SECTION Ⅰ  Listening

    Directions:

    This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B.

    Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to your ANSWER SHEET.

    If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowed to speak once the test ……此处隐藏43988个字…… there is a will, there is a way," which means that if you are really resolved to do something, no matter how difficult it might be, never give up. For students, study also requires long-term hardworking. Facing with difficulties and failures, we still should keep heads up and never give up. Only in this way can we equip us with useful knowledge and have a bright future.

[解析] 这是一篇总结加评论式文章。这篇文章主要讲了一名12岁的女孩Lee Rodriguez-Espada在参加马拉松赛跑迟到的情况下，她没有选择放弃还是坚持参加比赛，并坚持到最后，获得了一块奖牌。由此可见，该文章的中心思想是在讲“面对困难不要放弃，坚持到最后就会获得胜利”，也可理解为“有志者事竞成”。

    在写作时，可采取常见的三段式写作，考生首先要根据题目的要求总结所给文章材料的大意，总结时要简明扼要，抓住关键的中心思想；然后，将自己从所给材料中获得的启发或者是对材料的评论作为这篇作文的主体来写，要注意语言的连贯和衔接。最后，考生还要对自己的观点进行简要总结。