听力理解

　　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．

1．What does Mary say she will do for Charlie?

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A．she will find the books Charlie wants.

B．She will use Charlie's card to borrow some books he wants.

C．She will use her own card to borrow some books for Charlie.

2．Where does the talk probably take place?

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A．In a library.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In a hospital.

3．How much was a pack of cigarettes last year?

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A．$2. 00.

B．$1. 80.

C．$1. 50.

4．Why was the man late?

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A．Because his brother came back.

B．Because his mother was ill.

C．Because he had to finish his work first.

5．Where was the man this morning?

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A．He was at the airport.

B．He was at the railway station.

C．He was in Guangzhou.

　　第二节　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．Who are the two speakers?

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A．Two students.

B．A doctor and a patient.

C．A teacher and a student.

7．What does the man call the woman for?

[　　]

A．To hand in his roommate’s paper.

B．To ask for leave.

C．To ask her to see his sick roommate.

8．What does the man have to do in the afternoon?

[　　]

A．Visit the woman.

B．Meet the secretary.

C．Have a meeting.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题．

9．What was the name of the man?

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A．Dick

B．Davy

C．David

10．What kind of people didn’t they need?

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A．Those who knew no foreign language.

B．Those who wanted to work 30 hours a week.

C．Those who had no experience in office work.

11．Who will get a higher pay?

[　　]

A．Those who are well educated.

B．Those who have much experience.

C．Those who can speak a second language.

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题．

12．What did the woman do a few days ago?

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A．She had a bad tooth taken out.

B．She had her new tooth examined.

C．She had a false tooth filled in.

13．What causes the woman's toothache?

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A．It didn't fit quite right.

B．She didn't take good care of it.

C．She didn't use it properly while eating.

14．What time did the doctor ask the woman to get there?

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A．After 11: 00.

B．Before 11: 00.

C．At 11: 00 sharp.

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题．

15．When will the man come back from the trip?

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A．December 22.

B．January 3.

C．January 13.

16．Which flights are the man going to take for his round trip?

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A．Flight 220 and Flight 476.

B．Flight 220 and Flight 414.

C．Flight 476 and Flight 220.

17．How much will the man probably pay for the ticket?

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A．At most $952.

B．At least $952.

C．About $476.

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题．

18．How many countries did Mr. Bell visit last summer?

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A．Only one.

B．Three.

C．Four.

19．Why did Mr. Bell feel very tired after returning home?

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A．He visited too many places in a hurry.

B．His holiday was not long enough for him to travel in Europe.

C．He was on the train or on a bus all day long during his holiday.

20．What will be a good idea to spend a two-week summer holiday?

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A．Visiting only one city by the sea with a friend.

B．Visiting only a few cities near the sea with some friends.

C．Visiting some museums and famous palaces in different cities.

　　第三节　听下面一段独白，独白读三遍，第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　While Mrs. Edwards was in town on Saturday, (1) ________: two cars ran into each other. The drivers got out, an (2) ________ happened between them, (3) ________. He asked the drivers what had (4) ________, and then he turned to the crowd that had gathered around and said, “ (5) ________? ”Several people said they had, and Mrs. Edwards was one of them.

　　A week later she was asked whether she was (6) ________ to be a witness in a case concerning the accident, and she said she was, and a month later, a lawyer was (7) ________ her in court. (8) ________, “I think that…until the lawyer got angry and said, “You’re not here to say what you think. You are here to say what you know. “I'm sorry, (9) ________ Mrs. Edwards, “ (10) ________, so I can’t say things without thinking. ”

三、阅读 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was working as a consultant in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents form and carry out their new planning projects. It was really a great challenge.

At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.

I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, even though my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to bother the president with my situation, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.

A few days later, the president called me into his office.

I figured he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were working on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large desk, looked me in the eye and said, “I hear your mother is very ill”.

I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my crying subside(平息), and then gently said a sentence I will never forget: Whatever you need.

That was it. His understanding and his willingness both to let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of sympathy that I carry with me to this day.

1．When the author was working in a beer company, his mother        .

A．was concerned about him                                      B．drew the president’s attention

C．was seriously ill                                               D．was proud of her son

2．Although he felt tired and stressed, he felt it his duty        .

A．to carry out their new strategic vision

B．to avoid bothering the president

C．to tell the vice-president his difficult situation

D．to do his job well and look after his mother

3．Most probably, the president got the information from        .

A．a relative of the author’s             B．the vice president

C．the author’s good friends             D．the author’s colleagues

4．Which of the following can be used to best describe the president?

A．Considerate.  B．Intelligent.  C．Honest.   D．Consultative.

5．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．Understanding Is Everywhere        B．Generous President

C．Sympathy Is Needed                D．An Unforgettable Memory

第二部分．阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节阅读下面五篇短文，从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Most of us lead unhealthy lives; we spend far too much sitting down. If in addition we are careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow moving. There are some aspects(方面) of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid. I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.
　　For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports — and it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them — there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.
　　Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, you are still only half way to good health, because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation(放松). It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation, and so on. Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity — physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other — which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.
41. Pollution, noise and stress are examples of _____.
A. the causes of unfitness                                                      B. bad features of modern living
C. the things we can completely do away with               D. unavoidable things in town
42. We don’t get much out of separate sports because we _____.
A. don’t do them very often                                                  B. don’t do them actively enough
C. find it hard to get out of our armchairs                         D. don’t find them interesting
43. To be healthy we must _____.
A. keep fit and active                                                             B. keep fit and learn to relax
C. be active and practise Yoga                                                       D. have a sound mind
44. Our forefathers were healthy because______.
A. their way of life closely connected with both exercise and relaxation
B. they were careful to get plenty of fresh air
C. they spent most of the time out of doors
D. their environment was not polluted

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分80分）

第一节：阅读理解（共35小题；每小题2分，满分70分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.

　　You might think that I don’t want to spend my summer reading, but that’s not the problem: I love reading. On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and librarians don’t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mother’s calls “spinach books”: good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.

　　This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” by American author Edith Wharton. I’m sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence” — some might even say it’s their favorite book.

　　But I don’t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.

　　“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn’t imagine being in love, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life.

　　Most of my required summer reading has been like that — books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don’t think exciting plots make for “good literature”. To me, though, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.

　　If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.

1. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because ____________.

A. he doesn’t like reading in summer vacation

B. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids

C. he hates the English teacher assigning homework

D. he hates August

2. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be ___________.

A. romantic                                                      B. out of date

C. entertaining and educational                            D. pure

3. The author listed such books as “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” because he thinks __________.

A. they can change his opinion                            B. he can learn a lot more from them

C. they are of literary value, and enjoyable    D. he has to do as teachers tell him to

4. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be ___________.

A. one who describes events and characters in different ways

B. one who is full of imagination         

C. one who is learned

D. one who uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next

5. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?

A. Why Can’t Teachers Set Us Fun Books?

B. I Don’t Like Reading on the Vacation

C. Teachers, Don’t Set Us Any Reading Assignments

D. Teachers, Set Us Free