听力

第一节

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。

M:Oh you’re doing the painting all by yourself.Where is David?

W:He’s so lazy.He doesn’t do anything to help me.

1.What is the woman doing?

A.Cleaning her house.

B.Washing clothes.

C.Painting her rooms.

W:Ow! I’ve burnt myself.

M:How did you do that?

W:I picked up a hot dish.

2.Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A.In a kitchen.

B.In a restaurant.

C.In a shop.

M:Look! Somebody has spilt milk on the carpet.

W:Well, it wasn’t me.I didn’t do it.

M:I wonder who it was then.

3.What does the man want to know?

A.Who poured the milk into the cup.

B.Who drank the milk in the cupboard.

C.Who spilt milk on the carpet.

M:This food is awful, isn’t it?

W:Yes, it’s disgusting.I’m going to complain.

4.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A.In a restaurant.

B.At home.

C.In a shop.

W:The weather’s too nice to stay indoors.I’m going to sit in the garden.

M:That’s a good idea.I think I’ll join you.

5.What are they going to do?

A.To go to the garden.

B.To stay indoors.

C.To join a party.

第二节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题.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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6~7题。

M:Where do you live?

W:In Boston.

M:How long have you lived there?

W:Five years.

M:Where did you live before that?

W:In Chicago.

M:And how long did you live in Chicago?

W:Two years.

6.How long has the woman lived in Boston?

A.Four years.

B.Five years.

C.Six years.

7.How long did the woman live in Chicago?

A.Two years.

B.Four years.

C.Five years.

听第7段材料,回答第8~10题。

W:Well, what time shall we meet?

M:Come to the cafe by the station at four o’clock.I’ll be waiting for you when you arrive.I’ll be sitting by the window and I’ll be wearing a bright green sweater.

W:OK.Is Agent 307 coming too?

M:No, she can’t be there.

W:Oh.Shall I bring the documents?

M:Yes.I’ll explain everything when I see you.And don’t be late.

W:OK.I’ll try to be on time.

8.What time will they meet?

A.At four o’clock.

B.At five o’clock.

C.At six o’clock.

9.What can be inferred from their conversation?

A.They are old friends and haven’t seen each other for a long time.

B.They are going to meet another person in the cafe.

C.The two speakers have never seen each other before.

10.What will the woman bring?

A.An umbrella.

B.The documents.

C.A bright green sweater.

听第8段材料,回答第11~13题。

M:Do you have any plans for next year?

W:Well, I’d travel if I could afford it.But I don’t have any money.

M:If you found a job abroad, would you take it?

W:If it were somewhere I want to go, I’d certainly consider it carefully.

M:What about working as an “au pair”(家庭打工留学生), living with a family and doing some housework?

W:I’d only consider that if I were sure about the family.If they didn’t treat me well, I’d be very miserable.

M:Yes.You’d have to be sure to use a reputable agency.We have a list in the office.I will get you one if you’re interested.

W:Yes, I am.Um, if I decided to apply, would you give me a reference?

M:Of course.Well, I hope you succeed, whatever you decide to do.

W:Thank you very much.I’ll let you know.

M:Yes, I’d like that.Goodbye.

W:Goodbye.

11.Why does the man suggest that the woman should find a job?

A.Because it is necessary for the woman to have some experience of doing a job.

B.Because the woman needs money for the travel.

C.Because they need the money to support the family.

12.What worries the woman if she works as an “au pair”?

A.Whether she could get used to the life style of the family.

B.Whether the family are friendly to her.

C.Whether she could get as much money as she expects.

13.Which of the following is true?

A.The woman has not decided what to do.

B.The man has given the woman a list of agencies.

C.The woman is not interested in the man’s suggestion.

听第9段材料,回答第14~17题。

M:Shall we ask the girl Garlo’s been going out with to the party?

W:Who’s that?

M:Celia’s her name.She works in that cinema where they show all the foreign films.

W:But will she be free on Thursday evening?

M:Yes, it’s her evening off.That’s the reason I suggested Thursday.

W:OK.Who else? What about Nicky and Cherry?

M:Are they the girls you went to France with?

W:Yes.If they bring their boyfriends, that’ll be ten of us.But have you got a room that is big enough? My mother says we can’t use our sitting-room because we made too much mess the last time she let us have a party.

M:It’s all right.We’ve got a basement(地下室)where we store old furniture.If we clean it up, it’ll be fine.

W:Great.Let’s go and have a look at it.

14.Where does Celia work?

A.In a cinema.

B.In a hotel.

C.In a hospital.

15.On what day is Celia free?

A.On Tuesday.

B.On Thursday.

C.On Saturday.

16.How many people will their party?

A.Ten.

B.Five.

C.Six.

17.Where will they have their party?

A.In the woman’s house.

B.In the man’s house.

C.A restaurant owner.

听第10段材料,回答第18~20题。

W:Hi, Tom.What is your plan for the summer break?

M:I’m going to work on the coast at Nantucket.

W:What are you planning to do on the coast?

M:My uncle owns a restaurant there, so I’ll be working as a waiter at night and then helping him do some accounting(会计, 清算账目)a few days each week.I have to save a lot of money for the next school year.Maybe we can get together and go to the beach this summer since we’ll be living near each other.

W:That sounds good.I’ll be working on a boat during July, and I won’t return to shore for the entire month.But in June and later in August I’ll be working in the lab, and I could drive up and see you in Nantucket.

M:OK.My uncle tells me June is the best time to go there before the town gets too crowded with tourists.Call me before you leave tomorrow, and I’ll give you a phone number where I can be reached this summer.

W:All right.I’ll talk to you later.

M:Thanks.

18.What is the man’s uncle?

A.A tourist.

B.A waiter.

C.A restaurant owner.

19.Where will the woman be working during July?

A.In the lab.

B.On a boat.

C.On the shore.

20.When is the best time to go to the shore?

A.July.

B.June.

C.August.

In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Wroclaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.
That American high schools lavish more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.
Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws. When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”
One of the ironies of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

  1. 1.

    Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because _______

    1. A.
      he intends to improve his scores
    2. B.
      Polish kids are better at learning
    3. C.
      sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg
    4. D.
      there are striking differences between the 2 countries
  2. 2.

    According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______

    1. A.
      PISA plays a very important role in America
    2. B.
      little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools
    3. C.
      American high schools complain about sports time
    4. D.
      too much importance is placed on sports in America
  3. 3.

    The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______

    1. A.
      low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance
    2. B.
      high expectations push up American students’ academic performance
    3. C.
      American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot
    4. D.
      lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance
  4. 4.

    The purpose of this article is to _______

    1. A.
      compare Polish schools with those in America
    2. B.
      call on American schools to learn from the Polish model
    3. C.
      draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition
    4. D.
      explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

 

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Being probably the most complex female character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ophelia deserves special attention because she is treated as a substitute for Stowe’s intended audience.Ophelia    __1_ what Mrs.Stowe, the author, considered a widespread Northern problem: the white person who opposes slavery but feels __2_ prejudice and hatred in the presence of a black slave.Ophelia hates slavery, but she considers it almost _3__ for blacks, against whom she harbors a deep-seated prejudice.And she doesn’t want them to touch her.Stowe stresses that much of Ophelia’s prejudice _4__ from unfamiliarity and ignorance rather than from actual _5__ Because Ophelia has seldom spent time along with __6_, she finds them uncomfortably alien (不相容) to her.

    But Ophelia seems to be one of the only characters in the novel whose character _7__ as the story progresses.Once St.Clare puts Topsy in her care, Ophelia is forced to be in _8__ with a slave.At first she begins to teach Topsy __9_ out of duty.But Stowe suggests that duty alone will not root out slavery and that those against slavery must act out of love.Eva’s death leads to  Ophelia’s change, and she comes to love Topsy as an actual human being and not just a slave.She   _10__ her racial prejudice and offers herself as a model to Stowe’s Northern readers.

11A.reflects         B.supposes       C.suspects       D.provides

12A.various          B.arbitrary      C.racial         D.awful

13A.impossible       B.necessary      C.unfair         D.important

14A.suffers          B.differs        C.releases       D.results

15A.practice         B.performance    C.experience     D.application

1.A.slaves           B.readers        C.Stowe          D.characters

2.A.increases        B.disappears     C.refreshes      D.develops

3.A.trouble          B.danger         C.contact        D.comparison

4.A.hardly           B.merely         C.specially      D.properly

5.A.hides            B.overcomes      C.reserves       D.prohibits

语法填空

    阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

    Poor student behavior seems to be an ____6.___ (increase) widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

    In many countries, the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with ____7.children.These children are often spoilt, not in terms of love and attention because ____ 8.__  (work) parents do not have the time for this, ____ 9._ in more material ways.They are allowed to have ____ 10._ they want, regardless of price, and to behave as they please.This means that the children grow up ____ 11.consideration for others and without any understanding of __12._their standard of living comes from.

    When they get to school age they have not learnt any self control or discipline.Teachers continually complain ____ 13.___ this problem and measures ____ 14.___ (take) to combat the situation.But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families, ____15.___ need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.

 

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