Throughout May in the US, Facebook user numbers dropped______.

The term biological clock is applied to the means, which living things 【M1】______

adjust their activity patterns, without any obvious cue, the time of day, or 【M2】______

the month, or the year. They are affected but little, if at all, by drugs,

chemical, or wide temperature differences—factors may alter substantially 【M3】______

the rates of all ordinary processes of the body.

The nature of the biological clocks mechanism is still a mystery. Two 【M4】______

quite different theories have been advanced to account to them. According 【M5】______

to the first of these theories, each individual have evolved, aided by natural

selection, an adaptation to the rhythmic environment. It has now 【M6】______

become independence on the environment. According to this view, the clocks 【M7】______

are not perfect timers. They require regular corrections by the natural light

and tide cycles and the changed lengths of the day throughout the year. 【M8】______

The other theory holds up living things react continuously to their 【M9】______

rhythmic physical environment. The setting of their biological clocks,

therefore, involves a constant adjustment to subtle clocks are potential 【M10】______

perfect timers.

【M1】

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： In addition to exercising regularly, eating a good breakfast is considered by many health experts to be a significant part of a successful way of reduction plan. After a night of fasting, the body needs to he replenished with nutrient in order to maintain a high level of energy throughout the day. Several nutritionists suggest that dieters should eat up to one third of their daily calories at breakfast time. These calories should be in the form. of balanced .meal of nutritious food. A balanced meal consists of five key elements: proteins, carbonhydrats, fats, vitamins and minerals. People who're dieting need a variety of foods to assure a constant supply of nutrients their bodies, need. If a well-balanced diet is not followed, the dieter may become sleepy, nervous, or feel out of sorts. If a poor diet is maintained for a long period of time, the dieters may become vitamin deficient. Vitamin deficiency can cause serious health problem. For these reasons, many doctors recommend that everyone, especially those on diet, starts the day with up to one-third of the daily requirement of nutrients in the form. of a well-balanced breakfast.

The talk is mainly about ______.

A．the importance of eating a good breakfast

B．a new reduction plan

C．the daily requirement of nutrients

D．problems brought by dieting

The climate here is cooler throughout the year than______.

A．the rest of the country

B．in the rest of the country

C．at the rest of the country

D．other places of the country

According to this passage, your intelligence probably______.

A．stays the same throughout the year

B．varies from day to day

C．changes with the seasons

D．changes from year to year

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： In an attempt to resist the rising cost of fuel and fight the pollution choking our cities, many outgoing students have taken to riding bicycles to school. The unfortunate result of this otherwise positive trend is the traffic problems caused by bicycles having to share the road with cars. Unfortunately, traffic accidents involving bicycles are on the increase throughout the country, so this new solution has led to a dilemma.

To solve this dilemma, special bike paths have been created on most roads leading to and from college campuses. It is essential that cyclists stay on those paths. It is necessary for the safety of those of you who ride bicycles as well as the motorists that you share the road with.

Obviously, it may be inconvenient to ride in the bike paths at times, but we must insist on it. To enforce the necessity of staying on the paths, there are fines for bicyclists who ride down the middle of the street. The federal fines are currently running at $ 25 for a first time violation, but if the law is continually violated, the fines will increase by different amounts depending on your local ordinances.

The money that is collected from the fines will go towards a fund to help build better bike paths. You may have special bicycle bridges in your neighborhood right now. If not, you can count on seeing them in the future. We are committed to making bicycling a safe alternative to using cars and we appreciate your help in making that goal a reality.

What is the latest problem facing people who drive to school？

A．Pollution in the air.

B．A lack of parking.

C．Accidents with bicycles.

D．A lack of bridges.

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： In an attempt to resist the rising cost of fuel and fight the pollution choking our cities, many outgoing students have taken to riding bicycles to school. The unfortunate result of this otherwise positive trend is the traffic problems caused by bicycles having to share the road with cars. Unfortunately, traffic accidents involving bicycles are on the increase throughout the country, so this new solution has led to a dilemma.

To solve this dilemma, special bike paths have been created on most roads leading to and from college campuses. It is essential that cyclists stay on those paths. It is necessary for the safety of those of you who ride bicycles as well as the motorists that you share the road with.

Obviously, it may be inconvenient to ride in the bike paths at times, but we must insist on it. To enforce the necessity of staying on the paths, there are fines for bicyclists who ride down the middle of the street. The federal fines are currently running at $ 25 for a first time violation, but if the law is continually violated, the fines will increase by different amounts depending on your local ordinances.

The money that is collected from the fines will go towards a fund to help build better bike paths. You may have special bicycle bridges in your neighborhood right now. If not, you can count on seeing them in the future. We are committed to making bicycling a safe alternative to using cars and we appreciate your help in making that goal a reality.

What is the latest problem facing people who drive to school？

A．Pollution in the air.

B．A lack of parking.

C．Accidents with bicycles.

D．A lack of bridges.

Assume that the rates and allowances for 2004/05 apply throughout this part.

(b) Explain the consequences of filing the VAT returns late and advise Fred how he should deal with the

underpayment and bad debt for VAT purposes. Your explanation should be supported by relevant

calculations. (10 marks)

听力原文： Some of the most practical lessons coming out of research in psychology are in the area of memory. People ask, why can't I remember that term from the physics chapter or that the library books are due？

Many people, memory may be weak, because they don't use it enough. It's like a muscle. If you don't exercise it, it won't get strong. That's why it's important to keep our mind active, to keep on learning throughout our life. We can do this by reading, playing memory games and seeking out new experiences. It's my guess, though, that the lack of stimulation isn't a problem for students like you. More likely, the lives you live are so busy and stimulating that this in itself may sometimes interfere with learning. Later on I will discuss how information is recalled from memory. But, first, the information needs to be recorded, in other words, learned. And for busy people like you and me, that is where the real problem often lies. If we are distracted, or we are trying to think what we are going to do next, the incoming message just might not be getting recorded effectively. And that leads to the first tip for students who want to improve their memories. Give your full attention to the information you hope to retain. Research clearly shows the advantages of this, and also of active learning, of consciously trying to visualize a new fact, perhaps to make a mental picture, even a wild ridiculous one, so the new fact will stick in our memory. Let me illustrate that for you here a little more concretely this evening.

(30)

A．Factors that affect the ability to memorize.

B．The influence of childhood memories oil adulthood.

C．A proposal for future psychological research.

D．Benefits of a busy lifestyle.

Age Discrimination

By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a deep ambivalence （犹豫 ）-if not outright suspicion-towards th

A.Dislike.

B.Disapproval.

C.Distrust.

D.Disappointment.

A.The man carries a gun and a heavy sack full of dead birds.

B.The man is a handsome young ornithologist.

C.The man is eager to collect a white heron.

D.Throughout the story, the man appears to be assertive, aggressive, and arrogant.