Passage 1
题材：历史类
新旧情况：旧题 22308
题目：The history of tea
题型：list of headings 8 +细节配对*5
文章大意：
Questions 1-8
Reading passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A-H
Choose the correct headings for paragraphs A-H from thelist of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 1-8 on youranswer sheet.
List of Headings
i Good or bad of tea
ii Tea ritual
iii Difficulties of import
iv Religious objection of tea
v A chance discovery
vi In and out of fashion
vii A luxury thing
viii A connection between tea and religion
ix Shortage of supply
x News of tea going to new continent
1 Paragraph A
2 Paragraph B
3 Paragraph C
4 Paragraph D
5 Paragraph E
6 Paragraph F
7 Paragraph G
8 Paragraph H
Questions 9-13
Use the information inthe passage to match the country (listed A-G) with statements below. Write theappropriate letters A-G in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.
A France
B Holland
C Japan
D China
E Britain
F Russia
G Portugal
9 house designedparticularly for tea drinking
10 tea being substitutedafter a short period
11 using animals for teatransportation
12 popularity of teadespite of some dispute
13 favor of tea forruler’s specialized knowledge
部分答案回忆：
1. v
2. viii
3. ii
4. x
5. vii
6. iv
7. vi
8. iii
9. C
10. E
11. F
12. B
13. D
Passge 2
题材：科技类
新旧情况：旧题 22308
题目：Bestcom 电话转换系统
题型：判断6+图表7
文章大意：
Bestcom 2
CONSIDERATE COMPUTING
A"YOUR BATTERY IS NOW FULLY CHARGED," ANNOUNCED THE LAPTOP COMPUTER toits owner, Donald A. Norman, with enthusiasm-perhaps even a hint of pride?-inits synthetic voice. To be sure，distractions and multitasking are hardly new tothe human condition. "A complicated life, continually interrupted bycompeting requests for attention, is as old as procreation," laughs TedSelker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. Butincreasingly, it is not just our kids pulling us three ways at once; it is alsoa relentless barrage of e-mail, alerts, alarms, calls, instant messages andautomated notifications, none of them coordinated and all of them oblivious towhether we are busy-or even present. "It's ridiculous that my own computercan't figure out whether I'm in front of it, but a public toilet can,"exclaims Roel Vertegaal of Queen's University in Ontario.
BHumanity has connected itself through roughly three billion networkedtelephones, computers, traffic lights- even refrigerators and picture frames-because these things make life more convenient and keep us available to thosewe care about. So although we could simply turn off the phones, close thee-mail program, and shut the office door when it is time for a meeting or astretch of concentrated work, we usually don't. We just endure the consequences.
C Numerous studies have shown that when peopleare unexpectedly interrupted, they notonly work less efficiently but also make more mistakes. 'It seems to addcumulatively to a feeling of frustration," Picard reports, and that stressresponse makes it hard to regain focus. It isn't merely a matter ofproductivity and the pace of life. For pilots, drivers, soldiers and doctors,errors of inattention can be downright dangerous. "If we could just giveour computers and phones some understanding of the limits of human attentionand memory, it would make them seem a lot more thoughtful and courteous,"says Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research. Horvitz, Vertegaal, Selker and Picardare among a small but growing number of researchers trying to teach computers,phones, cars and other gadgets to behave less like egocentric oafs and morelike considerate colleagues.
D To do this, the machines need new skills ofthree kinds: sensing, reasoning and communicating. First a system must sense orinfer where its owner is and what he or she is doing. Next it must weigh thevalue of the messages it wants to convey against the cost of the disruption.Then it has to choose the best mode and time to interject. Each of these pushesthe limits of computer science and raises issues of privacy, complexity orreliability. Nevertheless, "attentive" computing systems have begunappearing in newer Volvos and IBM has introduced Websphere communicationssoftware with a basic busyness sense. Microsoft has been running extensivein-house tests of a much more sophisticated system since 2003. Within a fewyears, companies may be able to offer every office worker a software version ofthe personal receptionist that only comer-suite executives enjoy today. But ifsuch an offer should land in your inbox, be sure to read the fine print beforeyou sign. An attentive system, by definition, is one that is always watching.That considerate computer may come to know more about your work habits than youdo.
EMost people aren't as busy as they think they are, which is why we can usuallytolerate interruptions from our inconsiderate electronic paraphernalia. JamesFogarty and Scott E. Hudson of Carnegie Mellon University recently teamed up with Jennifer Lai of IBM Researchto study 10 managers, researchers and interns at work. They videotaped thesubjects and periodically had them rate their "interruptibility." Theamount of time the workers spent in leave-me-alone mode varied from person toperson and day to day, ranging from 10 t0 51 percent. On average, the subjectswanted to work without interruption about one third of the time. In studies ofMicrosoft employees, Horvitz has similarly found that they typically spend morethan 65 percent of their day in a state of low attention.
Ftoday’s phones and computers, which naively assume that the user is never toobusy to take a call, read an email, or click "OK" on an alert box,thus are probably correct about two thirds of time. To be useful, then,considerate systems will have to be more than 65 percent accurate in sensingwhen their users are near their cognitive limits. Bestcom/Enhanced Telephony, aMicrosoft prototype based on Horvitz's work, digs a little deeper into eachuser's computer to find clues about what they are up to. Microsoft launched aninternal beta test of the system in mid-2003. By last October, Horvitz says,about 3.800 people were using the system to field their incoming phone calls.
G Horvitz himself is one of those testers,and while we talk in his office in Redmond. Wash., Bestcom silently handles onecall after another. First it checks whether the caller is listed in his addressbook, the company directory, or its log of people he has called recently.Triangulating these sources, it tries to deduce their relationship. Family members,supervisors and people he called earlier today ring through. Others see amessage on their computer that he is in a meeting and won't be available until3 P.M. The system scans Horvitz's and the caller's calendar and offers toreschedule the call at a time that is open for both. Some callers choose thatoption; others leave voice mail. E-mail messages get a similar screening. WhenHorvitz is out of the office, Bestcom automatically offers to forward selectedcallers to his cellphone-unless his calendar and other evidence suggest that heis in a meeting.
HMost large companies already use camputerized phone systems and standardcalendar and contact management software, so tapping into those"sensors" should be straightforward. Not all employees will like theidea of having a microphone on all the time in their office, however, nor willeveryone want to expose their datebook to some program they do not ultimatelycontrol. Moreover, some managers might be tempted to equate a "state oflow attention" with "goofing off’ and punish those who seeminsufficiently busy.
Questions14-19
Dothe following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
Inboxes 14-19 0n your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement is true
FALSE if the statement is false
NOTGIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
14 According to Ted Selker, human reproduction has been disturbed throughout history.
15 If people are interrupted by calls or E-mails, they usually put up with itinstead of feeling sickness.
16 Microsoft are now investigating a software which is compatible withordinary office.
17 People usually have misperception about whether they are busy or not.
18 Experts in Carnegie Mellon University conducted a research observed all occupations of IBM.
19 Current phone and computer system has a shortcut key for people receive information immediately.
Questions20-26
Answerthe questions in the diagram below.
ChooseNO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Bestcom Working Process:
部分答案回忆：
14. True
15. True
16. False
17. Not Given 18. False
19. True
20. clues
21. relationship
22. message
23. reschedule
24. voicemail
25. cellphone
26. meeting
Passage 3
题材：历史类
新旧情况：旧题 22125
题目：What cookbooks really teach us
题型：摘要3+段落信息配对5+细节配对5
文章大意：
What cookbooks reallyteach us
Questions 14-16
Complete the summary below Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passagefor each answer. Write your answers in boxes 14-16 on your answer sheet.
Why are there so many cookery books?
There are a great number more cookery books publishedthan is really necessary and it is their 14________ which makes them differfrom each other. There are such large numbers because they offer people anescape from their 15________ and some give the user the chance to informthemselves about other 16______
Questions 17-21
Reading Passage has nine paragraphs, A-I. Which paragraphcontains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-I, in boxes17-21 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
17 cookery books providing a sense of stability duringperiods of unrest
18 details in recipes being altered as they were passedon
19 knowledge which was in danger of disappearing
20 the negative effect on cookery books of a newdevelopment
21 a period when there was no need for cookery books tobe precise
Questions 22-26
Look at the following statements (Questions 22-26) andlist of books (A-E) below. Match each statement with the correct book, A-F.Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.
22 Its recipes were easy to follow despite the writer’sattention to detail.
23 Its writer may have deliberately avoided passing ondetails.
24 It appealed to ambitious ideas people have aboutcooking.
25 Its writer used ideas from other books but added additionalrelated information
26 It put into print ideas which are still respectedtoday.
List ofcookery books
A De re coquinara
B The Book of Household Management
C Le Guide Culinaire
D The Boston Cooking – School Cook Book
E Mediterranean Food
部分答案回忆：
14. presentation
15. daily routine
16. distant cultures
17. E
18. D
19. G
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. E
25. B
26. C