto it.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiven in one of theparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationis derived.Youmay choose a paragraphmore thanonce.Eachparagraphis marked with a letter.Answer the questions bymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswer Sheet 2.Is Nutritious Food Really Pricier,and,If so,Is That Really the Problem?ANobodydisagrees:We Americanseat badly.We eat too manycalories,too muchhighly processed foodand not nearly enoughvegetables.Why is that?Askthe question,and you geta lot of answers,which isappropriatefor a lot of answers,which is appropriatefor a matteras complex as a countrys diet.But one of theanswersthatbubblesto the top almostevery time is thatnutritiousfood just costs more.Does it?Therearetworelevant questions here.Thefirstis empirical:Is healthfulfood moreexpensive?Thesecondis behavioral:Is costwhatstandsbetweenpeople anda betterdiet?BByone very straightforward measure,healthfuleating does indeed cost more.If you lookat cost percalorie,nutrient-dense vegetables and fruits cost far more on average,than the ubiquitous(普 遍存 在的)，nutrition-sparsesourcesof calories:refinedgrains(细粮)，sugar andvegetableoil.CThe fact thatvegetablesare,on average,more expensivethan,say,Doritos doesnt meanyou have toabandonthe ideaof healthfuleating andheadfor the snack food aisle.Sugar-snappeas andasparagusmay bringup theaverageprice of produce,butthereareinexpensivecaloriesin thecategory,too.Think sweetpotatoes.DAnordinarysupermarketoffers a variety of affordablypriced caloriesto meet the daunting challenge ofmakingyourdaily menucome in at under$4per person,the averagebenefitunderthe SupplementalNutritionAssistance Program,informally referredto as food stamps.Sure enough,there are the usual suspects:theprocessed foods thatarea microwave away frombeing a microwave away frombeing a microwave away frombeing a meal.Similarly,therewas a frozen burrito(玉米煎饼)for 14 cents,cannedbeef ravioli for17 centsandhotdogsfor 10 cents.But the rock-bottom-cheapestmeal optionwas instantramen,at 6cents,a pricepointsoirresistiblethatI almostbought some.As inexpensiveas it is,ramenisnt the cheapest sourceof caloriesat thegrocery store.Thathonorbelongs to all-purposeflourandvegetableoil,bothof whichcost all of 2 centsper 100calories.ENo matterhow cheap theprocessed foods are,therawmaterialsthatgo intothemareeven cheaper.And,if thoserawmaterialsareso very cheap forus,imagine how cheap theyareforKraft.So cheap thatthecompanycanmanufacture a food outof them,box it,ship it andmarket it,andstill sell it forpennies.Even so,you almostalwaysdo better,cost-wise,whenyou buytheingredients andcook themyourself,whichis one of thereasonsthatupgradingto a decentmaycostless thanyou think.A2013review of studiesquantifyingtheprice of a healthfulvs.unhealthfuldietfoundthatthehealthfulversion cost$1.48moreper person,per day.FAlthough$1.48doesnt soundlike enough to make muchdifferencein thequality of yourdiet,it canbuya variety of cheap,nutritiousstaples:peanut butter,whole-grainpasta,whole-wheat flour,eggs,rolled oats,pearled barley,cornflour,brownrice,driedblack beansandunpoppedpopcorn.GInthatlist,we findthecrux of theissue.Thehealthfulmealsyou canmake ata price point thatcompeteswithramenareanchoredby rice,beansandwhole grains.And,if you have timeandskill,you cancombinethosewith foods that cost a more,such as chicken thighs(13 cents),sweet potatoes(38 cents),carrots(30 cents),frozencorn(25 cents),walnuts(30 cents),yogurt(36 cents)or frozen broccoli(63 cents),and eat pretty well for under$4 perday.HBefore we go on,lets spend a moment on subsidies.Although farm subsidies have certainly had animpact on the price of staples,that impact is dwarfed by the inherent costs of growing crops as different as cornand broccoli.In that particular case,broccoli costs 50 times what corn does to grow.Its also important to note thatthe same commodity programs that affect corn and soy subsidize rolled oats,pearled barley,lentils,peanut butterand whole-wheat bread.Although Im in favor of revamping(修改)those programs,they cant shoulder all theblame for ramen.I Back to our dinner of chicken,carrots and black beans,and to the single parent on a very limited budget,who has the challenge of trying to carve out the time to make it,only to have her kids complain that what theyreally want is instant ramen.JAdam Drewnowski,director of the University of Washingtons Center,tells me in an email,“Obesity isalmost entirely an economic issue,and the higher cost of healthier foods is the main problem,”but heacknowledges that factors other than money come into play.He mentions two in particular:skill and time,whichcan feed you well if money is short supply.KSo,sure,its possible to make a healthful dinner on a SNAP budget,but the other resourcesrequiredtime and skillmay be in short supply as well.Tonja Nansel,a senior investigator at the EuniceKennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,points out that,if cost were themajor barrier,wed expect higher-income groups to eat much better than lower-income groups.“The difference indiet quality isnt that big,”says Nansel,although its hard to determine exactly what the difference is because ofthe limitations of data based on peoples ability to remember what they ate yesterday.A 2013 study that attemptedto quantify that difference found that the lowest-income group did indeed eat less-nutritious diets than thewealthiest group,but if you compare the lowest with the next group up,the diets are extremely similar.Its notuntil you get to five times the poverty level that diets improve,and even then its not a big jump.If cost were theprimary driver of poor diets,wed expect a significant income boost to correspond to a significant improvement indiet,particularly since a meaningful improvement can be had for$1.48 per day.LNobody Ive talked to disputes that cost is an issue.Likewise,nobody disputes that convenience andpreference are also issues.But its hard to say whats most important.“Most people prefer the taste of ramen tobrown rice.They prefer chips to kale,”says Nansel.“The fact that we would rather not have to look at some ofthose other reasons is part of reason cost gets so much traction.”Food isnt just nutrition.Food is pleasure,something very-low-income people have very few sources of,says Nansel.That doesnt mean we shouldnt tacklecost at a policy level,she adds.“If we can make healthful food more affordable and accessible,we ought to.”MLooking at cost as a barrier to eating well is much more comfortable than looking at preference,whichsmacks of blaming the victim.The idea that our lousy diet was perpetrated on us,with the poor as the mostvulnerable,gets around that problem.But until we acknowledge that werich and poorare complicit in ourfood supply,that we help shape it every time we buy food we want to eat,were unlikely to improve it.36.A study indicates that no significant price differences were seen between nutritious diet and unwholesomeone.37.According to one expert,the differences in diet quality between the rich and the poor are not as obvious asexpected.38.Compared with the farm subsidies,the built-in costs of growing crops have a bigger impact on the price ofstaples.39.For the poor,food can bring satisfaction and a sense of pleasure in addition to nutrition.40.Its easier to blame on costs and other external factors than on our own preference on food for our unhealthydiet.41.Itsgenerally thoughtthatthemainreasonfortheAmericansunhealthy eatinghabitsis thecost of nutritious