Books are steadily increasing in size: the average...

Books are steadily increasing in size: the average number of pages has grown by 25% over the last 15 years. A study of more than 2500 books appearing on New York Times bestseller reveals that the average length has increased from 320 pages in 1999 to 400 pages in 2014. According to James Finlayson, who carried out the survey, there ’s a “relatively consistent pattern of grow th year on year ”. For Finlayson, much of this shift can be explained by the industry ’s shift towards digital. He says “When you pick up a large book in a shop, you can sometimes be intimidated, but if you have a big book on a Kindle （eBook ）, that’s not a consideration. ”

Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in newer techniques

aimed at increasing the accuracy and objectivity of the diagnosis of

disease. In the new future, diagnosing a patient's illness may become much

less painful for the patient and less uncertain for the doctor. Research and

technological advances in scientific photography ultimately enables a doctor 【M1】______.

to discover a patient's problem with pictures rather than by blood and tissue【M2】______.

samples. Such new diagnostic techniques may even help doctors detect

diseases much earlier than using conventional techniques. One new technique 【M3】______.

is thermography, a photographic process in which variations in temperature

within the body show up as different colors. Even at rest, the

temperatures of different areas of the body are constant changing. Scientists【M4】______.

are now trying to understand why this was true and how these variations 【M5】______.

in temperature relate with illness. Whereas the research is incomplete, most 【M6】______.

scientists agree that thermography holds definite possibilities for early detection

of disease or for predicting an individual's predisposition for certain healthy conditions. 【M7】______.

This technique of measuring the varieties of body temperature 【M8】______.

graphically has a great advantage than X-rays and other conventional diagnostic【M9】______.

methods. With thermography, there are no side effects, no uncomfortable

exploratory procedures and there is no need to take blood and tissue

samples. Patients don't need not 1o endure pain or fear of unknown

procedures. There is no question that this new photographic technique will

prove health care in the future. 【M10】______.

【M1】

Nowadays there are an increasing number of advertisements art TV and some of them are unfortunately misleading. Some people hold that the government should take measures to restrict what is included in these advertisements because the consumer has the right to be correctly informed. Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below.

1. SHOULD AN ADVERTISEMENT BE CENSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT？

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

Auditors are required to undertake an overall review of the financial statements as the final step before they form. their audit opinion. As part of this process they undertake a number of procedures.

Which of the following procedures would an auditor NOT undertake as part of the overall review of the financial statements？

A.Reviewing the financial statements to ensure they are consistent with the auditor’s knowledge of the business and the results of their audit work

B.Performing analytical procedures on the financial statements to form an overall conclusion on the financial statements

C.Undertaking a review of subsequent events to identify whether any adjustment or disclosure is required in the financial statements

D.Reviewing the financial statements to ensure compliance with accounting standards and local legislation disclosure

【单选题】Herbal remedies are gaining the respect of the medical profession. Teas, poultices, and rubs, made from various parts of plants have been used for generations by many cultures in the world. Such remedies, however, have been shunned by many medical professionals in the industrial world who have focused instead on chemicals for cures, sometimes re-inventing the wheel. With the more recent interest in the survival of the rainforests, however, there has been increasing attention paid to the plants which serve as remedies for a host of ailments.

A、Herbal remedies are gaining the respect of the medical profession.

B、Teas, poultices, and rubs, made from various parts of plants have been used for generations by many cultures in the world.

C、With the more recent interest in the survival of the rainforests, however, there has been increasing attention paid to the plants which serve as remedies for a host of ailments.

?Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.

?For each question (21-30), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

Sickness at work

Small firms are counting the cost of sickness among employees. Research estimates that illness cost small businesses in Britain a month and a half in lost (21) last year. A recent (22) of more than 1,000 small and medium enterprises revealed that last year the average small business lost around 42 days through staff phoning in sick, and that this had a serious (23) on 27 per cent of smaller companies.

Just over one in ten employees took time off for seven days in a

(24) Of these, 9.5 per cent were ill for a week on more than one occasion. In Britain, employees can take sick (25) for up to a week before they have to produce a medical certificate. Owner-managers were far less likely to be off sick than their staff: 3.3 days on average, compared with the 10 days taken by employees.

The head of the research team said, 'The most common (26) of absence was minor illness, such as colds or flu, but back strain, fractures and the like (27) for very nearly as much. Of greater (28) is that more that 40 per cent of employers felt that their employees' sickness may not have been genuine.'

Employers can do more to protect themselves by drawing up adequate (29) of employment that outline the company's sick pay (30) Enhanced sick pay is then at the employer's discretion.

(21)

A．capacity

B．productivity

C．capability

D．efficiency

A researcher wants to conduct a before/after study on 11 subjects to determine if a treatment results in any difference in scores. The null hypothesis is that the average difference is zero while the alternative hypothesis is that the average difference is not zero. Scores are obtained on the subjects both before and after the treatment. After subtracting the after scores from the before scores, the average difference is calculated to be –2.40 with a sample standard deviation of 1.21. Assume that the differences are normally distributed in the population. The degrees of freedom for this test are _______.

A、11

B、10

C、9

D、20