Part I Writing (30minutes)Directions: Suppose your university is seeking students' opinions on whether university libraries should be open to the public. You are now to write an essay to express your view. You will have 30 minutes for the task. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.___

请阅读Passage2，完成第26~30小题。Passage 2 Speaking two languages rather than just. one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child' s academic and intellectual development. They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual's brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn' t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles Bilinguals, for instance, seem to be more adept than monolinguals at solving certain kinds of mental puzzles. In a 2004 study by the psychologists Ellen Bialystok and Michelle Martin- Rhee, bilingual and monolingual preschoolers were asked to sort blue circles and red squares presented on a computer screen into two digital bins- one marked with a blue square and the other marked with a red circle. In the first task, the children had to sort the shapes by color, placing blue circles in the in marked with the blue square and red squares in the bin marked with the red circle. Both groups did this with comparable ease. Next, the children were asked to sort by shape, which was more challenging because it required placing the images in a bin marked with a conflicting color. The bilinguals were quicker at performing this task. The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain' s so-called executive function--acommand system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind--like remembering a sequence of directions while driving. Why does the tussle between two simultaneously active language systems improve these aspects Of cognition? Until recently, researchers thought the bilingual advantage stemmed primarily from an ability for inhibition that was honed by the exercise of suppressing one language system:this suppression, it was thought, would help train the bilingual mind to ignore distractions in other contexts. But that explanation increasingly appears to be inadequate, since studies have shown that bilinguals perform better than monolinguals even at tasks that do not require inhibition, like threading a line through an ascending series of numbers scattered randomly on a page. The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment. "Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often-you may talk to your father in one language and to your mother in another language, "says Albert Costa, a researcher at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. "It requires keeping track of changes around you in the same way that we monitor our surroundings when driving. "In a study comparing German-ltalian bilinguals with Italian monolinguals on monitoring tasks, Mr. Costa and his colleagues found that the bilingual subjects not only performed better, but they also did so with less activity in parts of the brain involved in monitoring, indicating that they were more efficient at it. What can be inferred from the passage about the traditional view of bilingualism? A.Bilinguals are cognitively disadvantagedB.The pros of bilingualism outweigh the con. C.Bilinguals have advantages over monolinguals. D.Bilinguals and monolinguals are intellectually similar.

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Part IWritingDirections: Suppose the business school of your university is conducting a survey to collect students' opinions on the express delivery service industry in China. You are to write a response about its recent development and its impact on people's lives. You will have 30 minutes to write the essay. You should write at least underline(120) words but no more than underline(180) words.

A large amount of goods is piled up in the _______ at the train station. A. garage B. warehouse C. barrel D. cabin

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Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today indebted to McCardell,Cashin,Hawes,Wilkins,and Maxwell,and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. Independence came in tying, wrapping,storing,harmonizing,and rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modern dress code,letting playsuits and other activewear outfits suffice for casual clothing,allowing pants to enter the wardrobe,and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day.Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women who wore it.Implicitly or explicitly,American fashion addressed a democracy,whereas traditional Parisbased fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women,willing or not.In an earlier time,American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris,or even copied and pirated specific French designs.Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe,as“moderr art”would later be;it was genuinely invented and developed in America.Its designers were not high end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important:summer dresses and outfits,in particular were chiefly cotton,readily capable ofbeing washed and pressed at home.Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers prized resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore the clothingMany have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel(服装)on the basis of utility.If Paris was cast aside, the tradition of beauty was also to some degree slighted.Designer sportswear would have to be verified by a standard other than that of pure beauty; the emulation of a designer's life in designer sportswear was a crude version of this relationship.The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver,who could point to the sales figures at Lord &Taylor.Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers?Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's trivial relationship to the fine arts.What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion.They were the pioneers of gender equity,in their useful,adaptable clothing which was both made for the masses and capabie of seif-expression46. What contribution did the women designers make to American fashion?A) They made some improvements on the traditional Parisian design B) They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features. C) They came up with a brandnew set of design procedures. D) They made originality a top priority in their fashion design47. What do we learn about American designer sportswear?A) It imitated the European model. B) It laid emphasis on women's beauty. C) It represented genuine American art. D) It was a completely new invention. 48. What characterized American designer sportswear?A) Pursuit of beauty. B) Decorative closings. C) Ease of care. D) Fabric quality 49.What occurred in the design of women’s apparel in America during the 1930s-40s?A) A shift of emphasis from beauty to utility. B) The emulation of traditional Parisian designC) A search for balance between tradition and novelty D) The involvement of more women in fashion design.50.What do we learn about designers of American sportswear?A) They catered to the taste of the younger generation B) They radically changed people's concept of beauty. C) They advocated equity between men and women. D) They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts

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Research shows that under some conditions, music actually improves our performance, while in other situations music makes it worse—sometimes dangerously so.Absorbing and remembering new information is best done with the music off, suggests a 2010 study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Adults aged 18 to 30 were asked to recall a series of sounds presented in a particular order. Participants’ performance suffered when music was played while they carried out the task as compared to when they completed the task in a quiet environment. Nick Perham, the British researcher who conducted the study, notes that playing music you like can lift your mood and increase your arousal—if you listen to it before getting down to work. But it serves as a distraction from cognitively demanding tasks.That finding is key to understanding another condition under which music can improve performance: when a well-practiced expert needs to achieve the relaxed focus necessary to execute a job he’s done many times before. A number of studies have found, for example, that surgeons often listen to music in the operating room and that they work more effectively when they do.The doctors listening to their preferred music were also the most relaxed, as revealed by measurements of their nervous system activity. Still, surgeons might want to ask others in the operating room for their opinions on playing music: one survey of anesthetists (麻醉师) found that about a quarter felt that music “reduced their vigilance (警觉) and impaired (减少) their communication with other staffs,” and about half felt that music was distracting when they were dealing with a problem with the anesthesia.Research suggests that singing along might even heighten the distraction. A study presented earlier this month at the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, reported that singing along with music in a car may slow drivers’ responses to potential hazards. Singing these songs while operating a simulated car increased drivers’ mental workload, leading them to scan their visual field less often and to focus instead on the road right in front of them.Other iPod rules drawn from the research: Classical or instrumental music enhances mental performance more than music with lyrics. Music can make rote or routine tasks (think folding laundry or filing papers) less boring and more enjoyable. Runners who listen to music go faster. But when you need to give learning and remembering your full attention, silence is golden.1. What is the main idea of the passage?A) Music may function differently according to what we are doing. B) Music can improve our performance both in study and work.C) Music reduces work efficiency and should be turned off at work.D) Music needs to be played to increase work efficiency.2. Why do surgeons often play music in the operating room?A) Because they are used to listening to music while doing operations.B) Because they can work more effectively while listening to music. C) Because they find it useful to play music to calm down the patients.D) Because they need music to help them perform especially long surgeries.3. What is the anesthetists’ attitude towards music in the operating room?A) About 25% feel relaxed by listening to music.B) About 25% think music reduces their communication with patients.C) About 50% prefer music on before they start working.D) About 50% think music makes them less concentrated. 4. What is the effect of singing on driving performance according to research?A) It will further distract drivers’ attention. B) It will make drivers more alert and engaged.C) It will make drivers scan their visual field more often.D) It will further relieve drivers’ mental stress.5. Which of the following is NOT a right time to play music?A) When athletes are running.B) When students are doing homework. C) When kids are learning to fold laundry.D) When clerks are filing papers.