5. Some countries have tried to jump-start the market of heat pumps by __________.

A)upgrading the equipment B)encouraging investments C) implementing high-tech D)providing subsidies

6. German chemicals giant BASF saves ￡200 million a year by ___________.

A) recycling heat and energy B) setting up factories in China

C) using the newest technology D) reducing the CO2 emissions of its plants

7. Global residential power consumption can be cut by 43 percent if ___________.

A) we increase the insulation of walls and water pipes

B) We choose simpler models of electrical appliances

C) We cut down on the use of refrigerators and other white goods

D) We choose the most efficient models of refrigerators and other white goods

8. Energy service contractors profit by taking a part of clients____________.

9. Many environmentalists maintain the view that conservation has much to do with _____.

10. The strongest incentives for energy conservation will derive from __________.

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

11. A) Proceed in his own way. B) Stick to the original plan.

C) Compromise with his colleague. D) Try to change his colleague’s mind.

12. A) Mary has a keen eye for style. B) Nancy regrets buying the dress.

C) Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome. D) Nancy and Mary like to follow the latest fashion.

13. A) Wash the dishes. B) Go to the theatre.

C) Pick up George and Martha. D) Take her daughter to hospital.

14. A) She enjoys making up stories about other people. B) She can never keep anything to herself for long.

C) She is eager to share news with the woman. D) She is the best informed woman in town.

15. A) A car dealer. B) A mechanic C) A driving examiner. D) A technical consultant.

16. A) The shopping mall has been deserted recently. B) Shoppers can only find good stores in the mall.

C) Lots of people moved out of the downtown area. D) There isn’t much business downtown nowadays.

17. A) He will help the woman with her reading. B) The lounge is not a place for him to study in.

C) He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study. D) A cozy place is rather hard to find on campus.

18. A) To protect her from getting scratches. B) To help relieve her of the pain.

C) To prevent mosquito bites. D) To avoid getting sunburnt.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. A) In a studio. B) In a clothing store. C) At a beach resort D) At a fashion show

20. A) To live there permanently. B) To stay there for half a year.

C) To find a better job to support herself. D) To sell leather goods for a British company.

21. A) Designing fashion items for several companies. B) Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.

C) Working as an employee for Ferragamo. D) Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.

22. A) It has seen a steady decline in its profits. B) It has become much more competitive.

C) It has lost many customers to foreign companies. D) It has attracted lot more designers from abroad.

23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention. B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.

C) It strengthens her relationship with students. D) It enables her to understand people better.

24. A) Passively. B) Positively. C) Skeptically. D) Sensitively.

25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night. B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.

C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role. D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.

Section B

Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.

B) To reform railroad management in western European countries.

C) To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.

D) To set up an express train network throughout Europe.

27. A) Major European airliner will go bankrupt.

B) Europeans will pay much less for traveling.

C) Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.

D) Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe.

28. A) Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.

B) Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.

C) Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport.

D) Traveling by train may be as quick as, or even quicker than, by air.

29. A) In 1981. B) In 1989. C) In 1990. D) In 2000.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. A) There can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.

B) Approaches to healing patients are essentially the same.

C) The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole.

D) There is no clear division of labor in the medical profession.

31. A) A doctor’s fame strengthens the patients’ faith in them.

B) Abuse of medicines is widespread in many urban hospitals.

C) One third of the patients depend on harmless substances for cure.

D) A patient’s expectations of a drug have an effect on their recovery.

32. A) Expensive drugs may not prove the most effective.

B) The workings of the mind may help patients recover.

C) Doctors often exaggerate the effect of their remedies.

D) Most illnesses can be cured without medication.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. A) Enjoying strong feelings and emotions. B) Defying all dangers when they have to.

C) Being fond of making sensational news. D) Dreaming of becoming famous one day.

34. A) Working in an emergency room. B) Watching horror movies.

C) Listening to rock music. D) Doing daily routines.

35. A) A rock climber. B) A psychologist. C) A resident doctor. D) A career consultant.

Section C

If you’re like most people, you’ve indulged in fake listening many times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look (36) ________ at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away, (37) _______ in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. (38) ________ you come back to earth: the instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and you (39) _______ copy it in your notebook. Every once in a while the instructor makes a (40) _________ remark, causing others in the class to laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you’ve heard the remark and found it mildly (41) ___________. You have a vague sense of (42) ___________ that you aren’t paying close attention, but you tell yourself that any (43) ________ you miss can be picked up from a friend’s notes. Besides, (44) _______________________. So back you go into your private little world. Only later do you realize you’ve missed important information for a test.

Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers are sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you’re merely pretending to listen. (45) ________________________.

Even if you’re not exposed, there’s another reason to avoid fakery; it’s easy for this behavior to become a habit. For some people, the habit is so deeply rooted that (46) _________________. As a result, they miss lots of valuable information.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.

Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock involvement their partners have always dreamed of –handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they’re negotiating their new roles with little support or information. “Men in my generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we have no role models,” says Jon Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers’ support networks, and are eyed warily (警覺地) on the playground.

The challenge is particularly evident in the work—place. There, men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder; traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs. In Denmark most new fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave (父親的陪產(chǎn)假)—even though they are allowed 34 days. As much as if not more so than women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.

Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring, 54, a data-bank and Internet specialist with German firm FIZ Karlsruhe, feels that the time he spends with his daughter outweighs any disadvantages, he admits, “With my decision to work from home I dismissed any opportunity for promotion.”

Mind-sets (思維定勢) are changing gradually. When Maring had a daughter, the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to choose a job that could be performed from there. Danish telecom company TDC initiated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take paternity leave: 97 percent now do. “When an employee goes on paternity leave and is with his kids, he gets a new kind of training: in how to keep cool under stress,” says spokesperson Christine Elberg Holm. For a new generation of dads, kids may come before the company –but it’s a shift that benefits both.

47. Unlike women, men often get little support or information from ______________.

48. Besides supporting the family, men were also expected to ________.

49. Like women, men hope that their desire for a flexible schedule will be _____________.

50. When Maring was on paternity leave, he was allowed by his company to work___________.

51. Christine Holm believes paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men in that it can help them cope with _____________.