SAN FRANCISCO—A phone app (应用程序) in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots. City officials in San Francisco introduced the app to try to reduce traffic jams in the city, but some say it raises safety concerns.

In this city, drivers searching for parking spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams, city officials think. Now San Francisco has found a solution—a phone app for spot-seekers that displays information about areas with available spaces. The system, introduced last month, relies on wireless sensors (感应器) fixed in streets and city garages that can tell within seconds if a spot has opened up.

Monique Soltani, a TV reporter, said she and her sister spent 25 minutes on Friday trying to park. “We were praying to the parking god that we’d find a spot,” she said. “If we had the app, we would not have to pray to the parking god.” But the system could come with serious consequences.

Some people say that drivers searching for parking could end up focusing on their phones, not the road. “It could be really distracting (使分心的),” said Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.

City officials acknowledge the potential problem. They are urging drivers to pull over before they use the city’s iPhone app, or to do so before they leave home. Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said safety could actually improve if drivers quickly found a spot instead of circling and getting frustrated.

San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 parking spots and 12,250 spots in city garages. If spaces in an area open up, the sensors communicate wirelessly with computers that in turn make the information available to app users within a minute, said Mr. Ford, of the transportation agency. On the app, a map shows which blocks have lots of places (blue) and which are full (red).

More than 12,000 people have downloaded San Francisco’s app, which is available now only for the iPhone but which city officials say they hope to bring to all similar devices.

When it is started up, the city’s parking app warns drivers not to use the system while in motion. But safety advocates said that might not be sufficient. After all, they say, texting while driving is illegal in California and in many states, but a number of surveys, including one by the Pew Research Center, show that many Americans do it anyway.

Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian advocacy group, said she hoped the new parking app would lead to fewer accidents.

“It’s an innovative idea,” she said. “The safe way for people to use the device is for them to pull over, which they know they should do. The question is whether they will.”

But Ms. Soltani, the TV reporter, said using the app would probably join the group of activities already performed by drivers.

“We’re already looking at Google Maps and Facebook on the phone while we drive,” she said. “Aren’t we always looking at something on our phone, or changing the radio, or drinking coffee? You’re always slightly distracted when you’re driving.”

1.What is the phone app mentioned in the text mainly aimed at?

A. Making full use of the parking spots.     

B. Making the traffic flow smoothly.

C. Preventing traffic accidents.

D. Benefiting iPhone users.

2.According to the text, San Francisco city officials ______.

A. don’t consider the app distracting

B. advise drivers to park cars slowly

C. are aware of the app’s disadvantages    

D. believe more parking spots are needed

3.How do drivers locate the parking spots?

A. Sensors"computers"app.                              B. App"computers"sensors.

C. Sensors"app"computers.                               D. Computers"app"sensors.

4.The phone app mentioned in the text ______.

A. is a bit slow in reacting

B. hasn’t been put into service

C. was introduced several years ago

D. can’t be downloaded to all phones

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Daniel Simons thinks the app convenient.

B. San Francisco will put more sensors into use.

C. Most drivers open the app once they start their cars.

D. Nathaniel Ford doesn’t doubt the practical use of the app.

作题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，从小题中所给的A. B. C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. &19. 15          B. &9. 15           C. &9. 18

答案B。

1.What do the speakers need to buy?

A. A fridge         B. A dinner table  C. A few chairs

2.Where are the speakers?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In a hotel

C. In a school.

3.What does the woman mean?

A. Cathy will be at the party.

B. Cathy is too busy to come.

C. Cathy is going to be invited

4.Why does the woman plan to go to town?

A. To pay her bills in the bank.

B. To buy books in a bookstore.

C. To get some money from the bank

5.What is the woman trying to do?

A. Finish some writing.

B. Print an article.

C. Find a newspaper.

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

6.What is the man doing? 

A. Changing seats on the plane 

B. Asking for a window seat 

C. Trying to find his seat 

7.What is the woman’s seat number? 

A. 6A.              B. 7A.              C. 8A 

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 

8.Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt? 

A. It’s too small 

B. It’s too dark 

C. It’s to expensive 

9.What does the woman buy in the end? 

A. A yellow T-shirt 

B. A blue T-shirt 

C. A pink T-shirt 

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 

10.How long has the man been in London? 

A. One year.  

B. A few years 

C. A couple of months 

11.Why did the woman leave her hometown? 

A. To lend a city life.  

B. To open a restaurant.  

C. To find a job 

12.Where did the woman come from? 

A. London.  

B. Arnside 

C. Lancaster.  

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 

13.What is a daypack? 

A. A box 

B. A bag 

C. A lock 

14.What surprise the girl at school? 

A. A lot of discussions in class 

B. Teachers giving little homework 

C. Few students asking questions in class.  

15.At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place? 

A. At the end of it.  

B. In the middle of it 

C. At the beginning of it 

16.What do we know about the girl? 

A. She is new to the school 

B. She writes for the school newspaper.  

C. She seldom asks questions in class.  

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 

17.Where does Mr. Henry Stone do? 

A. A bank clerk 

B. A teacher 

C. A writer 

18.What does Henry like doing at airport? 

A. Watching people 

B. Telling stories 

C. Reading magazines.  

19.What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day? 

A. A valuable suitcase was missing 

B. A man stole money from a bank 

C. A woman ran away from home 

20.Why was the woman at the airport? 

A. She was traveling on business 

B. She was seeing the man off.  

C. She was leaving for Greece 

阅读理解(从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案)

I was awoken at 4 a. m. the following morning by a telephone message from the Foreign Office to the effect that Germany had attacked Russia. The Prime Minister had always said that he was never to be woken up for anything but invasion (侵略) of England . I therefore put off telling him till 8 a. m. His only comment was, “Tell the BBC. I will broadcast tonight. ” He began to prepare the speech at 11 a. m. and except for lunch time, at which Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Cranborne, and Beaverbrook were present, he devoted the whole day to it …. The speech was only ready at twenty minutes to nine.

1．The writer was probably ________.

[　　]

A．a secretary of the Prime Minister

B．a worker in the Foreign Office

C．an officer in the War Office

D．a BBC. reporter

2．Which of the following is ture?

[　　]

A．Germany attacked Russia and four hours later the Prime Minister of England knew it.

B．The writer knew invasion of England four hours earlier than the Prime Minister.

C．The writer was told that Germany had attacked Russia; so he told it to the Prime Minister immediately.

D．Although the writer knew invasion of Russia in the early morning, he didn't tell it to the Prime Minister right away because the Prime Minister was sleeping.

3．When the Prime Minister knew invasion of Russia, he first wanted ________.

[　　]

A．to tell the BBC about it

B．to tell his people about it

C．to write a speech

D．to meet Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Cranborne and Beaverbrook

4．The Prime Minister ________with Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Cranborne and Beaver brook .

[　　]

A．had a meeting to discuss the serious situation

B．broadcast at the BBC

C．heard the writer' s report

D．had lunch

5．The Prime Minister probably broadcast at the BBC  _________.

[　　]

A．at nine o' clock that night

B．at nine o' clock that morning

C．at twenty minutes to nine

SAN FRANCISCO—A phone app (应用程序) in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots. City officials in San Francisco introduced the app to try to reduce traffic jams in the city, but some say it raises safety concerns.

In this city, drivers searching for parking spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams, city officials think. Now San Francisco has found a solution—a phone app for spot-seekers that displays information about areas with available spaces. The system, introduced last month, relies on wireless sensors (感应器) fixed in streets and city garages that can tell within seconds if a spot has opened up.

Monique Soltani, a TV reporter, said she and her sister spent 25 minutes on Friday trying to park. “We were praying to the parking god that we’d find a spot,” she said. “If we had the app, we would not have to pray to the parking god.” But the system could come with serious consequences.

Some people say that drivers searching for parking could end up focusing on their phones, not the road. “It could be really distracting (使分心的),” said Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.

City officials acknowledge the potential problem. They are urging drivers to pull over before they use the city’s iPhone app, or to do so before they leave home. Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said safety could actually improve if drivers quickly found a spot instead of circling and getting frustrated.

San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 parking spots and 12,250 spots in city garages. If spaces in an area open up, the sensors communicate wirelessly with computers that in turn make the information available to app users within a minute, said Mr. Ford, of the transportation agency. On the app, a map shows which blocks have lots of places (blue) and which are full (red).

More than 12,000 people have downloaded San Francisco’s app, which is available now only for the iPhone but which city officials say they hope to bring to all similar devices.

When it is started up, the city’s parking app warns drivers not to use the system while in motion. But safety advocates said that might not be sufficient. After all, they say, texting while driving is illegal in California and in many states, but a number of surveys, including one by the Pew Research Center, show that many Americans do it anyway.

Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian advocacy group, said she hoped the new parking app would lead to fewer accidents.

“It’s an innovative idea,” she said. “The safe way for people to use the device is for them to pull over, which they know they should do. The question is whether they will.”

But Ms. Soltani, the TV reporter, said using the app would probably join the group of activities already performed by drivers.

“We’re already looking at Google Maps and Facebook on the phone while we drive,” she said. “Aren’t we always looking at something on our phone, or changing the radio, or drinking coffee? You’re always slightly distracted when you’re driving.”

50. What is the phone app mentioned in the text mainly aimed at?

A. Making full use of the parking spots.         B. Making the traffic flow smoothly.

C. Preventing traffic accidents.                            D. Benefiting iPhone users.

51. According to the text, San Francisco city officials ______.

A. don’t consider the app distracting             B. advise drivers to park cars slowly

C. are aware of the app’s disadvantages         D. believe more parking spots are needed

52. How do drivers locate the parking spots?

A. Sensorscomputersapp.                            B. Appcomputerssensors.

C. Sensorsappcomputers.                            D. Computersappsensors.

53. The phone app mentioned in the text ______.

A. is a bit slow in reacting                            B. hasn’t been put into service

C. was introduced several years ago                     D. can’t be downloaded to all phones

54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Daniel Simons thinks the app convenient.

B. San Francisco will put more sensors into use.

C. Most drivers open the app once they start their cars.

D. Nathaniel Ford doesn’t doubt the practical use of the app.