题目内容

22、I think you should end it ____ it is too late, or you may be sorry about it later.

A．when B．before C．after D．until

试题答案

22、B

My Way to Success

From the day I signed up for the Naumburg Competition, everything changed. I had made a decision to start again, to save my life, and that meant a 360-degree turnaround.
I kept on practicing. An enormous amount of work had to be done in two months. I went from not practicing at all to thirteen hours a day.
I spent two weeks just playing scales. If I thought I sounded bad before, now I sounded worse than awful.
At the time I lived on 72nd Street, close to West End Avenue. I had an apartment with a window the size of a shoebox. I didn't do mylaundry. I left my apartment only to walk to Juilliard─and not onBroadway like everyone else. I walked up Amsterdam Avenue because I didn't want to see anybody, didn't want to run into anybody, didn't want anyone to ask what I was doing.
I stopped going to classes and became a hermit. I even talked Miss DeLay into giving my lesson at night.
My eating habits were awful. I lived on fried sausages, a pint of peanut butter/chocolate ice cream, and a gallon of Coca-Cola every day. That's all I ate for eight weeks.
I was nuts. I was completely obsessed with getting back into shape, with doing well in this competition. If I could, people would know I was still on earth. Not to count me out; to stop asking, “Whatever happened to Nadja?”
The last week before the Naumburg auditions, I couldn't touch the violin. I had worked and worked and worked and worked and then I just couldn't work anymore.
I certainly could have used it. I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. But I simply had to say, “Nadja, you've dedicated yourself to this thing. Ready or not, do your best.”
Fifty violinists from around the world auditioned for the competition on May 25, 26, and 27, 1981. Those that made it past thepreliminaries would go on to the semifinals. Those that passed that stage would go to the finals. In years past, one violinist was chosen as winner and two received second and third place.
On May 26, the day of my audition, I went to the Merkin Concert Hall at 67th Street and Broadway. I waited, played for twenty minutes, and went home. I couldn't tell whether the preliminary judges were impressed or not. I'd find out the next evening.
Maybe subconsciously I was trying to keep busy; that night, when I fried the sausages, I accidentally set my apartment on fire. I grabbed my cat and my violin, and ran out the door. The fire was put out, but everything in my place was wrecked.
Fortunately, the phone was okay and on the evening of May 27, I had the news from Lucy Rowan Mann of Naumburg. Thirteen of us had made it.
Talk about mixed emotions. I was thrilled to be among the thirteen; a group that included established violinists, some of whom had already made records. But it also meant I had to play the next day in the semifinals of the competition.
Everyone entering the competition had been given two lists of concertos. One was a list of standard repertory pieces. The other list was twentieth-century repertory. For our big competition piece, we were to choose from each list and play a movement from one in the semifinals, and a movement from the other in the finals─if we made it that far.
From the standard repertory list, I chose the Tchaikovsky Concerto. I had been playing the Tchaik for three years, so it was a good piece for me.
From the twentieth-century list, I chose the Prokofiev G minor Concerto. I had never played it onstage before.
My goal had been just passing the auditions, but now my thought pattern began to change. If I wanted a sliver of a chance of advancing again, my brain said, “Play your strong piece first.”
Logically, I should play the Tchaikovsky in the semifinals just to make it to the next stage. Who cared if that left me with a piece I probably wouldn't play as well in the finals of the competition? It'd be a miracle to get that far.
There wouldn't be more than seven violinists chosen for the final round, and if I were in the top seven of an international group, that was plenty good enough.
The semifinals were held on May 28 in Merkin Concert Hall. You were to play for thirty minutes: your big piece first, then the judges would ask to hear another.
There was a panel of eight judges. They had a piece of paper with my choices of the Tchaikovsky and the Prokofiev in front of them. “Which would you like to play?” they asked.
I said meekly, “Prokofiev.”
My brain and all the logic in the world had said, “Play your strong piece.” My heart said, “Go for it all. Play your weak piece now, save Tchaikovsky for the finals.”
Maybe I don't listen to logic so easily after all.
My good friend, the pianist Sandra Rivers, had been chosen as accompanist for the competition. She knew I was nervous. There had been a very short time to prepare; I was sure there'd be memory slips, that I'd blank out in the middle and the judges would throw me out. My hands were like ice.
The first eight measures of the Prokofiev don't have accompaniment. The violin starts the piece alone. So I started playing.
I got through the first movement and Sandra said later my face was as white as snow. She said I was so tense, I was beyond shaking. Just a solid brick.
It was the best I'd ever played it. No memory slips at all. Technically, musically, it was there.
I finished it thinking, “Have I sold my soul for this? Is the devil going to visit me at midnight? How come it went so well?”
I didn't know why, but often I do my best under the worst of circumstances. I don't know if it's guts or a determination not to disappoint people. Who knows what it is, but it came through for me, and I thank God for that.
As the first movement ended, the judges said, “Thank you.” Then they asked for the Carmen Fantasy.
I turned and asked Sandy for an A, to retune, and later she said the blood was just rushing back into my face.
I whispered, “Sandy, I made it. I did it.”
“Yeah,” she whispered back, kiddingly, “too bad you didn't screw up. Maybe next time.”
At that point I didn't care if I did make the finals because I had played the Prokofiev so well. I was so proud of myself for coming through.
I needed a shot in the arm; that afternoon I got evicted. While I was at Merkin, my moped had blown up. For my landlord, that was the last straw.
What good news. I was completely broke and didn't have the next month's rent anyway. The landlord wanted me out that day. I said, “Please, can I have two days. I might get into the finals, can I please go through this first?”
I talked him into it, and got back to my place in time for the phone call. “Congratulations, Nadja,”“they said. “You have made the finals.”
I had achieved the ridiculously unlikely, and I had saved my best piece. Yet part of me was sorry. I wanted it to be over already. In the three days from the preliminaries to the semifinals, I lost eight pounds. I was so tired of the pressure.
There was a fellow who advanced to the finals with me, an old, good friend since Pre-College. Competition against friends is inevitable in music, but I never saw competition push a friendship out the window so quickly. By the day of the finals, I hated him and he hated me. Pressure was that intense.
The finals were held on May 29 at Carnegie Hall and open to the public. I was the fourth violinist of the morning, then there was a lunch break, and three more violinists in the afternoon.
I played my Tchaikovsky, Saint-Sa‘ns’s Havanaise, and Ravel's Tzigane for the judges: managers, famous violinists, teachers, and critics. I went on stage at five past eleven and finished at noon. Those fifty-five minutes seemed like three days.
I was so relieved when I finished playing; I was finished! It's impossible to say how happy I was to see the dressing room. I went out for lunch with my friends. It was like coming back from the grave. We laughed and joked and watched TV.
As I returned to Carnegie Hall to hear the other violinists, I realized I'd made a big mistake: they might ask for recalls. A recall is when they can't decide between two people and they want you to play again. It's been done; it's done all the time in competitions. No way was I in shape to go onstage and play again.
In the late afternoon, the competition was over. Everybody had finished playing. Quite luckily─no recalls.
The judges deliberated for an hour. The tension in the air was unbelievable. All the violinists were sitting with their little circle of friends. I had my few friends around me, but no one was saying much now.
Finally, the Naumburg Foundation president Robert Mann came on stage.
“It's always so difficult to choose ...” he began.
“Every year we hold this competition,” Robert Mann said. “And in the past, we've awarded three prizes. This year we've elected to only have one prize, the first prize.”
My heart sank. Nothing for me. Not even Miss Congeniality.
“We have found,” Mann went on, “that second place usually brings great dismay to the artist because they feel like a loser. We don't want anyone here to feel like a loser. Every finalist will receive five hundred dollars except the winner, who will receive three thousand dollars.”
And then he repeated how difficult it was to choose, how well everyone had played ...dah, dah, dah.
I was looking down at the floor.
“The winner is ...”
And he said my name.
A friend next to me said, “Nadja, I think you won!”
I went numb. My friends pulled me up and pointed me toward the stage. It was a long walk because I had slipped into a seat in the back. Sitting up in front was my old friend. I would have to walk right past him and I was dreading it, but before I could, he got up and stopped me.
He threw his arms around me and I threw my arms around him. I kept telling him how sorry I was. I was holding him and started to cry, saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” I didn't want to lose, but I really didn't want him to lose either. And he was holding me and saying, “Don't be sorry. I'm so proud of you.” It was over, and we would be friends again.
I took my bow, then ran to Juilliard. Ten blocks uptown, one block west, to give Miss DeLay the news. She could be proud of me now, too.
Suddenly, everything was clear. Playing the violin is what I'd do with my life. Heaven handed me a prize: “You've been through a lot, kid. Here's an international competition.”
Everything had changed when I prepared for the Naumburg, and now everything changed again. I made my first recording. Between September 1981 and May 1982, I played a hundred concerts in America, made one trip to Europe, then two months of summer festivals. And people asked me back.
There was a great deal of anxiety playing in Europe for the first time. But I was able to rely on my self-confidence to pull me through.
Self-confidence onstage doesn't mean a lack of nerves backstage. The stakes had increased. This wasn't practice anymore, this was my life. I'd stare into a dressing-room mirror and say, “Nadja, people have bought tickets, hired baby-sitters, you've got to calm down; go out there and prove yourself.”
Every night I'd prove myself again. My life work had truly begun

1.
In a gesture to prepare for the competition, Nadja did all the following except _________
1. A.
  preoccupying herself in practice
2. B.
  trying to carry out her deeds secretly
3. C.
  abandoning going to school for classes
4. D.
  consuming the best food to get enough energy
2.
How many violinists does the passage mention advanced to the finals?
1. A.
  Four
2. B.
  Five
3. C.
  Six
4. D.
  Seven
3.
After Nadja finished playing at the finals, she went out for a while and when she came back to hear the other violinists she realized she had made a mistake because _________
1. A.
  she forgot that there was going to be a recall
2. B.
  she didn’t get hold of the permission to leave
3. C.
  chances were that she had to replay and she was off guard
4. D.
  there was another play she had to take part in in the afternoon

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听力(共两节，满分30分)

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下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．How much will the woman pay if she buys two pounds of tomatoes?

A．＄0.80．

B．＄2.20．

C．＄0.30．

2．How long does it take the woman to drive home when it isn’t rush hour?

A．Twenty minutes．

B．Twenty-five minutes．

C．Fifty minutes．

3．What does the man mean about Betty?

A．She doesn’t like going shopping．

B．She went shopping yesterday．

C．She prefers shopping to studying．

4．What do you know from the conversation?

A．The man had to work overtime．

B．Henry failed to meet the man．

C．The man had a traffic accident．

5．What does the woman mean?

A．She doesn’t believe the man．

B．They are not going to land．

C．She isn’t afraid．

听力原文：(Text 1)

W：I thought that your tomatoes are eighty cents a pound．

M：They used to, but the price has gone up thirty cents．

(Text 2)

M：How long does it take you to drive home when there is not much traffic?

W：Only twenty-five minutes．But if I can’t leave my office before 5∶30 p,m．, it sometimes takes me fifty minutes．

(Text 3)

W：Didn’t Betty go shopping with you yesterday?

M：Even if she hadn’t had a lot of studying, she would have preferred staying at home to going shopping．

(Text 4)

W：If the traffic wasn’t so bad, I should have been home at six o’clock．

M：What a pity!Henry was here to see you．

(Text 5)

W：What was that noise?

M：It was the pilot putting the wheels down．We must be coming to land．Are you frightened?

W：You must be joking．

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。

6．What can the woman be?

A．She is a waitress at a hotel．

B．She is the secretary of Mr Li．

C．She works at the Blackwood Hotel．

7．How could the man get in touch with Mr Green?

A．Dial 411 to find a proper phone number．

B．Dial 707．

C．Find the hotel．

8．Why did the man ask the woman to change the dollar?

A．To pay for the information．

B．To get on the bus．

C．To make the phone call．

听力原文：(Text 6)

W：Oh, excuse me, Mr．Li．I almost forget there is a phone message here for you．A Dr Green called and asked you to call him back．

M：Where is he now, do you know?

W：He’s staying at the Blackwood Hotel, Room 707．

M：Thank you very much．Do you happen to have the number of the Blackwood?

W：I’m sorry, I don’t．But you can get it from information．Just dial 411．

M：Oh, and could I trouble you for changing a dollar?

W：All right．Here is your change．By the way, the public phones are over there on your right．

M：I see．Thank you．

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

9．What does the man want to learn?

A．Computer science．

B．Skills, such as driving．

C．language．

10．How long does the course last?

A．About 20 days．

B．About 35 days．

C．About 2 months and 5 days．

11．When can he take the final exams?

A．From September 15 to 17．

B．From August 16 to 18．

C．From July 12 to 16．

听力原文：(Text 7)

M：Excuse me, Miss．

W：Yes, young man．May I help you?

M：Yes, I’d like to get some information about the summer course at the English Training Center．

W：Sure．What can I tell you?

M：Can you tell me the starting and finishing time of course, please?

W：Yes．The course begins on July 15 and runs until August 20．

M：Right, and what course will we learn?

W：Well, you have varieties of courses．You have listening and speaking courses, reading and writing．There are also classes in audio-visual training and chances to use the language laboratory as well．

M：Right, and what time will the classes be held?

W：Well, most of them are in the morning．There are only a few classes in the afternoon．

M：Right．Do you have a timetable?

W：I’m sorry．My workmate isn’t here at the moment, so I can’t get a timetable for you yet．

M：That’s OK．And when will the final exams be held?

W：At the end of the term．They begin on August 16 and run until August 18．

M：OK．Well, thank you, Miss．

听第8段材料, 回答第12～14题。

12．Who answers the telephone?

A．Tom．

B．Susan’s husband．

C．Susan．

13．When are they going to New Zealand?

A．In two weeks．

B．In a couple of months．

C．In half a year．

14．Where are they going to meet?

A．At Susan’s．

B．At Tom’s．

C．In New Zealand．

听力原文：(Text 8)

M：Hello!Can I speak to Susan, please?

W：Speaking．Is that you, Tom?

M：Yes, it is．I am going to New Zealand in two weeks, and my wife is going with me．

W：Oh, how lucky you are!How long are you going for?

M：For a couple of months, maybe half a year．My boss wants me to help set up a branch company there．Well, Susan, you have been to New Zealand several times．Can you give us some suggestions or just tell us about that country?

W：I’d love to．We can have a talk sometime．

M：Why not come over to dinner in my house this weekend．My wife wants to meet you as well．

W：All right．What about Saturday?

M：OK．See you at 6∶00 p．m．, this coming Saturday, Goodbye!

听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。

15．When does this conversation take place?

A．Just before the term begins．

B．After the first week of classes．

C．In the middle of the term．

16．Why has the woman come to see Dr．Taylor?

A．She had promised that she would．

B．She has been sick．

C．She needs his approval(赞成)for her courses．

17．What does Dr．Taylor seem most worried about?

A．She already knew the material．

B．She entered the hospital．

C．Her course load was too heavy．

听力原文：(Text 9)

W：Excuse me, Dr．Taylor．Your secretary said that I should come right in．

M：Please do, Jennie．How can I help you?

W：Would you please sign your name on my schedule card．Here, on the line above “Adviser’s Agreement．”

M：Sure．But let’s look it over together first．How many courses do you have here?

W：Six．

M：Six? That’s quite a heavy load．Any particular reason?

W：I had to drop my chemistry course last term when I went into the hospital．So, I need to take it again．

M：So, you’ve already learned a lot of the material．

W：Right．And calculus is the part of second-year requirement．

M：Let’s see, chemistry, calculus．Oh, I see, you will be in my seminar on modern American novel．

W：Yes, I’m looking forward to it, and Romantic poetry seminar．too．

M：Two seminars? That’s rather a lot．Can you manage the work?

W：I think so．The introductory economics is fairly easy, and so is the music course．

M：Well, then I’ll be happy to sign the card．However, I insist you come to see me after the first week of classes, so we can make sure this isn’t too much for you．

W：That’s a promise．

听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。

18．What’s the weather like today?

A．Cool．

B．Warm．

C．Hot．

19．What special view will the tourists get in this park?

A．Houses of all shapes and styles．

B．Birds of all colors．

C．School and teachers and the pupils．

20．What do people do here in autumn and winter?

A．Take photos．

B．Watch birds．

C．Enjoy the beauty．

听力原文：(Text 10)?

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please．Our bus will arrive at Lake Park in a few minutes．You can feel the comfortable cool air coming from the lake．This is the favorite place for tourists in the summer, especially on a hot summer afternoon like today．This lake is one of the great wonders of nature．No one knows when and how it was formed．But people began to build houses around the lake a hundred years ago, so in this park you can have a special view of houses of all shapes and styles and colors．It is like an architecture show．In late autumn and winter, this park is the best place for bird watching．School teachers like to bring children here and they just love it．Now our bus is driving around the lake．You can sit back and enjoy the beauty of everything here．The bus will take us to a good spot, where you can take the most wonderful photos you have ever taken．Here we are．Please get off and watch your step．Return to the bus in twenty minutes．Thank you!

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听力(共两节，满分30分)

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。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1．What will the woman do?

A．Stop what she is doing at once．

B．Put her book away immediately．

C．Help the man a little later．

2．What will the weather in Arizona be like in the coming week?

A．Rainy．

B．Warm．

C．A bit cold．

3．Why does the woman say so?

A．There is a mirror in the bathroom．

B．The man left his glasses in the bathroom．

C．The man is wearing his glasses．

4．When will the woman get her photos?

A．Late in the afternoon．

B．At about 2：00 p．m．

C．Early the next morning．

5．What does the woman think of the acting?

A．Excellent．

B．Just so so．

C．Very bad．

听力原文：(Text 1)

M：Can you help me put these things away?

W：In a minute．I am almost through with this chapter．

(Text 2)

W：Good morning, can I help you?

M：Yes, I’d like to know something about the weather in Arizona in the coming week．

W：Well, it will be fairly hot and there will be much rain．

M：I see．Thanks very much for your help．

(Text 3)

M：Have you seen my glasses?I can’t find them anywhere．

W：Go into the bathroom and look in the mirror．

(Text 4)

W：When will my photos be ready?

M：Well, it’s twelve o’clock now．I think they will be ready in a couple of hours．

(Text 5)

W：What do you think of the film?

M：I like it．I think it is great．

W：I like it, too．Do you like the acting?

M：Yes．It is excellent．Do you?

W：Not really．It is disappointing．

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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段对话，回答第6～7题。

6．Where is Mr．Brown?

A．He is in the Sales Department．

B．He is in a meeting room．

C．He is at home．

7．What is Mr．Peterson’s telephone number?

A．1300－621－7865．

B．1300－612－7685．

C．1360－620－7568．

听力原文：(Text 6)

W：ABC company．Can I help you?

M：Can you put me through to Mr．Brown in the Sales department?

W：I’m afraid Mr．Brown is at a meeting at the moment．

M：Can I leave a message?

W：Certainly．

M：Can you ask Mr．Brown to call me at 1300－621－7865?

W：Who is calling, please?

M：Alan Peterson．

W：OK, Mr．Peterson．Can you repeat the phone number?

M：That’s 1300－621－7865．

W：OK, I’ll ask Mr．Brown to call you as soon as the meeting is over．

M：Thanks．Bye．

听第7段对话，回答第8～10题。

8．Whom do you think the woman was angry with?

A．The man．

B．The repairman．

C．The shopkeeper．

9．Why couldn’t the woman find the repair shop?

A．She missed the right turn．

B．The man gave her the wrong directions．

C．She was a bad driver．

10．Why did the man tell her to turn to these television repairmen?

A．The shop was easy to find．

B．One of the repairmen was his friend．

C．They do good work and the price is reasonable．

听力原文：(Text 7)

M：Do you want your television repaired?

W：Yes, but not by the man you suggested．

M：Why not?The repairmen are very good and the charges are so reasonable．

W：That may be, but I couldn’t find the place．

M：But you couldn’t miss it．I told you it is at the first right after the railroad bridge．

W：I took that．I went to the end of the road．There is no such place．

M：Wait a minute．Perhaps it is the second right．Yes, I think it is．

W：I should have known, whenever someone says “You can’t miss it”, you can be sure that you won’t find it．

听第8段对话，回答第11～13题。

11．What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?

A．They are friends．

B．They are teacher and student．

C．They are mother and son．

12．What does the woman ask the man to do?

A．Look for a new apartment．

B．Find a job to earn ＄200 a month．

C．Share an apartment with one or two roommates．

13．How much does the woman want to spend on rent?

A．Less than ＄200 a month．

B．Somewhere about ＄200 a month．

C．A little more than ＄200 a month．

听力原文：(Text 8)

W：Hello, Roger?This is Ann．

M：Hi, Ann．How have you been?And how’s your new apartment working out?

W：Well, that’s what I’m calling about．You see, I’ve decided to look for a new place．

M：Oh, what’s the problem with your place now?I thought you liked the apartment．

W：I do, but it’s a little far from the campus．Do you think you could help?

M：All right．So, what kind of place is you looking for?

W：Well, I’d like to share an apartment with one or two roommates within walking distance of　school．

M：Okay, how much do you want to spend on rent?

W：Uh, somewhere under ＄200 a month．

M：Hmm．And anything else?

W：Yeah, I need a parking space．

M：Well, I know there’s an apartment nearby．I’ll drop by there on my way to class today．

W：Hey, thanks a lot．

M：No problem．

听第9段对话，回答第14～16题。

14．Why did the man want to buy the records?

A．The man wanted to buy them for his cousin．

B．The man liked popular songs．

C．The man wanted to keep the same records given by his father．

15．Who broke the man’s records?

A．The man himself．

B．The man’s father．

C．The man’s cousin．

16．How much did each record cost the man?

A．2 pounds．

B．1.5 pounds．

C．1 pound．

听力原文：(Text 9)

W：Good afternoon．

M：Good afternoon．Have you got any records of modern guitar music?

W：We’ve got a lot of them．Which ones are you looking for?

M：I’m looking for some records of Julian Bream．I saw them in your window last week．

W：Excuse me, aren’t you American?

M：No．I’m Canadian．My father gave me the same records in Canada, but I broke them．

W：What happened?

M：They were in my suitcase．I sat on my case and broke the records．My cousin told me about your shop．I came here last week and saw the records．

W：Let’s look for the records and put them on that shelf．Yes, the records are there．

M：How much are those three?

W：They are four pounds fifty pence．

听第10段独白，回答第17～20题。

17．What does the speaker like to know about a new play?

A．How much it costs．

B．Whether it is worth seeing．

C．How long it lasts．

18．Why were the speaker and his wife late for the theatre?

A．Because they missed the bus．

B．Because his wife spent too much traffic time deciding what to wear．

C．Because there was too much traffic on the way．

19．Which of the following is true according to the conversation?

A．What the newspaper said was wrong．

B．What the newspaper said was right．

C．They didn’t mind missing the first part of the play．

20．Where did they go after the play?

A．To a night club．

B．To a restaurant．

C．To their home．

听力原文：(Text 10)

　　My wife and I go to the theater whenever we can．But before we buy tickets, we like to know if the play is good or bad．When a new play opens．We usually read the newspaper to get information about it．Last week a new play opened at the theater．The newspaper story said it was very interesting so we decided to go on Saturday night．

　　My wife took a long time to make up her mind what to wear and we left our house a little late．By the time we got to the theater, the first act had already begun．We were sorry we missed part of the play, because the rest of it was very funny．The newspaper had been right．It was very good．

　　After the play was over, we met some friends we hadn’t seen for a long time．They wanted to go to a night club．It had been many years since my wife and I had gone dancing, but I finally agreed．By the time we got home, it was about two o’clock in the morning．I’m got used to staying out so late and I was extremely tired．

　　When I was younger．I didn’t have the money to go out for an evening like this．Now I can afford it．I don’t have the energy to really enjoy it．

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听力(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

1．Where is his mother now?

A．At home．

B．In the hospital．

C．At work．

2．How does the man feel about his job?

A．He enjoys it．

B．He doesn’t like it at all．

C．He wants to find a new job．

3．What does the man mean?

A．It will take him a long time to help the woman．

B．He can help her for a while．

C．It won’t take a long time for him to help her．

4．Where did the conversation most probably take place?

A．In a plane．

B．In a coffee shop．

C．In a restaurant．

5．Why couldn’t the man get through?

A．The woman’s telephone was out of order．

B．The woman’s receiver wasn’t put in the right place．

C．The receiver of the telephone was broken．

听力原文：(Text 1)

W：How is your mother feeling these days?

M：Much better，thanks．She should be coming home in a few days．The operation was a success and the doctor says she’ll recover in no time．

(Text 2)

W：You seem to have a lot of work at your office．You’re always staying late and working overtime．

M：That’s true，but I think the work is interesting and fun．I don’t mind the extra hours at all．

(Text 3)

W：Jack，can you help me with this work?

M：Sure，if it won’t take too much time．

(Text 4)

M：Miss，is there still time for a cup of coffee on this fight?

W：Yes，but you have to drink it fast，because we’ll be landing in 10 minutes．

(Text 5)

M：Is your phone out of order?

W：No．Why?

M：I tried calling you but couldn’t get through．

W：I’m sorry．Perhaps the receiver was off the hook．

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，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．Why does the woman want to buy something for her husband?

A．It’s a birthday present．

B．It’s a Christmas present．

C．His husband isn’t satisfied with the tie．

7．What did the clerk recommend(推荐)the second time?

A．A tie．

B．An electric shaver．

C．Some cosmetics(化妆品)．

8．Why did the woman ask the clerk to put a card into the present?

A．To tell her husband how much she paid for the gift．

B．To congratulate him in written words．

C．To post it．

听力原文：(Text 6)

W：Could you help me，please?I’m looking for something for my husband’s birthday next week and I just can’t seem to think of anything to buy．

M：Certainly，madam．You don’t have anything special in mind?

W：Right．I just don’t know．

M：How about a nice silk tie?We have some handsome ties that just arrived from Italy．

W：Not a tie．I gave him one for Christmas and he’s never worn it．He hates ties．

M：What about this?He can use it after he shaves himself．

W：I don’t know．My husband has never used that kind of thing every often．He might not care for that either．Can you think of any other thing?

M：I believe I have just the thing．This wallet is something any man would be proud to own．It has a very deep money pocket．

W：That does sound nice．Please wrap it．Would you put this card in with it?

M：Certainly，madam．It will take just a few minutes．

W：All right．I’ll wait．

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

9．Where are the two speakers?

A．On a bus．

B．In the shopping district．

C．At a street corner．

10．What’s the largest building to the left?

A．The bank．

B．The department store．

C．City Hall．

11．What does the man need?

A．Clothing．

B．Shoes．

C．Cigarettes．

听力原文：(Text 7)

M：There’s a lot of traffic on the street．Is this the shopping district?

W：Yes，it is．There are a lot of stores，office buildings，and theatres near here．

M：What is the largest building on the left?

W：That’s department store．It sells clothing，furniture，food－almost everything．

M：Do you buy everything in the same store?That’s very handy，isn’t it?It saves a lot of time．I need some clothes．

W：There’s a men’s clothing store next to the bank building on the right．There are also some good stores on Lincoln Street．

M：That’s a beautiful theatre on the corner．What do all the signs in front of it mean?

W：There’s a new play there tonight．The building next to the theatre is a hotel．

M：Is that the post office across the street?

W：No，that’s the City Hall．The post office is between the bus station and the Richmond Hotel．

M：Is that far from here?

W：No，it’s just three blocks straight ahead．

听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。

12．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a library．

B．In the woman’s office．

C．In a bookstore．

13．What is the woman trying to do?

A．To buy a book．

B．To borrow a book．

C．To get the writer’s name of a book．

14．What is the man going to do when the book comes in?

A．To send it to the woman’s house．

B．To write to the woman．

C．To call the woman．

听力原文：(Text 8)

W：I’ve been trying to get hold of the book for some time．

M：Well，I’m sorry we haven’t got it．．．but we can order it for you．

W：How long should it take to get it?

M：Only a few days．

W：All right．

M：Now，what was the title?

W：Never Say Never．

M：Do you happen to know the name of the author?

W：Yes，it’s Claudia Jameson．

M：Jameson．OK，now could I have your name please?

W：Yes．Anne…that’s with an “e” at the end…Parker．

M：Anne Parker．Can I have your telephone number，as well?

W：737506．

M：Thank you very much．As soon as it comes in，I’ll ring you．

W：Thank you very much．

听第9段材料，回答第15～16题。

15．What kind of man is described by the man speaker?

A．A teenager．

B．A young adult．

C．A middle-aged man．

16．What color are the man’s eyes?

A．Black．

B．Blue．

C．Brown．

听力原文：(Text 9)

W：Can you describe him?Is he tall or short?

M：Tall．Not very tall，but fairly tall．

W：Thin?Fat?

M：Well，he’s certainly not fat．He’s very fit and strong．

But he’s not thin either．

W：Can you say he’s well-built?

M：Yes，exactly．He’s well-built．About twenty-one or twenty-two years old．

W：Fair or dark hair?

M：Fair．

W：Is his hair long or short?

M：About shoulder-length．

W：What color are his eyes?

M：He has blue eyes．

W：I see．Can you tell us anything else?What’s he wearing，for example?

M：Yes，I can，actually．He’s wearing a big white sweater，white shorts and an open-necked shirt．

W：Thank you for calling．We’ll try to find him．

听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。

17．How many librarians are in charge of the library?

A．Only one．

B．A single man．

C．We both．

18．What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The duties of the librarian．

B．The rules of the library．

C．The length of the students’ borrowing books．

19．How many books can students borrow at a time?

A．Two books．

B．Three books．

C．Four books．

20．Which of the following is NOT true of the rules for good behaviour in the library?

A．The students should keep the books in good condition when they return them．

B．The students should not keep books longer than two weeks if they don’t finish them．

C．The students want to take away some books with the permission given by the librarian．

听力原文：(Text 10)?

　　We have a big well-equipped library in our school．There is a librarian in charge of it．Students of the school may borrow books from the library but they may not lend them to others without the permission of the librarian．Students may borrow three books at a time．They may keep the books for 2 weeks．If they do not return them by the end of this period，they may be refused permission to borrow any more．?

　　There are a number of rules for good behaviour in the library．Students ought to put back the books in their correct places on the shelves．They ought to leave the books carefully and keep them in good condition．Students may not talk or disturb others in the library．They ought to keep quiet when they are passing along outside the library．

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