Section 1

Version

Topic

V11132

關于一個酒店的brochure

Questions 1-10

1. Central Hotel Chains

2. Letters of address should be bigger

3. The pool should be removed

4. Change the description under the top photo to reception

5. Use the picture with view of the hotel

6. The prices should be in red print.

7. Translate into Spanish

8. Deadline: by the end of July

9. Address: No.9 Green Drive, Cliffton, NY21300

10. Telephone number: 903036602

Section 2

Version

Topic

V11130

關于一個旅游項目

Questions 11-16

What does the tour guide say to each of the following tasks?

11. book the camp tent            A

12. book camp                   C

13. take bikes                    B

14. buy train tickets               C

15. buy tickets for football match    B

16. collect information for traveling  C

Questions 17-20

17. Destination 1              A

18. Destination 2              E

19. Destination 3              C

20. Destination 4              F

Section 3

Version

Topic

V11140

非洲一部落的發(fā)展與改造

Questions 21-26

21. DOGON tribe can recognize different stars astrology by

A. the location of stars

B. effects among stars

C. the distance between two stars

22. How do WEYAKA people get rich

A. open bank account

B. assist others

C. lend money to others

23. How does the tribe preserve local habitat

B. land use

24. Another tribe *******

C. go back to former environment

25. The professor supports the *******by

A. using the subway

B. camel transportation

C. using the steam train

26. *****tribe

C. they have difficulties to trade minerals

Questions 27-30

Section 4

Version

Topic

V13140

從眾心理

Questions 31-40

31. Line in two cards, find out the lines in same length.

32. Attendants intentionally give wrong answers.

33. Even intelligent people will follow others.

34. observe the lights’ movement

35. Researchers develop a website for the experiment.

36. People have good reasons to the communications with others.

37. People tend to copy each other’s behavior inside the dark room.

38. express their fear of being laughed at

39. a room filled with smoke

40. People did not believe it was an emergency.

Passage 1

Topic

龍涎香與琥珀

Content Review

Ambergris

What is it and where does it come from?

Ambergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.

Ambergris was used to perfume cosmetics in the days of ancient Mesopotamia and almost every civilization on the earth has a brush with ambergris. For centuries, this substance has also been used as flavoring for food.

Large numbers of works have claimed the amber and ambergris. In the 1851 whaling novel Moby-Dick, introduced the differences between them. Ambergris is used as a remedy for headaches, colds and other ailments. By contrast, amber is a hard, transparent, wholly-organic material derived from species of trees. However, both materials are real and expensive.

With regard to the formation of ambergris. In the first place, sperm whales are rather partial to squid, but seemingly struggle to digest the hard beaks. When the irritants are vomited, then a substance called secretion is in touch with air.

In the century of 19^th and 20^th, since sperm whales are still the main source of ambergris as an endangered species, conservation groups have taken measures from its extinction. Artificial materials have been employed to make perfumes replacing the use of Ambergris.

However, the uses of ambergris once became familiar again to the beach which is full of sperm whales. 

Questions & Answers

Questions 1-6

Classify the following information as referring to

A.  Ambergris  only

B.  Amber only

C.  Both Ambergris and amber

D.  Neither Ambergris nor amber

1. Being expensive       C

2. Food- flavoring        A

3. Produces sweet smell   A

4. Used as currency       D

5. Referred to by Herman Melville   C

6. Can be seen through      B

Questions 7-9

complete the note below

How ambergris are formed

7. Sperm whales can’t digest the beaks of the squids that produced

8. Some Sperm whales’ irritants are vomited from time to time.

9. The secretion is on contact of air before having pleasant smell.

Questions 10-13 Yes/ No/ Not Given

10. In the 20^th, most of the ambergris came from the dead whales.   Yes

（最后一段首句提到了這個信息點）

11. The values of ambergris have increased recently.   Not Given

12. Ambergris remains a significant element in perfume.   No

( 文中最后一段提及人工合成材料正在取代ambergris 去做香水的原料)

13. New uses of ambergris are found recently.   No

（文中最后一段最后兩句話提及ambergris 還是回到了原來的用途）

Passage 2

Topic

明星員工和企業(yè)

Content Review

Should top manager be promoted inside or outside?

A. The difference between companies is people. When capitals, resources… are similar, the people is of great importance.

B. People are important. It is true but hiring the best people is profoundly wrong.

C. Companies can't compete by hiring the best people. Three reasons to explain 

D. First is star quality can't not easily be transferred from one to another. One because working environment another is their past achievements make them don't learn Something new.

E. Secondly, the performance of the new team may not be good because of the tension and resentment of the new arrivals.

F. Thirdly, when price fell, shareholders sell the stock. Ironically.

G. People make organization, but also in return. Organization makes people. Take football as an example.

H. It is not surprised to those people thinking about the system. It is not raising the individual intelligence but the learning of whole organization.

I. Advice on how to get best people, not just creating but retaining. Promoting the leaders within the organization not the outside.

Questions & Answers

Questions 14-18

14. Example of The importance of system in a non business context    G

15. Advice on how to acquire the best people           I

16. Medical analogy of a star  entering a new company        E

17. A star may not make necessary adaptations when change companies      D

18. A company suffered a misplaced belief of its intelligence of the senior manager     B

Questions 19-22

Research published on Harvard business review

Research lots of successful people working as 19. star performers, three aspects. They fail to perform well because they don’t have the old companies' 20. working environment. They left the company to another with a higher 21. salary. They might pose a negative effect on coworkers' 22. performance.

Questions 23-26

23. The war for talents has a greater impact than its author expected.   NG

24. The economic situation leads to the growing need of foreign staff.   Y 

25. Enron fails because of misfortune rather than poor management.   N

26. Promoting the top manager is a effective way.   Y

Passage 3

Topic

Content Review

鮮花對于人們的意義，它的common social functions，人們對于鮮花的反應以及對于conduct的3個實驗檢測了人們對于鮮花的不同方面的感受。

Questions & Answers

Questions 27-33

27. various social functions of flower   v

28. first study to show people have strong emotion reaction towards flowers and open themselves to personal topics   vii

29. the second study to show flowers make people more willing to get closer to others in a small space like an elevator   ii

30. 待補充

31. an imperfect theory   vi

32. a mutual benefit relationship   viii

33. 待補充

Questions 34-37

A. the first study

B. the second study

C. the third study

34. 送花的短期效果的研究   A

35. participants are misled deliberately in this study   A

36. 產生了研究者很意外的結果   C

37. 男性和女性都產生了一樣的結果   B

Questions 38-40

38. In prehistory times, people thought a place with beautiful flowers is also place with a resource of food.

39. better environment to raise their children

40. But the fact that these visually attractive flower plants cannot bear fruit in most of the cases, which means this idea is flaw.

Task 1

Type of questions

表格

題目

The table below shows the number of Australian visitors to seven most popular countries in the year 1999 and 2009.

Task 2

Topic

政府職能

Type of questions

觀點類

題目

Some people think that any government money spent on supporting artists (such as painters, musicians and poets) should be better spent on more important things.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

People & Animal

Pop star

Neighbors

Friends

Events

Birthdays

Objects/Things

Boat (new)

Mirror

Jewellery

Places

High school (new)

Hometown

Home/Accommodation

Media

Computer

Internet

Newspaper and magazine

Emails and Letters

Abstract

Rainy days (new)

Work or study

Transport

Sunshine

People & Animal

Describe an interesting person. (new)

Describe a historical person that you are interested in. (new)

Describe someone who is a good parent. (new)

Describe a foreigner you know well. (new)

Describe a businessman you admire. (new)

Describe a thing that a wise person did/ a person who gives a clever solution to a problem.

Describe a couple you know who have a happy marriage.

Events

Describe a (long) car journey you went on. (new)

Describe something or activity you do to keep healthy. (new)

Describe an experience that you taught someone something. (new)

Describe a time you brought your cell phone with you. (new)

Describe an occasion where people gave you positive feedback. (new)

Describe something you want to do for a long time but you haven’t done yet.

Describe an interesting conversation you had with a stranger.

Describe an English lesson you had.

Objects/Things

Describe a traditional product in your country. (new)

Describe a piece of furniture. (new)

Describe something you bought recently that made you happy. (new)

Describe an important letter you received. (new)

Describe an exciting book you have read. (new)

Describe something you bought according to an advertisement you saw. (new)

Describe an important invention which has changed our life.

Places

Describe a dream house or apartment you want to live in. (new)

Describe a place where you can listen to music. (new)

Describe a leisure facility (cinema, theater, sports center) you would like to have in your home town. (new)

Describe an interesting place that few people know. (new)

Describe a public park or garden.

Media

Describe an advertisement (that you saw or heard or liked). (new)

Describe a website helped you do something. (new)

Describe a TV series or drama you enjoy watching.

Abstract

Describe a rule at your school that you agree or disagree. (new)

Describe a subject of science that you learned in high school (such as physics, mathematics). (new)

Describe an achievement that you are proud of. (new)

Describe a (good) decision someone made. (new)

重點話題Sample Answer

Describe an important invention which has changed our lives.

Public bike sharing is a total novelty that is considered as a terrific achievement here in China. Life has become more convenient for city dwellers, which facilitates the process of public transport, thanks to this brilliant invention. Wherever we go, we only need to scan a QR code with the apps installed in our smart phones and there will be an available bike nearby.

With a certain amount deposited initially, we can ride the bikes as long as we like. Sharing bike, in a nutshell, is the symbol of modernization and people are enjoying the sense of sharing. People of all ages are keen on riding shared bikes. It is a perfect solution to traffic problems in mega cities and a good way to lead a low-carbon life.