56. According to the first paragraph, people in Matela are most likely to expect that_·

A) they can afford the cure for malaria B) they can save their cash efficiently C) they can live safely in the village D) their can get rid of poverty soon 57. What can help the poor build financial security?

A) Getting microloans. B) Lower cost of savings. C) Chances for education. D) Savings services. 58. What is the role of post offices in \

A) They are subordinate to banks. B) They are cooperative with banks. C) They are taking the place of banks. D) They are being changed into banks. 59. Compared with agent banking, M-Pesa most probably_.

A) is less practical for poor people B) is more popular among clients C) costs less except transaction fees D) provides safer savings accounts 60. Gates Foundation intends to make financial services____

A) affordable B) widely recognized C) influential D) easily obtained

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

The inner voice of people who appear unconscious can now be heard. For the first time, researchers have struck up a conversation with a man diagnosed as being in a vegetative(植物的)state. All they had to do was monitor how his brain responded to specific questions.

\ University of Cambridge, who led the team doing the work.

In an earlier experiment, Owen's team asked a woman previously diagnosed as being in a vegetative state to picture herself carrying out one of two different activities. The resulting brain activity suggested she understood the commands and was therefore conscious

Now Owen's team has taken the idea a step further. A man also diagnosed with VS was able to answer yes and no to specific questions by imagining himself engaging in the same activities.

The results suggest that it is possible to give a degree of choice to some people who have no other way of communicating with the outside world. \are giving them a voice and a way to communicate,\神经病学家)Steven Laureys of the University of Liege in Belgium, Owen's partner.

Doctors traditionally base these diagnoses on how someone behaves: for example, whether they can glance in different directions in response to questions. The new results show that you don't need behavioural indications to identify awareness and even a degree of cognitive proficiency. All you need to do is tap into brain activity directly.

The work \everything\says Nicholas Schiff, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who is carrying out similar work on patients with consciousness disorders. \can answer yes/no questions should be extremely disturbing to our practice”

One of the most difficult questions you might want to ask someone is whether they want to carry on living. But as Owen and Laureys point out, the scientific, legal and ethical challenges for doctors asking such questions are formidable.

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

61. \“＿＿”.

A) patients in a VS B) researchers C) monitoring machines D) specific questions 62. What did Owen's team find about the woman in the first experiment?

A) Her brain was active. B) She gave creative responses. C) She gave conditioned responses. D) Her brain was damaged. 63. Owen's team can communicate with people in a VS by＿＿＿.

A) enabling them to think B) enabling them to speak

C) providing them with choices D) providing them with activities 64. Nicholas Schiff looks at the findings by Owen's team with____.

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A) caution B) approval C) amazement D) annoyance 65. Owen and Laureys would most probably agree that__. A) patients with VS should not give up their lives B) patients with VS should enjoy legal rights too

C) doctors should leave the choice between life and death to patients D) doctors should not ask a patient whether he wants to live or die

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.

蹴鞠(Cuju)是中国古代的一项球类运动。它是竞技运动，要把球踢进球网内。该运动是为了训练士兵而发明的。在汉代(the Han Dynasty), 从军队到皇室，乃至贵族阶层，蹴鞠都很盛行。由于社会经济的发展，蹴鞠在宋代(the Song Dynasty)甚至风靡社会各阶层。当时，职业蹴鞠球员十分普遍。这些球员分为两类：一类是由皇室训练并为皇室表演，而另一类则由靠蹴鞠谋生的平民百姓组成。

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Answer Sheet 6

PartⅡ Listening Comprehension Section A

1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____ 11. _____ 12. _____ 13. _____ 14. _____ 15. _____ Section B

16. _____ 17. _____ 18. _____19. _____ 20. _____ 21. _____ 22. _____ 23. _____ 24. _____ 25. _____ Section C

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