1. Which of the following would you rather be? Lawyer, veterinarian or restaurant owner. Explain your answer in details.
参考答案：
I would rather be a veterinarian for the following reasons. First of all, I love animals! It'll make me feel good about myself knowing I can take care of them and fix their problems. Animals don't know how to communicate by speaking like human beings do when in pain. Professional training is essential for giving animals the right treatment. Also, so many people have pets these days. And they're willing to go to extraordinary lengths to ensure the well being of their best friends. Therefore the demand for veterinarian is enormous. And the pay isn't bad at all from what I've heard!
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It's impolite to make calls or send text messages on a diner table. Explain in details.
参考答案：
I think it's not cool to use cellphones on dinner tables. If you're having dinner with friends and family, be with them. The family meal is a social event, not a food ingestion event. Even if your phone is in your lap, the people with you all know what you're doing when your eyes are focused on your lap. Just because it's a quiet activity, you're not fooling anyone. And then everyone's attention is on the fact that your attention is on your phone, not on them. Also, people nowadays are always connected; we rarely get a chance to have a face-to-face conversation with friends and families. Dinner tables are the ideal place for us to talk with our loved ones.
3. 阅读：The department of Politics requires students to read international news or stories each week. The purpose is to improve student's performance. 另外开辟一个专门的地方在图书馆给这些学生阅读资料。
听力：男生同意
理由一：虽然作业多，但是这个可以驱使他们继续努力
理由二：有助于他们写论文，做project，阅读大量的文章可以提供background information
理由三：是library可以提供一个很好的场所学习，里面material多多多，更有助于学习写作业。
Key Points:
Reason 1: By doing so, it can encourage students to work harder.
Reason 2: It will be beneficial to their thesis writing and project because they can get lots of background information through reading numerous materials.
Reason 3: Library is a good place to study where there are many materials for students to study and finish their assignment.
4. 阅读：Joint Venture. 讲的是公司合作的问题，两个不同领域的公司，综合业务，形成新业务
听力：教授举例，说一家电视新闻公司(TV news company)想建一个网站，这样顾客就方便看到最新的消息。但是公司没有人才去建网站，不能提供news read online，所以他们决定和一家科技公司(technology group)合作，新闻公司提供资讯，科技公司提供技术运营网站(maintain website)。然后发展的很好，甚至网站可以吸引来广告投资，这个是他们单独存在时谁都办不到的。
Key Points:
Reading: A joint venture (JV) is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets. (From Wikipedia)
Listening: The professor gives an example of a TV news company that wanted to set up a website so that customers would have easier access to their latest news. But they were not able to provide news read online, so they sought cooperation with a technology group. In this way, the news company provided the latest news and the technology group maintained the website. Later on, they developed very well and won lots of ad investment, which is impossible when they worked individually.
扩展阅读：//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Venture
5. 一个女生要完成作业。但是暑假要来了，没地方住。
方案一：可以去他父母家住
评价：但是没有information之类的，并且父母和sister都会找她聊天，这样会干扰她写paper。
方案二：是去在学校附近租一套房子
评价：这样就方便，但问题是租金太贵，she cannot afford
Key Points:
Problem: The woman has to finish her schoolwork but she has nowhere to live for the summer is coming.
Solution 1: She can live in her parent's home.
Comment: But there will be no information at hand for her work, besides, she will be disturbed by her parents and sister.
Solution 2: She can rend a room near her school.
Comment: It will be pretty convenient but the price is too high to afford for her.
6. 捕食者捕杀群居动物两种策略
方法一：identify最不同的猎物。
举例：一种鱼，喜欢群居，predator怎样找猎物呢?通过identify鱼的颜色，有些鱼会有很明显的颜色，所以方便predator抓捕。
方法二：分裂一大群猎物成较小的群体。
举例：鲨鱼想要吃鱼的话，就横冲直撞，把鱼群分开，这样就方便捕猎
Key Points:
群居动物：social animals
猎物：prey
分裂：segregate，separate