题目内容
There is ______ what the weather will be like.
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解析
听力(共两节，满分30分)
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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
W：It’s ten to four．In another half an hour, we’ll be home．
M：I’m glad we’ll be home soon．
1．When will they be home?
A．At 4∶10．
B．At 4∶20．
C．At 4∶40．
M：Good morning．I’m here to see Mr Smith．
W：Mr Smith went to Washington last Monday for a meeting and he will be back on Thursday night．If you like, you may come again on Friday morning．
2．When will Mr Smith return?
A．On Thursday night．
B．On Friday morning．
C．On Monday night．
M：Could you please tell me where I can find tennis shoes?
W：Yes．You can get them in the sportswear department on the right side of the store．
3．What does the man want to do?
A．To find his lost shoes where he played tennis．
B．To change the tennis shoes in the sportswear department．
C．To buy himself a pair of tennis shoes．
M：Press eleven, please．(Pause．)Thank you．
W：You’re welcome．That’s where I’m going, too．
4．Where did this conversation most probably take place?
A．In a lift．
B．In a library．
C．In a computer room．
W：I’m such a terrible typist that I can never finish this report．
M：Would you like me to take over for a while?
5．What does the man offer to do?
A．Type the report for her．
B．Repair the typewriter．
C．Find her a typist．
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。
M：What can I do for you?
W：I want a skirt．Would you show me some?
M：What do you think of this expensive one?
W：I am sorry but I am afraid I don’t like it．
M：How about that one?
W：Good! How much does it cost?
M：65 dollars．
W：Only 65 dollars! That’s very cheap．
M：How many do you want?
W：I’ll take two．
6．What did the woman want to buy?
A．A cheap skirt．
B．An expensive skirt．
C．A secondhand skirt．
7．How much did the woman pay for what she bought?
A．＄65．
B．＄56．
C．＄130．
8．What are the two speakers’ relationship?
A．Husband and wife．
B．Salesman and customer．
C．Boss and secretary．
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
W：Good morning, sir．I’m Susan Smith．I saw your job advertisement in the newspaper．It seemed very interesting．I’d like to know if the position is still open．
M：Yes, we need a secretary．Did you study shorthand?
W：Yes, I studied at a secretarial college several years ago．
M：What did you do after that?
W：I got a job at the ABC company．
M：What did you do there?
W：I was a receptionist．I answered phone calls, greeted visitors, and did some typing．
M：How long did you work there?
W：A little more than 2 years．And I liked working there．
M：Why did you leave, then?
W：There wasn’t any chance for advancement．
M：I see．Well, Miss Smith, I think we’ve covered about everything．We’ll let you know our decision by letter within a week．
W：Thank you and good-bye．
9．What job does the woman want to take?
A．She wants to work as a secretary．
B．She wants to work as a receptionist．
C．She wants to work as a typist．
10．How long did she work at the ABC company?
A．Over 2 years．
B．No more than 2 years．
C．Several years．
11．Why did she leave ABC company?
A．She didn’t like working there．
B．There wasn’t any chance for advancement．
C．The company fired her．
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
W：Travel International, can I help you?
M：Yes, can you tell me the times of flights to Munich on the evening of the fifteenth, please?
W：One minute, sir．There’s one at 4：45, again at seven o’clock．
M：Could you book me one on the 4：45 flight?
W：Single or return, sir?
M：Single, please．
W：What’s your telephone number?
M：101-23544978．
W：We’ll make the booking for you, and phone you back to make sure．
M：Thank you very much, good-bye．
W：Good-bye, sir, and thank you．
12．How many flights to Munich are there on the evening of the fifteenth?
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Three．
13．Which flight does the man want to take?
A．4∶45．
B．5∶45．
C．7∶00．
14．What does the woman promise him to do?
A．Phone to tell him about the booking．
B．Send him the ticket he has booked．
C．Pick him up and take him to the airport．
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
W：Can I help you, sir?
M：I come to see what kind of insurance there is?
W：Welcome! Insurance is quite good．Pay a little money each year and you will be paid the costs if anything bad happens to you．OK．Now let me tell you what we have．We offer insurance against fire, accident fire, accidents and damage for houses, cars and so on．
M：But I’m interested in your medical insurance．
W：That’s included, too．You can have anything insured with us．
M：I’d like to know more about your medical insurance．
W：OK．How many persons do you want to cover the insurance?
M：Just myself．
W：Well, you pay only 350 dollars for the whole year．How does that sound?
M：It sounds good, but how is it going to work?
W：We pay 80 percent of the medical expenses for you．Here are some papers with explanations on payments．
M：Thanks．
15．Why does the man come to see the woman?
A．Because he is badly ill and wants to have medical insurance．
B．Because he wants to see who will pay his medical expenses．
C．Because he wants to know something about insurance, especially medical insurance．
16．How much should the man pay for the whole year if he wants to have the medical insurance for himself?
A．＄350．
B．＄250．
C．＄280．
17．How much should the insurance company pay if his medical expense is ＄800?
A．＄160．
B．＄640．
C．＄800．
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
Parents, teachers, and fellow students,
This is the day of our graduation．Today marks the end of our studies and the beginning of a new life for all of us．We are supposed to feel happy on a day such as this, and we are supposed to be full of hope for the future．
We all do feel these things, but we feel much more, too．There is a great feeling of sadness among us today as we realize that this is the last time that we will all be together as members of this school．
However, the thing we feel most, I think, is our feeling of thanks．We have some idea of what you, our parents, have done for us, and we have some idea of all the efforts that you, our teachers, have made for us．No words can express how thankful we are to you on this day．
We will always remember this day and we will always remember you．Thank you from the bottom of our hearts．
18．What was the speaker?
A．A student who was about to graduate．
B．A student who graduated years ago．
C．A student who had just entered the school．
19．What made the speaker feel sad as well?
A．To have no chance to learn．
B．To begin a new life．
C．To be separated from each other．
20．What was the main purpose of the speech?
A．To say good-bye to their school．
B．To thank their parents and teachers．
C．To encourage all the schoolmates．
This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life．
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling．The author, W．H．Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing．In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself．The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees．Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text．I’ve seen it again and again: someone who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all．
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history．He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻地) and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion(激情) regarding history．Well, he was a history teacher — if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across．To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts．As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind．Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics．
My other comment is that the text aged．The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s — none of the references(参考文献)seem newer than the late 1950s．As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age．
These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion．I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student．
According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________．
A．gain knowledge and expand one’s view
B．understand the meaning between the lines
C．express ideas based on what one has read
D．get information and keep it alive in memory
The author of the passage insists that learning the arts_________．
A．requires great efforts B．demands real passion
C．is less natural than learning maths D．is as natural as learning a language
What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?
A．Some ideas are slightly contradictory．
B．There is too much discussion on studying science．
C．The style is too serious．
D．It lacks new information．
This passage can be classified as________．
A．an advertisement B．a book review
C．a feature story D．a news report
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。
W: Hello, Jack. You're getting ready for tomorrow's school, aren't you?
M: Yes, I'm a bit nervous. 1._
W: I understand how you're feeling. You'll make a lot of friends very soon.
M: Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. 2.
W: At 8 o'clock. 3._
M: Say it, please.
W: Before class we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
M: That's to say, we must get to school at 7:25. Five minutes later we'd hand in homework. Right?
W: Right. 4._
M: Well, I hear that lunch time is nearly 12 o'clock and I'll be starving by then.
W: Don't worry. 5.
M: That's great.
A. So I suggest you get up before 7:00.
B. By the way, what time does the first class begin?
C. How long will it take us to finish our homework?
D. But there is some other suggested time you should remember.
E. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat.
F. I have no idea what'll happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates.
G. I really don't know what to do after class.
William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Price in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would who probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet Auden wrote, among others, the following liners:
Earth, receive an honored guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
Emptied of its poetry.
1. Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?
A. It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter.
B. It was shocked by Yeats’s choice.
C. It was a typically wealthy family.
D. It had an artistic atmosphere.
2. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats’s life?
A. Yeats founded the first Irish theater.
B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.
C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.
D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.
3.What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden’s lines?
A. Envy. B. Sympathy.
C. Emptiness. D. Admiration.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Yeats’ literary achievements.
B. Yeats’ historical influence.
C. Yeats’ artistic ambition.
D. Yeats’ national honor.
There is_______ “W”in the word“woman”,and _______“M”is the third letter of the word.
A. a;an B. an;/ C. an;the D. a;the
