学历教育 - 外语类

Part B

Below is a table of "Diet and Health" showing the different daily intake of calorie and protein per capita between a British and an Indian. Look at the table and write an essay of about 150 words making reference to the following points:

1) daily basic requirement of calorie (热卡) and protein (蛋白质) per person;

2)the influence of the different daily intake between a British and an Indian towards life expectancy;

3) daily calorie (热卡) and protein (蛋白质) consumption and life expectancy.

？Read the article below about Armani flagship store in Shanghai.

？Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps.

？For each gap 8--12, mark one letter (A--G) on your Answer Sheet.

？Do not use any letter more than once.

ARMANI STYLE. COMES TO SHANGHAI

Italian designer Giorgio Armani opened a flagship store on Saturday on Shanghai's famed Bund, joining a wave of foreign designers targeting China's new rich.

The opening of a 1,100 square-meter group of specialty shops drew curious stares from elderly men taking their morning stroll down the row of early 20th century buildings. They peered through the windows at sandals and handbags costing far more than most Shanghainese earn in a month. The Italian designer plans to open as many as 30 stores on the Chinese mainland by 2008. "This is the long-term vision for the brand in China," said Armani. "I know Shanghai is changing very quickly. There's an enormous feeling of contrast between old and new. Everyone is talking about Shanghai these days."

(8) They include Italian designer Salvatore Ferragano and French designer Louis Vuitton. British sports car maker Jaguar used Shanghai as the site for revealing its new XJ model. Luxury brands Maserati and Bentley also have showrooms. Armani wouldn't give any forecast of sale from Three on the Bund, in a 1916 building facing the Huangpu River. It also features an Evian Spa, a barbershop with individual boxes outfitted with CD and DVD players, an art gallery and a restaurant set up by Celebrity French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. "We invest here not expecting to make real returns immediately," said Robert Triefus, an Armani spokesman. "We're absolutely convinced that this is a good time to get into this market."

Armani already has a small presence on China's mainland with a boutique in the basement of Beijing's Palace Hotel and another in the southern business center of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. (9) It said it was considering the mainland as a location for its chain of Armani Hotels, now on the drawing board. The company said its sales on the mainland rose 17 percent last year, though it didn't give dollar figures. "We're seeing lots of mainlanders coming over to Hong Kong, but we have an equally strong, growing customer base on the mainland," Triefus said. Armani plans to open two more boutiques in Shanghai later this year. At the boutique on the Bung a slender black silk blouse will set buyers back the equivalent of US ＄1, 150 more than the average Chinese earns in a year. A pair of slim sandals is US ＄424, while other prices range up to about US ＄2,400. The lowest-priced item spotted: a salmon pink T-shirt for US ＄120.

(10) Luxury brands such as Armani--and even Haagen-Dazs, which charges US ＄3 for single-scoop of ice cream--focus on the richest level of Chinese consumers who are not afraid to spend. (11) "The number is not big, but it's a sharp increase." A lot more Chinese could not afford the brand-name items, so instead they buy brand-name accessories, like purses, ties and shoes. The latest information from the luxury goods industry has shown that brand-name makers will be more aggressive this year. (12) And Cartier will expand its number of outlets from 3 to 15 in three years. Jacques Franck Dossin, analyst with the US-based Goldman Sachs, said that China's luxury market will develop at the highest speed in the coming 10 years and take second place in the world, with the largest customer group.

A Another strong trend is the return to traditional lingerie fabrics such as satin and washable silks.

B Economist Yue Zheng from the accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers, believes that Shanghai's market for luxury items has over 100, 000 stable customers.

C Haagen-D

Cigarette companies would have to cut the nicotine content in cigarettes by __ to prevent them from being addictive.

听力原文：Scientists claim that animals, including men, can live 5 times longer than their normal period of growth. If this theory is accurate, our future generations can expect a life-span of 150 years.

(52)

What of the local papers is naturally influenced by the community they serve？

A website is a channel through which companies can promote their products and compete ______.

听力原文：Olga: Hi Ben! Hi Sally! Come in.

Ben: Hi Olga!

Sally: Hi Olga!

Olga: Did you have any problems getting some basic information for our project on fitness assessments？

Ben: I didn't. There's plenty of information available nowadays, because so many people are interested in keeping fit.

Sally: Yes, I got some useful information we can use from websites

and Ben got some stuff from fitness centres in the city. Q21

Olga: Great! I found some things in magazines and newspapers. I Q22

think we might find the biggest problem is that we have too

much information. Anyway, let's begin. Now, a fitness assessment Q23

is a series of measurements that can help determine

physical fitness. There are several standard tests in a fitness

assessment. Depending upon the assessor, other tests may be

added to achieve a greater picture of fitness.

Sally: Or lack of it! According to my information, the main tests in

a fitness assessment evaluate body mass index, resting heart

rate and blood pressure, and aerobic fitness. Additional tests

may evaluate body composition, lung capacity, flexibility and

strength.

Ben: What exactly does the body mass index tell us about a person's fitness？

Sally: Body mass index evaluates a person in terms of their height and weight to determine total body mass. It can show if a person's body mass measurement exceeds normal limits and thus indicates that weight loss would be a good idea.

Ben: So, it's a bit inexact, then？

Olga: Yes, it is. BMI alone is usually not thought to be the best measure

of physical fitness. Someone who is very muscular may Q24

have a higher BMI than is considered normal, because muscle

weighs more. A true measurement of a body's fat content in a

fitness assessment may be better obtained through something

called hydrostatic weighing, which assesses the body's composition Q25

more exactly.

Ben: Hydrostatic weighing？ I've never heard of it.

Olga: I don't have any more information on it. We can make a note of it and look it up later. Sally, you said there were other ways of evaluating fitness？ Sally: Er ... yes. A typical fitness assessment. will also evaluate heart

rate and blood pressure. Measuring resting heart rate is important

because it allows you to figure out what the safe levels of increasing

the heart rate are during aerobic exercise. The basic

formula for measuring safe maximum heart rate is 220 minus Q26

age, minus resting heart rate. This figure is multiplied by 0.9 Q27

and the resting heart rate is added back to get the maximum

heart rate at which one can safely exercise. Olga: However, it says here that determining appropriate maximum

heart rate in a fitness assessment should also take into account

blood pressure. A person with high blood pressure should be Q28

evaluated by a physician prior to proceeding with an exercise

programme.

Ben: Definitely! Another common test in a fitness assessment is

aerobic fitness. This looks at the heart rate and oxygen rate Q29

during a moderate workout that may last five to ten minutes.

Evaluations about the ability of the blood to oxy

She insisted that she (go) __ to the zoo alone.

According to the speaker, what does a manager have to treat everyone of his staff as？

The leading investor on African infrastructure projects is______.