1、 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. What does the man want to be?A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. An architect.2. How much are the stamps?A. 2.20 pounds. B. 2.30 pounds. C. 5
2、pounds.3. Why does the woman show interest in the bookstore?A. She wants to work there. B. She wants to buy a cookbook.C. She loves a man working there.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Kinds of drinks. B. An art exhibition. C. Tourist attractions.5. What does the man complain about the food
3、?A. It tastes terrible. B. It comes too late. C. It isn t what he ordered.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，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 6-7 题。6. What probably is the woman?A. An English teac
4、her. B. A designer of programmes.C. A student of business studies.7. What do the students think of the programmes?A. Theyre simple. B. Theyre serious. C. Theyre interesting.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。8. What does the man plan to do this Saturday morning?A. Get up late. B. Take a walk. C. Cut some wood.9. What
5、did the house manager say about the wolf?A. It was attracted by the food. B. It killed a lot of small animals.C. It lost its way back to the wood.10. What do we know about the woman?A. She is telling a lie to the man. B. She likes telling jokes to people.C. She may not catch what the manager said.听第
6、8材料，回答第11-13题。11. What is wrong with the man?A. He has caught a cold.B. He has some other plans.C. He has to stay in bed tomorrow.12. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Be on duty. B. Finish his job. C. Look after him.13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B.
7、 Teacher and student. C. Employer and employee.听第9材料，回答第14-16题。14. Who probably is the woman?A. A secretary. B. A UFO fan. C. A reporter.15. When did the man see the UFO?A. Last night. B. This morning. C. A few minutes ago.16. Why did the man look out of the window?A. Something was shining. B. There
8、 was a loud noise. C. His dog was barking.听第10 材料，回答第17-20 题。17. Why is the man tired?A. He has been studying hard. B. He has been tidying up his house.C. He was at work for the whole day.18. What does Marie do now?A. A student. B. A manager. C. A university professor.19. What kind of people is the
9、man looking for?A. A cleaner. B. A decorator. C. A cabinetmaker.20. What do we know about the womans friend?A. He is leaving town.B. He can be contacted by telephone.C. He will work for the man at once.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, 满分 30 分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题
10、卡上将该项涂黑。AOctober 21 was a very dark day in Texas. Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes, it caused the largest business damage in Texass history. The worst thing is Hannas destructive force nearly wiped out most power poles and power lines. According to Center Point Energy, Hurricane Hanna affe
11、cted 2.15 million customers. Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark. Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents. Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal. Schools, restaurants, retail stores and gas stations are open. Smiles are back. But harder-hit place
12、s, including Galveston, will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing, and coastal towns are a mess. Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texas. Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage. Parents are registering kids in other
13、area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13. Many school supplies were destroyed. Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston, Texas. This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying. Believe it or not, Paula Reed and her family
14、consider this hurricane a blessing. When Paula was a girl, she was an orphan, but was taken in by her stepmom, Antonia Flores. Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years. Before the hurricane, Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a
15、San Antonio shelter. There, she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed.21. Whats the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?A. Hundreds of people are still missing. B. A large number of people are homeless.C. Power facilities are sev
16、erely destroyed. D. Factories are closed and many people jobless.22. It can be inferred that the residents in Houston_.A. have fully recovered from the disasterB. were the most unlucky people in the disasterC. need a long time to bring their life back to normalD. suffered less from Hanna than people
17、 in Galveston23. Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_A. at least one month B. at least three weeksC. two weeks at most D. nearly half a month24. Paula Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because_A. they had nothing lost after Hurricane Han
18、naB. they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelterC. Paula was taken good care of in the shelterD. Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decades【答案】21.C22.D23.B24.D【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲了在德克萨斯州发生的飓风以及飓风对当地人们生活产生的影响。21.C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句 The worst thing is Hannas destructive force nearly wiped ou
19、t most power poles and power lines.可知飓风对人最大的影响是破坏了电力设施。故选 C。22.D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句 Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal可知休斯顿地区基本恢复了正常，根据第四句 But harder-hit places，including Galveston 可知 Galveston 地区的情况比休斯顿地区情况严重的多。故选 D。23.B 推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知是 10 月 21 号发生的地震，根据第二段倒数第二句可知父母将孩子送到其他学校学习，这些学校 11 月
20、13 号学习，所以学生在家的时间差不多是三个星期。故选B。24.D 细节理解题。根据最后一段描述可知由于飓风 Reed 与她的继母团聚了。故选 D。考点：考查社会现象类短文阅读BThe International Painting Contest on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island.Audrey Zhang,
21、a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.”Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked w
22、ith a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even ocean
23、s, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.”She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons.Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full
24、and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.”Along with having her artwork featured on Googles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technolog
25、y grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh.On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at
26、midnight.“I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.25. Whats the passage mainly about?A. The winner and her work in the painting contest.B. The team of artists at Google to animate drawings.C. The painting contest of Googles homepage in 2015.D. The water-cleaning machine i
27、n the painting contest.26. According to the passage, we know that_.A. Audrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedB. a water-cleaning device was made in the contestC. $50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhangs nameD. Zhangs piece was printed in all major newspapers27. The underlined word in Paragrap
28、h l probably means “_”. A. put up with B. 1ook for ward toC. breakaway from D. focus attention on【答案】25.A26.A27.D【解析】试题分析：文章主要讲了一个小女孩的作品获得了谷歌主页绘画比赛的冠军。25.A 主旨大意题。根据第二段第一句和第三段第一句 Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, 句意：Audrey Zhang ，一个
29、五年级的女孩，获得了谷歌主页绘画比赛的冠军。Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine.她的作品，以“回到大自然”为主题，描述了一个详细的水清洗机器。因此可知选 A。26.Audrey Zhang 是一个很有创造力的小女孩，根据最后一段她从不熬夜可知她是一个很自律的人。故选A。27.D 词义猜测题。根据第一段中的 but it spotlightings a very serious issue 但是它焦点集中在一个非常严肃的问题上。故选 D。考点：考查社会现象类短
30、文阅读CThe worlds richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网), the Microsoft founder said that he
31、wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese.He said: “I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of theseprobably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didnt keep it up.”Gates, who is worth $79.
32、3 billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese. “Mark Zuckerberg amazingly leamed Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese studentsunbelievable, isnt it?” he saidThis isnt the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He
33、 also showed his habits at home and personal insights.Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himselfto his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片). He also admitted t
34、hat he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street.As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)when he pl
35、ays tennis.When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. “Dont stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam still working on this problem,” he said.28. Which of t
36、he following can be the best title for the passage?A. An Interview with Bill Gates B. How Bill Gates SucceededC. Bill Gates Regret D. The Richest Billionaire29. The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_.A. it is important to lay a good foundation of lifeB. food and clothing are basi
37、c needs for peoples lifeC. he doesnt spend much money on food and clothesD. he never cares about buying food and clothing30. What advice did Bill Gates give?A. Avoid staying up too late. B. Be a good language learner.C. Do the dishes yourself at home. D. Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.31. Whi
38、ch of the following is true according to the passage?A. Bill Gates is also the founder of FacebookB. Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.C. Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1.D. Bill Gates wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.【答案】28.C29.C30.A31.C【解析】试题分析：本文讲述的是
39、世界最有钱的人似乎拥有了一切，但比尔盖茨有一个遗憾。他说他为不知道外语而感觉愚蠢。28.C 主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句 The worlds richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. 世界最有钱的人似乎拥有了一切，但比尔盖茨有一个遗憾。故选 C。29.C 词义猜测题。根据第八段中的 he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in s
40、hoes and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennis.当谈到在衣服和食物上所花费的时候他说他是相当基础，但是当他打网球的时候他喜欢在鞋和球拍上投资。因此可知他在食物和衣服上花费的不多，故选 C。30.A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句 Dont stay up too late even if the book is really exciting.不要熬夜太晚，即使书真的很令人兴奋。故选 A。31.C 推理判断题。根据第三段中 I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it help
41、s my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of theseprobably French because it is the easiest.我在高中学拉丁文和希腊文，并且得 A。我猜它帮助了我的词汇量。我坚持不断地希望得到时间去学习这些之一-很可能是法语，因为它是最容易的。因此可知选 C。考点：考查人物传记类阅读DWeve been covering standing desks for a long time now because experts agree that sitting all day is killin
42、g us. We want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthy. Over the years, there have been several solutions to this from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones, portable desks to ones that change into shelves.However, the most high tech and elegant solution has to be this new smart desk
43、 called The Stir Kinetic Desk. The desk learns your daily behaviors and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep you moving without interrupting your work flow.You can program specific sitting and standing intervals or let the desk set the schedule. If you ten
44、d to sit while returning emails in the morning, but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call, the desk will learn those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit them. Of course, the desk can always be manually lowered or raised by using the touch screen on the lower left comer
45、 of the desk.When switching positions, the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming up. If youre not ready to switch positions at that time, you can tap the touchscreen to stay sitting or standing for a while longer.The built-in touchscreen also keeps track of your daily si
46、tting and standing times and tells you how many calories youve burned. You can even set goals for how long or often you want to stand. The desk also works with fitness devices like the FitBit to track your movements.All of that smart tech doesnt come cheap though. The M1 desk, which is the everyday
47、model, runs a steep $2,990, while the more executive model with added features, the F1, goes for$4,190.While expensive, its worth thinking of how much time we spend at our desks. Much like a good mattress(床垫), a good desk that works with you is worth the investment. Hopefully in a few years these sm
48、art, integrated desks will be more common and less expensive.32. The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed to_.A. help users with their work B. keep users moving all the timeC. get users to exercise while working D. remind users of their working schedule33. Which is the feature of the touchscreen of t
49、he desk?A. It can tell users when to change positions. B. It can track users changes of positions.C. It can keep users in a fixed position. D. It can detect users health condition.34. Which of the following can best describe the desk?A. Productive but challenging. B. Convenient but unaffordable.C. Complex and impractical. D. Multi-functional and intelligent.35. What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?A. To spend money on such a desk is rewardi
