本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

注意事项：

1．答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。

2．选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂,如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号；非选择题答案使用0．5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。

3．请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。

4．保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。

第Ⅰ卷 （选择题）

第一部分：听力理解（共两节。满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 （共5小题：每小题1．5分，满分7．5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What does the woman suggest?

A．They don’t have to go to the concert．

B．His brother will let them use the car．

C．The bus is fine for them．

2．What do we know about the match?

A．It can’t be much fun． B．It must be exciting． C．It may be put off．

3．What is wrong with the printer?

A．It doesn’t flash． B．There isn’t ink． C．It’s broken．

4．What is the woman interested in?

A．Sports． B．Fashion． C．Politics．

5．What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A．New dictionaries． B．Language forms． C．The development of languages.

第二节:（共15小题;每小题1．5分,共22．5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A．B．C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6－7题。

6．Where does the man get seated?

A．By the window． B．Near the stage． C．In the corner．

7．What will the man do next?

A．Serve himself． B．Read the menu． C．Order dishes．

听第七段材料，回答第8--9题。

8．What is the woman’s difficulty in finding a job?

A．She has no work experience．

B．She can’t use a computer．

C．She types slowly.

9．Where is the man working now?

A．At a job center．

B．At a recording company．

C．At a social security organization.

听第八段材料，回答第10--12题。

10．What is the man sad about?

A．Paris isn’t as good as he expected．

B．He forgot to get off the train in Paris．

C．He left his digital camera on the train．

11．Why will the woman go to the train station tomorrow?

A．To pick up a customer there．

B．To see the man off．

C．To visit her customer there．

12．When will the man go back to the US?

A．In about a week．B．In about three weeks．C．In about two weeks．

听第九段材料，回答第13--16题。

13．What has the woman seen on American TV shows?

A．80% of Americans buy take-out food once a week．

B．Young Americans often buy take-out food．

C．Many Americans like eating in restaurants．

14．Which of the following does the man like?

A．Pizza． B．Soda． C．Hamburgers．

15．What do we know about the man’s parents?

A．They learned how to cook at ten years old．

B．They often took the man out to eat．

C．They think healthy eating is important．

16．What will the woman do tonight?

A．Treat the man． B．Cook at home． C．Eat in a restaurant．

听第十段材料，回答第17--20题。

17．Why did the speaker’s parents take her to her grandparents?

A．They thought she would study better there．

B．They wanted her to keep her grandma company．

C．Her grandma could help look after her．

18．Who usually prepared lunch?

A．The speaker’s grandpa．

B．The speaker’s grandma．

C．The speaker’s dad．

A．She likes helping the poor．

B．She likes encouraging others．

C．She is twenty years old now．

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

“Don't worry if you have problems!” It is easy to say until you are in the midst of a really big one．The only people who don't have troubles are gathered in little neighborhoods．Most communities have at least one．We call them cemeteries．If you're breathing, you have difficulties．It's the way of life．And believe it or not, most of your problems may actually be good for you! Let me explain．

Maybe you have heard the Great Barrier Reef, stretching some 1,800 miles from New Guinea to Australia．Tour guides regularly take visitors to view the reef．

On one tour, a traveler asked the guide an interesting question．"I notice that the lagoon （泻湖） side of the reef looks pale and lifeless, while the ocean side is vibrant and colorful," the traveler observed．Why is this?

The guide gave an interesting answer, "The coral around the lagoon side is in still water, with no challenge for its survival．It dies early．The coral on the ocean side is constantly being tested by wind, waves and storms．It has to fight for its survival every day．As it is challenged and tested, it changes and adapts．It grows healthy．It grows strong．And it reproduces．"

Then he added, “That's the way it is with every living organism．”

That's how it is with people．Challenged and tested, we come alive! Like coral pounded by the sea, we grow．Physical demands can cause us to grow stronger．Mental and emotional stress can produce tough-mindedness and resiliency．Spiritual testing can produce strength of character and faithfulness．So, you have problems? No problem! Just tell yourself, "There I grow again!"?

Remember: A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner．

21．Who has no problems according to the passage?

A．The persons who are very famous．

B．The persons who have much money．

C．The persons who have been born．

D．The persons who are living in the cemeteries．

22．In the writer's opinion, ________．

A．problems bring us much trouble

B．problems have two sides, good or bad

C．we should try to stay away from any trouble

D．the fewer things we do, the less trouble we'll meet

23．The reason why lagoon side of the reef has no life is _______．

A．it hasn't got any sunlight? B．it has less energy than others

C．it never faces any challenge and tests? D．it has no work to do every day

24．After reading this passage, we should ________．

A．regard any problem as challenge? B．learn from the lagoon side?

C．worry your problem? D．enter into cemeteries

B

A study of more than five million books, both fiction and non-fiction, has found a marked decline in the use of emotional words over time．The researchers form the University of Bristol used Google Ngram Viewer, a facility for finding the frequency of terms in scanned books, to search for more than 600 particular words identified as representing anger, dislike, fear, joy, sadness and surprise．

They found that almost all of the categories showed a drop in these “mood words” over time．Only in the category of fear was there an increase in usage．

“It is a steady and continuous decrease,” said Dr Alberto Acerbi．He assumed that the result might be explained by a change in the position occupied by literature, in a crowded media landscape．“One thing could be that in parallel to books the 20th century saw the start of other media．Maybe these media — movies, radio, drama, had more emotional content than books．”

Although both joy and sadness followed the general downwards trend, the research, published in the journal PLOS One, found that they also exhibited another interesting behaviour：the ratio （比率） between the two varied greatly, apparently mirroring historical events．

During the Roaring Twenties the joy-to-sadness ratio reached a peak that would not occur again until before the recent financial crash．But the ratio plunged at the height of the Second World War．Nevertheless, the researchers held a reserved opinion about their claim that their result reflected wider social trends．In the paper, they even argue that the reverse could be true．

“It has been suggested, for example, that it was the suppression （压抑） of desire in ordinary Elizabethan English life that increased demand for writing ‘filled with romance and sex’… perhaps,” they conclude, “songs and books may not reflect the real population any more than catwalk models reflect the average body．”

25．The word "decline" （paragraph 1） is closest in meaning to_________．

A．increase B．rise C．decrease D．change

26．A study of more than five million books indicated a decrease in “mood words” over time except_______．

A．in the use of the words of historical events B．in the category of fear

C．in the category of literature D．in the category of joy

27．What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．A study of emotional words．

B．A study about vocabulary in literature．

C．Reasons for the use of emotional words decreases in literature．

D．A study on increase in the category of fear．

C

NEMS

NEWRI Environmental Master of Science





NEWRI: Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute



Be a leader in environmental science and engineering

through the NEMS programme



NEWRI Environmental Master of Science （NEMS） is a primary graduate education and research programme conducted by Nanyang Technological University’s （NTU’s） NEWRI, with summer attachment at Stanford University．It aims to train engineers and scientists to meet the increasing environmental challenges for Asia and the wider region．

NEWRI-Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute

NEWRI is enabling Singapore to be a global center of environmental science and technology in providing technological solutions to the world．It is committed to environmental and water technologies through its ecosystem of education, research and developmental activities．

NEWRI is trying its best to pull together NTU’s water and environment-related centers and institutes, gathering one another’s strengths for the benefit of industry and society．



Master of Science Applications

● Applications open now and close on 30 May 2013

for Singapore applicants．

● Graduates having relevant engineering or science

background, including final-year students, are

invited to apply．

● Applicants are required to have a certificate of GRE．

Further information and application materials are available at the Website:

http:// www．Cee．ntu．edu．sg/Graduate/NEMS







Highlights of Programme:

★ Students spend a full summer term at Stanford taking regular courses and continue with the rest of their academic programme at NTU．

★ It is a 12-month full-time course in environmental science & engineering．

★Students under NEMS will have opportunities to do research projects under NEWRI as well as to continue for the Doctor’s degree．

★ Graduating students receive the NTU degree and a certificate from Stanford for their summer attachment．



Scholarship for tuition grants and living expenses at both Stanford and NTU are available