You will hear a talk.As you listen.answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or False.You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.
1、听录音：
点击播放
回答1-10题：
Some modem cities are usually famous for people who live a very long time.
TRUE/FALSE
2、A simple diet high in vitamins and sugar but low in fat and chemicals benefits those people in Hunza.
TRUE/FALSE
3、People in Russia are also famous for their longevity.
TRUE/FALSE
4、Shirali probably lived until 168;Tsurba probably lived until age 160.
TRUE/FALSE
5、People in the Caucasus Mountains not only live long but also have a good physical condition.
TRUE/FALSE
6、One reason for the good health of the people in Vilcabamba must be the clean, beautiful environment.
TRUE/FALSE
7、The diets of the people in the three regions are totally different.
TRUE/FALSE
8、Most people in the mountains of Eduador drink a lot of coffee and alcohol, but they still live long.
TRUE/FALSE
9、Calories, natural food, mountains and the distance from modern cities are the only common things in the three regions.
TRUE/FALSE
10、Physical exercises and freedom from worry might be the two most important secrets of longevity.
TRUE/FALSE Part B
You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A，B，C or D.You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE.
11、听录音，回答以下问题。
Which job does the woman suggest to the man?
A.Baby-sitting.
B.House-cleaning.
C.House-sitting.
D.Mowing the lawn.
12、 What/Who should students contact ff they want to get a summer job?
A.The Student Union.
B.The Student Employment Office.
C.The Workers' Union.
D.The Student Part-time Job Office.
13、 What would happen to a student ff his employer reports his improper behavior?
AA.He would be fired.
B.He would not get his pay.
C.He would not get another job.
D.He would be fined.
14、听录音，回答以下问题。
What was the cause of the tragedy?
A.Bad weather.
B.Human error.
C.Breakdown of the engines.
D.Communications system failure.
15、 How high are the mountains in Norweija?
A.Two thousand feet.
B.Twelve thousand feet.
C.Twenty thousand feet.
D.Twenty-two thousand feet.
16、 What lesson could be drawn from the accident?
A.Accurate communication is of utmost importance.
B.Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.
C.Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.
D.Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.
17、听录音，回答以下问题。
In which state was Emily Dickson born?
A.Michigan.
B.Ohio.
C.Massachusetts.
D.Washington.
18、 When did Dickson go to Boston for eye treatment?
A.In 1848.
B.In the early 1850s.
C.In the late 1850s.
D.In the early 1860s.
19、 How many poems did Dickinson write?
A.Almost 2,000.
B.Nearly 1,000.
C.800.
D.1,200.
20、 What is Dickinson' s particular form of self-publication?
A.She ran her own publishing house.
B.She wrote her poems in her letters.
C.She wrote to newspapers regularly.
D.She recorded her poems in her diary. Part C
you will hear a talk.As you listen.you must answer Questions 21-30 by writing by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in'he space provided on the right.You will hear the talk TWICE.
21、听录音，回答以下问题。
When did Dr. Huber get his own telescope?
22、 Where was the interview conducted?
23、 What were the two things that interested Dr. Huber?
24、 When did Dr. Huber become interested in piano?
25、 What' s the common misconception about art and science?
26、 What do the study of science and the study of art require?
27、 Who do not probably notice the beauty of theoretical physics?
28、 What job did Dr. Huber compare physics to?
29、 What does Dr. Huber think accomplish the same objective?
30、 What does Dr. Huber compare the universe to?
Section II Use of English (15 minutes)
31、回答31-50题：
Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a "Me Generation" that rejects traditional values.
"Around 1980 many Japanese, (31)______ young people abandoned the values of economic success and began (32)______ for new sets of values to(33) ______ them happiness, " writes sociologist Yasuhiro in Comparative Civilizations Review. Japanese youth are placing more importance on the individual' s pursuit of (34) ______ and less on the values of work, family, and society.
Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work, (35)______ their counterparts in the United States and Korea. In a 1993(36) ______ of college students in the three countries, only 10% of the Japanese regarded (37) ______ as a primary value compared with 47% of Korean students and 27% of American students. A greater (38)______ of Japanese aged 18 -24 also preferred easy jobs(39)______heavy responsibility.
The younger Japanese are showing less concern for family values as they pursue an inner word of private satisfaction. Data collected(40)______ the Japanese government in i993 shows that only 23% of Japanese youth are thinking about supporting their aged parents, in contrast(41 )______63% of young Americans. It appears that many younger-generation Japanese are (42)______ both respect for their parents (43)______a sense of responsibility to the family. Author Yoshizaki attributes the change (44)______ Japanese parents' over-indulgence of their children, material affluence, and growing (45) ______ for private matters.
The shift (46)______ individualism among Japanese is most pronounced among(47)______ very young. According to 1991 data (48) ______ the Bunka Center of Japan, 50% of Japanese youth aged 16 -19 can be labeled "self-centered" compared with 33% among (49)______ aged 25-29. To earn the self-centered label, the young people responded positively to (50) ______ ideas as "I would like to make decisions without considering traditional values" and "I don' t want to do anything I can' t enjoy doing. "
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40、 _________Section III Reading Comprehension (50 minutes)第66-70题，每题2分。
51、回答51-80题：
Text 1
Not long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wash' t sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mall. When your services are rendered at 4 a. m. , you can' t simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.
So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks.
With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a. m. -wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past. I honestly hadn' t realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he' d used the card tactic. So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket ( 收取保护费的黑社会组织).
Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn' t enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. "I know you don' t care how merry my Christmas is, and that' s fine, " the gesture said. "I want $ 30, or I' II ' forget' to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day. "
I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn' t yet been picked up: "Someone stole Mickey' s tip!" Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check.
But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled. The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. "Are you Mickey?"
The man looked at him with scorn. "Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling. " Not only had Ed insulted this man by hinting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the track had been watching the whole transaction. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. "Anyone else?"
Had we consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing breach of etiquette (礼节) could have been avoided. Under "trash/recycling collectors" in the institute' s Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says, " $10 to $ 30 each. " You may or may not wish to know that your pet groomer, hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.
The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because ______
A.he forgot to write a few words on it
B.he wanted the couple to send it back
C.he used it to ask for a Christmas tip
D.he was afraid of asking for a tip in person
52、 From the passage, we learn that the author ______
A.didn' t like Raoul' s way of delivering the paper
B.didn' t realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way
C.didn' t know that Raoul came very early in the morning
D.didn' t feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came
53、 According to the passage, the author felt ______ to give Raoul a holiday tip.
A.excited
B.delighted
C.embarrassed
D.forced
54、 Which of the following is CORRECT about Mickey, the garbage collector?
A.He. wrote a letter to the couple afterwards.
B.He failed to collect the money from the bank.
C.He wanted the couple to send him a Christmas card.
D.He collected both the cheek and the garbage that day.
55、 Ed' s encounter with the recycling team shows that ______
A.Ed was desperate to correct his mistake.
B.Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul.
C.Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver.
D.Ed no longer wanted to give them money.
56、回答56-85题：
Text 2
At 18, Ashanthi DeSilva of suburban Cleveland is a living symbol of one of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century. Born with an extremely rare and usually fatal disorder that left her without a functioning immune system (the "bubble-boy disease", named after an earlier victim who was kept alive for years in a sterile plastic tent ), she was treated beginning in 1990 with a revolutionary new therapy that sought to correct the defect at its very source, in the genes of her white blood cells. It worked. Although her last gene-therapy treatment was in 1992, she is completely healthy with normal immune function, according to one of the doctors who treated her, W. French Anderson of the University of Southern California. Researchers have long dreamed of treating diseases from hemophilia to cancer by replacing mutant genes with normal ones. And the dreaming may continue for decades more.
"There will be a gene-based treatment for essentially every disease, " Anderson says, "within 50 years. "
It' s not entirely clear why medicine has been so slow to build on Anderson' s early success. The National Institutes of Health budget office estimates it will spend- $ 432 million on gene-therapy research in 2005, and there is no shortage of promising leads. The therapeutic genes are usually delivered through viruses that don't cause human disease. "The virus is sort of like a Trojan horse, " says Ronald Crystal of New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College. "The cargo is the gene. "
At the University of Pennsylvania' s Abramson Cancer Center, immunologist Carl June recently treated HIV patients with a gene intended to help their cells resist the infection. At Cornell University, researchers are pursuing gene-based therapies for Parkinson' s disease and a rare hereditary disorder that destroys children' s brain cells. At Stanford University and the Children' s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers are trying to figure out how to help patients with hemophilia who today must inject themselves with expensive clotting drugs for life. Animal experiments
have shown great promise.
But somehow, things get lost in the translation from laboratory to patient. In human trials of the hemophilia treatment, patients show a response at first, but it fades over time. And the field has still not recovered from the set-back it suffered in 1999, when Jesse Gelsinger, an 18-year-old with a rare metabolic disorder, died after receiving an experimental gene therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. Some experts worry that the field will he tarnished further if the next people to benefit are not patients but athletes seeking an edge. This summer, researchers at the Salk Institute in San Diego said they had created a "marathon mouse" by implanting a gene that enhances running ability; already, officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency arc preparing to test athletes for signs of "gene doping". But the principle is the same, whether you' re trying to help a healthy runner run faster or allow a muscular-dystrophy patient to walk. "Everybody recognizes that gene therapy is a very good idea, " says Crystal. "And eventually it' s going to work. "
The case of Ashanthi Desilva is mentioned in the text to______
A.show the promise of gene-therapy
B.give an example of modern treatment for fatal diseases
C.introduce the achievement of Anderson and his team
D.explain how gene-based treatment works
57、 Anderson' s early success has ______
A.greatly speeded the development of medicine
B.brought no immediate progress in the research of gene-therapy
C.promised a cure to every disease
D.made him a national hero
58、 Which of the following is true according to the text?
A.Ashanthi needs to receive gene-therapy treatment constantly.
B.Despite the huge funding, gene researches have shown few promises.
C.Therapeutic genes are carded by harmless viruses.
D.Gene-doping is encouraged by world agencies to help athletes get better scores.
59、 The word "tarnish" ( line 4, paragraph 4 ) most probably means ______
A.affect
B.warn
C.trouble
D.stain
60、 From the text we can see that the author seems______
A.optimistic
B.pessimistic
C.troubled
D.uncertain 61、回答61-90题：
Text 3
Shortages of flu vaccine are nothing new in America, but this year' s is a whopper. Until last week, it appeared that 100 million Americans would have access to flu shots this fall. Then British authorities, concerned about quality-control problems at a production plant in Liverpool, barred all further shipments by the Chiron Corp. Overnight, the U. S. vaccine supply dwindled by nearly half and federal health officials found themselves making an unusual plea. Instead of beseeching us all to get vaccinated, they' re now urging most healthy people between the ages of 2 and 64 not to. "This reemphasizes the fragility of our vaccine supply, " says Dr. Martin Myers of the National Net-work for Immunization Information, "and the lack of redundancy in our system. "
Why is such a basic health service so easily knocked out? Mainly because private companies have had little incentive to pursue it. To create a single dose of flu vaccine, a manufacturer has to grow live virus in a 2-week-old fertilized chicken egg, then crack the egg, harvest the virus and extract the proteins used to provoke an immune response. Profit margins are narrow, demand is fickle and, because each year' s flu virus is different, any leftover vaccine goes to waste. As a result, the United States now has only two major suppliers ( Chiron and Aventis Pasteur)--and when one of them runs into trouble, there isn' t much the other can do about it. "A vaccine maker can' t just call up and order 40 million more fertilized eggs, " says Marion Cox, of Connecticut-based Protein Sciences Corp. "There' s a whole industry that' s scheduled to produce a certain number of eggs at a certain time. "
Sleeker technologies are now in the works, and experts are hoping that this year' s fiasco will speed the pace of innovation. The main challenge is to shift production from eggs into cell cultures--a medium already used to make most other vaccines. Flu vaccines are harder than most to produce tiffs way, but several biotech companies are now pursuing this strategy, and one culture-based product ( Solvay Pharmaceuticals' Invivac) has been cleared for marketing in Europe.
For Americans, the immediate challenge is to make the most of a limited supply. The government estimates that 95 million people still qualify for shots under the voluntary restrictions announced last week. That' s nearly twice the number of doses that clinics will have on hand, but only 60 million Americans seek out shots in a normal year. In fact, many experts are hoping the shortage will serve as an awareness campaign---encouraging the people who really need a flu shot to get one.
Shortages of flue vaccine show that ______
A.America relies too much on foreign suppliers
B.the demand of flu vaccines is high this year
C.quality problem is a serious problem in flu vaccine production
D.the supply of flu vaccines is rather weak and America has no back-up measures to make it up
62、 The word "cleared" ( Line 4, Paragraph 3) might mean ______
A.permitted
B.removed
C.proved
D.produced
63、 Private companies have little interest in producing flu vaccines because of ______
A.complicated process, high cost, low profit and high risk
B.shortages of fertilized chicken eggs
C.difficulty in growing live virus
D.fast changing of flu virus
64、 From the last paragraph we can infer that ______
A.the government hopes to solve the problem by way of volunteer restrictions
B.more than 47 million Americans who are qualified to get flu vaccine shots can not get them this year
C.America has to deal with a limited supply of flu vaccines this year
D.normally only a small percentage of American population gets flu vaccine shots each year
65、 According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.All Americans are persuaded not to get vaccinated this year.
B.The big problem in innovating flu vaccine producing technique is how to grow virus in a new way.
C.More flu vaccines can not be produced in a short time because private companies refuse to produce more.
D.Flu vaccines are easier than most vaccines to produce through cell cultures.
66、回答66-95题：
The press is constantly reminding us that the dramatic increase in the age of our population over the next 30 or so years will cause national healthcare systems to collapse, economies to crumple under the strain of pension demands and disintegrating families to buckle under increasing care commitments.Yet research at Oxford is beginning to expose some of the widespread myths that underlie this rhetoric.Demographic ageing is undoubtedly a reality.
Life expectancy in developed countries has risen continuously over the past century, increasing the percentage of those over the age of 60 relative to those under the age of 15.By 2030 half the population of Western Europe will be over the age of 50, with a predicted average life expectancy of a further 40 years.By then, a quarter of the population will be over 65 and by 2050 the UK' s current number of 10, 000 centenarians are predicted to have reached a quarter of a million.Some demographers have even suggested that half of all baby gifts born in the West today will live to see the next century.
66.____________________
Indeed, if this could be achieved throughout the world, it would surely count as the success of civilization, for then we would also have conquered the killers of poverty, disease, famine and war.
Decreasing mortality rates, increasing longevity and declining fertility mean smaller percentages of young people within populations.Over the past 20 years life expectancy at birth in the UK has risen by four years for men ( to 75 ) and three years for women ( to 80).Meanwhile fertility rates across Europe have declined more or less continuously over the past 40 years and remain well below the levels required for European populations to be able to replace them-selves without substantive immigration.But again, rather than seeing this as a doom and gloom scenario, we need to explore the positive aspects of these demographics.The next 50 years should provide us with an opportunity to enjoy the many advantages of a society with a mature population structure.
67.____________________
The first of these is the current political rhetoric which claims that health services across the Western world are collapsing under the strain of demographic ageing.
68.____________________
The second myth is the view that the ratio of workers to non-workers will become so acute that Western economies will collapse, compounded by a massive growth in pension debt.While there are undoubted concerns over current pension shortfalls, it is also clear that working lives will themselves change over the next few decades, with a predicted increase in flexible and part-time work and the probable extension of working life until the age of 70.Indeed, we have to recognize that we cannot expect to retire at the age of 50 and then be able to support ourselves for another 40 or so years.Neither a solid pension scheme nor savings can carry people that long.
69.____________________
A further myth is that we will all live in loose, multigenerational families, experiencing increased emotional distancing from our kin.Evidence from a variety of studies across the developed world suggests that, if anything, the modern family is actually becoming more close-knit.Work carried out by the Oxford Institute in Scandinavia and in a Pan-European Family Care Study, for example, shows that despite the influence of the welfare state, over the past 10 years, people have come to value family relationships more than previously.
70.____________________
In the developed world, therefore, we can see actual benefits from population ageing: a better balance between age groups, mature and less volatile societies, with an emphasis on age integration.The issues will be very different in other parts of the world.
Herein lies another myth: that the less developed world will escape from demographic ageing.Instead, the massive increase in the age of populations facing these countries-predicted to be up to one billion older people within 30 years--is potentially devastating.The problem is not only that demographic-ageing is occurring at a far greater pace than we have seen in Western nations, but also that few if any developing countries have the economic development and infrastructure necessary to provide widespread public pensions and healthcare to these growing elderly populations.
As a result, older people are among the poorest in every developing country.They have the lowest levels of in-come, education and literacy, they lack savings and assets, have only limited access to work, and even in times of crisis are usually the last to be cared for under emergency aid programmes.Perhaps of most concern is healthcare, for as we conquer acute diseases, we are going to see a rapid increase in levels of chronic illness and disability, but no long-term care programmes or facilities to tackle this.
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A.Since it is likely that a longer active working life will coincide with a predicted labor shortage resulting from a lack of younger workers, we need to provide the opportunities and training to encourage older men and women to remain economically productive.Our studies show that there are benefits from having an age-integrated workforce.It is another myth that older workers are less productive than younger ones.In fact, the combined energy of younger workers with the experience of older ones can lead to increased productivity--something from which young and old alike will benefit.
B.In 2001, in recognition of the significance of these demographic changes and the global challenges and opportunities that will accompany them, the Oxford Institute of Ageing was established at the University.It is made up of researchers in demography, sociology, economics, social anthropology, philosophy and psychology, with links to other specialists in medicine, biology, law and policy in research units across the University.This cross-disciplinary approach has made it possible to challenge some of the most pervasive myths about ageing societies.
C.As Institute healthcare ethicist Kenneth Howse points out, family obligations towards older relatives may change over the next 20 years, but current indications are that families are retaining a strong responsibility to care.Furthermore, as societies age, the contributory role of older people as grandparents becomes more important.Work by Institute researchers on another European Union study on multi-generational families has highlighted the role that grandparents play by fleeing up the responsibilities of the younger reproductive population.
D.It is clear that the changing demographic landscape poses challenges for the future.The necessity now is to develop appropriate economic, social and political structures to take advantage of the opportunities that mature societies will bring, while ensuring that there are appropriate safety nets for those left vulnerable within these populations--which will include both young and old alike.
E.Rather than fearing such a future, however, we should see this trend as a great success.It must undoubtedly be a major achievement of civilization that most individuals within a society can expect to enjoy a long and healthy lifespan.
F.George Leeson, a demographer at the Institute, points out that while a number of cross-national studies have considered the determinants of spiraling healthcare costs, only one has found the explanatory factor to be the proportion of the population aged 65 and over.Rather, it is growth in income, lifestyle characteristics and environmental factors such as technology and drugs that are driving up healthcare costs.In addition, the costs are shifting between population groups.The key here, he adds, is to develop sufficiently flexible health service structures to shift not only economic resources but also personnel.71、根据以下材料，回答71-100题
A.Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe may be most famous for its congested tunnel but many young buyers are warming to its riverside charms.
It is still much cheaper than its waterside neighbors.The housing stock is predominately 1980s flats, many arranged in cul-de-sacs(死胡同)and closes around Surrey Quays Road.
The unpopular architecture has led to the area being called the Milton Keynes of London but properties are spacious and unfashionable style has kept prices down.
Paul Mitchell, of estate agents Alex Nell, says, "There is precious little period property, but you will get far more for your money here than a Victorian house with lots of original features down the road in Bermondsey."
Surry Quays shopping center provides all the amenities of a high street but the area is lacking in fun.However, Southwark Council is in talks to develop the "night time economy" which could well lead to an increase in bars and restaurants to cater for the growing number of young professional residents.
"It is possible to get a good three-bedroom house in Rotherhithe for 280, 000, " says Sumine Jordaan-Rob-inson, of agents Burwood Marsh , "About eight minutes; walk from the Jubilee line which will have you in Bond street in 15 minutes.There are not that many areas in London where that is possible."
B.Barues
Barnes sits just across the river from Hammersmith in southwest London, but it could not be more different from the noise and bustle of the opposite bank.
It has been called one of the last true London "villages" with happy residents keeping its old school charms quiet from nosey outsiders and potential developers.
Being by the river and predominately residential gives Barnes an attractively lazy vibe.It has a traditional village green complete with idyllic duck pond and quaint pub.The high street is about as far from the Pound Shop and Primark ambience of its neighbors as is possible.
But buying into Barnes is not cheap."Family houses are snapped up incredibly quickly, " claims Chris Carney, sales negotiator at Boileaus estate agents."It is very hard to get properties of this size, with outside space so close to London, which is why they are expensive."
Large detached Victorian houses on the two main roads, Castlenau and Lonsdale, normally have between five and seven bedrooms, gardens of 120 ft and off street parking.These sell for anything between ￡ 2 million and ￡ 5 million.
By the village green there are rows of immaculate terraced house on a number of streets that run off Church and Station roads, and four bedroom houses of this kind sell for around ￡,1 million.
C.Willesden Green
Willesden Green has both suffered and benefited from its famous neighbors.Despite its growing popularity, the area remains interesting and multicultural, injecting a little bit of soul into what could otherwise become just another yuppie backwater.
"Willesden Green has a diverse range of properties from 1930s semi-detached houses to large Victorian properties and new-builds which attract all kinds of buyers, " says Richard Chiti, sales manager at estate agents Ellis and Co.
"The roads bordering West Hampstead are popular, as they are wide, tree lined streets with sizeable family houses.Properties in and around Dobree Road, which lead-down to Kensal Rise, are also in high demand."
Estate agents and residents agree that the area used to be regarded as dangerous and undesirable, but this has changed over the last decade.It' s popular because it is still affordable, although prices have rocketed over the last year.
D.King' s Cross
King ' s Cross used to be renowned for problems including drugs, prostitution and street crime but a ~ 2 billion regeneration programme should help the area lose its seedy reputation.
The project includes a new Eurostar terminal opening this year and a spruced-up tube station, alongside hundreds of new homes, offices and leisure facilities set to be completed in 2015.Such development has had a predictable effect on house prices.
"There are a lot more amenities now, such as supermarkets, cafes and bars and the issue people used to have with safety a few years ago has disappeared." By the canal basin, new build flats and luxury ware house conversions form the bulk of property, and at the top end of the market there are stunning penthouses available with views across London.
Much of the new development is centered on the back of the station, off York way, and flats are being sold to eager buyers off plan.
The older properties are mainly mid-Victorian terraces around Caledonian Road and the streets heading towards Angel, and ex-local authority blocks where it is possible to pick up a two-bedroom refurbished flat for under ￡ 250,000.
Smith adds, "Investment-wise, King' s Cross is a good bet.There is a big rental market here and prices will go up.There are still cheaper properties available, one to two bedroom flats in Victorian conversions, or ex-council properties.But people are holding on to them for dear life in the hope they will go up in value.If you find one, it is worth investing in."
used to have lot of problems such as drugs, street crime, etc.?
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72、 has the unpopular style of architecture?
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73、 has the most expensive properties?
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74、 offers big out-fashioned houses at lower price?
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75、 is located in a quiet residential area?
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76、 saw a big increase in price last year?
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77、 will build a lot of new facilities?
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78、 isestimated to be a good investment?
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79、 encourages night-life culture for young people?.
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80、 creates energetic multi-cultural atmosphere?
_________ Section Ⅳ Writing (40 minutes)
81、 For many university students there are two alternatives: one is to find a job, the other is to pursue further study.Both have advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to say which is better.Which choice is more suitable for you?
You should write no less than 250 words.[ 结 束 ]
