C. Go straight and then turn right.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Which of the following is the man interested in?

A. Walking along the coast. B. Watching whales.

C. Visiting lovely little towns.

12. How long will the man stay in the bus for the whole trip?

A. Two days. B. Four hours. C. Eight hours.

13. How will the man go for the trip?

A. By coach. B. By minibus. C. By train.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What do we know about the man?

A. He wants to change for a new car brand.

B. He will go on more long journeys in the future.

C. He feels his old car’s engine size a bit small.

15. Which engine does the man want this time?

A. A 1.6 litre one. B. A 2.0 litre one. C. A 2.4 litre one.

16. What will the woman do next?

A. Drive in a BYD TANG.

B. Show the man a picture of a BYD TANG.

C. Get more detailed information on a BYD TANG.

听第l0段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What’s the report mainly about?

A. China’s record levels of air pollution.

B. China’s attitude towards air pollution.

C. China’s systems to trade carbon credits.

18. What did China pay more attention to in the past?

A. Economic growth. B. Environmental protection.

C. Clean technology.

19. Who will receive carbon credits?

A. Officials who hope to control industrial air pollution.

B. Companies that increase greenhouse gas production.

C. Companies that lower greenhouse gas production.

20. When is a national carbon trading program going to be launched?

A. Before 2015. B. Before 2016. C. Before 2017.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)

    请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

21. This course is based on a project, one of________ aims is to improve the students’  comprehensive ability in English.

A. whose B. which C. its D. what

22. — Why are you so familiar with my close friend Nipple?

—Yeah, I happen, believe it or not,_____him in a packed trip.

A. to meet B. to be meeting C. to have met D. to be met

23. — Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?

— Well, you know, English is my____. So it is my best choice.

A. talent B. strength C. ability D. skill

24. Local citizens placed flowers at the comer of one street in Hamilton, Canada, _____the Canadian soldier, who was killed by a gunman.

A. in favor of B. in memory of C. in terms of D. in spite of

25. Look, beautiful flowers the girl carrying that she becomes the focus in the room.

A. such; is B. so; are C. how; is D. what; are

26. — Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?

— I____in Xinjiang for one year, volunteering services as a doctor.

A. have stayed B. stay C. stayed D. am staying

27. Nowadays mobile internet devices are pushing up demands for online education, which makes people see it as one of the most____new market.

A. demanding B. confidential C. promising D. controversial

28. — They are said to have been familiar with each other.

— But they_________. They were introduced only hours ago.

A. may not have been B. couldn’t have been

C. mustn’t have been D. needn’t have been

29. One well of the oil field was still burning with huge fire twisting crazily____the night sky.

A. in B. on C. against D. across

30. She is is known as a nosy person—she is always dying to know what’s going on in others’ lives.

A. what B. who C. whom D. that

31. The measure of a man’s real character is what he ____ if he ____ he would never be found out.

A. would do; knew B. may do; knew

C. might do; knows D. should do; had known

32. I felt I would never____the shock of his being worked to death.

A. get off B. get through C. get by D. get over

33. We don’t need magic to change the world____we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: the power to imagine better, said J K Rowling.

A. though B. unless C. before D. when

34. That’s all for today’s programme. Please stay ____  to CCTV International’s Chinese Channel this time next week.

A. turned B. tuned C. toned D. tended

35. ____ you believe him when he said he made it to Eason’s concert! He doesn’t like pop music at all.

A. Do B. Did C. Don’t D. Didn’t

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分)

    请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

William Wordsworth wrote that “the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of violent stimulants(刺激)”. And it appears that simply reading those words proves his    36    .

Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and   37   had a beneficial effect on the mind. It can    38     the reader’s attention and trigger moments of self-reflection.

Using scanners, they   39   the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their   40   form and in a modern translation.

And, according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more 41 prose and poetry 42 far more electrical activity in the brain than the easier versions.

The research also found poetry,   43  , increased activity in the right part of the brain, an area   44   with “autobiographical(自传式的) memory”, which helped the reader to 45 on their own experiences. The academics said this meant the    46    were more useful than self-help books.

The brain    47   of 30 volunteers were watched in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in different   48   .

In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the   49   : “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”. Shakespeare’s use of “mad” as a(n)    50    caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose.

The next stage of the research was looking at the   51   to which poetry could affect    52    and provide therapeutic(治疗的) benefit. Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translated” lines were also provided.

The first version caused more brain activity,    53   not only the left part of the brain connected with language, but also the right part that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion.

“Poetry is not just a    54   of style. It is also about deep versions of experience that    55   the emotional to the cognitive(认知的),” said Prof Davis, who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week.

36. A. attitude B. point C. mind D. advice

37. A. the like B. the way C. the likely D. the kind

38. A. break B. focus C. catch D. fix

39. A. examined B. monitored C. interrupted D. controlled

40. A. original B. traditional C. conventional D. ancient

41. A. attractive B. beneficial C. challenging D. emotional

42. A. setoff B. put off C. take off D. call off

43. A. for example B. on occasion C. in particular D. in contrast

44. A. concerned B. mixed C. fixed D. conflicted

45. A. reflect B. agree C. depend D. take

46. A. average B. modem C. academic D. classic

47. A. records B. recalls C. responses D. receptions

48. A. moods B. manners C. forms D. types

49. A. shorter B. simpler C. better D. deeper

50. A. adjective B. noun C. adverb D. verb

51. A. amount B. degree C. extension D. scale

52. A. philosophy B. biology C. psychology D. sociology

53. A. waking up B. raising up C. taking up D. making up

54. A. matter B. mark C. manner D. mass

55. A. cater B. add C. prefer D. refer

第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)