Section C -- Recording One

　　Let’s say you start to brain storm a list of all the emotions you ever experienced. Just for fun, try it now.

　　What’s on your list? Chances are, you included things like: happy, sad, excited, angry, afraid, grateful, proud, scared, confused, stressed, relaxed and amazed. Now sort your list into two categories: positive emotions and negative emotions.

　　Feeling both positive and negative emotions is a natural part of being human. We might use the word “negative” to describe more difficult emotions but it does not mean those emotions are bad or we shouldn’t have them. Still, most people were probably rather feel a positive emotion than a negative one. It’s likely you prefer to feel happy instead of sad or confident instead of insecure.

　　What matters is how our emotions are balanced. How much of each type of the emotion positive or negative we experience.

　　Negative emotions warn us of threats or challenges that we may need to deal with. For example, fear can alert us to possible danger, it’s a signal that we might need to protect ourselves. Angry feelings warn us that someone is stepping on our toes, crossing a boundary or violating our trust. Anger can be a signal that we might have to act on our own behalf.

　　Negative emotions focus our awareness. They help us to zero in on a problem so we can deal with it. But too many negative emotions can make us feel overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted or stressed out. When negative emotions are out of balance, problems might seem too big to handle.

　　The more we dwell on our negative emotions, they more negative we begin to feel. Focusing on negativity just keeps it going.

　　Positive emotions balance out negative ones, but they have other powerful benefits, too. Instead of narrowing our focus, like negative emotions do, positive emotions affect our brains in ways that increase our awareness, attention and memory. They help us take in more information, hold several ideas in mind at once and understand how different ideas relate to each other.

　　When positive emotions open us up to new possibilities, we are more able to learn and build on our skills. That leads to doing better on tasks and tests.

　　People who have plenty of positive emotions in their everyday lives tend to be happier, healthier, learn better and get along well with others.

　　Q16. What does the speaker say about negative emotions?

　　A) They should be done away with.

　　B) They are necessary in our lives.

　　C) They enrich our experience.

　　D) They are harmful to health.

　　[答案】[B]

　　Q17.What happens to people whose negative emotions are out of balance?

　　A) They feel stressed out even without any challenges in life.

　　B) They feel too overwhelmed to deal with life’s problems.

　　C) They are anxious to free themselves from life’s troubles.

　　D) They are exhausted even without doing any heavy work.

　　[答案】[B]

　　Q18. How do positive emotions affect us?

　　A) They expand our mind.

　　B) They prolong our lives.

　　C) They narrow our focus.

　　D) They lessen our burdens.

　　[答案】[A]

　　Section C -- Recording Two

　　In the past few months, I've been travelling for weeks at a time with only one suitcase of clothes. One day, I was invited to an important event, and I wanted to wear something special for it. I looked through my suitcase but couldn't find anything to wear. I was lucky to be at the technology conference then, and I had access to 3D printers. So I quickly designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the printer. It just printed the pieces overnight. The next morning, I just took all the pieces, assembled them together in my hotel room, and this is actually the skirt that I'm wearing right now.

　　So it wasn't the first time that I printed clothes. For my senior collection at fashion design school, I decided to try and 3D print an entire fashion collection from my home. The problem was that I barely knew anything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.

　　I always felt most creative when I worked from home. I love experimenting with new materials, and I always tried to develop new techniques to make the most unique textiles for my fashion projects.

　　One summer break, I came here to New York for an internship at a fashion house in Chinatown. We worked on two incredible dresses that were 3D printed. They were amazing -- like you can see here. But I had a few problems with them. They were made from hard plastics and that's why they were very breakable. The models couldn't sit in them, and they even got scratched from the plastics under their arms.

　　So now, the main challenge was to find the right material for printing clothes with, I mean the material you feed the printer with. The breakthrough came when I was introduced to Filaflex, which is a new kind of printing material. It's strong, yet very flexible. And with it, I was able to print the first garment, a red jacket that had the word "freedom" ded into it. And actually, you can easily download this jacket, and change the word to something else. For example, your name or your sweetheart's name.

　　So I think in the future, materials will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today, like cotton or silk.

　　Q19. What does the speaker say about the skirt she is wearing now?

　　A) It is not easily breakable.

　　B) It came from a 3D printer.

　　C) It represents the latest style.

　　D) It was made by a fashion designer.

　　[答案】[B]

　　Q20. When did the speaker start experimenting with 3D printing?

　　A) When she had just graduated from her college.

　　B) When she attended a conference in New York

　　C) When she was studying at a fashion design school.

　　D) When she attended a fashion show nine months ago.

　　[答案】[C]

　　Q21. What was the problem with the material the speaker worked on at a New York fashion house?

　　A) It was difficult to print.

　　B) It was hard to come by.

　　C) It was hard and breakable.

　　D) It was extremely expensive.

　　[答案】[C]

　　Q22. What does the speaker say about Filaflex?

　　A)It is the latest model of a 3D printer.

　　B)It is a plastic widely used in 3D printing.

　　C)It gives fashion designers room for imagination.

　　D)It marks a breakthrough in printing material.

　　[答案】[D]

　　Section C -- Recording Two

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

　　23.A)They arise from the advances in technology.

　　B)They have not been examined in detail so far.

　　C)They are easy to solve with modern technology.

　　D)They can’t be solved without government support.

　　[答案] [A] They arise from the advances in technology.

　　24.A)It is attractive to entrepreneurs.

　　B)It demands huge investment.

　　C)It focuses on new products.

　　D)It is intensely competitive.

　　[答案] [D] It is intensively competitive.

　　25.A)Cooperation with big companies.

　　B)Recruiting more qualified staff.

　　C)In-service training of IT personnel.

　　D)Sharing of costs with each other.

　　[答案] [D] Sharing of costs with each other.

　　Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select out one word for each blank from a lot 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.

　　Small communities, with their distinctive character—where life is stable and intensely human—are disappearing. Some have __26____ from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have ___27___ changes as they have come into contact with an ___28___ machine civilization. The merging of perse peoples into a common mass has produced tension among members of the minorities and the majority alike.

　　The Old Order Amish, who arrived on American shores in colonial times, have ___29___ in the modern world in distinctive, small communities. They have resisted the homogenization ___30___ more successfully than others. In planting and harvest times one can see their bearded men working the fields with horses and their women hanging out the laundry in neat rows to dry. Many American people have seen Amish families with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses. In railway or bus ___31___.Although the Amish have lived with ___32___ America for over two and a half centuries. They have moderated its influence on their personal lives, their families, communities, and their values.

　　The Amish are often ___33___ by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs. They are seen as abandoning both modem ___34___ and the American dream of success and progress, But most people have no quarrel with the Amish for doing things the old-fashioned way. Their conscientious objection was tolerated in wartime. For after all. They are good farmers who ___35___ the virtues of work and thrift.

　　A)accessing I)progress

　　B)conveniences J)respective

　　C)destined K)survived

　　D)expanding L)terminals

　　E)industrialized M)undergone

　　F)perceived N)universal

　　G)practice O)vanished

　　H)process

　　26. [O] vanished

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個動詞的過去分詞，與前面的have構成現(xiàn)在完成時，再根據(jù)語義應該選擇vanished，Some have vanished 意為：一些已經(jīng)消失。

　　27. [M] undergone

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個動詞的過去分詞，與前面的have構成現(xiàn)在完成時，再根據(jù)語義應該選擇undergone，but all have undergone changes意為：但是所有的社會團體都經(jīng)歷了改變。

　　28. [D] expanding

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空的詞應該是形容詞類的，再根據(jù)語義應該選擇expanding，expanding machine civilization意為：擴大的機器文明。

　　29. [K] survived

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個動詞的過去分詞，與前面的have構成現(xiàn)在完成時，再根據(jù)語義應該選擇survived，have survived in the modern world意為：在現(xiàn)代社會當中幸存了下來。

　　30. [H] process

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個名詞做前面resisted的賓語，have resisted the homogenization process. 意為：抵制了同化進程。

　　31. [L] terminals

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個名詞，in railway or bus terminals意為：在火車站或者汽車站。

　　32. [E] industrialized

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空的詞應該是形容詞類的，用來修飾America，industrialized America意為：工業(yè)化的美國。

　　33. [F] perceived

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空的詞應該是過去分詞，與前面的are 構成被動語態(tài)，The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past 意為：阿米什人經(jīng)常被其他的美國人看作是過去的遺物。

　　34. [B] conveniences

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個名詞做前面abandon的賓語，abandon modern conveniences 意為：拋棄了現(xiàn)代的便利。

　　35. [G] practice

　　解析：從語法上判斷，本空應該填入一個動詞做后面the virtues的謂語，practice the virtues of work and thrift意為：踐行工作和節(jié)約的美德。