Long conversation 1

　　Q1: B Having friendly colleagues

　　解析：原文中前半部分男士說到：“The most important factor for the majority of the people interviewed was having friendly, supportive colleagues.” 對于大部分接受采訪的人來說，最重要的因素是擁有友好的、互相支持的同事們。

　　Q2：B 20%

　　解析：原文中部男士說到：“However, 20% of employees described themselves as being unhappy.” 20%的員工說他們工作得不開心。

　　Q3：A those of a small size

　　解析：后半部男士提到：“First of all, small is beautiful: people definitely prefer working for smaller organizations or companies with less than 100 staff.” 首先小就是好：人們絕對偏愛在少于100人的小公司工作。

　　Q4：C They can better balance work and life

　　解析：原文中男士說到：“And workers on part-time contracts, who only work 4 or 5 hours a day, are happier than those who work full-time. The researchers concluded that this is probably due to a better work-life balance.” 每天工作4、5個(gè)小時(shí)的兼職人員比全職人員要開心，這可能是由于一種更好的工作與生活之間的平衡。

Long conversation 2

　　Q5：D It is a collection of photos.

　　解析：原文前部分男士提到：“In 2006, when the concert hall of the city of Bruges asked me to take some pictures for a catalogue for a new concert season around the theme of water.” 在2006年，布魯日城市音樂廳請我?guī)退麄兺瓿梢粋€(gè)以水為主題的攝影系列。所以這本書是一個(gè)攝影系列。

　　Q6: C When taking pictures for a concert catalogue.

　　解析：原文前部分男士提到：“In 2006, when the concert hall of the city of Bruges asked me to take some pictures for a catalogue for a new concert season around the theme of water.” 在2006年，布魯日城市音樂廳請我?guī)退麄兺瓿梢粋€(gè)以水為主題的攝影系列。所以是在拍攝這個(gè)系列時(shí)產(chǎn)生的靈感。

　　Q7：A The entire European coastline will be submerged.

　　解析：原文中部提到：“It is clear now that it is a matter of time before the entire European coastline disappears under water.” 很明確，整個(gè)歐洲海岸線的消失只是時(shí)間的問題，由此判斷出正確答案。

　　Q8：D Tourists use wooden paths to reach their hotels in the morning.

　　解析：文章結(jié)尾提到：“Also, Venice, the city eternally threatened by the sea, where every morning wooden pathways have to be set up to allow tourists to reach their hotels.” 威尼斯全程都被海洋威脅著，每天早上人們都要搭上木橋，游客們才能順利到達(dá)旅館。

Passage 1

　　Q9: C they spend too much time anticipating their defeat

　　解析：原文第一句說到：“When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.” 當(dāng)面臨新的挑戰(zhàn)， 人們總花很多時(shí)間去想最壞的情況。由此得出正確答案。

　　Q10：D Thinking has the same effect on the nervous system as doing

　　解析：原文提到：“Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nerve system the same way as actually doing something.” 斯坦福大學(xué)發(fā)布的研究表明，心理暗示對神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)作用巨大，會最終導(dǎo)致同樣的結(jié)果。

　　Q11：C Picture themselves succeeding

　　解析：由文中年輕律師成功的例子得出正確答案。

　　Q12：B She won her first jury trail

　　解析：根據(jù)文中年輕律師成功的例子得出正確答案。

Passage 2

　　Q 13: C It helps people to avoid developing breast cancer

　　解析：文章前部分提到：“Telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age.” 攝入大量高纖維食品合一降低中年時(shí)期患乳腺癌的概率。

　　Q14：D It tracked their eating habits since their adolescence

　　解析：文章中間提到：“It turns out that those who consumed the highest levels of fiber during adolescence had a lower risk of developing breast cancer.” 研究發(fā)現(xiàn)青春期攝入越多纖維的女性在未來患乳腺癌的概率越低。所以答案是這項(xiàng)研究從她們青春期開始追蹤的。

　　Q15：A Fiber may help to reduce hormones in the body

　　解析：文章后半部分提到：“The finding points to long-standing evidence that fiber may reduce circulating female hormone levels,” 研究表明長期實(shí)驗(yàn)的證據(jù)表明纖維可以降低女性體內(nèi)的荷爾蒙。

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