问答题Section B Yes / No / Not given(5 points)　　Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 1 - 5, mark　　Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information

Practice 6　　The interview-about 3 minutes　　In this part the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You in this part have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.

Solve the problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given.　 A certain standardized test taken by business school applicants demands that the test takers answer 37 quantitative questions within 75 minutes. Which of the following is closest to the average amount of time the test takers can spend on each question?

Directions:In this section, there is a passage followed by 5 statements. Go over the passage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 1 - 5, mark　　Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the 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.　　Questions 56- 60 are based on the following passage.　　After I left Debrecen I walked for days and put up my tent at night. An old couple driving a horse and cart stopped and spoke to me. I tried out my broken Hungarian and they laughed. But it was obvious they were offering me a lift, so I got up on the cart, with my backpack and tent. They offered me some fiery apricot liqueur, home-made by the look of it. We drank it from the bottle.　　The land was flat. You could see forever. You could see as far as the future. At first we could still see the Hortobagy River, brown in the weak sunshine, and carpets of sunflowers. But then, as we jolted along a track in the cart, there was just the puszta—the dry Great Plain of Hungary. It’s where the Hungarians grow their wheat and catch their wild horses.　　A Hungarian poet once said that the earth and the sky are one in the puszta. I understand what he means. As far as you can see in every direction, the sky comes down and touches the land. This dry yellow land is not beautiful in the usual sense, but being in it, being part of it, I felt a great sense of peace. I have always hated mountains and skyscrapers because they are bigger than I am. But this ... When I lay down and watched the puszta from the back of the cart, it was like being in a great safe flat bed that had no sides but just went on forever. It was then, at that moment, that I felt I could do anything in the world that I wanted. I was eighteen years old.　　Then, in the distance, we saw the horses. At first there was just a cloud of dust. Then, suddenly, about ten small, wiry, brown Hungarian wild horses charged across the Great Plain. They got near enough for me to see them tossing their heads. Two csikos, Hungarian cowboys, were chasing them. The cowboys saw the cart and shouted something. The old man shouted something back and he and the old woman laughed. They said something to me in Hungarian, probably trying to explain what the cowboys had said.　　I fell asleep. When I woke up, the horses and the two csikos had gone but nothing about the scenery had changed. We were still moving forward but it was as if we had stopped.　　I didn’t want us ever to arrive anywhere. I wanted to stay on that cart in the Great Plain forever. But at the same time I knew that when the journey was over, everything was going to be just fine. And it was.　　Statements:　　1．Debrecen is a town in Hungary.　　2．The writer felt a sense of horror because nothing in the scenery was bigger than her.　　3．The writer liked flat scenery better than mountains.　　4．The grass on the Great Plain didn’t change very much.　　5．The writer described a moment when she knew that everything in her life would be bad.

Practice 1　　Discussion—about 5 minutes　　In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic.　　For two candidates　　Program for New Staff　　Your company has found that ineffective time management is one of the major problem areas throughout the workforce. You have been asked to put forward some suggestions for improving the situation.　　Discuss and decide together:　　● why poor time management can become a major problem in companies.　　● what procedures could be adopted to ensure that time is managed effectively.

Writing Task II  (20 points)　　Directions: Write a composition of no less than about 160 words, saying whether you agree or disagree with the following statement and giving examples: The biggest dangers to our health and environment come from cars. Remember to write your composition on the Answer Sheet.

Directions: In this part of the test, you will answer three questions. For each question, begin responding immediately after you hear a beep. No preparation time is provided.Practice 1Imagine that an Irish marketing firm is doing research in your country. You have agreed to participate in a telephone interview about vegetables in your diet.Question: Do you regularly eat vegetables?

Practice 1Directions: In this part of the test, you will answer three questions based on the information provided. You will have 30 seconds to read the information before the questions begin. For each question, begin responding immediately after you hear a beep. No additional preparation time is provided. You will have 15 seconds to respond to Questions 1 and 2 and 30 seconds to respond to Question 3.Practice 1　　Question 1: How much are tickets?　　Question 2: I heard Time Against Time was coming out. Is it playing there yet?　　Question 3: I might not be able to go to the theater until 7:30. Which movies are playing at around that time?

Directions: Talk on the following topic for 5 minutes. Be sure to make your points clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...,” “My registration number is...”　　◆Topic 1: The Retirement Age for Chinese　　Questions for reference:　　1. Do you agree that the mandatory retirement age for Chinese should be extended? Give your reasons.　　2. Some people are opposed to the extension initiative for fear that it might reduce job opportunities for young people. What’s your comment on this opinion?　　3. China is facing a surplus labor force. What are the possible solutions to such a problem?

You are required to write an email of no fewer than 80 words to your manager, according to the following information given in Chinese. You should include all the points listed in the following table. Now write the message on the Answer Sheet.

题目要求:　　In this part, the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn.　　You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.

Practice 1　　The interview—about 3 minutes　　In this part, the examiner asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.

Practice 5　　The interview—about 3 minutes　　In this part the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.

CONVERSION 1　　Questions1 to 5 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. 　　Now listen to the conversation. Gary prefers The Timesto The Heraldand City Journalbecause

Directions:There is one passage in this section with 5 statements. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.　　For questions 1 - 5, mark　　Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the 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.　　You hear the same complaint all the time as people get older: “My memory is terrible.” Is it all in the mind, or do real changes take place in the brain with age to justify such grumbling (抱怨)? The depressing answer is that the brain’s cells, the neurons, die and decline in efficiency with age.　　Professor Arthur Shimamura, of the University of California at Berkeley, says there are three main ways in which mental function changes. The first is mental speed, for example how quickly you can react to fast-moving incidents on the road. Drivers in their late teens react quickly but tend to drive too fast, while the over sixties are more cautious but react more slowly. The near-inevitable slowing with age also partly explains why soccer players are seen as old in their thirties, while golf professionals are still in their prime at that age. This type of mental slowing results from a reduction in the efficiency with which the brain’s neurons work.　　The fact that adults find it harder to learn musical instruments than children points to a second type of mental loss with age—a reduction in learning capacity. The parts of the brain known as the temporal lobes control new learning, and are particularly vulnerable to the effects of aging. This means that, as we get older, we take longer to learn a new language, and slower to master new routines and technologies at work, and we have to rely more on diaries and other mental aids.　　“Working memory” is the third brain system which is vulnerable to the effects of aging. Working memory is the brain’s “blackboard”, where we juggle from moment to moment the things we have to keep in mind when solving problems, planning tasks and generally organizing our day-to-day life. Absent-mindedness occurs at all ages because of imperfections in the working memory system—so, for instance, you may continually lose your glasses, or find yourself walking into a room of your house only to find that you cannot remember what you came for.　　Such absent-mindedness tends to creep up on us as we age and occurs because our plans and intentions, which are chalked up on the mental blackboard, are easily wiped out by stray thoughts and other distractions. Stress and preoccupation can also cause such absent-mindedness, in addition to age-related changes in the brain. The frontal lobes of the brain—located behind the forehead and above the eyes—are where the working memory system is located. Like the temporal lobes, which handle new learning, the frontal lobes are more vulnerable to the aging process than other parts of the brain.　　The news, however, is not all bleak. Although neurons reduce in number with age, the remaining neurons send out new and longer connection fibers (dendrites) to maintain connections and allow us to function reasonably well with only relatively small drops in ability.　　This and other evidence suggests that the principle “use it or lost it” might apply to the aging brain. Professor Shimamura studied a group of university professors who were still intellectually active, and compared their performance on neuropsychological tests with that of others of their age group, as well as with younger people. He found that on several tests of memory, the mentally active professors in their sixties and early seventies were superior to their contemporaries, and as good as the younger people.　　Research on animals provide even stronger evidence of the effects of stimulation on the brain structure. Professor Bryan Kolb, of the University of Lethbridge in Canada, has shown that animals kept in stimulating environments show sprouting (生长) and lengthening of the connecting nerve fibers in comparison with animals kept in unstimulating environments.　　The beneficial effects of continued mental activity are shown by the fact that older contestants in quiz shows are just as fast and accurate in responding to general knowledge questions as younger competitors, suggesting that at least part of their intellectual apparatus is spared the effects of aging because of practice and skill.　　Such findings lead to the intriguing possibility of “mental fitness training” to accompany jogging and workouts for the health conscious. Research in Stockholm by Professor Lars Backman and his colleague has shown that older people can be trained to use their memory better, with the effects of this training lasting several years.　　Just as people go bald or grey at different rates, so the same is true for their mental faculties. Why this should be the case for memory and other mental functions is not yet clear. If Professor Shimamura is right, then the degree to which people use and stretch their mental faculties may also have a role to play.　　Statements:　　1．The passage gives a description of several methods of testing mental ability.　　2．Professor Shimamura identified a number of areas in which mental function may change.　　3．As the temporal lobes of the brain are affected by aging, it becomes harder to pick up new skills.　　4．Research indicates that physical training can help to improve memory.　　5．Taking part in quizzes is the best way to stimulate the brain.

There is one passage in this section with 5 statements. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.　　For questions 1-5, mark　　Y (for YES)　　　　　　if the statement agrees with the 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.　　When was the last time you saw a frog? Chances are, if you live in a city, you have not seen one for some time. Even in wet areas once teeming with frogs and toads, it is becoming less and less easy to find those slimy, hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom. All over the world, even in remote jungles on the far side of the globe, frogs are losing the ecological battle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise. Are amphibians simply over-sensitive to changes in the ecosystem? Could their rapid decline in numbers be signalling some coming environmental disaster for us all?　　This frightening scenario is in part the consequence of a dramatic increase over the last quarter of a century in the development of once natural areas of wet marshland: home not only to frogs but to all manner of wildlife. Yet, there are no obvious reasons why certain frog species are disappearing from rainforests in the Southern Hemisphere which are barely touched by human hands. The mystery is unsettling to say the least, for it is known that amphibian species are extremely sensitive to environmental variations in temperature and moisture levels. The danger is that planet Earth might not only lose a vital link in the ecological food chain (frogs keep populations of otherwise pestilent insects at manageable levels), but we might be increasing our output of air pollutants to levels that may have already become irreversible. Frogs could be inadvertently warning us of a catastrophe.　　An example of a bizarre occurrence regarding a species of frog dates from the summer of 1995, when “an explosion” of multi-coloured frogs of the species Rana klepton esculenta occurred in the Netherlands. Normally these frogs are brown and greenish-brown, but some unknown contributory factor is turning these frogs yellow and / or orange. Nonetheless, so far, the unusual bi- and even tri-coloured frogs are functioning similarly to their normal-skinned contemporaries. It is thought that frogs with lighter coloured skins might be more likely to survive in an increasingly warm climate due to global warming.　　One theory put forward to explain extinct amphibian species that seems to fit the facts concerns the depletion of the ozone layer, a well-documented phenomenon which has led to a sharp increase in ultraviolet radiation levels. The ozone layer is meant to shield the Earth from UV rays, but increased radiation may be having a greater effect upon frog populations than previously believed. Another theory is that worldwide temperature increases are upsetting the breeding cycles of frogs.　　Statements:　　1．Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying out.　　2．Attempts are being made to halt the development of wet marshland.　　3．Frogs are important in the ecosystem because they control pests.　　4．It is not known why Dutch frogs are changing colour.　　5．It is a fact that frogs’ breeding cycle has been upset by worldwide increases in temperature.

Task II(20 points)　　Directions:Write on the topic given below in no less than about 160 words on the Answer Sheet. In your essay, you should first outline your ideas, and then give examples.　　Topic: What, in your opinion, is the best way to keep fit and healthy?

INTERVIEW 1　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. 　　Now listen to the interview. Juliet became a taxi driver because

Practice 5　 Listen to the following passage. Write in English a short summary of around 150-200 words of what you have heard. You will hear the passage only once and then you will have 25 minutes to finish your summary. This part of the test carries 20 points. You may need to scribble a few notes to write your summary. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Directions: Talk in English on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your point clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is...”, “My registration number is...”　　◆Topic 1：How to Keep Healthy Psychologically?　　Questions for Reference　　1) How serious is the problem of psychological health since it will lead to physical illness and ill effect on life?　　2) What are the causes of psychological problem?　　3) What are the recommendations you can offer?

CONVERSION 2　　Questions l to 5 are based on an conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.     Now listen to the conversation. According to the conversation, which of the following statements is CORRECT?

INTERVIEW2　　In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. 　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. 　　Now listen to the interview. Which of the following is NOT Vera’s tip for finding a new job?

NEWS BROADCAST 5　　Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item. you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.　　Now listen to the news.Which manufacturer’s sales dropped the most in percentage in June?

Practice 3　　The interview—about 3 minutes　　In this part the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.