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第六本T1P1 Amazing Animal: Otter

1 C

2 A

3 G

4 E

5 B

6 D

7 F

8 C

9 Salt water

10 Sight

11 Swimming speed

12 Coastal otters

13 Moles

第六本T1P3 Plain English Campaign

27 TRUE

28 FALSE

29 TRUE

30 NOT GIVEN

31 NOT GIVEN

32 FALSE

33 jargon

34 gap

35 do-it-yourself

36 frustration

37 first-time user

38 legal

39 courts

40 consumers

第六本T1P2 Ancient Computer in Aegean Sea

14 B

15 H

16 C

17 A

18 G

19 cargo vessel

20 luxury items

21 gearwheel

22 analog computer

23 C

24 B

25 B

26 A

第六本T2P1 Optimism: The Key to a Good Life

1 7 years

2 670

3 lung function

4 immune system

5 heart patients

6 G

7 D

8 B

9 A

10 E

11 YES

12 NOT GIVEN

13 NO

14 YES

第六本T2P2 Grey Workers

15 NOT GIVEN

16 FALSE

17 NOT GIVEN

18 TURE

19-20 DE

21-22 CD

23 B

24 D

25 A

26 C

27 B

第六本T2P3 Fossil Files--the Paleobiology Database 28 iii

30 ii

31 vi

32 v

33 iv

34 B

35 D

36 C

37 B

38 D

39 B

40 C

第六本T3P1 Agriculture and Tourism

1 A

2 B

3 C

4 C

5 A

6 B

7 D

8 benefit

9 survey

10 three

11 cooperation

12 experience

13 incomes

第六本T3P2 Malaria in Italy

14 Insect

15 Unclean air

16 Life expectancy

17 Hereditary

18 YES

19 NG

20 NO

21 YES

22 E

23 G

24 B

26 C

27 A

第六本T3P3 The Power of Placebo

28A

29G

30B

31H

32F

33A

34D

35C

36False

37Not Given

38True

39True

40False

第六本T4P1 Choices and Happiness

1 B

2 D

3 A

4 C

5 FALSE

6 NOTGIVEN

7 TRUE

8 FALSE

9 TRUE

10 B

11 A

12 D

13 C

第六本T4P2 Antarctica - in from the Cold?

14 D

15 E

16 F

18 A

19 C

20 A

21 B

22 B

23 D

24 C

25 A

26 C

第六本T4P3 Talc Powder

27 C

28 C

29 B

30 A

31 B

32 C

33 20

34 foam

35 waste water

36 biodegrade

37 harmful

38 droplets

39 lamination and packing

40 grape growers

第六本T5P1 Charles Darwin's Theory and Finches

1 drought

2 large seeds

3 heavy rains

4 small seeds

5 wetter weather

6 smaller bills

7 medium-sized bills

8 rice

9 FALSE

10 NOT GIVEN

11 TURE

12 FALSE

13 TURE

第六本T5P2 Food for Thought

14 viii

15 ii

16 iv

17 x

18 i

19 v

20 vii

21 H

22 F

23 I

24 A

25 C

26 B

27 E

第六本T5P3 The Secrets of Persuasion

28 NOT GIVEN

29 TURE

30 FALSE

31 NOT GIVEN

32 B

33 B

34 B

35 A

36 G

37 D

38 F

39 B

40 I

第六本T6P1 Timekeeper: Invention of Marine Chronometer

1 F

2 B

3 H

4 C

5 F

6 NO

7 NO

8 NOT GIVEN

9 home

10 2.8 second

11 lubrication/oil

12 sextant

13 marine chronometer

第六本T6P2 Twin Study: Two of a Kind

14 F

15 D

16 E

17 B

18 E

19 Francis Galton

20 1924

21-23 AEF

24-26 ABD

第六本T6P3 The Persuaders

28 YES

29 NOT GIVEN

30 YES

31 NO

32 B

33 C

34 D

35 C

36 trolleys

37 aisles

38 loyalty card

39 cosmetics

40 group

第六本T7P1 Songs of Stones

1 NOT GIVEN

2 TRUE

3 FALSE

4 NOT GIVEN

5 TRUE

6 TRUE

7 TRUE

8 Stonemason

9 Gian Giorgio Trissino

10 Inigo Jones

11 Temple (architecture)

12 Quattro Libri dell'Architettura

13 benevolent calm

第六本T7P2 Smell and Memory -- Smells Like Yesterday

14 A

15 B

16 A

17 C

18 C

19 D

20 B

21 C

22 C

23 Create a story,

24 Brain scans,

25 olfactory cortex,

26 spice

第六本T7P3 Soviet’s New Working Week

27 iv

28 xii

29 ii

30 x

31 i

32 ix

33 v

34 vii

35 C

36 A

37 D

38 Yuri Larin

39 Color-coding

40 family

第六本T8P1 Consecutive and Simultaneous Translation

1 B

2 D

3 C

4 C

5 A

6 2-3 seconds

7 10 seconds

8 100-120

9 200

10 95-164

11 B

12 C

13 E

14 F

第六本T8P2 The British Bittern

15 ii

16 v

17 viii

18 i

19 vi

20 iii

21 iv

21 (in the)1950s

22 shy

23 starvation

24 fish (prey)

26 otter

27 B

第六本T8P3 Asian Space - Satellite Technology

28 iv

29 vii

30 iii

31 x

32 ii

33 ix

34 B

35 D

36 A

37 FALSE

38 NOT GIVEN

39 TURE

40 FALSE

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