Part I Writing

　　On Excessive Packaging

　　Nowadays, the phenomenon of excessive packaging of goods is prevalent in our society. Wandering in the supermarkets, one might be dazzled by the fancy packaging of goods on the shelves. Although the government has concerned with the issue, the phenomenon still flourishes。

　　The reasons can be listed as follows. First, manufactures believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by means of over-packaging their goods, thus gaining more profits. Second, quite a number of consumers mistakenly hold the opinion that the more exquisite the package is, the better the quality will be, which encourages excessive packaging. In addition, most of this kind of goods are brought and sent as gifts to their relatives or leaders。

　　To my mind, excessive packaging can do harm to our society, for instance, it can result in the loss of precious resources and the shortage of energy. In the light of the disastrous consequences mentioned above, every citizen should be aware of the problem, and laws or regulations must be made to restrict the behavior of excessive packaging of manufactures。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

　　1. D) providing good education for baby boomers。

　　2. B) Students’ performance declined。

　　3. D) They are mostly small in size。

　　4. A) Some large schools have split up into smaller ones。

　　5. D) their college-level test participation。

　　6. D) Their school performance was getting worse。

　　7. C) maintain closer relationships with their teachers。

　　8. Simplicity

　　9. different measures

　　10. tough subjects

　　Part III Listening Comprehension

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　　Section A

　　短對話：

　　11. D. Discussing a house plan。

　　12. D. She is tired of the food in the canteen。

　　13. C. Listening to some loud music。

　　14. C. The man can dress casually for the occasion。

　　15. A. Grey pants made from pure cotton。

　　16. C. Its location。

　　17. C. Travel overseas。

　　18. A. It is a good bargain。

　　長對話：

　　19. D Hosting an evening TV program

　　20. A He worked as a salesman

　　21. B He wanted to be his own boss

　　22. A They are all the man’s friends

　　23. B It remains a major of industrial activity

　　24. C Transport problem

　　25. D Measures to create job opportunities.Section B

　　Passage one

　　26 B. They had known each other since childhood

　　27 B. At Joe’s house

　　28 A. Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other。

　　Passage two

　　29 A. In his building’s parking lot

　　30 A. It had been stolen by someone

　　31 B. In the city garage

　　Passage three

　　32 D. The mysteriousness of creativity

　　33 A. It is the source of all artistic work

　　34 D. Creative imagination

　　35 A. It is part of everyday life

　　Section C

　　36. calculators

　　37. handle

　　38. items

　　39. Responding

　　40. emergencies

　　41. rarely

　　42. occur

　　43. murders

　　44. there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property

　　45. Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched

　　46. A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things

　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　47.E domestic

　　48.M communities

　　49.O survive

　　50.H gather

　　51.M serves

　　52.N surrounding

　　53.J recession

　　54.E reported

　　55.G households

　　56.F financially

　　Section B

　　57 C.bring about a drop in the divorce rate。

　　58 D.living separately would be too costly。

　　59 D.Falling housing prices。

　　60 D.It will irreparably damage their relationship。

　　61 A.The economic recovery will see a higher

　　divorce rate。

　　62 C.It profits by selling its users' personal data。

　　63 B.They don't know their personal data enriches

　　Facebook。

　　64 A.To render better service to its users。

　　65 C.Formulating regulations for social-networking

　　sites。

　　66 C.He doesn't want his personal data abused。

　　Part V Cloze

　　67. D avoid

　　68. D However

　　69. C failing

　　70. C stages

　　71. A on

　　72. D predicts

　　73. D through

　　74. D and

　　75. A sensitive

　　76. B experience

　　77. C as well as

　　78. B emotions

　　79. D to

　　80. B inevitable

　　81. C receive

　　82. B with

　　83. A quality

　　84. B positive

　　85. C memories

　　86. D increased

　　Part VI Translation87. Those flowers looked as if they hadn't been watered for a long time(好長時間沒有澆水了)。

　　【點評】look as if 虛擬語氣后接過去完成時。they即flowers做主語，用被動語態(tài)。water做動詞時，有“給植物澆水”“流淚”之意。

　　88. Fred bought a car last week. It is 1,000 pounds cheaper than mine(比我的車便宜一千英鎊).【點評】簡單的比較級，cheaper than。不需要重復(fù)car，直接用mine代替my car。

　　89. This TV program is quite boring. We might as well listen to the music (不妨聽聽音樂)。

　　【點評】固定搭配：might(may) as well“還是……的好、不妨”。listen to the music，聽音樂。

　　90. He left his office in a hurry, with the lights on and the door open(燈亮著，門開著)。

　　【點評】with短語做伴隨狀語。

　　91.The famous novel is said to have been translated into multiple / several languages(已經(jīng)被譯成多種語言)。

　　【點評】be said to后面跟動詞原型，“已經(jīng)被譯”，用完成時被動語態(tài)have been translated，介詞用into。