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       You and your Australian friend Jim are visiting Ditan Temple Fair. There are three Spring Festival pictures you are interested in. Finally you choose one（only one）of the following. Jim doesn′t understand its meaning. So tell him why you take it.

第一节

听下面5段对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．Which of the following is right about the man?

[　　]

A．He is in trouble now.

B．He is smoking now.

C．He wants to smoke now.

2．What will the woman do recently?

[　　]

A．Attend a party.　　B．Make a dress.　　C．Admire her friends.

3．How does the man feel now?

[　　]

A．Lonely.　　B．Tired.　　C．Sad.

4．What does the woman mean?

[　　]

A．She's very angry.

B．She thinks it nothing serious.

C．She thinks it hard to stand.

5．Why doesn't the woman accept the invitation?

[　　]

A．She has already seen the film.

B．She wants to get ready for a plane trip.

C．She has to prepare for the next morning's lecture.

第二节

听下面五段对话或独白，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答6至8题．

6．Why didn't Rose pick up the man's laundry this morning?

[　　]

A．She got up late.

B．She knew the man didn't need them.

C．She got stuck in the traffic.

7．What relationship is most probably between them?

[　　]

A．Husband and wife.

B．Father and daughter.

C．Friends.

8．What will the man do?

[　　]

A．Attend a piano lesson.

B．Pick up somebody from lessons.

C．Pick up his laundry on Friday.

听第7段材料，回答9至11题．

9．What's the woman's plan for this evening?

[　　]

A．To see a movie.

B．To go to a friend's home.

C．To watch a DVD at home.

10．Who is Jim, most probably?

[　　]

A．The woman's father.

B．The woman's boyfriend.

C．The woman's teacher.

11．Why does the man refuse to join the woman at first?

[　　]

A．Because he thinks he will be a burden.

B．Because there will be too many people.

C．Because Jim doesn't like him.

听第8段材料，回答12至13题．

12．Which of the following is true about Mike?

[　　]

A．He went to watch a basketball game.

B．His girlfriend was angry with him.

C．His girlfriend held a birthday party for him.

13．What does the woman advise Mike to do?

[　　]

A．Keep calling his girlfriend.

B．Send his girlfriend 1,000 flowers.

C．Get his girlfriend back.

听第9段材料，回答14至16题．

14．Where does this conversation most probably take place?

[　　]

A．In a kitchen at home.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In a fast-food restaurant.

15．What doesn't the man want to eat at first?

[　　]

A．A Coke.　　B．A hamburger.　　C．A chocolate ice cream.

16．If the man gives the woman a ten-dollar note, how much change will he receive?

[　　]

A．4.71 dollars.　　B．4.21 dollars.　　C．4.30 dollars.

听第10段材料，回答17至20题．

17．Which is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Don't give flowers in Europe.

B．Don't give gifts wrong.

C．In the Middle East, wine is the best gift.

18．According to the passage, in China, which is the best gift you can present to a hostess?

[　　]

A．A clock.　　B．Some delicious food.　　C．Some fruits.

19．What do handkerchiefs mean in China?

[　　]

A．Good health.　　B．Sadness.　　C．Bad luck.

20．What cannot be presented as a gift both in China and Germany?

[　　]

A．13 flowers.　　B．A knife.　　C．A bottle of wine.

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    1  drive to a store and back home. He always looks    2  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything

   3  such as strange cars, loud noises,  4  windows, or people gathering on street comers.

Tim   5  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group   6  on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   7  .Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  8  .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   9  their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of ?  10  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   11  them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   12  to steal from other people or to make them feel   13  sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors   14  out for one another,“We 15  each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a  16    of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  17  .?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for   18  ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ?  19  ?a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do   20  .”

1.A.yet                         B.still                           C.just                           D.rather

2.A.carefully　             B.clearly                      C.nervously                  D.coldly

3.A.familiar                  B.unusual                     C.expensive                  D.interesting

4.A.curtained                B.open                         C.old                           D.broken

5.A.attends                   B.belongs                     C.goes                          D.turns

6.A.meets                     B.quarrels                     C.sings                         D.searches

7.A.where                    B.why                          C.when                        D.how

8.A.politics                   B.wealth                       C.health                       D.safety

9.A.keep                      B.hold                          C.let                                   D.protect

10.A.its                        B.his                            C.their                         D.your

11.A.round                   B.on                                   C.about                        D.to

12.A.right                    B.chance                      C.courage                     D.mind

13.A.unlucky                B.unsafe                       C.disappointed              D.discouraged

14.A.set                       B.let                                   C.hold                          D.look

15.A.care                            B.enter                         C.watch                        D.manage

16.A.group                   B.set                            C.number                            D.crowd

17.A.judges                  B.police                       C.firemen                     D.doctors

18.A.work                    B.burden                      C.service                      D.trouble

19.A.produce                B.find                          C.get                            D.help

20.A.anything               B.evening                     C.harm                         D.wrong

The temperature is rising again in the Arctic. The sea ice area has dropped to one of the lowest levels on record， climate scientists reported last week.

“The new Arctic Report Card tells a story of widespread and continued effects of a warming Arctic，” said Jackie Richter-Menge of the US’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

“This isn’t just a climatological (气候学的) effect. It impacts the people that live there，” she added.

Scientists concerned about global warming focus on the Arctic because that is a region where the effects are expected to be felt first， and that has been the case in recent years.

There was a slowdown in Arctic warming in 2009， but in the first half of 2010 warming was near a record pace. The monthly readings were over 4 degrees Celsius above normal in northern Canada， according to the report card. The report card was prepared by 69 researchers in eight countries.

Researchers said last winter’s big snow storms that struck some Northern countries were tied to higher Arctic temperatures.

“Normally the cold air is bottled up in the Arctic，” said Jim Overland of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “But last December and February， winds that normally blow west to east across the Arctic were instead bringing the colder air south，” he said.

“As we lose more sea ice... warming in the atmosphere can create more of these winter storms，” Overland said.

There is a powerful connection between ice cover and air temperatures， Richter-Menge explained. When temperatures warm， ice melts. When ice melts it shows darker surfaces underneath ， which absorb  more heat. “That， in turn， causes more melting and on the cycle goes，” she said.

In September the Arctic sea ice extent was the third smallest in the last 30 years， added Don Perovich of the US Army Laboratory. He said the three smallest ice covers have occurred in the last four years.

Scientists care so much about the warming in the Arctic region because 　　　　.

A .the climate in the Arctic doesn’t change much

B. global warming effects are most serious in the Arctic region

C .there has been a major decrease of Arctic warming in recent years

D. by studying the region they can make predictions about the future impact of global warming

. Which of the following shows that the Arctic is getting warmer？ 

A. The surface of the sea ice in Arctic is getting darker and darker.

B. The Arctic sea ice extent has disappeared over the last 30 years.

C. The sea ice extent has increased to one of the highest levels on record.

What does the underlined word “cycle” refer to？  

A .Ice giving off heat when it melts.

B. Higher temperatures bringing more storms.

C .The cause and the result of the melting.

D. The life of the people living in the Arctic getting worse.

According to researchers what led to big snow storms attacking some Northern countries last winter？                 

A. Higher Arctic temperatures.

B. The melting ice.

C. The cold wind blowing west to east.

D. Cold air bottled up in the Arctic.

What is the main point of the article？         

A. Last winter’s big snow-storms.

B. Winds in the Arctic region.

C. Arctic warming and its possible effects.

D. Changes to the life of people living in the Arctic.