新航道

Section 1

Version

Topic

V10137

旅游服务咨询

Questions 1-10 One word and/or a number

1. Travelling types: surfing

Hotel or self-catering

Hotel

2. meals included: breakfast

3. Facilities include pool, nightclub and gym

4. Prices reduced from € 360 to €315

Self-catering

5. Have to stay in a shared room

Rental

6. Surfing equipment rental: € 75

Insurance:

7. basic cover: €30

8. premier cover: € 42

Traveling method

9. cheapest traveling method: taxi

Payment

10. check-no extra fee

Section 2

Version

Topic

V14108

Dancing community center

Questions 11-12

Which TWO will be provided at introduction period?

A. a class list

B. a face towel

C. a name tag

D. a shoe bag

E. a water bottle

Questions 13-14

Which TWO things will be done on the first afternoon and evening? 

A. costume making

B. a music show

C. informal dance

D. a talk on dance history

E. dance test

Questions 15-20

15. bathroom: C

16. bunkroom: E

17. Game room: I

18. Hall: F

19. Medical room: G

20. Reception room: B 

Section 3

Version

Topic

V13130

一种水葫芦带来的影响和各种解决方法

Questions 21-22

21& 22: What problems are caused by water hyacinth?

A. plants and fish are poisoned

B. farmers can’t get fish

C. the dam’s structure is damaged

D. local people are poisoned

E. electronic products are affected

Questions 23-26

23. Where does water hyacinth originally from?

A. Latin America

B. Africa

C. Europe

(原文说，水葫芦是欧洲引进的，先引入拉丁美洲，然后在非洲疯狂生长，成为灾患。)

24. use poison to solve this problem may cause

C. soil erosion ??

25. use biology to solve this problem, the effect can be seen

A. immediately

B. 6 months later

C. many years later

(原文说要引入一种以水葫芦为食的昆虫来吃它，水葫芦立即可被消灭。但是因为引入的昆虫又是一种外来生物，它可能会产生的影响unforseen in years)

26. mechanism way to solve this problem is:

A. ineffective

B. dangerous

C. expensive

(男生说这个方法其实最好，但是这是slow job，而且要花费很多人力物力。)

Questions 27-30

A. decrease global warming

B. alternative energy resource

C. fast profit

D. produce materials for plants to grow in

E. good for human health

27. dried water hyacinth: D

(原文说干的水葫芦是某种植物的肥料，提供给它生长）

28. mushroom farmer: C

(原文说farmers make money fast)

29. oyster and straw mushroom: E

(原文说这两者提供的营养bla bla对人的健康很好)

30. cows: B

(原文出现了fuel和energy替换）

Section 4

Version

Topic

V12111

用现代科技收集鸟类的相关信息

Questions 31-40

31. to collect rare birds that are protected in the city

32. methods: only be able to estimate rather than count their numbers

33. get records of birds when flying over their stations

34. make mapping of birds according to their sounds/ calls

35. it’s helpful for birds’ survival

36. it’s name tag

37. bad influences for birds are pollution

38. monitor birds’ calling frequency

39. monitor bird’s calling in great distance

40. it’s also useful in wind farm

Passage 1

Topic

沙漠形成

Content Review

P1: Because of human activities and natural causes, in America there was a drought leading to dust storm and this caused one of the American economic recessions making fertile land into the desert.

P2: Desertification was created because human beings used up a lot of resources and in this way a lot of new deserts were formed.

P3: So the people in those areas had to migrant to other places but most of them were still infertile areas.

P4: In fact raindrops couldn't help to prevent from the formation of Desertification, the real reason was the poor soil conservation.

P5: In developing countries human beings activities such as cooking lead to serious problem of soil degradation.

P6: Another serious negative influence of human activities was the lack of rainfall.

P7:  90% of the people living in the deserted area were from developing countries. 70% dry-lands were in Africa and the people die every day because of the Desertification.

Questions & Answers

Questions 1-7 T/F/NG

1. “desertification”第一次是在DB（地点）使用的。 NOT GIVEN

2. 沙漠化地区占地球表面20%。 FALSE

3. 沙漠化形成把人们赶到了不适合耕种的地方。TRUE

4. 多下雨会使土地肥沃。 NOT GIVEN

5．由于沙漠化人口减少。 FALSE

6．NOT GIVEN

7. 沙漠化现象在Africa地区要比别的地方严重。 TRUE

Questions 8-13

8. 草的消失由animals造成

9. trees destroyed for erosion

10. more sunlight was back to the atmosphere

11. evaporation的量增加了

12.&13. dust和smoke形成了Particles

Passage 2

Topic

摄影与艺术

Content Review

P1 Photography has been in debate since it was invented in nineteenth century. The question that is photography a form of art was raised.

P2 A famous French poet supported this view, saying photography could only be regarded as a form of naturalistic documentation. He was anxious about the advent of photography would have a negative impact on authentic art.

P3 Photography was criticized by a number of artists of painting since it was an alternative of painting

P4 The responses of artists regarding the criticism can be divided into two types. Some artists were trying their best to make photos which resembled paintings. They organized a variety of elements of the composition carefully. They tried to make the photos blurred.  They even scratched the photos in order to make them look like canvas.

P5 While the others did not want their photos to look like monochrome pictures. They tried their best to keep the appearance of the original photo. In the 1850s，Some artists showed their interests to use photography.

P6 Photography enabled the public to appreciate their own pictures. It somehow replaced paintings. Moreover, light was used by a number of artists to highlight the underlying idea behind the painting. Nevertheless, photography did not bring portrait’s existence to an end since the aristocrats and bourgeois still need portraits to manifest their social status. Impressionist started to pay more attention to sense of movement and light than making it realistic.  

P7 one more benefit that photography gave us was that it enable the viewers to appreciate the famous masterpiece’s reproduction at home

Questions & Answers

Questions 14-17 which paragraph contains the following information?

14. Fears voiced about photography   B (法国名人提出了担忧)

15. The skills the photography of artists used   F (the use of light)

16. The attempts of photographers used to imitate paintings   D (故意弄糊照片，甚至刮花照片)

17. influences of photography on art and painting   G (使得大家能够欣赏到艺术品的复制品)

Questions 18-22 summary

Responses to The criticism of photography

The opinion of artists regarding the criticism can be divided into two types. Some artists were trying their best to make photos which were similar to 18. paintings. They organized all the elements of the 19. composition meticulously. Besides they tried to make the photos 20. blurred. They even 21. scratched the photos in order to make them similar to canvas. While the others did not want their photos to look like 22. monochrome pictures they tried their best to keep the appearance of the original photo.

Questions 23-26 判断题

23. Artists in the 1850s were reluctant to use photography. F

(E段说有很多艺术家展现出对照片的兴趣，开始使用照片)

24. Photographer felt need to learn techniques by attending artistic course. NG

25. The advent of photography brought an end to traditional portrait. F

(F段说到有钱人仍旧需要肖像画来显示自己的地位)

26. Some artists did not pay attention to the appearance of their paintings any longer because of the influence of photography. T

(文中F段降到了印象派画家开始关注到色彩，光和动作的“感觉”，不可以追求逼真的效果)

Passage 3

Topic

Why adverts do not work?

Content Review

It appears that the harder advertisers strive to get your attention, the more you ignore their information.

A  In a busy consumer society, attention is in short supply. When you are going shopping in the supermarket or store, surfing on the Internet or watching television, up to 4,500, or one in 15 seconds that you are exposed to adverts every day. World companies have allocated $400 billion to the consumer products, according to the World Advertising Research Centre.

B  Jamie Ramsay, director in ID magazine, whose research expertise in consumer behavior proves that nine out of ten new products meet death. This tells us a lesson: traditional adverting ceases to work. It is obvious that even we look at loads of advertisements and brands around us, few of them get our attention.

C  Jane Raymond, thinks she know the reason, who is a psychologist in the university of Wales, Bangor, UK, had a well-known experiment in 1900s. In the procedure, participants monitored a screen with a visual stream of rapidly presented letters and pictures and they were required to identify the white letter and letter X. Researchers found that only half a second or so following the multiple stimuli can participants fall into a time window. It seems that people are easily blind to certain information when they shift focus from one thing to another, which is called as “attentional blink”.

D  Consumers walking on the street with a bunch of pictures around, they hardly recognize what the adverts show. But that’s the points advertisers hope us to see. Advertisers realise that people easily get distraction, but the solution they take is to cram much more information in a short time. Raymond suggests that, cut it loose and stop shouting out.

E  Advertisers now wonder if they can link emotions with the adverting. They acknowledge that good emotions involved in the advertising can raise people’s awareness. Research shows that people who are getting entangled in the intellectually demanding job would immediately turn to negative feeling if advertising images keep popping out. Just imagine the banner flashes just below the web pages or product placement while watching movies, which are progressively blatant and intrusive.

F  Consumers wear too much information imposed from outside. If people get full stomach, they would not want to eat more. The same is true for advertisers to decide how to scheme in the advertisements.

Questions & Answers

Questions 27-32

List of headings

i how to make adverts easily accepted

ii the way that looks at the adverts in another direction

iii adverts are everywhere

iv enough is enough

v how little adverts we notice

vi which type of adverts is more effective

vii when the timing outweighs feelings

viii research about attention influences advertising

ix what the technology do to change the adverts

27. iii

28. v

29. viii

30. i

31. vii

32. iv

Questions 33-35 段落配对

33. figure about high failure rate of new products      B

34. a reference to the expenditure on adverts    A

35. examples of types of advertisement connected to the negative desired feelings            E

Questions 36-40 Summary

Jane Raymond’s experiment (C段)

In Raymond’s research, volunteers are presented with a 36. screen displaying a continued sequence of letters and pictures. Researchers direct volunteers to discern the white letter and letter X, which turn out a tiny gap in attention lasting approximately 37. half a second after the presented 38. stimuli. Results suggest that people are always 39. blind to targets if two subjects appear in close succession, they compete for 40. attentional blink.

Task 1

Type of questions

线图

题目

The graph below shows the average number of people attending top-level football match in three European countries from 1980 to 2004.

Task 2

Topic

社会问题

Type of questions

观点类

题目

It is a good idea for old people to continue to work, if it is possible. Do you agree or disagree?

People & Animal

Pop star

Neighbours

Teenagers

Events

Birthdays

Daily routine

History

Objects/Things

Jewellery

Vegetables and fruits

Boat

Places

Hometown

High school

Media

Newspaper and magazine

Advertisement

Abstract

Work or study

Sunny days

Politeness

Names

Rainy days

People & Animal

Describe a thing that a wise person did/ a person who gives a clever solution to a problem.聪明的人

Describe a couple you know who have a happy marriage.幸福的婚姻

Describe an interesting person from another country.有趣的外国人

Describe someone who is a good parent.好家长

Events

Describe an enjoyable experience in your childhood.童年趣事

Describe something you want to do for a long time but you haven’t done yet.想做的事

Describe a time you need to arrive early.早到的经历

Describe an English lesson you had.英语课

Describe a sport game you’ve watch.喜欢看的运动

Describe an experience when you pleased with you mobile phone.用手机的开心时刻

Describe a (long) car journey you went on.汽车旅行

Describe an occasion when you helped a person.乐于助人

Describe something or activity you do to stay healthy.保健方法

Objects/Things

Describe a time that you had a free gift.免费礼物

Describe your favourite piece of clothing.喜欢的衣服

Describe an important invention which has changed our life.重要的发明

Describe an occasion that you had a special cake.特殊的蛋糕

Describe an exciting book you have read.令人兴奋的书

Describe a traditional product in your country.传统产品

Places

Describe a big company or organization you know.大公司

Describe a time you went to a crowded place.拥挤的地方

Describe an interesting place that few people know.鲜有人知的地方

Describe a place you know where people go to listen to music (such as a theatre or a music hall).听音乐的地方

Describe a dream home you would like to have.理想之家

Describe a public park or garden.公园

Describe a leisure facility (cinema, theatre, sports center) you would like to have in your hometown.休闲设施

Media

Describe a piece of good news you heard from others.好消息

Describe a website you like to visit.喜欢访问的网站

Abstract

Describe a (good) decision someone made.一个决定

Describe a subject of science that you learned in secondary/high school.科学课

重点话题Sample Answer

Describe a website you like to visit.

You should say:

When you found it

What it is about

How often you visit it

Why you like this website.

I want to talk about a useful website which is Trip Advisor. You can find it on the internet and I just have it as a favourite on my toolbar. I am a complete TripAdvisor junkie! I visit the website every time when I plan my travels. The website is massive and functional. It provides hotel and restaurant reviews, accommodation bookings and other travel-related content.

TripAdvisor, for me, is a one-stop location for all tourism information. I really like that I can have different options of accommodation, but it also provides a lot of guidance for your travelling. You'll also find low airfares, free travel guides, worldwide vacation rental listings, popular forums with advice about virtually every destination, and more. I wonder if you also use the website too, and if you do, whether you might also be as avid a follower as me.