第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 听力（1—20小题）在笔试结束后进行。

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

You know what it’s like. You’ve just arrived in Toronto after a long flight, and all you really want to do is to lie down and relax in your hotel room. But first you have to make a few quick notes for tomorrow’s meeting, then check your e-mails, and perhaps print out a few things. And you need to make a few local telephone calls, and one call home to your family.

And what do you usually get? Your desk is just about big enough for a cup of coffee; there’s no desk lamp; the stationery (办公用品) is a couple of sheets of headed notepaper; and a pen doesn’t work. Printing has to be arranged with the Reception, and when you try to use your cell phone you find that it won’t work in Canada.

Well, Harmony is different. Just tell us in advance what you’re going to need, and we’ll see that it’s waiting for you when you arrive. There will be a printer in your room if you want one, and a cell phone that really works. All you have to pay for is the calls you make.

We can also arrange a room for business meetings, and, using the very best employment agency, even supply a secretary to take minutes. All we ask is a few days’ notice.

All our rooms are of the same high standard, and we guarantee not to increase prices in the next twelve months. But book now, because we’re already filling up fast, and we’d hate to disappoint you.

Harmony, the hotel you’ve always wanted; but never been able to find until

now.

21. The advertisement is intended for ________.

A. airline staff B. business people C. secretaries D. tourists

22. What must the guest do if he wants a secretary?

A. Inform the hotel in advance. B. Tell the Reception on arrival.

C. Call an employment agency. D. Put up a notice in the hotel.

23. Why is it best to book now?

A. The best rooms go first. B. Prices might increase soon.

C. It ensures high standard rooms. D. Rooms may become unavailable.

24. What is special about Harmony?

A. It offers telephone calls for free.

B. It provides printing at the Reception.

C. It gives high standard information services.

D. It makes arrangements to meet guests’needs.

B

Chinese tourists have overtaken Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travelers after a decade of strong growth in the number of Chinese holidaying abroad, the United Nations World Tourism Organization(UNWTO) said on Thursday.

Chinese tourists, known for traveling in organized tours and buying expensive fashion abroad, spent $102 billion on foreign trips last year, overtaking deep-pocketed travelers from Germany and the United States.

Chinese tourists spent 41 percent more on foreign travel in 2012 than the year before, beating the close to $84 billion both German and U.S. Travelers parted with （卖掉，放弃，割舍）last year.

Tourists from other fast-growing economies with middle classes, like Russia and Brazil, also increased spending in 2012. In recession(经济衰退)-hit Europe, however, French and Italian tourists limit their holiday budgets.

“ The impressive growth of tourism spending from China and Russia reflects the entry into the tourism market of a growing middle class from these countries.” said UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai.

The German Travel Association (DRV) said it was to be expected that the Chinese would eventually overtake Germans in terms of spending, given that the country had more inhabitants than North America, Russia and Europe put together.

“But that they have overtaken us already is astonishing,” DRV president Juergen Buechy said.

The Chinese make more long trips than Germans, who typically go to Mediterranean destinations, meaning that the average cost per holiday was greater, he added.

25. Which of the following about Chinese travelers is TURE according to the text?

A. They like traveling alone abroad.

B. They like buying cheap things abroad.

C. They spent more on foreign travel in 2012 than the year before.

D. They spent $102 billion on trips in 2012.

26. From this passage we learn that ________.

A. Tourists from Germany like making long trips

B. Tourists from Russia and Brazil reduced spending in 2012

C. Tourists from France and Italy didn’t limit their spending in recession

D. Chinese become the biggest spending tourists

27. According to Taleb Rifai, we know that ________.

A. only tourists from Russia and China increase their travel

B. only people from Russia and China spend lots of money on traveling

C. tourists from China and Russia waste too much money

D. more people from middle class in China and Russia enter the tourism market

28. What is the author’s attitude towards Chinese tourists?

A. Proud. B. Objective C. Doubtful. D. Optimistic.

C

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true; that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by less incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said, “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield(让出) first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury(评审委员会)debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism(爱国主义).

29. The author thinks that in recent years Olympic Games have ________.

A. showed little international friendship

B. greatly encouraged international brotherhood

C. created goodwill between the nations

D. created only misunderstanding and hatred

30. What did the manager mean by saying “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the

International Hockey Federation are finished.” in Paragraph 2?

A. This is not a standard hockey match.

B. The federation would not exist any longer after this match was over.

C. His team would not enter the game in three years.

D. The unfair decision ruined both hockey and the Federation.

31. The basketball match showed that ________.

A. aggressive patriotism was displayed in the incident

B. the Russian team should not have taken advantage of the last three seconds

C. the appeal jury was too inefficient in making a decision

D. the American team should have taken the first place

32. The author gives two examples in the 2nd and the 3rd paragraphs in order to

show that ________.

A. contests often end in disorder

B. no contests are fair in the Olympic Games

C. competition discourages international friendship

D. unfair decisions are common in sports

D

Studies show that the way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that experts tell us to promote open-minded thinking. Take hurried wake up, for example; in a study, researchers reported that imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re powerless and not focused. The brain conditions are at their weakest in these moments, allowing unexpected connections to be made. Sleepy people’s “more outward moving thinking” leads them to “widening their search” which leads to an increase in creative problem solving. By not giving yourself time to adjust your absent mind, you’re missing the surprising solutions it may offer.

The stress hormone(荷尔蒙) can harm certain physical parts that coat our brain cells. Damage to these parts slows down the speed with which signals are transported, making lightning-quick “Find it!” moments less likely. A recent study found that subjects who watched a sorrow-making video were less able to solve problems creatively than people who watched an upward video. A positive mood, wrote professor Ruby Nadler, increases “adaptability of recognition” while a negative one narrows our scope（范围，机会）.

So what should we do in mornings? We’d set the alarm a few minutes earlier and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead and writing down any creative thought.

And once in the office, one of the right things to do is to drink coffee. Caffeine not only makes us more alert but also increases the brain’s level of positive hormone, which influences feelings of motivation and rewards when we hit on a great idea.

After we