听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Where is his mother now?

A．At home．

B．In the hospital．

C．At work．

2．How does the man feel about his job?

A．He enjoys it．

B．He doesn’t like it at all．

C．He wants to find a new job．

3．What does the man mean?

A．It will take him a long time to help the woman．

B．He can help her for a while．

C．It won’t take a long time for him to help her．

4．Where did the conversation most probably take place?

A．In a plane．

B．In a coffee shop．

C．In a restaurant．

5．Why couldn’t the man get through?

A．The woman’s telephone was out of order．

B．The woman’s receiver wasn’t put in the right place．

C．The receiver of the telephone was broken．

听力原文：(Text 1)

W：How is your mother feeling these days?

M：Much better，thanks．She should be coming home in a few days．The operation was a success and the doctor says she’ll recover in no time．

(Text 2)

W：You seem to have a lot of work at your office．You’re always staying late and working overtime．

M：That’s true，but I think the work is interesting and fun．I don’t mind the extra hours at all．

(Text 3)

W：Jack，can you help me with this work?

M：Sure，if it won’t take too much time．

(Text 4)

M：Miss，is there still time for a cup of coffee on this fight?

W：Yes，but you have to drink it fast，because we’ll be landing in 10 minutes．

(Text 5)

M：Is your phone out of order?

W：No．Why?

M：I tried calling you but couldn’t get through．

W：I’m sorry．Perhaps the receiver was off the hook．

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。

6．Why does the woman want to buy something for her husband?

A．It’s a birthday present．

B．It’s a Christmas present．

C．His husband isn’t satisfied with the tie．

7．What did the clerk recommend(推荐)the second time?

A．A tie．

B．An electric shaver．

C．Some cosmetics(化妆品)．

8．Why did the woman ask the clerk to put a card into the present?

A．To tell her husband how much she paid for the gift．

B．To congratulate him in written words．

C．To post it．

听力原文：(Text 6)

W：Could you help me，please?I’m looking for something for my husband’s birthday next week and I just can’t seem to think of anything to buy．

M：Certainly，madam．You don’t have anything special in mind?

W：Right．I just don’t know．

M：How about a nice silk tie?We have some handsome ties that just arrived from Italy．

W：Not a tie．I gave him one for Christmas and he’s never worn it．He hates ties．

M：What about this?He can use it after he shaves himself．

W：I don’t know．My husband has never used that kind of thing every often．He might not care for that either．Can you think of any other thing?

M：I believe I have just the thing．This wallet is something any man would be proud to own．It has a very deep money pocket．

W：That does sound nice．Please wrap it．Would you put this card in with it?

M：Certainly，madam．It will take just a few minutes．

W：All right．I’ll wait．

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

9．Where are the two speakers?

A．On a bus．

B．In the shopping district．

C．At a street corner．

10．What’s the largest building to the left?

A．The bank．

B．The department store．

C．City Hall．

11．What does the man need?

A．Clothing．

B．Shoes．

C．Cigarettes．

听力原文：(Text 7)

M：There’s a lot of traffic on the street．Is this the shopping district?

W：Yes，it is．There are a lot of stores，office buildings，and theatres near here．

M：What is the largest building on the left?

W：That’s department store．It sells clothing，furniture，food－almost everything．

M：Do you buy everything in the same store?That’s very handy，isn’t it?It saves a lot of time．I need some clothes．

W：There’s a men’s clothing store next to the bank building on the right．There are also some good stores on Lincoln Street．

M：That’s a beautiful theatre on the corner．What do all the signs in front of it mean?

W：There’s a new play there tonight．The building next to the theatre is a hotel．

M：Is that the post office across the street?

W：No，that’s the City Hall．The post office is between the bus station and the Richmond Hotel．

M：Is that far from here?

W：No，it’s just three blocks straight ahead．

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。

12．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a library．

B．In the woman’s office．

C．In a bookstore．

13．What is the woman trying to do?

A．To buy a book．

B．To borrow a book．

C．To get the writer’s name of a book．

14．What is the man going to do when the book comes in?

A．To send it to the woman’s house．

B．To write to the woman．

C．To call the woman．

听力原文：(Text 8)

W：I’ve been trying to get hold of the book for some time．

M：Well，I’m sorry we haven’t got it．．．but we can order it for you．

W：How long should it take to get it?

M：Only a few days．

W：All right．

M：Now，what was the title?

W：Never Say Never．

M：Do you happen to know the name of the author?

W：Yes，it’s Claudia Jameson．

M：Jameson．OK，now could I have your name please?

W：Yes．Anne…that’s with an “e” at the end…Parker．

M：Anne Parker．Can I have your telephone number，as well?

W：737506．

M：Thank you very much．As soon as it comes in，I’ll ring you．

W：Thank you very much．

听第9段材料，回答第15～16题。

15．What kind of man is described by the man speaker?

A．A teenager．

B．A young adult．

C．A middle-aged man．

16．What color are the man’s eyes?

A．Black．

B．Blue．

C．Brown．

听力原文：(Text 9)

W：Can you describe him?Is he tall or short?

M：Tall．Not very tall，but fairly tall．

W：Thin?Fat?

M：Well，he’s certainly not fat．He’s very fit and strong．

But he’s not thin either．

W：Can you say he’s well-built?

M：Yes，exactly．He’s well-built．About twenty-one or twenty-two years old．

W：Fair or dark hair?

M：Fair．

W：Is his hair long or short?

M：About shoulder-length．

W：What color are his eyes?

M：He has blue eyes．

W：I see．Can you tell us anything else?What’s he wearing，for example?

M：Yes，I can，actually．He’s wearing a big white sweater，white shorts and an open-necked shirt．

W：Thank you for calling．We’ll try to find him．

听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。

17．How many librarians are in charge of the library?

A．Only one．

B．A single man．

C．We both．

18．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The duties of the librarian．

B．The rules of the library．

C．The length of the students’ borrowing books．

19．How many books can students borrow at a time?

A．Two books．

B．Three books．

C．Four books．

20．Which of the following is NOT true of the rules for good behaviour in the library?

A．The students should keep the books in good condition when they return them．

B．The students should not keep books longer than two weeks if they don’t finish them．

C．The students want to take away some books with the permission given by the librarian．

听力原文：(Text 10)?

　　We have a big well-equipped library in our school．There is a librarian in charge of it．Students of the school may borrow books from the library but they may not lend them to others without the permission of the librarian．Students may borrow three books at a time．They may keep the books for 2 weeks．If they do not return them by the end of this period，they may be refused permission to borrow any more．?

　　There are a number of rules for good behaviour in the library．Students ought to put back the books in their correct places on the shelves．They ought to leave the books carefully and keep them in good condition．Students may not talk or disturb others in the library．They ought to keep quiet when they are passing along outside the library．

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Edgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer．With the sun shining down so strongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough．He walked quickly along the sea-front towards the steps that led on to the sands．He smiled carefully at the passers．He had just smiled and raised his hat to an elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him．Edgar heard a little buzzing noise from the camera．

　　“Your photograph, sir, in glorious color in just one moment if you please,”said the man in one breath．

　　Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to and fro．In a moment he handed it over, and Edgar saw the bright blue splash(色斑)of his shirt half filling the picture．

　　“Seventy pence, sir,”the man said．“It's the bargain of your holiday．”

　　“Seventy pence,”Edgar repeated, mildly,“for this?”he stared at the photograph．

　　“They're normally eighty-five, sir, but for a single subject I make a cut-price offer．It's the best value you'll get in Chadwell．”“You'll have to make a better offer,”Edgar said．It was a good photo though, he thought, so bright and clear．His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly to the old lady, whose arm and handbag came into a lower corner．He had had no idea that he was being snapped(快照)．He thought he was really quite a good-looking chap(小伙子)．

　　“That's as good as any studio job that would cost you pounds,”said the cameraman,“it's better in a way because it's so natural．Only seventy pence, sir．”

　　“I've never paid so much for a snap in my life．It simply isn't worth that kind of money．It's not as if I need the thing．Look, I'll give you twenty-five．”

　　“No, I can't do that．Each of these instant colour shot costs me 50P－that's the blank frame(结构), so you see…”

　　“Criminal, criminal,”Edgar broken in．“You want a profit(利润)of forty percent．Well, not at my expense, I'm afraid I'll give you your 50P and that's that．”

　　“Let me see, then．”The man suddenly took the photograph out of Edgar's hand．“I can't waste any more time with you．It's 70P or I keep it．”

　　“Keep it,”Edgar said．He turned, looked out to sea, then walked quickly away．

(1)

Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell?
[　　]
A．	It was his home．
B．	He had gone there on holiday．
C．	He was taking part in the making of a film．
D．	He went there to have his photograph taken．

(2)

Edgar smiled at and raised his hat to the lady because ________
[　　]
A．	He thought he recognized her
B．	he wanted the photograph to be amusing
C．	she was having her photograph taken
D．	he was feeling excited and cheerful．

(3)

What was Edgar's opinion of the photograph?
[　　]
A．	He thought it made him look like a criminal．
B．	He liked it but thought it was too dear．
C．	It annoyed him because he had not expected it．
D．	He thought it was a bargain at the price．

(4)

The cameraman is ________．
[　　]
A．	honest
B．	warm-hearted
C．	necessary
D．	greedy

Matt grows the best vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too – big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Matt’s garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table; and of course , he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man.
He knows a few other gardens; but he does not have any friends. You might ask, “What is that?” Why doesn’t he have friends. I will tell you. People do not understand him. And they do not understand his garden. “Why not?” You will ask. “It is a very good garden, isn’t it?” It is a wonderful garden. Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.
People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn’t do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all day!” and that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.
Matt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another true thing: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.
【小题1】There are not only vegetables and flowers, but also ________ in Matt’s garden.

【小题2】Matt makes a living by ___________

A．selling his vegetables, fruit and flowers	B．growing trees in his garden
C．working in the market	D．helping other people growing plants

【小题3】 Everything in Matt’s garden grows well because ______

A．he has a good garden

B．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio

C．music helps his plants a lot

D．he is very hardworking

【小题4】People don’t like Matt because ____________

A．he doesn’t give them any vegetables or fruit	B．he listens to the radio too much
C．they don’t understand him	D．Matt doesn’t let them listen to his radio

On the whole, it’s not something we parents shout about, but one in four of us does it. Hiring private tutors for our children is now widespread.

“It’s expensive, but worth it,” says Ashan Sabri, whose daughter Zarreen, is having tuition in biology and chemistry in preparation for A-levels this summer. “My husband and I tried to tutor her at home, but we found all our knowledge was out of date and we were only confusing Zarreen. We also tried a group revision course but all the children were sitting in a room for different kinds of exams. On the whole, we think one-to-one tuition works best.”

The real reason is: does tutoring do any good?

“It’s not the magic bullet,” says Professor Judith Ireson, author of a 2005 Institute of Education report on the subject. “It’s still up to the child to do the learning. If he or she isn’t interested, sending them to a private tutor won’t do any good. However, we did find that students who had private tuition in mathematics during the two years before GCSE achieved on average just under half a grade higher than students who did not have a tutor.”

In which case, surely it’s time to break open the champagne? Not necessarily, says Elaine Tyrrell, head of The Rowans School, Wimbledon, a preparation school which regularly gets children into the best private schools.

“While we recommend private tutoring for a few children whose first language isn’t English, we don’t encourage it for the others. With the level of education they get here, children really ought to be able to pass the entrance exams without any extra teaching. And our worry is that they might just get used to getting help from last-minute tutoring, but, once they actually get to that school, they won’t be able to cope.”

But Mylene Curtis, owner of Fleet Tutors, one of the biggest tutoring agencies in the country, holds a different view.

“In some respects, the hurdles children have to leap in order to get into these schools are set at a higher level than the reality,” says Curtis. “We often find that, once a child has got into a school, the standard of work isn’t as high as was feared. The trick is to do well enough in the exam to win a place.”

1.What does Ashan Sabri think of the group revision course?

A. It’s expensive but worthwhile because it works the best.

B. It confuses students because the knowledge taught in it is out of date.

C. It isn’t effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.

D. It is effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.

2.What do the underlined words “magic bullet” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Something that cannot help to solve problems at all.

B. Something that solves a difficult problem in an easy way.

C. Something that seems useful but has no use at all.

D. Something that encourages interest in study.

3.According to Elaine Tyrrell, private tutoring is _______.

A. effective in language learning but not for exams

B. effective for foreign students but not for local students

C. unnecessary in most cases and may harm the further study of students

D. unnecessary in secondary school but helpful to further study

4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A. Fleet Tutors and the Rowans School are competitors.

B. Entrance exams to schools are too difficult for most students.

C. Further study isn’t as difficult as was first thought.

D. Private tuition is worth the financial investment.

5.What attitude does the author hold towards home tutoring?

A. Critical B. Objective C. Supportive D. Uninterested

On the whole, it’s not something we parents shout about, but one in four of us does it. Hiring private tutors for our children is now widespread.
“It’s expensive, but worth it,” says Ashan Sabri, whose daughter Zarreen, is having tuition in biology and chemistry in preparation for A-levels this summer. “My husband and I tried to tutor her at home, but we found all our knowledge was out of date and we were only confusing Zarreen. We also tried a group revision course but all the children were sitting in a room for different kinds of exams. On the whole, we think one-to-one tuition works best.”
The real reason is: does tutoring do any good?
“It’s not the magic bullet,” says Professor Judith Ireson, author of a 2005 Institute of Education report on the subject. “It’s still up to the child to do the learning. If he or she isn’t interested, sending them to a private tutor won’t do any good. However, we did find that students who had private tuition in mathematics during the two years before GCSE achieved on average just under half a grade higher than students who did not have a tutor.”
In which case, surely it’s time to break open the champagne? Not necessarily, says Elaine Tyrrell, head of The Rowans School, Wimbledon, a preparation school which regularly gets children into the best private schools.
“While we recommend private tutoring for a few children whose first language isn’t English, we don’t encourage it for the others. With the level of education they get here, children really ought to be able to pass the entrance exams without any extra teaching. And our worry is that they might just get used to getting help from last-minute tutoring, but, once they actually get to that school, they won’t be able to cope.”
But Mylene Curtis, owner of Fleet Tutors, one of the biggest tutoring agencies in the country, holds a different view.
“In some respects, the hurdles children have to leap in order to get into these schools are set at a higher level than the reality,” says Curtis. “We often find that, once a child has got into a school, the standard of work isn’t as high as was feared. The trick is to do well enough in the exam to win a place.”

1.
What does Ashan Sabri think of the group revision course?
1. A.
  It’s expensive but worthwhile because it works the best.
2. B.
  It confuses students because the knowledge taught in it is out of date.
3. C.
  It isn’t effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.
4. D.
  It is effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.
2.
What do the underlined words “magic bullet” in Paragraph 4 mean?
1. A.
  Something that cannot help to solve problems at all.
2. B.
  Something that solves a difficult problem in an easy way.
3. C.
  Something that seems useful but has no use at all.
4. D.
  Something that encourages interest in study.
3.
According to Elaine Tyrrell, private tutoring is _______.
1. A.
  effective in language learning but not for exams
2. B.
  effective for foreign students but not for local students
3. C.
  unnecessary in most cases and may harm the further study of students
4. D.
  unnecessary in secondary school but helpful to further study
4.
What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
1. A.
  Fleet Tutors and the Rowans School are competitors.
2. B.
  Entrance exams to schools are too difficult for most students.
3. C.
  Further study isn’t as difficult as was first thought.
4. D.
  Private tuition is worth the financial investment.
5.
What attitude does the author hold towards home tutoring?
1. A.
  Critical
2. B.
  Objective
3. C.
  Supportive
4. D.
  Uninterested

He isn't ________ to reach the ceiling．

What does Ashan Sabri think of the group revision course?

What do the underlined words “magic bullet” in Paragraph 4 mean?

According to Elaine Tyrrell, private tutoring is _______.

What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

What attitude does the author hold towards home tutoring?

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