G.People's savings rates are affected by various factors such as their income, education level, age, religious affiliation(隶属关系. their countries' legal systems , and their cultural values. After those factors were accounted for, the effect of language on people's savings rates turned out to be big. Speaking a language that has obligatory future markers, such as English , makes people 30 percent less likely to save money for the future. This effect is as large as the effect of unemployment. Being unemployed decreases the likelihood of saving by about 30 percent as well.
H.Similar analyses showed that speaking a language that does not have obligatory future markers, such as Mandarin, makes people accumulate more retirement assets, smoke less, exercise more, and generally be healthier in older age. Countries' national savings rates are also affected by language. Having a larger proportion of people speaking a language that does not have obligatory future marker smakes national savings rates higher.
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J.Chen's recent, findings suggest that an unlikely factor, language, strongly affects our future-oriented behavior. Some languages strongly distinguish the present and the future. Other languages only weakly distinguish the present and the future. Chen's recent research suggests that people who speak languages that weakly distinguish the present and the future are better prepared for the future. They accumulate more wealth and they are better able to maintain their health. The way these people conceptualize (概念) the future is similar to the way they conceptualize the present As a result, the future does not feel very distant and it is easier for them to act in accordance with their future interests.
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38、Cultural factors may explain why Americans spend more than they need to.
39、People whose languages distinguish the present and the future weakly form the idea of the future in a similar way as of the present.
40、Recent studies indicate that future-oriented behavior might be improved by making the future feel closer to the time being.
41、The famous marshmallow studies suggested that the ability to resist temptation may predict people’sfuture success.
42、Speakers of a language whose future markers are obligatory are 30% less likely to save money for rite future.
43、Language's ability to move the future to and fro in our mind might greatly influence our judgments and decisions.
44、People who delay satisfaction better are more likely to be wealthy and have a healthy life style.
45、Steven Pinker thought we think in a universal grammar and languages do not have an important effecton shaping our thinking.
46、Researchers focusing on situational factors show that rearranging the placement of food and drinks in a cafeteria can improve sales of healthy items.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
47、听音频，回答下面各题。
As a professor at a large American university, I often hear students saying: “I'm only a 1050. ”The unlucky students are speaking of the 26 on SAT, which is used 1 o determine whether they will 27 the college or university of their choice, or they will not have a chance to get a higher education at all. It is obvious that ff students20 their test scores, then a great amount of their 29 is put in the number. Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over. The low test score, they think, will make it 30 for them to get into a good college. and without a31 from a famous university, they fear that many of life's doors will remain forever closed.
According to a study, the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student's future performances in most cases. 32, it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators like a student's high school grades. Even ff standardized tests like the SAT could show a student's 33, they will never be able to test things like confidence, efforts and willpower, and are unable to give us the full picture of a student's potentialities. This is not to suggest that we should stop 34SAT scores in our college admission process. The SAT is an 35 test in many ways, and the score is still a useful means of testing students. However, it should be only one of many methods used.
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Part II Listening Comprehension.(30 minutes)
Part III Reading Comprehension.(40 minutes)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
57、根据下列材料，请回答57-66题：
questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
What makes a group intelligent? You might think a group's IQ would t esimply the aveiage intelligence of the group's members, or perhaps the intelligence of the team's smartest participant, But researchers who study groups have found that this isn't so.
Rather, a group's intelligence emerges the interactions that go on Within the group. A teams intelligence can be measured, and like an individual's IQ scere, it can accurately predict the team's performance on a Wide variety of tasks. And just as an individual's intelligence is expandable, a group's intelligence can alsobe increased. Here are five suggestions on how to guide the developttment of smart teams:
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