1、 保密启用前 试卷类型：试题 1 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间为 120 分钟。第卷注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。2. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它选项。答案答在试卷上无效。第一部分：听力理解（共两节，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
2、有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What time is it now?A. 7:25 B. 7:35 C. 7:452. What did the woman think of the game?A. Fantastic. B. Boring. C. Not bad.3. Whats probably wrong with the woman?A. She has a stomachache. B. Her leg is broken. C. She has a fever.4. How did the woman get back?A. Someone picked her
3、 up. B. She drove her car home. C. She rode her bike home.5. What does the woman look like?A. Short, wearing glasses. B. Tall, wearing no glasses. C. Short, wearing no glasses.第二节（共 15 小题）听下面 5 段对话或独白。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 7 题。6. What do the
4、speakers think is flying in the sky?A. A plane. B. A UFO. C. A rocket.7. What will they do later?A. Take photos. B. Call the police. C. Board the flying object. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What happened to the man?A. His car hit a dog on the road. B. He was knocked down by a car.C. His car was hit by an
5、other one.9. How did it happen?A. The driver was drunk. B. The driver was trying to avoid the dog.C. The driver didnt see the red light.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What time did the woman get to the party?A. 6:30 B. 7:30 C. 8:3011. What did the woman do when she met Daisys mom?A. She kissed her. B. S
6、he hugged her. C. She shook her hand.12. Why did the woman think the party went terribly?A. She failed to follow the local customs. B. The people there didnt wear the proper clothes.C. The food and activities were disappointing.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. When would the man prefer to fly?A. Nov 11 B.
7、 Nov 12 C. Nov 1314. Why is the man going to Los Angeles?A. To go on vacation. B. To visit a friend. C. To attend a meeting.15. How much does the man pay for his ticket?A. $170 B. $300 C. $47016. Whats the mans phone number?A. 52338655 B. 52558633 C. 53328655听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Why is a bicy
8、cle sometimes better than a car in town?A. It is good for outings. B. It saves a lot of money.C. It is often faster than a car and easy to park.18. What happened one day while the speaker was shopping?A. Her bicycle went missing. B. Her daughter went missing.C. One of her bicycles wheels went missin
9、g.19. What does the speakers husband think of the bicycle?A. It is dangerous. B. It is better than a car. C. It is sometimes useful.20. What can we learn from what the speaker says?A. Riding saves her a lot of money. B. Riding does her a lot of good.C. Cycling is her favorite sport.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分
10、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。A难度： 话题：Society 建议时间：7 分钟 文章词数：365 The largest number of unsheltered homeless in the United States stay in a 54-block area in downtown Los Angeles. In this area, nicknamed “Skid Row”, culinary (烹饪的) prospects are low, and hopes c
11、an be even lower.However, one operation and one woman in particular is trying to make a change for the better.Delilah Cannon, 23, is the senior chef at Union Rescue Mission (URM), a Los Angeles nonprofit that prepares more than 2,000 meals a day for homeless people. Before joining URM to direct and
12、oversee (监管) the preparation of these mass meals, Cannon worked as a caterer (烹调师) for the Grammy Awards and Universal Studios, definitely worlds away from the Rescue Mission.“I got kind of bored working at Universal Catering,” Cannon says in the short documentary video produced by BuzzFeed, adding,
13、 “It was a point in my life where I think I needed a deeper meaning.”That deeper meaning came in the form of the Mission, who reached out and asked if she might be interested in taking over their kitchen. She was.“Id never been to Skid Row, so when I first came down here it was a little bit shocking
14、,” Cannon says in the video. However, she quickly took to the position, adding, “I love working here. I love my job. I look forward every day to coming to work.”Cannon, who oversees a team of volunteers, manages a menu which offers a variety of selections for each night of the week. On Tuesday, its
15、taco night meaning steak tacos, rice, beans, and salad. And dont forget the ice cream for dessert.Still, working in an area in such horrible need is challenging, and Cannon says, “Coming around here, its heartbreaking.”What raises her spirits, however, are the people she gets to serve every day. “Th
16、eyre like family. Theyre like my nieces, my nephews, my sisters, my brothers,” she says.For that reason, Cannon takes great pride in her job and the mission of the URM.In her own words, “Hopefully when they come and eat, theyll be happy and forget about where they are. Because thats my main goal, to
17、 get them to forget and think theyre at a five-star restaurant.”21. The underlined words “Skid Row” in the first paragraph probably refer to _.A. the name of a nonprofit culinary companyB. a city block frequented by homeless peopleC. a city block area with a lot of restaurants and shops in itD. the
18、name of a restaurant operated by Union Rescue Mission22. Before joining Union Rescue Mission, Cannon _.A. had been a producer at BuzzFeed in Los AngelesB. had been a star trying to win Grammy awardsC. had served as a caterer at Universal CateringD. had run a famous restaurant in Washington D.C.23. W
19、hat did Cannon mean by saying she “needed a deeper meaning” in the fourth paragraph?A. She found working at Union Rescue Mission quite difficult.B. She thought she had to make a change and do something more significant.C. She had to improve her culinary skills constantly in order to take over a kitc
20、hen.D. She considered it a great challenge for her to work at Universal Catering. 24. What does Canon think of her job in Union Rescue Mission?A. It took her a long time to get accustomed to the new position.B. She felt a little bit shocked and heartbroken to work there and hated the job.C. She felt
21、 inspired when she recognized that her family were among the people she served.D. She was proud of her job and wanted to make the people she served happy.B难度： 话题：Art trend 建议时间：8 分钟 文章词数： 405 The year 2114 will be an eventful one for art. In May of that year in Berlin, the philosopher-artist Jonatho
22、n Keats “century cameras” cameras with a 100-year-long exposure time will be retrieved from hiding places around the city to have their results developed and exhibited. Six months after that, the Future Library in Oslo, Norway, will open its doors for the first time, presenting 100 books printed on
23、the wood of trees planted in the distant past of 2014.As Katie Paterson, the creator of the Future Library, puts it: “Future Library is an artwork for future generations.” These projects, more than a century in the making, are part of a new wave of “slow art” intended to push viewers and participant
24、s to think beyond their own lifetimes. They aim to challenge todays short-term thinking and the brief attention spans of modern consumers, forcing people into considering works more deliberately. In their way, too, they are fighting against modern culture not just regarding money, but also the way i
25、n which artistic worth is measured by attention.In a similar fashion, every April on Slow Art Day, visitors are encouraged to stare at five works of art for 10 minutes at a time a tough ask for the average museum visitor, who typically spends less than 30 seconds on each piece of art.Like the Future
26、 Library, the century cameras are very much a project for cities, since its in cities that time runs fastest and the pace of life is fastest. “Since I started living in a city, Ive somehow been quite disconnected,” Anne Beate Hovind, the Future Library project manager, who described how working on t
27、he library drew her back to the pace of life she knew when she was growing up on a farm in her youth, told The Atlantic magazine.Works like Future Library and the century cameras raise all sorts of questions. Will any of the cameras survive? Will any of the Future Library works be any good? What wil
28、l future generations make of century art, and will they see it as the gift that its intended to be? More specifically, for those of us struggling with “a crisis of attention”, the question seems to be: How can we adopt this attitude now, in everyday life? When we struggle to look up from our mobile
29、phones, how can we look beyond the present moment and think broadly and generously across time?25. What will happen in May 2114 in Berlin according to the article?A. A camera produced 100 years ago will be exhibited.B. The Future Library will open its doors for the first time.C. Photos with a 100-ye
30、ar exposure time will be developed and exhibited.D. Books printed on the wood of trees planted in 2014 will be displayed in the city.26. What does the underlined word “retrieved” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. brought back B. put away C. replaced D. repaired27. We can learn from the article that th
31、e wave of slow art _.A. started in the late 20th century in GermanyB. is pushing people to spend more money on works of artC. aims to promote modern cultureD. encourages people to pay more attention to works of art28. What can be concluded from the article?A. People living in urban areas are likely
32、to feel more connected to the outside world.B. Katie Paterson is very optimistic about the survival of the century cameras.C. Anne Beate Hovind believes the Future Library will be a perfect solution to the current crisis of people paying attention.D. There remain a lot of doubts about works like the
33、 Future Library and the century cameras.C难度： 话题：Space technology 建议时间：7 分钟 文章词数：370 NASAs New Horizons performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto (冥王星) on Tuesday, about 12,472 kilometers above the surface, making the closest approach to the dwarf planet (矮行星) at 7:49 am EDT (美国东区时间).“Hello Pluto! Were
34、 at closest approach. Congrats to all!” said the mission team on New Horizons Twitter account.To celebrate, US space agency NASA unveiled a “love note” from Pluto, showing a reddish world with a heart-shaped feature on its face, which is the last and most detailed image of the dwarf planet sent to E
35、arth before the moment of closest approach.At a press briefing after the encounter, the missions principal investigator Alan Stern revealed some first science results from the New Horizons Pluto flyby.The spacecraft currently is in data-gathering mode and not in contact with flight controllers at th
36、e Johns Hopkins University Applied Physical Laboratory, NASA said in a statement.Scientists are waiting to find out whether New Horizons “phones home”, transmitting (传送) to Earth a series of status updates that indicate the spacecraft survived the flyby and is in good health.“We will breathe the fin
37、al sigh of relief at 9 pm and that is when we can call it a successful flyby,” said Stern.A small batch of images is expected to be released later. After a voyage of nine and half years, the probe (探测器) is more than 4.77 billion kilometers away, where radio signals, even traveling at light speed, ne
38、ed 4.5 hours to reach Earth. Round trip communication between the spacecraft and its operators requires about nine hours.Its the first mission to Pluto and its five moons. After Tuesdays encounter, all nine of the solar systems originally recognized planets have now been visited by a spacecraft. Plu
39、to is now the most distant object ever visited by humanity.The unmanned, piano-sized probe, which was launched in 2006, has traveled more than 5.2 billion kilometers to reach Pluto. But the probe wont orbit nor land on Pluto. Instead, it will keep flying, heading its journey deeper into the Kuiper B
40、elt, a region that scientists think is filled with hundreds of small, icy objects. Scientists believe that Kuiper Belt objects, such as Pluto, preserve evidence about the early formation of the solar system.29. Which adjectives best describe the tone of the Twitter post mentioned in Paragraph 2?A. T
41、hrilled and proud. B. Calm and friendly.C. Amused and hopeful. D. Concerned and serious.30. According to the article, NASAs New Horizons _.A. began its long journey about a decade agoB. always keeps in contact with flight controllersC. remains in good condition after its successful flyby of PlutoD.
42、has transmitted a lot of extra data about Pluto to Earth besides its images31. What have we found out about Pluto so far?A. It is the most distant planet in space as far as we know.B. It is a dwarf planet in the solar system, five times the size of the moon.C. Even traveling at light speed, we would
43、 need at least 9 hours to get there.D. It may help solve the mystery of the early formation of the solar system.32. After visiting Pluto, New Horizons will _.A. come back to Earth B. find a way to land on itC. orbit the nearest planet it can reach D. explore deeper into the Kuiper BeltD难度： 话题：Cultur
44、e 建议时间：6 分钟 文章词数：295 The “melting pot” in American cuisine is a myth, not terribly unlike the idea of a melting pot of American culture, notes chef Dan Barber. “Most cultures dont think about their cuisine in such monolithic (统一的) terms,” he says. “French, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian cuisines each
45、 consist of dozens of distinct regional foods. And I think American cuisine is moving in the same direction, becoming more localized, not globalized.”American cuisine is shaped by the natural wealth of the country. Having never faced agricultural hardship, Americans dont have to rely on rotating cro
46、ps (轮作谷物), such as the Japanese, whose food culture now showcases buckwheat (荞麦) alongside rice, or the Indians, or the French and Italians, who feature beans alongside wheat. “That kind of negotiation with the land forced people to incorporate (接受) those crops in to the culture,” says Barber. And s
47、o eating soba noodles (荞麦面) becomes part of what it means to be Japanese, and eating beans becomes part of what it means to be French.So if what we eat is what we are, what are Americans? Well, meat. “If Americans have any unifying (统一的) food identity, I would say we are a mostly white meat culture,
48、” says Barber. “The protein-centric dinner plate, whether youre talking about a boneless chicken breast, or a 16-ounce steak, as an everyday expectation is something that America really created, and now exports to the rest of the world.”Every single culture and religion uses food as part of their celebrations, says Ellen Gustafson, co-founder of the FEED Project and The 30 Project, which aims to deal with both hunger and overweight issues globally. “The celebratory nat
