题目内容
听力
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了一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A．￡19.15．
B．￡9.15．
C．￡9.18．
1．When is the train leaving?
A．At 10∶40．
B．At 10∶30．
C．At 10∶25．
2．What does the woman mean?
A．She feels sad when she reads the novel．
B．She has learned a lot from the novel．
C．The novel has too many characters．
3．How often did the woman take the medicine?
A．Four times a day．
B．Twice a day．
C．Three times a day．
4．Why does the man like interviewing famous people on TV?
A．He thinks it interesting．
B．He wants to make friends with them．
C．He wants to learn from them．
5．Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A．In a hotel．
B．In a shop．
C．At the doctor's．
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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．When did the man take his vacation?
A．In spring．
B．In summer．
C．In winter．
7．With whom did the man spend most of the time while he was on vacation?
A．His grandparents．
B．His cousin．
C．His parents．
请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A．Strangers．
B．Teacher and student．
C．Friends．
9．What is the bad news about the woman?
A．She didn't pass the exam．
B．She is badly ill．
C．She watched too much TV．
10．What does the man advise the woman to do?
A．Don't watch TV at all．
B．Spend more time studying．
C．See a doctor right away．
请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What are the speakers talking about?
A．Buying a car．
B．Choosing a gift．
C．Using a computer．
12．What is the relationship between the speakers?
A．Husband and wife．
B．Professor and student．
C．Salesman and customer．
13．What do we know about the person mentioned by the speakers?
A．Maybe he likes something expensive．
B．He is sixty years old or above．
C．fie must be fond of learning about computers．
请听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What are the two speakers talking about?
A．The benefits of strong business competition．
B．A proposal to lower the costs of production．
C．Suggestions concerning new business strategies．
15．What does the woman think about the equipment of their factory?
A．It costs much more than its worth．
B．It is out-of-date．
C．It calls for immediate repairs．
16．What does the woman suggest about human resources?
A．The personnel manager should be fired．
B．A few engineers should be employed．
C．The entire staff should be retrained．
17．Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?
A．Their competitors have long been advertising on TV．
B．TV commercials are less expensive．
C．Advertising in newspapers alone is not enough．
请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18．What will be used to power cars in the next few decades?
A．Alcohol．
B．Solar energy．
C．Electricity．
19．What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation?
A．Air traffic conditions．
B．Traffic jams on highways．
C．New traffic rules．
20．What is the special requirement for passengers traveling to the moon?
A．Going through a health check．
B．Arriving early for boarding．
C．Taking little luggage with them．
Whenever you send a letter or a postcard，you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card．When did people first begin to use stamps?Who was the first to think of this idea?
In the early nineteenth century，people did not use stamps．They had to pay postage when they receive letters．They unhappy about this，especially when they pay for a letter which they did not wish to receive at a11．The postage was high at that time，because the post offices had to send many people to cotlem the postage．
RowIand Hill，a schoolnlaster in England，was the first to put forward a proposal to use stamps in the 50s of the nineteenth century．fie thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps to coover postage．They could go to the nearby post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters，The post office simply put seals on the stamps so that people could not use the staraps again．In this way，the post office did not need to send postmen to collect postage．It only needed to send fewer postmen to deliver letters．’That was a good idea and the governmern finally accepted it．
It was not until that people began to use stamps．
A．!he early 19th Century B．the middle 19th century
C．the late 19th century I)．the beginning of the 19th century
Before stamps were used，postage ．
A．was paid by the letter—posters B．was paid by the letter—receivers
C．was collected by postmen D．BothBand C
After stamps were used，post offices needn’t
A．send postmen to collect the postage
B．send postmen to collect letters
C．send postmen to deliver jetters
D．put seals on the used stamps
Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?
A．When did people first begin to use stamps?
B．Who was the first to think of using stamps?
C．Why were postmen sent to collect postage?
D．How did stamps come Into use?
SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999 , Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well , chatting about sport , life and “ anything else that came up . ”
Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .
Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics .
Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould fie years ago .
“ I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been good friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”
“ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp . She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team . It was really interesting . ”
Next time , things will be more serious . “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals , so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould , ” said Schipper , who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly .
1. What is the passage mainly about ?
A. Stories happening in swimming competitions .
B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .
C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships .
D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers .
2. Gould and Schipper are going to ________ .
A. talk about sport and life B. go back to elite competition
C. set a qualifying time and win gold D. take part in the same sports event
3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was ________ .
A. 15 B. 17 C. 22 D. 30
4. The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ________ .
A. the Olympics B. the youth camp
C. the friendship D. the Australian team
5. What Schipper said showed that she ________ .
A. was no longer Gould’s friend B. had learned a lot from Gould
C. was not interested in Gould’s stories D. would not like to compete against Gould
“ I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been god friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”
1 What is the passage mainly about ?
2 Gould and Schipper are going to .
3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was .
4 The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to .
5 What Schipper said showed that she .
