第I卷

第一部分听力（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，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。

1. Why doesn’t the woman like to have red wine?

A. Because she doesn't like its taste.

B. Because she prefers beer.

C. Because she is afraid of getting drunk.

2. What is the man going to buy?

A. Food.

B. Drinks

C. Flowers.

3. What are the two speakers doing?

A. Looking for some suitcases.

B. Booking tickets for a journey.

C. Checking the w oman’s baggage.

4. Why would the woman rather stay at the hotel?

A. It costs less money.

B. It saves much labor.

C. It feels more comfortable.

5. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A painting.

B. A country scene.

C. A kind of drink.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，共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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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至8题。

6. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Classmates.

B. Neighbors

C. Strangers.

7. What can’t the man wait to do?

A. Go shopping with his wife.

B. Look after his children.

C. Work in his garden.

8. When does this conversation most probably take place?

A. On Wednesday

B. On Friday.

C. On Saturday. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What is the man trying to return to the store?

A. A dress.

B. A shirt.

C. A sweater.

10. Why does the man want to return the item?

A. It is the wrong size.

B. It has a hole.

C. It gets smaller and fades.

11. What does the woman offer to do for the man?

A. Return his money.

B. Exchange the item

C. Give him store credit.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

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

A. Teacher and student.

B. Mother and son

C. Classmates.

13. Why didn’t the man come to the class la st night?

A. He came back late and his friend was tired.

B. He had given it up.

C. He had been writing reports all day long.

14. What can we know about the man?

A. He is interested in learning foreign languages.

B. He can communicate with his friends in English.

C. He had studied the language before he came.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Why does the man feel bad?

A. He is out of work.

B. He isn't used to the life there.

C. He has nobody else to talk to.

16. In what way is the woman speaking to the man?

A. Disappointing

B. Exciting

C. Encouraging.

17. According to the dialogue what is their last decision?

A. To look for a job together.

B. To have a visit.

C. To move to the island.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. How many world’s flags contain red?

A. 70%.

B. 80%.

C. 85%

19. Why do people dislike black?

A. It means danger.

B. It makes people not noticed.

C. It makes people feel afraid.

20. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Different colors have different meanings.

B. Yellow is a very relaxing color and blue is a very calm color.

C. People who wear gray want to cover themselves to all

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy. My history teacher—Mr. Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty in his class. By the end of the first semester, I’d had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge on him.

The opportunity arose one morning when Mr. Oven was called to the office for a certain reason. While Mr. Oven left, my company Billy and I took Mr. Oven’s lunch bag from under his desk. I opened his sandwich and placed a worm in between the two slices of bread. We put it back and closed it. To keep it in memory, Billy took photos of the whole process. We laughed for weeks over this.

Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break. Billy’s mother found the pictures in his room, and demanded that he should tell her where these pictures were from. Billy told his mother the whole story, and Mr. Oven was informed. Not only was I punished from school for two weeks, but also I was kicked off the football and basketball team. Before I could return to school, I had to turn in a 1000-word essay on what I did and why I did that. I really felt embarrassed every time I saw Mr. Oven in the hallway for the rest of the school year. I felt a little regret that Mr. Oven left our school the next year.

21. How can you imagine Mr. Oven would act when he had his lunch?

A. He would be glad to eat his delicious sandwich with the worm.

B. He would eat it as usual when he had his sandwich.

C. He would cry out, shocked that the worm lay in his sandwich.

D. He would be very hungry when he found the worm in his sandwich.

22. The underlined sentence “Well,it all went south during Thanksgiving break.” in Paragraph 3 probably means .

A. Billy and I went south during Thanksgiving break.

B. All the students left on Thanksgiving break.

C. It was not until Thanksgiving break ended that the secret was let out.

D. All the students went south on Thanksgiving break.

23. Which one was NOT true according to the article?

A. He was kicked off the football and basketball team.

B. He had to eat the sandwich he had made for Mr. Oven.

C. He had to be punished to leave school for two weeks.

D. He had a write a 1000-word essay to admit his mistaken.

B

In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.

From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad beca use those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often; we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.

Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning（按喇叭）or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving.

I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.

No more angry shouts and no more horns!

When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

Sometimes situations call for is to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are and far between. More often, it would be b etter if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.

24. The author feels sad sometimes because .

A. he has a soft heart

B. he relies much on others

C. some people pretend to be kind

D. some people fail to see the kindness in others

25. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?

A. They speed up to pass.

B. They waited with patience.

C. They tried their best to help.

D. They put on their flashlights too.

26. In this passage, the author advises us to .

A. handle problems by ourselves

B. accept help from others

C. admit our weakness

D. show our bravery

27. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Wheelchair Experience.

B. Weakness and Kindness.

C. Weakness and Strength

D. A Driving Experience

C

Who are these people rushing by you in the street? More than 215 million people now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “American” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more often a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the general American society only in certain areas of their lives—such as in schools, business, and sports—but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. This living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great

freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.

28. More than 215 million people call America “home” because .

A. they buy their houses there

B. they settle there now

C. they get married there

D. they were born there

29. “Side-by-side” living style means .

A. making friends with native people

B. keeping their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areas

C. the groups of people who live nearby

D. that they get closer to American society

30. According to the passage, people in the USA .

A. share American customs and culture

B. live in a kind of “side-by-side” society

C. keep their own customs and habits firmly

D. make no choice to accept American customs

31. Which title of the following can BEST take the place of “Different Cultures in America”?

A. Advantages and Disadvantages

B. Different Customs and Habits

C. Home for the People

D. “Side-by-side” Living Style in America

D

In the hit film The bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up a “bucket l ist”（遗愿清单）------a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So let’s pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.

THE PYRAMIDS,GIZA, EGYPT

On to the pyramids, surely on anyone’s bucket list. Exotik Tours can take you there on a variety of trips, including their popular Egypt Express which includes three nights in Cairo and a three-night Nile Cruise（乘船游览）. From $1,384, including four-and five-star accommodation, 12 meals and a ton of sightseeing.

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TAJ MAHAL, AGRA, INDIA

One of the world’s most fascinating images, India’s Taj Mahal makes even Nicholson and Freeman look calm. Toronto’s Goway Travel has many suggestions for India, including a three-day independent visit to Agra. Stay at the attractive Oberoi Amar Vilas overlooking the Taj. Include two breakfasts, touring and airport transfer from $1,420.

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THE GREAT WALL, CHINA

If the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, check into Tour East Holiday’s four-day Amazing Beijing Tour for $580 per person, four-star accommodation, sightseeing including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, breakfasts and two lunches, transportation and guide.

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THE HIMALAYAS, NEPAL

And on to the Himalayas. Talk about something truly majestic（壮丽的）. See the top of the world on GAP Adventures’ Everest Adventure tour, a 15-day exploration including Everest Base Camp, teahouse lodge stays, and walking through Sherpa villages. Incredibly affordable at just $665 plus local payment of $250. GAP Adventures warns that this is a physically demanding trip.

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32. The underlined phrase “kick the bucket” in Paragraph 1 means .

A. come to life

B. play a game

C. pass away

D. list interesting places

33. According to the passage, where can you enjoy a view of the whole Taj Mahal?