A)Ir.r.n.bil.t.br>y.to.im.le.en. th.ir bus.nes. p.ans.B)Inability to kee. turning.out novel prod.cts.C)Lack of.a successful business model of their ow..D)Failure to integrate innovation into their business.6. A)It is the secret to business success.B)It is the creation of something new.C)It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.D)It is an essential part of business culture.7. A)Its hardworking employees.B)Its flexible promotion strategy.C)Its innovation culture.D)Its willingness to make investments.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s will be spoken only once. After you hear a question. You must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line throug. the centre.Questions 8 to 1. are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A)He's got addicted to technology.B)He is not very good at socializing.C)He is crazy about text-messaging.D)He does not talk long on the phone.9. A)Talk big. B)Talk at length.C)Gossip a lot.D)Forget herself.10. A)He thought it was cool.B)He needed the practice.C)He wanted to stay connected with them.D)He had an urgent message to send.11. A)It poses a challenge to seniors.B)It saves both time and money.C)It is childish and unprofessional.D)It is cool and convenient.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A)He wants to change his job assignment.B)He is unhappy with his department manager.C)He thinks he deserves extra pay for overtime.D)He is often singled out for criticism by his boss.13. A)His workload was much too heavy.B)His immediate boss did not trust him.C)His colleagues often refused to cooperate.D)His salary was too low for his responsibility.14. A)He never knows how to refuse.B)He is always ready to help others.C)His boss has a lot of trust in him.D)His boss has no sense of fairness.15. A)Put all his complaints in writing.B)Wait and see what happens next.C)Learn to say no when necessary.D)Talk to his boss in person first.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A)The importance of sleep to a healthy life.B)Reasons for Americans' decline in sleep.C)Some tips to improve the quality of sleep.D)Diseases associated with lack of sleep.17. A)They are more health-conscious.B)They are changing their living habits.C)They get less and less sleep.D)They know the dangers of lack of sleep.18. A)Their weight will go down.B)Their mind function will deteriorate.C)Their work efficiency will decrease.D)Their blood pressure will rise.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A)How much you can afford to pay.B)What course you are going to choose.C)Which university you are going to apply to.D)When you are going to submit your application.20. A)The list of courses studied.B)The full record of scores.C)The references from teachers.D)The personal statement.21. A)Specify what they would like to do after graduation.B)Describe in detail how much they would enjoy studying.C)Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject.D)Emphasize that they admire the professors in the university.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A)It was equipped with rubber tyres.B)It was built in the late 19th century.C)It was purchased by the Royal family.D)It was designed by an English engineer.23. A)They consumed lots of petrol.B)They took two passengers only.C)They were difficult to drive.D)They often broke down.24. A)They were produced on the assembly line.B)They were built with less costly materials.C)They were modeled after British cars.D)They were made for ordinary use.25. A)It made news all over the world.B)It was built for the Royal family.C)It marked a new era in motor travel.D)It attracted large numbers of motorists.PartReading ComprehensionSection ADire.tions:In this section, ther. is a passage with te. blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list 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 onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Physical activity does the body g.od, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own,________to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a________of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic________, investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school,________in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.The data wil. certainly fue. the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to________on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from stud. time. With standardized test scores in the U.S.________in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these finding. show, exercise and academics may not be________exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood________to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are________to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve________and relieve stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.Section BDirections:In this section, you ar. going t. read a passage with te. statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.Finding the Right Home—and Contentment, Too[A] When your.elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment fewparents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything madeclear.[B] Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industrysimply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that anout-modedstereotype（固定看法)? Can doing one's homew.rk really steer families to thebest places? It is genuinely hard to know.[C] I am abo.t to make things more complicated by suggestin. that what kind of facility an olderperson lives in may matter less than we have assumed. And that the characteristics adultchildren look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things that make adifference to the people who are going to move in. I am not talking about the quality of care,let me hastily add. Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff and apoor safety record. But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctionsbetween one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.[D] The mos. recent of these studies, published inThe journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential carehomes（known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes). Researchersfrom the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a large number ofquestions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well asabout the quality of the facilities.[E] “We thought we would see differences based on the housing types,” said the lead author of thestudy. Julie Robison, an associate professor of medicine at the university. A reasonableassumption—don't families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if theycan't?[F] In.the initial results, assiste. living residents did paint the most positive picture. They wereless likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance,and less likely to be bored or lonely. They scored higher on social interaction.[G] But.when the researcher. plugged.in a number of other variables. such differences disappeared.It is not the housing type, they found. that creates differences in residents' responses. “It isthe characteristics of the specific environment they are in, combined with their own personalcharacteristics—how healthy they feel they are, their age and marital status,” Dr. Robisonexplained. Whether residents felt involved in the decision to move and how long they hadlived there also proved significant.[H] An e.derl. person who describe. herself as in poor health, therefore, might be no les. depressed in assisted living（even if her children preferred it) than in a nursing home. Aperson who had input into wher. he would move and has had time to adapt to it might d. aswell in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal. It is aninteraction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to betteror worse experiences. “You can't just say, 'Let's put this person in a residential care homeinstead of a nursing home—she will be much better off,'” Dr. Robison said. What matters,she added, “is a combination of what people bring in with them, and what they find there.”