1、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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.18.C. 9.15.答案是C。1. What are the speakers talking about?A. Having a birthday party.B. Doing some exercise.C. Getting Lydia a g
2、ift.2. What is the woman going to do?A. Help the man.B. Take a bus.C. Get a camera.3. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Tell Kate to stop.B. Call Kates friends.C. Stay away from Kate.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a wine shop.B. In a supermarket.C. In a restaurant.5
3、. What does the woman mean?A. Keep the window closed.B. Go out for fresh air.C. Turn on the fan.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至7题。6. What is the man going to do this summer?A.
4、 Teach a course.B. Repair his house.C. Work at a hotel.7. How will the man use the money?A. To hire a gardener.B. To buy books.C. To pay for a boat trip.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Schoolmates.B. Colleagues.C. Roommates.9. What does Frank plan to do ri
5、ght after graduation?A. Work as a programmer.B. Travel around the world.C. Start his own business.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman make the call?A. To book a hotel room.B. To ask about the room service.C. To make changes to a reservation.11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel? A. On Sept
6、ember 15.B. On September 16.C. On September 23.12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night?A. $ 179.B. $ 199.C. $ 219.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the womans plan for Saturday?A. Going shopping.B. Going camping.C. Going boating.14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick?A. In a country inn.
7、B. In a five-star hotel.C. In her aunts home.15. What will Gordon do over the weekend?A. Visit his friends.B. Watch DVDs.C. Join the woman.16. What does the woman think of Gordons coming weekend?A. Relaxed.B. Boring.C. Busy.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is Wang Ming?A. A student.B. An employer.C. An eng
8、ineer.18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this year?A. Its unpredictable.B. Its quite stable.C. Its not optimistic.19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now?A. 20%.B. 22%.C. 50%.20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job?A. They need
9、 more work experience.B. The salary is usually good.C. Their choice is limited.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ANowadays science has made great progress in every aspect and more and more really good inventions have changed our daily lives. How
10、ever, the U.S. Patent Office has issued over 7.5 million patents (专利), and not all of them are quite so celebrated. Some good, some bad, and some crazy! The following lists some of the most unusual ideas that have come along.Snake Leash (皮带)In 2002, a patent was issued for a snake-walking leash. The
11、re are at least two major problems with this idea. 1) Dog leashes fit securely between the head and shoulders. A snake does not have shoulders; so it might slither (蜿蜒滑行) away. 2) Dogs are OK for public places because they are social animals, and people like them. Snakes are not OK for public places
12、 because they are not social, and some people are terrified of them.Stadium HelmetAmericans are known for their love of sports. Unfortunately, good tickets to games are expensive, so some fans have to sit in the backward sections. This invention, patented in 2000, is designed for these fans. Featuri
13、ng a built-in radio, binoculars (望远镜), a cooling fan, and a helmet for falling litter, this design transforms the stadium experience.Bacon Alarm ClockWhen you think about it, waking to the dreadful, blaring noise of an alarm clock is a terrible way to start the day. However, this clock could change
14、that. You simply put a piece of frozen bacon in the alarm clock, set the alarm, and go to sleep. The clock gently wakes you up with the mouth watering smell of bacon the next morning, just like waking up on a Sunday morning to the smell of mom cooking breakfast. Who said theres no time to eat breakf
15、ast?Toilet LockIn 1969, a patent was issued for a really bad idea the toilet seat lock. First of all, fishing for your keys when you have to go seems very unpleasant. Then there is the possibility of losing the key altogether. What about guests? Just think that you would have to ask permission for t
16、he bathroom. Of course, there is the ultimate question: Why would you lock it in the first place?21. Snake Leash was designed to .A. take a snake for a walkB. keep off a snakeC. catch a snakeD. keep dogs and snakes together22. What can be inferred about the backward sections?A. They are close to the
17、 center of a stadium.B. They are for fans who have poor eyesight.C. They are for fans who cant afford to buy good tickets.D. They are in the center of a stadium.23. Which of the following inventions can help to save your time?A. Toilet Lock.B. Bacon Alarm Clock.C. Snake Leash.D. Stadium Helmet.BI al
18、ways wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or in a noisy mall. I have always hurried past a stranger who tried to catch my attention in a busy place or when I am rushing around.Yesterday, I was in a busy shopping mall bu
19、ying a large piece of luggage because I just had the time to do it after many days of planning. After the purchase in one of the large shops, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot but my phone was dead.I then requested the shop assistant who had just sold m
20、e the luggage to ring the number of my driver for me and she replied that it was the shop policy that they cannot use mobile phones while working in the shop.I got out of the shop onto the busy street in front and approached a young mother with her two kids to make a request. As soon as I said “Excu
21、se me, madam”, she grabbed both her kids and ran. I felt like a kidnapper.I stood there, wondering how many times I had reacted to strangers like the young mum. I stood there in the busy street with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of kindness on their faces.I saw
22、 a man pretty shabbily dressed. He seemed to have noticed me and I just stopped him expecting him to rush past. My request escaped the lips. He immediately called the number of my driver and waited till my car came to be sure I was picked up, and he turned around before I could thank him adequately
23、and was gone. I was surprised by his kindness and hope I will do likewise (同样地) to strangers who try to catch my attention from now on.24. The author turned to others for help to .A. charge up his dead phoneB. test their reaction to a strangerC. call his driver to pick him upD. catch their attention
24、 to him25. Who gave the author a helping hand at last?A. The shop assistant.B. The shabbily-dressed man.C. The mother with two kids.D. Nobody.26. Why did the author expect the man to rush past when stopping him?A. The author was hopeless after seeking help in vain.B. The man may be too poor to own a
25、 phone.C. The man didnt look safe.D. The author found himself mistaken for a bad person.27. What does the author learn from his experience?A. Kindness can turn strangers into friends.B. Helping strangers is easier said than done.C. Experience is better gained through practice.D. Do to others what yo
26、u would like others to do to you.CNext time youre planning to go out for a relaxing walk with your MP3 player, be sure to check the weather forecast first. Summer is the prime time for lightning strikes, a fact that Jason Bunch, a teen from Castle Rock, Colo, learned in a hard way. A couple of summe
27、rs ago, he was mowing (割草) grass while listening to some Metallica on his iPod. Although there wasnt any rain falling on Bunch, he did hear distant thunder. Bunch was then struck by lightning, which seemed to travel through his music player, blowing out his eardrums and leaving him with burns where
28、the device and its power lines were close to his body.Devices such as MP3 players dont attract lightning, says Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, an emergency room physician at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. However, they may change the pathway that lightnings energy follows in the human bo
29、dy. Lightning that might have passed rather harmlessly over the skin may react differently to the metal of these devices and cause damage.Rather than leaving your tunes at home, your best bet is watching out for lightning before it hits. Though people have been injured while using MP3 players in sto
30、rms, Cooper says, “The devices main task is keeping you from paying attention to thunder and the sky.” If youre caught in a storm, seek shelter.28. When does lightning happen most?A. Winter.B. Fall.C. Summer.D. Spring.29. What was the effect of this lightning strike on Jason Bunch?A. The lightning b
31、urned Bunch and blew out his eardrums.B. The lightning passed harmlessly over Bunchs skin.C. Bunch fell to the ground and couldnt move his upper body.D. Bunch was fine, but his iPod was burned by the lightning.30. What can you conclude about the safety of using MP3 players during a storm?A. MP3 play
32、ers are desperately unsafe to use during a storm.B. IPods are safe to use during a storm, but other MP3 players are not.C. MP3 players increase your safety during a storm by directing lightning toward the ground.D. MP3 players become unsafe to use if they keep you from paying attention during a stor
33、m.31. The primary purpose of this text is .A. to describe the joy that Jason Bunch felt after he survived a lightning strikeB. to inform the risks of wearing an MP3 player during lightning strikesC. to tell a lightning emergency Jason Bunch met withD. to show that MP3 players are so popular among te
34、enagersDResearchers found that walking around with a forced smile and fake happiness simply leads to people feeling unhappier. So, putting a brave face on your sadness could be harmful. The research also found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.Dr. Brent Scott, who led the
35、 study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with the public can result in bad outcomes. He said, “Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional tiredness, and thats bad for the organization.” He also said the research showed customer-service workers
36、who had “fake smiles” throughout the day didnt want to work, so their productivity dropped.The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional expressions over a period of time and compare the different effects on men and women. Dr. Scotts team examined the effects of “surface acting”, or
37、 fake smiling, compared to “deep acting”, or making people smile by thinking of pleasant memories.Dr. Scott said, “Women were harmed more by surface acting, meaning their moods worsened even more than mens. However, they were helped more by deep acting, which means their moods improved more by think
38、ing of pleasant memories.”According to Dr. Scott women tend to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they are expected to be more emotionally expressive than men. Therefore, forcing a smile while feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feeling
39、s.Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says its not a long-term solution to feeling unhappy. There have been some suggestions that if you do this over a long period you start to feel unreal. Youre trying to develop positive emotions, but at the end of the day
40、you may not feel like yourself any more.32. Dr. Scotts findings may be important to some employers because .A. their workers dont want to work all the timeB. they want more female workers than male workersC. their workers worsen their moods at the end of the dayD. they tend to force their workers to
41、 smile in public33. According to the passage, Dr. Scotts study .A. is meaningful as there havent been many similar ones beforeB. aimed to make people more productiveC. examined more women than menD. is supported by some big employers34. It is implied in the passage that deep acting .A. cannot improv
42、e our moods at allB. does harm to our feelings in the long runC. makes people happy by feeling like another personD. has no effect on men35. What is the best title for the passage?A. An important suggestion for workers.B. Women shouldnt be forced to smile.C. Fake smiling makes people unhappy.D. Why
43、people dont want to work.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Long, long ago people couldnt write and they had no books. But they had stories. People learned the stories by heart and taught new ones to one another. Sometimes it was hard to remember them all. 36 The
44、 ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on something made from papyrus (纸沙草) plants. People in other places wanted to learn from the Egyptians to use papyrus. 37 So, parchment (羊皮纸), made from goatskin, later took its place.In ancient China books looked a little different. People there used ink to wr
45、ite on bamboo or silk. And then they invented paper. Made of trees, paper was easier and cheaper to make than papyrus or parchment. 38 Paper-making later spread to the West, but there was a big problem with these early books. Every single one had to be copied and written by hand. 39 They carved (雕刻)
46、 a page of words into a piece of wood or stone. They could then print the page by spreading ink on the wood or stone and putting it against paper. But it wasnt until a German printer invented movable, metal letters that books became fast and easy to make. The letters could be used to print copy afte
47、r copy, and the letters put together again and again to print different pages of words. 40 Once a luxury (奢侈品) only the rich could buy, they soon became a treasure everyone could enjoy.A. It took years to finish making just one book.B. But papyrus grew mainly in Egypt.C. Things grew a little easier when writing was invented.D. Finally books could be printed by the thousands.E. The Chinese were the first to think of a way to speed things up a little.F. Books in the West didnt change for a long tim
