LISTENING

Section 1【一】

the charge of phone 电话收费

1-2)Completion

1. The rent is 14 pounds by monthly besides the Super Combo.

2. The charge is 0.8 pence/minute,if it exceed 70 minutes.

3-5)Multiple choice:Three services provided no extra fee?

3. Reminder of the last 5 calls;

4. calling diversion;

5. renew password;

6-10)Completion

6. access to internet line

7. bills need to be paid every 3 months

8. contract can be ended at any time

9. sending email need to rent a line

10. to get access to your information of bank account,you need a password

 

READING

The Voynich ManuscriptIt is the most famous undeciphered text of all time-a medieval book of science, full ofbeautiful illustrations and strange wisdom, and containing not a single word thatanyone’s been able to make heads or tails of -the Voynich manuscript. The Voynichmanuscript is an unsolved mystery ,at least so far .

According to the best informationwe have now ,we still don’t know who wrote it,what it says ,or what its purpose was.

Somewhere in Europe ,probably northern Italy ,sometime in the early 1400s,animalswere slaughtered (either sheep,calves,or goats) and their skin turned into parchment.

Probably very soon thereafter ,someone ,most likely two people,took a quill pen in handand wrote a 38,000-word book using common ink,beginning to end ,using an alphabetand language that have defied all identification. It’s not a huge book,measuring about16 cm by 23 cm,and about 5 cm thick ,about 240 pages.

The book has six sections ,delineated by the types of illustrations.Section1 is the largestat 130 pages,and contains detailed drawings of 113 plants and flowers that nobody hasbeen able to identify .

It’s called the Botanical section. Section 2 is 26 pages ofAstrological drawings; lots of circular and concentric diagrams ,and some signs of thezodiac. The third section is called the Biological section and contains mainly drawingsof nude women frolicking in intricately plumed pools .Section 4 is the Cosmologicalsection,featuring the most impressive foldouts that appear to be circular diagrams ofsome cosmetic nature.

 

WRITING

1 Some people think that sports are important, while others think they arejust leisure activities.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

2 Nowadays, international tourism is the biggest industry in the world.Some people think that international tourism creates tension rather thanunderstanding between people from different cultures. To what extent doyou agree or disagree?

3 When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways oflife die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive. To what extent doyou agree or disagree?