【填空题】"A failure of will" refers to those situations in which a doctor knows the right thing to do but doesn’t do it because he is ______________________.

Those out to demolish old buildings often argue that a factory will bring prosperity to a town and pr【66】employment for its people; a block of fiats will improve living conditions; a new road will create better transport f【67】These arguments are true, but somehow unconvincing. Countless quiet country villages have been【68】(spoil) by the addition of modern "improvements" like huge traffic-signs or tall concrete lamps which s【69】a sickly yellow light. In the same way, buildings which are er【70】without any thought being given to their surroundings, become prominent landmarks which may change the character of whole town. They are ugly because they are so out of【71】

Nothing can more seriously change the look of a town or city so dramatically than the sudden appearance of an office building which t【72】above all the surrounding buildings. Before the arrival of this skyscraper, all the buildings in the city stood in special relationship to each other. The most str【73】of them was probably the cathedral or the town hall f【74】by other public buildings. These dominated the city and gave it a definite shape. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the new arrival dwarfs (使显得矮小) everything in sight, and even the most【75】(grace) existing buildings may now be so sadly di【76】as to seem slightly ridiculous beside this monster. It rises up above them like a huge, white, slotted (开门的) packing-case resting【77】its side, demanding at【78】merely because of its size and not because of any intrinsic (内在的) worth.

Part of the charm of a big city l【79】in the variety of styles that can be seen in the architecture of its buildings. One feels that the city has grown slowly and each age has left its mark. By demolishing buildings of f【80】times, we wipe out every vestige of the past forever.

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【填空题】Matching Paragraph Headings The reading passage has seven paragraphs: A – G. Choose the most suitable paragraph headings A – G from the list of headings beneath the passage. Write the appropriate numbers (i –ix) in the text boxes below the headings. There are more paragraph headings than paragraphs so you will not use them all. Yoruba Town （Adopted from：http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/paragraph-headings.html） A. The Yoruba people of Nigeria classify their towns in two ways. Permanent towns with their own governments are called “ilu”, whereas temporary settlements, set up to support work in the country are “aba”. Although ilu tend to be larger than aba, the distinction is not one of size, some aba are large, while declining ilu can be small, but of purpose. There is no “typical” Yoruba town, but some features are common to most towns. B. In the 19th century most towns were heavily fortified and the foundations of these walls are sometimes visible. Collecting tolls to enter and exit through the walls was a major source of revenue for the old town rulers, as were market fees. The markets were generally located centrally and in small towns, while in large towns there were permanent stands made of corrugated iron or concrete. The market was usually next to the local ruler’s palace. C. The palaces were often very large. In the 1930’s, the area of Oyo’s palace covered 17 acres, and consisted of a series of courtyards surrounded by private and public rooms. After colonisation, many of the palaces were completely or partially demolished. Often the rulers built two storey houses for themselves using some of the palace grounds for government buildings. D. The town is divided into different sections. In some towns these are regular, extending out from the center of the town like spokes on a wheel, while in others, where space is limited, they are more random. The different areas are further divided into compounds called “ile”. These vary in size considerably from single dwellings to up to thirty houses. They tend to be larger in the North. Large areas are devoted to government administrative buildings. Newer developments such as industrial or commercial areas or apartment housing for civil servants tends to be build on the edge of the town. E. Houses are rectangular and either have a courtyard in the center or the rooms come off a central corridor. Most social life occurs in the courtyard. They are usually built of hardened mud and have roofs of corrugated iron or, in the countryside, thatch. Buildings of this material are easy to alter, either by knocking down rooms or adding new ones. And can be improved by coating the walls with cement. Richer people often build their houses of concrete blocks and, if they can afford to, build two storey houses. Within compounds there can be quite a mixture of building types. Younger well-educated people may have well furnished houses while their older relatives live in mud walled buildings and sleep on mats on the floor. F. The builder or the most senior man gets a room either near the entrance or, in a two storied house, next to the balcony. He usually has more than one room. Junior men get a room each and there are separate rooms for teenage boys and girls to sleep in. Younger children sleep with their mothers. Any empty room are used as storage, let out or, if they face the street, used as shops. G. Amenities vary. In some towns most of the population uses communal water taps and only the rich have piped water, in others piped water is more normal. Some areas have toilets, but bucket toilets are common with waste being collected by a “night soil man”. Access to water and electricity are key political issues. 窗体顶端 Match the correct heading to the paragraph A-G. 1- Town facilities 2-Oyo’s palace 3-Urban divisions 4-Architectural home styles 5- Types of settlements 6- Historical foundations 7 - Domestic arrangements 8- City defenses 9- Various changes 窗体底端 10- Government buildings A______B_______C________D_______ E______F_______G_________

A doctor was once teaching a 【C1】______ of medical students at a famous university in Edinburgh. An injured man was 【C2】______ in, and the doctor turned to 【C3】______ of the students and asked him, "What's 【C4】______ with this man?"

"I don't know, sir," the students answered. "Shall I examine him and 【C5】______ out?" "There is no 【C6】______ to examine him," said the doctor.

"You 【C7】______ know without asking questions. He had 【C8】______ his right knee. Don't you notice the 【C9】______ he walked? He hurt it by 【C10】______ it in the fire. You see his trouser leg is burnt away at the 【C11】______ . This is Monday morning. Yesterday was 【C12】______ , but on Saturday the roads were 【C13】______ and muddy. The man's trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on Saturday 【C14】______ . "

The doctor then turned to the man and said, "You 【C15】______ your wages on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much. You 【C16】______ wet and muddy on the way 【C17】______ . You tried to dry your clothes 【C18】______ the fire when you got home. 【C19】______ you had drunk too much, you 【C20】______ on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?"

"Yes, sir," said the man.

【C1】______

A．part

B．class

C．pair

D．few

【填空题】Lesson 15 Listening Comprehension-1 Fill in the Blanks with what you have heard On TCAS As the direct result of accidents in 1980s leads to the wide-spread introduction to an (1) clever piece of new technology. It is called TCAS—traffic collision avoidance system. TCAS relies on a clever piece of technology called transponder--a device both (2) to radio signal. When 2 aircraft approach each other their transponders lock on and start to talk to each other. Terry is to train the pilots to use TCAS. The transponders of the aircraft (3) each other many times a second, In doing so it creates a (4) radio bubbles around each aircraft. if any time it senses those 2 bubbles might come too close for comfort, TCAS will (5) to pilots must react. And the approaching plane show up as a (6) , you can see we have got traffic below . it is climbing indicated by the arrow. It is now 600 feet below. Radio bubble is too close for comfort, the white diamond will change into an (7) . TCAS flashes up warning “ traffic, traffic” that is now (8) , 500feet below and still climbing. If the situation gets serious, the orange circle becomes (9) . TCAS orders the plane to (10) “ clime , climb” Now it is (11) . So i need to (12) the aircraft to avoid the traffic. In the simulation, TCAS orders one plane to climb and the other to descend. TCAS steers the aircraft away from each other. “ clear of traffic” and re-engaging the autopilot, and two bubbles in which the aircraft is sitting moves to safe distance apart. Technology seems to finally (13) that pilots are not able to see each other. As a direct result of LA collision, TCAS is now (14) on all commercial aircraft flying to most destinations. But TCAS system designed to (15) would one day play a part in one of the worst collisions of modern times.

【填空题】AV Clip 10: A Cup of Coffee a Day Keeps the Reaper awayAV 10 Cup of Coffee a Day Keeps the Reaper Away.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. Americans drink about 400 million cups of coffee per day and new research suggests that our love might be (1)_________. Coffee drinking may actually lower the odds of having a stroke. Researchers in Great Britain (2)________ nearly 23,000 people who were healthy at the start of the study. Over the next 11 years, people who (3)_______ coffee were 27% less likely to experience a stroke than those who did not drink coffee, even after (4)__________ for other lifestyle habits such as smoking, exercise and tea drinking. Decaffeinated coffee appeared to offer the same benefit. So doctors say it’s not the caffeine that is causing the (5)________ in death risk. They suspect the antioxidants in coffee could lower (6)___________ in blood vessels, but more study is needed to confirm it. In the meantime, experts say people shouldn’t start drinking coffee to help the (7)____________ and they warned that too much caffeine can cause insomnia and heart(8)__________. But for those who are already coffee lovers, it appears it’s bottoms-up.

Refertotheexhibit.HSRPhasbeenconfiguredandLinkAistheprimaryroutetorouterR4.WhenLinkAfails，routerR2（LinkB）becomestheactiverouter.WhichrouterwillassumetheactiverolewhenLinkAbecomesoperationalagain？"（）

A.TheprimaryrouterR1willreassumetheactiverolewhenitcomesbackonline.

B.ThestandbyrouterR2willremainactiveandwillforwardtheactiveroletorouterR1onlyintheeventofitsownfailure.

C.ThestandbyrouterR2willremainactiveandwillforwardtheactiveroletorouterR1onlyintheeventofLinkBfailure.

D.ThethirdmemberoftheHSRPgroup，routerR3，willtakeovertheactiveroleonlyineventofrouterR2failure.

【填空题】AV Clip 11: The Truth of VitaminsAV 3+5+6+7+8+9+10+11 The Truth about Vitamins Supplements.mp4 Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word group from the video clip. Professor Melhus then went further. He did a series of (1) ________ to work out what level of vitamin A was linked to weaker bones. His results suggested that (2) ________ of even relatively small quantities of vitamin A were having a dramatic effect. What we saw was that (3) ________ above 1.5 milligrams per day, which is approximately twice the recommended daily intake, there was a reduction in (4) ________ about ten per cent, and the risk of hip fracture had doubled. If Professor Melhus was right then the implications were staggering. An intake of 1.5 milligrams per day is a level that can be reached from food alone. And it will be exceeded by taking just (5) ________ of some high strength vitamin A supplements. So, tablets that people take every day to improve their health might actually be slowly, silently, (6) ________. For Professor Melhus, the implication is clear. “Based on our research I think people should continue to eat a healthy, (7) ________. But since supplements containing high levels of vitamin A may have (8) ________, I cannot recommend people to take them routinely.”

【填空题】Buy a Computer System IT Manager: I need to purchase a new computer system for my company. Salesperson: All right, what kind of system are you looking for? IT Manager: I’m not sure. What are my options? Salesperson: We offer a range of high quality （1） systems. What performance aspects do you require? IT Manager: Well, I’d like a quick（2） time. But of course, （3） is really important as well. Salesperson: Okay. We have two systems that excel in both those areas, the 2260 model and the 2950 model. IT Manager: Which of the （4） would you recommend? Salesperson: That depends on whether you’re more concerned about response time or transmission. IT Manager: I’m definitely more concerned with the system’s （5） transmission capabilities. Salesperson: In that case, I recommend the 2950 model. It runs at more bits per second. IT Manager: That sounds great

听力原文：I know that many of you have trains to catch and in a couple of cases flights to catch so I won't keep you very much longer. However, yon are aware that the sheet listing course dates, fees and other information which was sent out prior to this meeting was incomplete. I'm afraid not all the details had been confirmed by the time we went to press and there are a number of omissions. However, I'm now in s position to give you the rest of this information so you can add it to your copy. We've been fortunate in obtaining the same hotel as last year—that's the Station for the people on attachment so the residential periods will be spent at the Station Hotel in Brimston Square. The overall fee will now include laundry charges. I know that there were disagreements last year as it was felt that costs of personal laundry while away from home should not be borne by participants. However, you will still need funds to cover your daily travel costs from the hotel to the training centre and although the hotel will provide breakfast and evening meal you will need to meet both transport as I've just mentioned and, er, lunch each day out of your own pocket. You may remember, however, that subsidized lunches are available at the training centre so they won' t be too expensive.

For those of you travelling from abroad I should also point out that the Society is not in a position to help with any charges for excess baggage. The standard allowance as you know is twenty kilos and if you have bought books, gifts or whatever to take home with you, any additional costs are your responsibility.

You will be pleased to learn that the fees for the Industrial Relations course have stayed the same as last year-so that's. Unfortunately, though, the fees for the Management Today course have not yet been finalized; they will vary from last year but you might like to know that they will be approximately somewhere in the region of ￡500. I'm sure it won't have escaped your attention that we failed to print the length of each course. The Industrial Relations course is a twelve-week course as is Management Today-both three months as usual.

The two charges listed under the Training Officers' course apply to members of the Society and these who axe eligible for awards or scholarships. The lower figure applies to overseas applicants who would be anable to attend our courses without these grants as it's important that we continue to attract participants from abroad.

And finally, the Training Officers' course lasts only ten weeks this year as it has been reduced in response to last year's suggestions for a slightly shorter courser

Thank you, I do hope that...

?You will hear the chairperson of the Technological Society making an announcement at the end of a meeting.

?As you listen, fill in the information for question 1 - 12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number.

?After you have listened once, replay the recording.

The Technological Society

International Department

Course dates, fees and other expenses

Location: 1______ Brimston Square

Fee includes: 2 ______

Extra costs: 3 ______

4 ______

Overseas participants many incur extra costs

For 5. ______

Industrial 6. ______course Management Today Course

Cost: 7. ______Cost: 8. ______

Length of courses: 9. ______

10. ______Officer's course

Cost: ￡1,160 for Society members

￡ 860 for 11. ______

Length of course 12. ______