第1题
来源：大陆
话题分类：Biology 属性：小范围核心预测
话题
【题目】Whether the declining of bison was caused by the European American settlers.
阅读要点
【阅读】About bison, a kind of animal, something like cattle or horse. The passage suggests that the declining bison was due to the European American settlers:
1. When European American cross prairies, they hunted bison as food because there is no food in prairies.
2. They brought cattle and horses, which competed with bison for resources.
3. The evolving technology, especially guns, let hunters kill several bison in a short time.
听力要点
【听力】The professor contradicts each of these three points:
1. The European American moved from east to west, but the bison decline in the western part of America. The pattern of how bison disappeared gradually was different from that of movement of European American.
2. Bison have double furs covering their bodies and unique head structure, which allow them to live in harsher and colder areas. The areas were unreachable for cattle and horses. How could different spices compete with each other in separate territories?
3. The advanced technology should not be blame worthy for the decreasing bison. The ancient methods are as effectively as guts. Skilled ancient American hunters could kill several bison with short intervals.
第2题
来源：大陆
话题分类：Social Problem 属性：小范围核心预测
话题
【题目】讨论健康计划Wellness Programs（即公司推出奖励计划给达到healthy-related goal的员工) 是否对员工有益。
阅读要点
【阅读】Wellness Programs in United States bring lots of benefits to companies and employees.
1. The programs can become a motivational tool for people to lose weight and quit smoking, bringing much healthier lifestyle.
2. Employees will be more inclined to take exercises and have wholesome diets through the motivation of the Wellness Programs.
3. Although the program might cost companies a great deal of money at beginning, it saves more compared to the spending for employees’ sickness.
听力要点
【听力】The program does not work.
1. The program may be an effective way to motivate employees in short term, but it cannot keep for a long period. Research shows that after several years, people are back to their bad habits.
2. The program is not fair for every employee, because cases differ. Some who have to take care of their family or cope with chores do not have enough time to exercise, while others are genetically fat.
3. Companies might suffer great financial loss in long term, because many employees will not stay in one company forever.
第3题
来源：大陆
话题分类：Biology 属性：小范围核心预测
话题
【题目】讨论关于40年前黄腿山蛙数量下降的三种解释。
阅读要点
【阅读】Demonstrate three theories to explain why the number of yellow-legged mountain frogs declined 40 years ago.
1. A kind of fish, the trout, was introduced to this area and the trout ate tadpoles of the frogs.
2. The use of pesticides contaminated the habitat.
3. The frogs there were infected by a fungal disease.
听力要点
【听力】Refute the three explanations mentioned in reading passage.
1. The trout was introduced 100 years ago, however the decline happened 40 years ago. The time does not match.
2. Rainfall tends to wash the pesticides to lower and farther places. However, frogs lived in areas with higher altitude than that of farms using pesticides.
3. Yellow-legged mountain frogs can produce some antibodies within their bodies, so that they can resist to the infection of fungal disease.
第4题
来源：大陆
话题分类：Historical Event 属性：小范围核心预测
阅读要点
【阅读】There are three reasons to explain why Mary Rose sank.
1. The gunspot was not closed after getting fire, but they forgot to close it. Water poured in to gunspot.
2. Sailors dislike the captain and do not follow his lead.
3. French made significant damage to the ship.
听力要点
【听力】Refute the three reasons mentioned in reading passage.
1. According to a research, there were still some connonballs in the gunspot, which proved that it cannot be opened.
2. Mary rose is flag ship. Sailors are all capable, so they will not fail to follow the captain’s lead under such dangerous situation.
3. Frenchmen told a lie in order to show that they were powerful than English.
第5题
来源：大陆
话题分类：Historical Event 属性：小范围核心预测
阅读要点
【阅读】There are 3 possible hypotheses.
1. John Massey might be possible, because he lived in northwestern England, where the poems came out, and the handwritings of John Massey and Pearl Poet are the same.
2. It might be Hugh, because he wrote poems about Garwin and those 4 famous handwritten poems are also related to Garwin. What’s more, the poems all adopt the rhetorical method of alliteration.
3. The 4 poems might not be written by one person because the poems referred different areas in England.
听力要点
【听力】None of the 3 hypotheses is reasonable.
1. There was same copier in 14th century. That is why the handwritings are the same.
2. It cannot be Hugh because the dialect used in the poems of Pearl Poet and Hugh is totally different.
3. The poems cannot be made by several persons, because the wording of the 4 poems is very similar, which is impossible for different authors.
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