Section 1

Version

Topic

House Rental Information

題型：填空

Questions 1-10 Completion

1-10）

Available date: 1. 5th May

Prices and fees: Rent is 2.$1700 per month

Deposit is $1500

$15 for a 3. credit check

Amenities: 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms

          a remodeled 4. kitchen

          a 5. garage with work area

          there is no 6. Dishwasher

Utilities: The landlord will provide landscaping service, but the tenants must 7. water grass.

$15 for trashing and 8. recycling service

the tenants should pay for electricity, water and gas bill

Other: there is no central air conditioning but there is a 9.window conditioning unit

Name: Sam 10. Dressler

Section 2

Version

Topic

Gym

11-16) Choose the correct letter A, B or C

11. What to do before joining the gym?

A. know how to use every equipment

B. get a form for medical check with a doctor

C. make individual health plan with the help of instructor

12. Which type of dance class is offering currently?

A. Latin

B. modern

C. hiphop

13. What is the feature of the hot shot program tennis course?

A. special equipment for adult beginners

B. special equipment for young teenagers

C. special equipment for kids

14. What benefit can children have when exercising with parents?

A. lose weight

B. build up confidence

C. avoid injury

15. What benefit can children have from exercising? 

A. become healthy when getting older

B. Perform better in competitive sports

C. have better social relationship

16. What benefit can members have?

C. members can have cheaper price

17-20) 雙選

17-18 what TWO facilities can people use in the gym at the moment?

A. small shop

B. hair dresser

C. spa centre

D. conference room

E. café

19-20 What two things are provided free this month?

A. health consultation

B. parents…

C. entry to the gym

D. swimming pool

E. family package

Section 3

Version

Topic

老師跟學生討論他的group work研究

21-23）單選

21. Why did they choose this topic?

B. may have a number of respondents

22. What is the problem of the original design of questionnaire?

B. questions are with open-answers

23. What is the percentage of people support the GROUP DISCUSSION?

A. 60%-20%-20%

24-30）completion

group work Advantages:

24. more opportunities to have experiments

25. good for developing social interactions

26. decrease the reliance on the teachers

Disadvantages:

27. problem of unexpected noise

28. unbalanced skill improvements

29. a large group is not easily to monitor solutions

30. in a gradual way

Section 4

Version

Topic

關于倫敦的地下屋宇

31-33) completion

31. there has been a low impact on environment

32. it is energy-saving because of the alternative energy technologies

33. conservation of land resources

34. go underground, there is no traffic noise outside

35. the construction can have a long life span

36. the healthy benefit comes from the method of ****

37-40) matching

two new houses type shortened in M and H

37. saving energy C

38. zero noisy B

39. low cost B

40. durable contracture A

Passage 1

Topic

The Baobabs of Madagasgar 猴面包樹

Content Review

第一部分：背景。面包樹的生長區域、生長周期、品種以及Avene des Baobads 是最佳的觀賞地區。

第二部分：這種樹具備的宗教和精神記憶。

第三部分：具體說明Avene des Baobads這個地區的環境，其實是man-made的，因為當地的clearance以及burning等行為

第四部分：面臨一定的風險及其原因，比如water、cyclone;在森林地區面臨風險有三個原因：farming、logging和animals。

第五部分：Jim Bondie用兩種方式把這一物種記錄下來：編制遠航圖，或用兒童書籍記

Questions & Answers 1-6

判斷題

1. FALSE。All Baobabs can be found here.在原文第一段一共8個品種，其中6個在Baobabs，所以題目是對原文信息的否定。

2. FALSE。Can be found in most areas.但是原文提到：只是集中在個別地區。

3. NOT GIVEN。A and Grandielir is the first botanist to study… 原文說樹的名字是以19世紀的這兩研究人員命名的。

4. TRUE。Avene des Baobads主要是通過農業形成+++的，因為原文指出：man-made, farming and clearance 等人類行為，所以是同意替換。

5. TRUE。Baobads provide valuable products to the local people. 原文能夠找到同意說明。

6. 待補充。

7-13 填空題

Marondava area:

7. water

8. cyclones。

Forest area某專家發明了裝置可以利用:

9. farming

10. logging.

11. animals.

Recording:

12. maps.

13. book.

(答案僅供參考)

參考文章：

Grandidier's baobabs have massive, cylindrical, long, thick, trunks, up to three meters across, covered with smooth, reddish-grey bark. They can reach 25 to 30 m (82 to 98 ft) in height. At certain times of the year the flat-topped crowns bear bluish-green palmate leaves, dark brown floral buds or spectacular flowers with white petals. The large, dry fruits of the baobab contain kidney-shaped seeds within an edible pulp.

The long-lived Grandidier's baobab is in leaf from October to May, and flowers between May and August. The flowers, said to smell of sour watermelon, open just before or soon after dusk, and all the pollen is released during the first night. The tree is pollinated by nocturnal mammals, such as fork-marked lemurs and insects like the Hawk Moth. The lemurs move through the canopies, inserting their snouts into the white flowers and licking nectar from the petal bases, resulting in pollen being deposited in the lemurs' faces, whereas the moth is slightly more effective at pollination because it is able to fly from tree to tree with most of its body covered in pollen.

The species bears ripe fruit in November and December. Unlike the baobabs of Africa and Australia, it appears that the seeds of the tasty fruit are not dispersed by animals. Lemurs are the only living animals on Madagascar that are capable of acting as seed dispersers, yet seed dispersal by lemurs has never been documented. In the past, however, this could have been very different. There are several species that have gone extinct since human colonization of the island (1,500 to 2,000 years ago) that could very likely have been dispersers of the seeds. This includes species of primates that were thought to be similar to baboons, and the heaviest bird that ever lived, the elephant bird, which had a powerful beak that could have opened large fruit. Today, water may be the means by which the seeds are dispersed.

Lack of water can sometimes be a problem for plants in Madagascar. It appears that the baobab overcomes this by storing water within the fibrous wood of the trunk, as the tree's diameter fluctuates with rainfall.

Passage 2

Topic

The use of dietar supplements 維生素缺鈣

Content Review

文章主旨

第一段：維生素C其實并沒有什么效果，防御流感的效果和常洗手沒有什么區別。scientific research shows that這句話其實非常具有誤導性，因為真正的科研只有極少數人懂，還有很多研究人員可能持相反的態度

  第二段：研究人員Mark Bollard首先指出一個研究成果可能很快又會被其他研究人員否定，這讓大眾很迷茫。還有，目前所謂的random trail并不具備很高的可信度，更不用說drug companies的隨機調查，并沒有科學依據，只是做行為分析。

  第三段：Roy Jackson通過大量的樣本說明很多營養品作用不大，但是有些營養品在有些階段還是有效的，比如folic acid(葉酸)對于孕婦。

  第四段：研究人員Reid對于鈣片的分析，曾經的實驗受眾是一群特定的女性，不具代表性。原本說鈣片可以增加bone density,其實效果不大，而且會對心臟有影響。

  第五段：研究人員Mark Bollard支持以上觀點。比如雖然很多人不認可，但是鈣片銷量確實下降了60/100

第六段：一種新型營養品Omega3不能被生產，研究者Stonehouse自己就在吃這個產品，認為有用。Mkeaf認為還是keep a good diet就好了。

Questions & Answers 14-17

段落信息配對題

14. A.

A reference to certain language can be missing

15. C.

A reference to some nutritions can be useful to a group of people

16. F.

A reference to a kind of nutrition that can't be produced

17. D。

A reference to an incorrect experiment

18-22人物名稱配對題

18. Mark Bollard

19. Stonehouse

20. Roy Jackson

21. Reid

22. Mkeaf

23-26總結題空題

23. unpresensative。研究人員Reid對鈣片的分析，曾經的實驗受眾是一群特定的女性，不具代表性

24. density。原本說鈣片可以增加bone density,其實效果不大

25. heart。而且會對心臟有影響。

26. 待補充。

(答案僅供參考)

Passage 3

Topic

Business Innovations

Content Review

Company Innovation

A

In a scruffy office in midtown Manhattan, a team of 30 artificial-intelligence programmers is trying to simulate the brains of an eminent sexologist, a well-known dietician, a celebrity fitness trainer and several other experts. Umagic Systems is a young firm, setting up websites that will allow clients to consult the virtual versions of these personalities. Subscribers will feed in details about themselves and their goals; Umagic’s software will come up with the advice that the star expert would give. Although few people have lost money betting on the neuroses of the American consumer, Umagic’s prospects are hard to gauge (in ten years’ time, consulting a computer about your sex life might seem natural, or it might seem absurd). But the company and others like it are beginning to spook large American firms, because they see such half-barmy “innovative” ideas as the key to their own future success.

B

Innovation has become the buzz-word of American management. Firms have found that most of the things that can be outsourced or re-engineered have been (worryingly, by their competitors as well). The stars of American business tend today to be innovators such as Dell, Amazon and Wal-Mart, which have produced ideas or products that have changed their industries.

C

A new book by two consultants from Arthur D. Little records that, over the past 15 years, the top 20% of firms in an annual innovation poll by Fortune magazine have achieved double the shareholder returns of their peers. Much of today’s merger boom is driven by a desperate search for new ideas. So is the fortune now spent on licensing and buying others’ intellectual property. According to the Pasadena-based Patent & Licence Exchange, trading in intangible assets in the United States has risen from $15 billion in 1990 to $100 billion in 1998, with an increasing proportion of the rewards going to small firms and individuals.

D

And therein lies the terror for big companies: that innovation seems to work best outside them. Several big established “ideas factories”, including 3M, Procter & Gamble and Rubbermaid, have had dry spells recently. Gillette spent ten years and $1 billion developing its new Mach 3 razor; it took a British supermarket only a year or so to produce a reasonable imitation. “In the management of creativity, size is your enemy,” argues Peter Chernin, who runs the Fox TV and film empire for News Corporation. One person managing 20 movies is never going to be as involved as one doing five movies. He has thus tried to break down the studio into smaller units—— even at the risk of incurring higher costs.

E

It is easier for ideas to thrive outside big firms these days. In the past, if a clever scientist had an idea he wanted to commercialise, he would take it first to a big company. Now, with plenty of cheap venture capital, he is more likely to set up on his own. Umagic has already raised $5m and is about to raise $25m more. Even in capital-intensive businesses such as pharmaceuticals, entrepreneurs can conduct early-stage research, selling out to the big firms when they reach expensive, risky clinical trials.Around a third of drug firms’ total revenue now comes from licensed-in technology.

F

Some giants, including General Electric and Cisco, have been remarkably successful at snapping up and integrating scores of small companies. But many others worry about the prices they have to pay and the difficulty in hanging on to the talent that dreamed up the idea. Everybody would like to develop more ideas in-house. Procter & Gamble is now shifting its entire business focus from countries to products; one aim is to get innovations accepted across the company. Elsewhere, the search for innovation has led to a craze for“intrapreneurship”— devolving power and setting up internal ideas-factories and tracking stocks so that talented staff will not leave.

G

Some people think that such restructuring is not enough. In a new book Clayton Christensen argues that many things which established firms do well, such as looking after their current customers, can hinder the sort of innovative behaviour needed to deal with disruptive technologies. Hence the fashion for cannibalization setting up businesses that will actually fight your existing ones. Bank One, for instance, has established Wingspan, an Internet bank that competes with its real branches (see article). Jack Welch’s Internet initiative at General Electric is called “Destroyyourbusiness.com”.

H

Nobody could doubt that innovation matters. But need large firms be quite so pessimistic? A recent survey of the top 50 innovations in America, by Industry Week, a journal, suggested that ideas are as likely to come from big firms as from small ones. Another sceptical note is sounded by Amar Bhide, a colleague of Mr Christensen’s at the Harvard Business School and the author of another book on entrepreneur ship. Rather than having to reinvent themselves, big

companies, he believes, should concentrate on projects with high costs and low uncertainty, leaving those with low costs and high uncertainty to small entrepreneurs. As ideas mature and the risks and rewards become more quantifiable, big companies can adopt them.

I

At Kimberly-Clark, Mr Sanders had to discredit the view that jobs working on new products were for “those who couldn’t hack it in the real business.” He has tried to change the culture not just by preaching fuzzy concepts but also by introducing hard incentives, such as increasing the rewards for those who come up with successful new ideas and, particularly, not punishing those whose

experiments fail. The genesis of one of the firm’s current hits, Depend, a more dignified incontinence garment, lay in a previous miss, Kotex Personals, a form of disposable underwear for menstruating women.

J

Will all this creative destruction, cannibalization and culture tweaking make big firms more creative? David Post, the founder of Umagic, is sceptical: “The only successful intrapreneurs are ones who leave and become entrepreneurs.” He also recalls with glee the looks of total incomprehension when he tried to hawk his “virtual experts” idea three years ago to the idea labs of firms such as IBM—though, as he cheerfully adds, “of course, they could have been right.” Innovation— unlike, apparently, sex, parenting and fitness—is one area where a computer cannot tell you what to do.

Questions & Answers 28-33

28. F 【原文參考依據--F段末句】Elsewhere, the search for innovation has led to a craze for “intrapreneurship” -- devolving power and setting up internal ideas-factories and tracking stocks so that talented staff will not leave.

29. C 【原文參考依據--C段第四行】

So is the fortune now spent on licensing and buying others’ intellectual property.

30. G【原文參考依據--G段第四行】

Hence the fashion for cannibalisation - setting up businesses that will actually fight your existing ones. 題干的意思是“將外部公司整合起來也許會帶來反效果”，原文的意思是“由于‘同類相食’，新成立的企業很可能會與現有的企業產生沖突”。

31. B  

【原文參考依據--B段第三行】

The stars of American business tend today to be innovators such as Dell, Amazon and Wal-Mart, which have produced ideas or products that have changed their industries.

32.待提供

【原文參考依據--F段第六行】

Procter & Gamble is now shifting its entire business focus from countries to products

33. E

【原文參考依據--E段第四行】

Even in capital-intensive businesses such as pharmaceuticals, entrepreneurs can conduct early-stage research, selling out to the big firms when they reach expensive, risky clinical trials. Around a third of drug firms’ total revenue now comes from licensed-in technology. 一些資本密集的商業，如制藥公司，在遇到昂貴、危險的臨床試驗時，可以將早期的實驗成果賣給大公司來度過危機

34-37 判斷

34. Not Given

【原文參考依據--A段第五行】

Umagic Systems is a young firm, setting up websites that will allow clients to consult the virtual versions of these personalities. 原文只說Umagic是一個新興成立的年輕公司，并未表示是最成功的典范。

35. Not Given  【原文參考依據--無】原文未出現相應內容。

36. False

【原文參考依據--E段第一行】

In the past, if a clever scientist had an idea he wanted to commercialise, he would take it first to a big company. 原文是說大公司，而題干則表達是小公司，意思相反。

37. True

【原文參考依據--J段第四行】

......he tried to hawk his “virtual experts” idea three years ago to the idea labs of firms such as IBM--though, as he cheerfully adds, “of course, they could have been right.” Innovation -- unlike, apparently, sex, parenting and fitness -- is one area where a computer cannot tell you what to do. 這里題干的“fail to understand”替代了原文的“cannot tell”。

38-40 選擇題

38. C

【原文參考依據--C段首句】

A new book by two consultants from Arthur D. Little records that, over the past 15 years, the top 20% of firms in an annualinnovation poll by Fortune magazine have achieved double the shareholder returns of their peers. 過去15年中，《財富》雜志的年度革新民意投票中，前20%的公司與同行相比，獲得了雙倍的投資回報。由此可以看出，公司革新顯得愈加重要。而A、B、D答案文中未提及。

39. A  

【原文參考依據--D段倒五行】

“In the management of creativity, size is your enemy,” argues Peter Chernin......此處“creativity(創造力)”=“innovation(革新，創新)”。而B答案，原文并未指出電影產業更加需要革新;C、D答案則并未提及。

40. D

【原文參考依據--J段末句】

Innovation -- unlike, apparently, sex, parenting and fitness -- is one area where a computer cannot tell you what to do.

Task 1

Type of questions

線圖

題目

The graph below shows the number of new homes built in a particular region in the UK from 2010 and the figure predicted for 2020.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Task 2

Topic

社會類話題

Type of questions

Positive or Negative

題目

People today can shop, work and communicate with others via the Internet instead of face-to-face communications. Is it a positive or negative development?

People & Animal

Family

Friends

Teenagers

Teachers

Animal/Pet

Events

Meals

Outdoor activities

Swimming

Physical exercise

Objects/Things

Boats

Gifts

Dictionary

Jewelery

Places

Parks

Hometown

High School/university

Media

Advertisement

Music

Computers

APPs

Abstract

Names

Work or study

Rainy days

Handwriting

Sleeping

Dream Job

People & Animal

Describe someone who is a good parent.好家長

Describe a businessman you admire.敬佩的商人

Describe an interesting person from another country.有趣的外國人

Describe a successful sportsman.運動員

Events

Describe an experience when you pleased with you mobile phone.用手機的開心時刻

Describe something you learned in a place/from a person/out of school.課外學習

Describe a special /meaningful meal you had.特殊的一餐

Objects/Things

Describe an important letter you received.重要的信

Describe something you bought according to an advertisement you saw.因廣告而購物

Describe a piece of technology (not computer-related) you like to use 科技產品（與電腦無關）

Describe a toy you had in your childhood 童年玩具

Places

Describe a country or city where you want to live or work in the future 想去的國家或城市

Describe a leisure facility (cinema, theatre, sports center) you would like to have in your hometown.休閑設施

Describe a place you know where people go to listen to music (such as a theatre or a music hall).聽音樂的地方

Describe a park you visited when you were a child. 兒時去過的公園

Describe a river or lake in your country.河流湖泊

Describe a public place that you think needs improvement.需要改善的地方

Media

Describe a TV series or drama you enjoy watching.電視劇

Describe an advertisement (that you saw or heard).廣告

Describe a good photo you had.好照片

Abstract

Describe a rule at your school that you agree or disagree.校規

Describe an ideal vocation or holiday you would like to have.理想假期

重點話題Sample Answer

Describe a piece of technology (not computer-related) you like to use 科技產品（與電腦無關）

You should say:

What the technology is

When it was invented

What it is used for

How you feel about it.

Well, a couple of weeks ago, I bought myself an Apple watch, and I’ve been wearing it every single day. As you may know, it’s a smart watch, which incorporates fitness tracking and a lot of cool functions...

I loved it for quite a few reasons. The most vital one is its special features. It looks like a watch, but it does so much that a regular watch couldn't do. For example, about the fitness tracking functions I mentioned earlier, Apple Watch has got some sorts of sensors, which keep track of my activities, and when it's paired with my phone, I get to see how far I've run, and where I've been to. And it also shows my heart rate and other vital figures. I am a runner myself, and this is something I could really use...