Part I Writing (30 minutes)

（請於正式開考後半小時內完成該部分，之後將進行聽力考試）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of speaking/writing/reading ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

［參考範文］

It cannot be denied that reading plays a key role in people’s growth and development in any era. The 21th century is a time of knowledge explosion and reading ability becomes increasingly important.

How to develop reading ability? Based on this concrete and meaningful question, some steps should be taken. First and foremost, the main growth in your reading skill and ability will come from reading as much as you can do. Try to make a book list that you take interest in and make a practical plan. Just as the proverb goes that, “Don’t bite off more than one can chew.” Furthermore, a mastery of some reading skills is not only significant, but also indispensable. Some books are fit to do extensive reading while some others are suitable to do intensive reading. Meanwhile, other reading skills like skipping and skimming are also necessary.

To conclude, reading is to humans’ spiritual world what water is to fish. Only through persistent reading can we enjoy the improvement of reading ability and learning ability.

［評析］

本次四級考試作文難度適中，看得出來四級考試作文越來越和考研作文話題接軌。例如本次考試的話題reading ability 就和2015年考研寫作一的大作文讀書話題不謀而合。按照慣例，仍然是“三段論”，最多不要超過四段，除非提綱中有點明“entitled”字眼，否則標題可寫可不寫，但是寫錯一定會扣分。寫標題時，要遵循寫作格式，標題首字母和實詞首字母大寫，而標題中的虛詞字母是小寫的。第一段仍然是引出話題，闡明讀書能力的重要性；第二段可以著重分析提升讀書能力的措施；結尾段可以來個對觀點的總結概括。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30minutes)

Section A

Directions：In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only one. 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 centre.

News Report 1

Kelly escaped injury and managed to save her car after a four-foot long rat snake came out from under her car seat and slithered across her feet as she was driving down the high way. Rat snakes are poisonous or a threat to people generally. Q1: But the woman says the snake she encountered Thursday terrified her out of her wits. It was rough with big scales, said ... who was on her way to pick up her friend at the airport when it happened. I don't know whether I had my hands on the steering wheel or not. I'm not the most flexible person in the world, but I can guarantee my knees were up next to my ears. She said the snake first slithered back under the seat and she hoped it would stay there until she was able to get off the high way and stop. That didn't work out, she said. Here he comes, and he wind up in my back seat before I could finally get off the road, stop and get out of the car. Q2: She called for help and Washington county animal control officers came and captured the snake.

Q1: How did Kelly feel when she first came across the Rattlesnake?

Q2: What does the report say about the snake?

［主旨內容］

一位女士開車去機場接朋友，在她下高速的時候，一條之前藏在她座位下的毒蛇爬上她的腳,這位女士被嚇得魂飛魄散。當她發現蛇在座位下的時候，她希望蛇能一直待在那裡，直到她下高速停車。最後華盛頓動物控制中心來這裡抓住了毒蛇。

［參考答案句］

1. But the woman says the snake she in carried firstly terrified her out of her wits. She said the snake first slipped back under the seat, and she hoped it would stay there until she was able to get off the highway and stopped.

2. She called for help and the Washington DC Animal Control Officers came and capture the snake.

［評析］

本篇新聞難度不大，第一題答案出現在but重點提示詞之後，考生只需要關注重點提示詞，且把握之後女士的感受即可。第二題答案出現在新聞最後部分，符合我們新聞題最後一題的出答案位置，且根據試聽一致即可選出正確答案。

News Report 2

Q3: Fast food turns out isn’t quite as fast as it used to be. A new study finds that MacDonald posted its slowest drives through times since this survey was first conducted fifteen years ago. As MacDonald’s, customers were spent on average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they placed their orders until they received their food. That's about ten seconds more than the industry average and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study, which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication. And MacDonalds wasn’t alone in slowing down. Other chains also saw their drive through performance slowing down. Q4: Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare. Speed, of course, is essential to the drive through experience, and drive throughs are hugely important to chains such as MacDonalds, Burger King, and Tucle Bell. Usually, the drive through accounts for sixty to seventy percent of all business that goes through a fast food restaurant, notes Sam Ochers, editor of QSR. Of course, consumers also want their orders prepare correctly and on that score, Ochers says accuracy is still really high.

Q3: What is the news report mainly about?

Q4: What has slowed down MacDonald's drive through service?

［主旨內容］

快餐的上餐速度正在變慢。以麥當勞為例，自從15年前出現麥當勞之後，現在是有史以來上餐速度最慢的時候。現在麥當勞從下訂單到拿食物的平均速度是3min9s，比之前多了10s。QSR統計，其他連鎖店如漢堡王也是一樣上餐速度變慢。因為食物種類更多，製作更復雜，且需要更長的時間去備餐，所以快餐連鎖店的上餐速度正在變慢，但是速度和上餐的準確性對快餐店很重要。

［參考答案句］

1. Fast food turns out it isn’t quite as fast as it used to be.

2. Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare.

［評析］

本篇新聞考查的是主旨題加細節題。第一題針對新聞主旨題，答案出現在新聞第一句導語部分，所聽即所得即可。第二題考查原因，把握關鍵詞reasons，然後繼續聽出正確答案。

News Report 3

Q5: The first private mission outside earth orbit is closed to many of our think. U.S. government officials outset to approve a mission by privately held space company-Moon Express to travel outside of the earth orbit in late 2017. Q6: Moon express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon for on-going exploration on commercial development. The decision involved amounts of lobbying and coordinated conversations between a number of factual agencies. On the international treaties, the US is responsible for the cargo of both public and private space craft. This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically but abroad . A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story Q7: but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal. Moon express is not the only company seeking for the rights to travel to outerspace . Elon Musk’s space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018.

Q5: What is the news report mainly about?

Q6: What is the Moon Express planning to do?

Q7: What does Moon Express think of its mission?

［主旨內容］

Moon Express（月球捷運）是一家美國公司，長期目標是在月球採礦，是民間探月計劃 。它的目的和任務是使一個手提箱大小的科學設備著陸月球，並進行商業開發的持續探索。該公司對自己的計劃十分樂觀。

［參考答案句］

1. The first private mission outside of the earth orbit is closed than many of our think.

2. Moon Express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon for on-going exploration on commercial development.

3. But noted that the company is very optimistic about it’s proposal.

［評析］

本篇相對來說，是三篇新聞中考生最不熟悉的話題，因此難度大於前兩篇，但是答案出題點並不難，第一題為主旨題，答案出現在開頭第一句導語部分，後面兩題細節題，關注重點提示，如“but”詞後給正確答案。

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from four choice marked A),B),C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter an Answer sheet 1 with a single line though the centre.

Question 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Long conversation 1

A：Hey Sophia, how are you doing?

B: Hi, Bob. I’m good, thanks. Actually, Q8: I’m on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it were with my friends instead.

A: Really? You never said you are going to Thailand. How I envy you !

B: I’ve only been in here a week, but you know Thailand is an amazing place, I’m having a great time here. In fact, I’m now lying on the beach in Phuket. I’ve been in the sun for around 15 minutes only, and I’m already getting sun burnt. Have you been here before?

A: No, I wish I had. What else have you been doing in Thailand besides enjoying the sun?

B: Well, Q9: I met a guy from Germany yesterday. He showed me around the office that he works at. Then I met many volunteer teachers who are mainly young people from Europe.

A: Ahh, that’s interesting.

B: Yes. I also made a new little friend, Sarah. She was so cute. I was so sad that we were to leave at the end of the day. If I ever come back to Thailand, I’d definitely visit this place again, as a volunteer.

A: Well, you can tell me all about it when you get back. Q10: My phone battery is almost dead now. Remember to get me something from the souvenir shops.Q10: I like to collect bits and pieces from different parts of the world. Bye now, enjoy yourself Sophia.

B: Bye.

Q8: What does the woman say she is doing now?

Q9: What did the woman do yesterday?

Q10: Why does the man have to end the conversation?

Q11: Why does the man ask the woman to bring him something from Thailand?

［主旨內容］

女生在泰國普吉島度假曬日光浴和男生聊天，男生表現出自己十分羨慕，對話後部分女生又談到了自己認識的新朋友，因為男生手機沒電，兩人結束聊天。

［參考答案句］

1. Actually, I’m on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment.

2. Well, I met a guy from Germany yesterday.

3. Well, you can tell me all about it when you get back. My phone battery is almost dead now.

4. Remember to get me something from the souvenir shops. I like to collect bits and pieces from different parts of the world.

［評析］

本篇長對話節奏清晰，語速不快，整體內容比較好把控。前半部分有明顯的答案線索，重點聽女生得到答案，後部分聽男生得到答案，因為最後兩題答案位置較近，所以有難度。

Question13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Sections C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 recording you have just heard.

Passage 1

Q16: In today’s job market, it is now common for job seekers to send applications for many positions. That is lots of time and lots of work to organize. Certainly, you can’t wait to waste your precious hours on following the developments on the fashion, and miss the important deadlines, confuse interview times or forget to follow up a result. Accordingly, managing our work search properly is just as important as identify the job opportunities and send your applications. If you are familiar with Microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track your job applications. If the excel isn’t used as drinking a cup of tea, don’t be worried. You can create a table in Microsoft. Q17: Google is another tool to help you to organize your work effectively. If you have a G-mail account, you can create a safe and send tables in addition to read a document like your cover letter and resume. You can also link up with Google calendar to make sure you make top with the important dates. Clearly, there are plenty of days to keep track of search and to make efforts to simplify your job search well paid off. Q18: Nevertheless you should always focus on the quality not the quantity. Only you apply the position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letters and updating your resume.

Q16.What does the speaker say about today’s jobseekers?

Q17.What kind of job do applicants can do with the help of the Google?

Q18.What does the speaker suggest the jobseekers do?

［主旨內容］

在找工作時，一個求職者同時找多個職位並不常見，因為這會花費很多時間。求職者需要有明確自己用軟件搜索的能力，如EXCEL, GOOGLE, G-MAIL等。

［參考答案句］

1. In today’s job market, it is not common for job seekers to send applications for many positions.

2. Google is another tool to help you to organize your work effectively. If you have a G-mail account, you can create a safe and send tables in addition to read a document like your cover letter and resume.

3. Only you apply the position you are qualified for, and make each application count, personalizing each cover letters and updating your resume.

［評析］

第一篇篇章是考試高頻主題：工作話題，考查話題詞彙：job market, job seekers, application, job opportunities, resume等，因此，對場景詞的掌握對於考生讀題聽題幫助較大。考察問題的答案出題點符合篇章行文順序，尤其是第一題和最後一題出題點，在開頭結尾部分，考生比較好把控。

Questions 19 to 20 are based on the recording you have just heard.

Passage 2

Q19: Some people say if kids didn't happen to go to school, they'd all be out in the streets. My reply is no. They wouldn't. First, even as schools stay just what they are, children would spend at least some time there because that's where they would be likely to find their friends. Q20: Second, schools wouldn't stay the way they are. They'd get better. Because we would have to start making them what they ought to be right now. Last, if we give children a little help, those who did not want to go to school, could find other things to do, since many children now do during their holidays. Q21: There is something easier we could. We need to get kids out of the school buildings to give them a chance to learn about the outside world at first hand. In Philadelphia and Oregon, plans are being drawn up for public schools that won't have any school buildings at all. That will take the students out into the city and help them to use it and its people as a resource. In others words, students, perhaps in groups, perhaps independently, will go to libraries, museums, exhibitions, radios, and TV stations, meetings, businesses and laboratories to learn about their world and society at first hand. A small private school in Washington is all ready doing this. It makes sense, and we need more of it.

Q19: What are some people worried about according to the speaker?

Q20: What does the speaker think we could do for the kids who dislike school?

Q21: What does the speaker say is the easier thing we could do?

［參考答案句］

1. Some people say if the kids didn’t happen to go to school they will be go out of street.

2. Second, school wouldn’t stay where they are they get better. Because we would like to stop to making them all to be right now.

3. There is something easier we could do to we need the kids to get out of the school buildings.

［評析］

篇章結構清晰，有明確的起承轉合詞，如second，因此，考生在做題時不容易聽漏信息。重點把握試聽一致，根據選項完整性可以做出題目。

Passage 3：

Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between, Q22: Dance in America is everywhere. We dance from Florida to Alaska, from Harison to Harison and coast to coast. We dance at weddings， birthdays, office parties or just to fill the time. Q23: "I adore dancing，" says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in a small town in Iowa. "I can't imagine doing anything else with my life. " Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. "Teaching dance is wonderful. My older students say it makes them feel young. It's marvelous to watch them. For many of them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life. "So why do we dance？"I can tell you about one young couple，" says Bridges. Q24: "They arrive at the class in a bad mood and they leave with a smile. Dancing seems to change their mood completely."

So， do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier. Andrea Hillier, a dance teacher says, "Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. I keep practicing even when I'm exhausted. I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I'm alive."

Q22：What does the passage say about the dance in America？

Q23: What do we know about the Lester Bridges dance studio？

Q24: What happened to the young couple after they attended last Bridges in class？

［答案參考句］

1. Dance in America is everywhere.

2. “I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in a small town in Iowa.

So why do we dance? “I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They arrive at the class in a bad mood and they leave with a smile. Dancing seems to change their mood completely.” So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier?

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten 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 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of 26 .Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze（霾）.Nor is the state’s bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents’ hearts and lungs are affected as a 28 .

All of which, combined with California’s reputation as the home of technological 29 ,makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in 30 .And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.

To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google’s Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima’s boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco’s transit workers went on strike and the city’s 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, “cycle to work” days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.

［評述］

選詞填空的解題技巧第一步將選項根據詞性分類，這道題中考查名詞7個，動詞5個，形容詞2個，副詞1個。因此將單詞分類之後，我們很快把15選1縮小到了最多是7選1，最少的情況是1選1。另外，名詞通過簡單判斷單複數形式，動詞通過時態和非謂語動詞還可以進一步縮小範圍。同樣，仔細閱讀解題的關鍵仍然與我們強調的一致，找準定位，選項與原文內容一一比對，排除各類干擾選項後，做對題目並不是很難。

［答案］

26. M pollutants

27. N restricted

28. C consequence

29. J innovation

30. F detail

31. K intended

32. L outdoor

33. B collaborating

34. I inhabitants

35. E creating

［解析］

26. 答案M

解析：介詞of後填名詞，根據上下文語義，該空後為pollutants,汙染物。

27. 答案N

解析：固定搭配be restricted to，表示“僅限於…，限制在…”。

28. 答案C

解析：空前不定冠詞，空格填名詞，固定搭配as a consequence，表示“因此”。

29. 答案J

解析：空前形容詞，空格填名詞，結合語義，為innovation，創新。

30. 答案F

解析：空前介詞，空格填名詞，固定搭配in detail，表示“詳細地”。

31. 答案K

解析：固定搭配be intended to，表示“打算，意圖”。

32. 答案L

解析：空前介詞，空後名詞，空格填形容詞，結合語義選擇outdoor，表示戶外的。

33. 答案B

解析：結合時態和固定搭配collaborate with，表示“合作”。

34. 答案I

解析：空前所有格，空格填名詞，結合語義，I選項inhabitants居民為正確選項。

35. 答案E

解析：空前介詞，空後名詞，空格填動詞ing，結合語義，E選項正確。

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten 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 question by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Section C

Direction: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statement. For each of them there are four choice and our marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and nark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Losing your ability to think and remember is pretty scary. We know the risk of dementia (痴呆) increases with age. But if you have memory slips, you probably needn’t worry. There are pretty clear differences between signs of dementia and age-related memory loss.

After age 50, it’s quite common to have trouble remembering the names of people, places and thing quickly, says Dr. Kirk Daffner of Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston.

The brain ages just like the rest of the body. Certain parts shrink, especially areas in the brain that are important to learning, memory and planning. Changes in brain cells can affect communication between different regions of the brain. And blood flow can be reduced as blood vessels narrow.

Forgetting the name of an actor in a favorite movie, for example, is nothing to worry about. But if you forget the plot of the movie or don’t remember even seeing it, that’s far more concerning, Daffner says.

When you forget entire experiences, he says, that’s “a red flag that something more serious may be involved.” Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you’ve visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.

But even then, Daffner says, people shouldn’t panic.There are many things that can cause confusion and memory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications like antidepressants. Even over-the-counter remedies like antihistamines can contribute to memory loss.

And the best defense against memory loss is to try to prevent it by building up your brain’s cognitive (認知的) reserve, Daffner says.

“Read books, go to movies, take on new hobbies or activities that force one to think in novel ways,” he says. In other words, keep your brain busy and working. And also get physically active, because exercise is a known brain booster.

46. Why does the author say that one needn’t be concerned about memory slips?

A) Not all of them are symptoms of dementia.

B) They occur only among certain groups of people.

C) Not all of them are related to one’s age.

D) They are quite common among fifty-year-olds.

47. What happens as we become aged according to the passage?

A) Our interaction skills deteriorate.

B) Some parts of our brain stop functioning.

C) Communication within our brain weakens.

D) Our whole brain starts shrinking.

48. Which memory-related symptom should people take seriously?

A) Totally forgetting how to do one’s daily routines.

B) Inability to recall details of one’s life experiences.

C) Failure to remember the names of movies or actors.

D) Occasionally confusing the addresses of one’s friends.

49. What should people do when signs of serious memory loss show up?

A) Check the brain’s cognitive reserve. C) Turn to a professional for assistance.

C) Stop medications affecting memory. D) Exercise to improve their well-being.

50. What is Dr Daffner’s advice for combating memory loss?

A) Having regular physical and mental checkups.

B) Taking medicine that helps boost one’s brain.

C) Engaging in known memory repair activities.

D) Staying active both physically and mentally.

46.A Not all of them are symptoms of dementia.

解析：找到關鍵詞 memory slips。對應到文章第一段But if you have memory slips, you probably needn’t worry. There are pretty clear differences between signs of dementia and age-related memory loss.結合題乾和原文可知，記憶的小錯誤並非全是痴呆的症狀，而可能是由於年齡大。symptoms和signs為同義替換。顧答案選擇A。

47. C Communication within our brain weakens.

解析：根據順序原則對應文章定位句是Changes in brain cells can affect communication between different regions of the brain. 答案與定位句同義，顧答案C。

48. A Totally forgetting how to do one’s daily routines.

解析：題幹關鍵詞，memory-related symptom以及take seriously。定位到But if you forget the plot of the movie or don’t remember even seeing it, that’s far more concerning, Daffner says.關鍵點在far more concerning故答案選擇A。

49. A Check the brain’s cognitive reserve.

解析：題幹關鍵詞為signs of memory loss。定位到倒數第二段第一句話Defense against memory loss is to try to prevent it by building up your brain’s cognitive (認知的) reserve, Daffner says.故答案為A。

50. D Staying active both physically and mentally.

解析：題幹關鍵詞Dr Daffner’s advice ，memory loss。定位到文章最後一句。Dr Daffner’s adviceIn other words, keep your brain busy and working. And also get physically active, because exercise is a known brain booster.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the art (最先進的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn’t even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.

The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on marking them the most luxurious ships on the water.

Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ship were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.

Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship's smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ship sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船體) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.

The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World WarⅠ. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.

51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?

A) They performed marvelously on the sea.

B) They could all break the ice in their way.

C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.

D) They were models of modern engineering.

52. What did White Star line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?

A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.

B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.

C)Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.

D)The long voyages they were able to undertake.

53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?

A) It was a mere piece of decoration.

B) It was the work of a famous artist.

C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.

D) It was easily identifiable from afar.

54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?

A) Their unscientific designs.

B) Their captains’ misjudgment.

C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.

D) The belied that they could never sink with a double-layer body.

55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?

A) She was used to carry troops.

B) She was sunk in World War I.

C) She was converted into a hospital ship.

D) She was retired after her naval service.

51. C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.

解析：題幹關鍵詞the three Olympic class ships。根據順序原則回原文定位到第一段最後一句話 “All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.”重點在but轉折後，文意這三艘船似乎都被詛咒遭遇遭遇災難性的命運。故答案選擇C.terrible misfortunes是 disastrous fates的同義轉換。

52. B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.

解析：題幹大意白星航運公司在購買三艘船時考慮到了什麼？定位句：“White Star Line decided to focus on marking them the most luxurious ships on the water.”想要他們成為水上最奢華的船。據此答案選擇B。

53. A) It was a mere piece of decoration.

解析：根據關鍵詞 the fourth stack of the ships。定位到“but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. ”文意第四個棧有藝術感但是沒有任何功能性的用途。故答案選擇A.

54. A) Their unscientific designs.

解析：題幹大意是什麼可能導致了Titanic和Britannic的悲劇。定位到原文 “they were all designed with double hulls (船體) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.” 故選擇A，正是這種不科學的設計導致其覆亡。原文double hulls指雙船體，選項D中為double layer body為雙層船體，二者不是同一概念，故排除選項D。

55. D) She was retired after her naval service.

解析：問題奧林匹克船最後發生了什麼。定位句“Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935。”taken out of service和retired 同義詞轉換，故選擇D.

Part IV Translation （30 minutes）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer sheet 2.

公交車曾是中國人出行的主要交通工具。近年來，由於私家車數量不斷增多，城市的交通問題越來越嚴重。許多城市為了鼓勵更多人乘公交車出行，一直在努力改善公交車的服務質量。車輛的設施不斷更新，車速也有了顯著提高。然而，公交車的票價卻依然相當低廉。現在，在大多數城市，許多當地老年市民都可以免費乘坐公交車。

【譯文】Buses used to be the main means of transportation for Chinese people. In recent years, due to the increasing number of private cars, traffic problems in cities have become increasingly severe. In order to encourage more people to travel by bus, many cities have been trying to improve the quality of bus service. The facilities of buses are constantly being updated, and the speed has also been increased significantly, while bus fares are still quite low. Nowadays, in most cities, many local elderly citizens can take buses for free.

【解析】

① 公交車曾是中國人出行的主要交通工具。

第一句句式為簡單的主系表，“曾是”用used to be表示。詞彙方面注意主語“公交車”為可數名詞需要用複數形式buses，“交通工具”用vehicle/means of transportation/transportation tool均可。

Buses used to be the main means of transportation for Chinese people.

② 近年來，由於私家車數量不斷增多，城市的交通問題越來越嚴重。

第二句句式也為主系表，使用“become”比be動詞更能體現出變化。詞彙方面“私家車”用private cars即可，“越來越”可用副詞increasingly表示。

In recent years, due to the increasing number of private cars, traffic problems in cities have become increasingly severe.

③ 許多城市為了鼓勵更多人乘公交車出行，一直在努力改善公交車的服務質量。

第三句中兩個動詞，第一個動詞前有“為了”自然使用動詞不定式表示目的，可用短語“in order to”引導放在句首，第二個動詞為主句謂語動詞，主謂賓結構，注意“一直”需要翻譯成現在完成進行時。

In order to encourage more people to travel by bus, many cities have been trying to improve the quality of bus service.

④ 車輛的設施不斷更新，車速也有了顯著提高。

⑤ 然而，公交車的票價卻依然相當低廉。

第四句主語為“設施”，動詞為“更新“，設施不能自己“更新”，所以需要使用被動句，後半個分句同理，做並列句處理即可，注意“不斷”需要翻譯成進行時，“有了”處理成現在完成時。詞彙方面副詞“顯著”如果不會，譯成“greatly”也無妨。第五句“然而”轉折對比，可直接用連詞while跟前句連接合成一句形成長句，票價“是”低廉的，用主系表結構表示。

The facilities of buses are constantly being updated, and the speed has also been increased significantly, while bus fares are still quite low.

⑥ 現在，在大多數城市，許多當地老年市民都可以免費乘坐公交車。

第六句為主謂賓結構，“老年市民”用senior citizens/elderly citizens均可，注意儘量不要使用old people。

Nowadays, in most cities, many local elderly citizens can take buses for free.

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