1、Unit 2 The environment(时间：120 分钟，满分：150 分)第卷听力共两节，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。1What are the speakers talking about?AThe mans weekend activity.BThe womans favorite sport.CThe city they live in.2
2、What does the man do?AHes a businessman.BHes a doctor.CHes a student.3When did the speakers start talking?AAt 2：50 pm.BAt 3：00 pm.CAt 3：10 pm.4What does the woman want to do?ABorrow money from the man.BGo to the bank.CStart up a business.5What is the mans research field?AEducation.BInsects.CFinance.
3、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。6Why is the woman in the United States this time?ATo visit her friends.BTo have a holiday.CTo do some business.7Which of the
4、following has the woman planned well?AThe route of her trip.BThe hotel she will stay.CThe date she will return.听第 7段材料， 回答第 8、9 题。8How long did the man work in the radio factory?AFor three months.BFor two months.CFor one month.9Why does the man want to work in the womans company?AIt is the companys
5、busy season.BHe can make a lot of money.CHe wants to become a skilled engineer.听第 8段材料， 回答第 10至 12题。10What do we know about the man?AHe is married.BHe has a fourday vacation.CHe took a trip last summer.11Why wont the man go to Australia by ship?AHe doesnt have enough time.BGoing by ship isnt relaxin
6、g.CHe has booked the plane tickets.12What does the man want to visit most?AGolden Beach.BWave Rock.CThe Great Ocean Road.听第 9段材料， 回答第 13至 16题。13How long has the man been feeling ill?AAbout two or three days.BAbout three or four days.CAbout five or six days.14When did the man give up smoking for the
7、first time?AThree years ago.BTwo years ago.CO ne year ago.15What did the man do this morning?AHe took some cough medicine.BHe had some lemon juice.CHe took his temperature.16How many capsules should the man take each day?A3. B5. C8.听第 10段材料， 回答第 17至 20题。17When were the three fishermen probably rescu
8、ed?AIn January. BIn June. CIn August.18How did the three fishermen manage to survive?ABy eating dried food they had brought.BBy eating animals they caught.CBy eating fish boiled in water.19How were the three fishermen when they were rescued?AThey were in poor health but in good spirits.BThey were de
9、sperate about their future.CThey were very frightened.20What can we learn from the talk?AThe three fishermen were blown 5，000 kilometers off course.BThe boat the three fishermen took was 25 feet long.CA Kiribati fishing boat found the three fishermen.答案：15.ACBCB 610.BABCA 1115.CABAC 1620.ACBAB听力材料(T
10、ext 1)W：What do you like to do during the weekend?M：I love cycling.On Saturday morning I usually ride around the city for two hours.(Text 2)W：What kind of college are you going to apply for？M：My father wants me to go into business but my mother wants me to go to medical school.(Text 3)M：How much tim
11、e has passed since we started talking?W：Its been only 10 minutes.M：So right now it should be 3：10 pm.W：Correct.(Text 4)W：Where did you get the money to start your restaurant?M：I have been saving my money for years.W：Is there any other way to get money to start up a small business？M：Yes, you can borr
12、ow some from a bank.(Text 5)W：Did you want to become a scientist when you were young?M：No.I became interested in insects only after I entered university.W：Are you happy with the working conditions in this university?M：Yes.It provides me with excellent equipment and enough funding to do my work.(Text
13、 6)M：Welcome to Boston.May I see your passport？Oh, I see youve been here before.W：Yeah, Ive been to your country a couple of times for business.M：Whats the purpose of your visit this time?W：Im here on holiday this time.M：Where are you planning to go?W：Im going from here to Atlanta, then across the M
14、idwest to California, and then back to Boston.M：Where are you going to stay?W：Mainly with friends.M：And how long are you going to be here?W：About three months or until the money runs out.M：Whats the date of your return?W：Ive got an open ticket.M：Thank you.Have a nice day!(Text 7)W：Now tell me someth
15、ing about yourself and why you are here to apply for the job.M：I left school three months ago.I got straight As in nearly every subject.I worked very hard at my studies.W：I see.Have you had any experience already?M：I worked in a radio factory for two months.W：That was a very short time, wasnt it?M：Y
16、es, it was.It was during the factorys busy season, so they hired extra people to help, and the pay was really good.W：I see.Can you tell me a bit about why you want this job?M：I want to become a skilled engineer, and I know your company has a reputation for excellence in engineering.W：All right.We wi
17、ll give you our decision as soon as possible.My secretary will be in touch.M：OK.Thank you very much.(Text 8)W：Hey, James.Any plans for the coming vacation?M：Ah, yes.I am planning to tour with my wife.W：Oh, really？Where?M：We are taking a fiveday tour in Australia.W：Oh, thats a wonderful country. Jack
18、 and I went there last summer.How will you get there? I mean you can take a ship there.That would be a relaxing way to travel.M：Well, maybe next time.We have already booked the tickets; well go by plane this time.W：And where will you stay, if you dont mind my asking?M：In a fourstar hotel.It has exce
19、llent reviews online.W：Oh, thats good.Any place in particular that you hope to visit?M：Golden Beach，of course.Australia is famous for its beautiful beach.W：Yes, it is, and I am sure you will enjoy it much.Wave Rock and the Great Ocean Road are also worth visiting, if you have time.(Text 9)M：Morning,
20、 Doctor.Sorry Im a bit late, but I felt really awful when I got up.W：Dont worry, David.What seems to be the trouble?M：Well, Ive had this awful flu and a terrible cough.W：I see.How long have you been feeling like this?M：Oh, about three or four days, I suppose.About six days ago, I got caught in a hea
21、vy rain on my way home from a party.W：I see.And have you been taking any medicine?M：Just the normal things.Cough medicine, lemon and hot drinks, but it hasnt done any good.So I stopped yesterday.W：Are you a smoker?M：No.I gave up three years ago， though Ive picked it up again twice since then.W：Have
22、you had a temperature?M：Yes.For a couple of days.I took my temperature this morningit was 38.5.W：OK.Ill just listen to your chest.well, it looks as if youve got a really bad cold, but not the flu.Take these pills: one capsule every 8 hours for the next five days.M：OK，Doctor.What about going to work?
23、W：Im sorry, but youll have to spend a few days in bed till it clears up.(Text 10)Today we are bringing you a story from real life.Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after floating in a small boat for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean.The three fishermen left the
24、ir home of San Blas on Mexicos Pacific coast last November and were blown 5，000 miles off course after their 25foot rubber boat ran out of gas and they were left to the mercy of the winds.The fishermen were able to survive by eating raw fish and sea birds.They caught any bird that landed on their bo
25、at and ate it uncooked.Their difficult and unpleasant experience finally ended a week ago when they were rescued by a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters between the Marshall Islands and Kiribati.They were very skinny and very hungry but they were definitely in fine mental state.News of their rescue sh
26、ocked friends and relatives.They were overjoyed, since they had given the fishermen up for dead, announcing their deaths in June.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。AAs a childs IQ rises，his taste for meat in adulthood declines，a new study suggests.Britis
27、h researchers have found that childrens IQ predicts their likelihood of becoming vegetarians as young adults.The finding could explain the link between smarts and better health，the investigators say.“Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits.” concluded lead author Catharine Gale， a seni
28、or research fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre.Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol， reduced risk of obesity and heart disease.This might explain why children with high IQs tend to have a lower risk of heart disease in later life.“We know fro
29、m other studies that brighter children tend to behave in a healthier fashion as adultstheyre less likely to smoke，less likely to be overweight，less likely to have high blood pressure and more likely to take exercise that needs great effort and energy.” Gale said.“This study provides further evidence
30、 that people with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle.”In the study，Gales team collected data on nearly 8，200 men and women aged 30，whose IQ had been tested when they were 10 years of age.“Children who scored higher on IQ tests at age 10 were more likely than those who got lower scores to
31、 report that they were vegetarian at the age of 30.”Gale said.The researchers found that 4.5 percent of participants were vegetarians.Of these，2.5 percent were vegan，and 33.6 percent said they were vegetarian but also ate fish or chicken.There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians
32、 and those who said they were vegetarian but also ate fish or chicken.Vegetarians were more likely to be female，of higher social class and better educated.21The passage mainly tells us_.Awhat people should do to keep healthyBpeople shouldnt eat meat at allChow to make people become clevererDkids wit
33、h high IQs grow up to be vegetariansD 解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，智商较高的孩子长大后很可能会成为素食主义者。22Of those people who were tested，nearly _people were vegan.A369 B205C275 D820B 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第一句话和第五段第二句话可知答案为 B。23According to this passage which of the following is NOT true?AChildren with high IQs tend to have a lower ri
34、sk of heart disease in later life.BPeople with a higher IQ tend to have a healthier lifestyle.CParticipants were tested only once when they were 30 years old.DSmarts may have something to do with better health.C 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第一句话可知，参与者至少被测试过两次。BEducation is not an end，but a means to an end.In other
35、 words，we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them.Our purpose is to fit them for life.In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor，clever or stupid，one can solve all the problems of society and buil
36、d a perfect nation.But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees； they refuse to do what they think “low” work；and in fact，work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful.But we have only to think
37、 a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor；we can live without education，but we die if we have no food.If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses，we would get terrible diseases in our towns.In fa
38、ct，when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life，it means that we are educated in such a way that，firstly，each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability， and secondly，that we realize that all jobs are necessary to society，and that it is very bad to be ashamed of on
39、es work.Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.【解题导语】 本文重点讲述的是教育的目的，所有的人都必须接受教育，以适应我们的生活，每个人都可以做任何适合他的大脑和能力的工作，所有的工作都是必要的，不分贵贱。24The writer of this passage thinks that_Afree education for all probably leads to a perfect world Bfree education can solve all of the worlds p
40、roblemsCfree education wont help to solve social problemsDall the social problems cant be solved by free education D 解析：推理判断题。从第二段的“.by free education for all whether rich or poor，clever or stupid，one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation.But we can already see that free e
41、ducation for all is not enough.”得知，作者认为教育不能解决所有社会问题。25The writer wants to prove that _Aa farmer is more important than a professor Bour society needs all kinds of jobs Cour society needs free education for allDpeople with university degrees earn more moneyB 解析：推理判断题。作者通过第二段的正反举例说明：各种各样的职业都是不可或缺的。26A
42、ccording to the passage，_Awork with hands is low workBwork with hands is dirty and shameful Cwork with hands is the most importantDwe cant regard work with hands as low workD 解析：推理判断题。 根据第二段的 in fact，work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful可知我们不能把用手去工作的工作定义为低级工作，D 项符合。27The purpose of edu
43、cation is _Ato choose a system of education Bto let everyone receive education Cto prepare children for their future life Dto prepare children for wellpaid jobs C 解析：细节理解题。由第一段及最后一段可知，教育的目的是让人们接受教育以适应生活。故选 C。CThere are two types of people in the world.Although they have equal degree of health and we
44、alth and other comforts of life，one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy.This arises from the different ways in which they consider things，persons，events and the resulting effects upon their minds.People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts
45、of conversation，the well prepared dishes，the goodness of the wine and the fine weather.They enjoy all the cheerful things.Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things.Therefore，they are continually dissatisfied.By their remarks，they sour_the_pleasure_of_society，offend(hurt
46、) many people，and make themselves disagreeable everywhere.If this turn of mind was founded in nature，such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied.The intention of criticizing (批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation (模仿)It grows into a habit，unknown to its possessors.The habit
47、 may be strong，but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes.I hope this little warning may be of service to them，and help them change this habit.Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination，it has serious results in life since it brings
48、 on deep sorrow and bad luck.Those people offend many others；nobody loves them，and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect.This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments.If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune，nobod
49、y wishes them success.Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes.If they bring on themselves public objections，no one will defend or excuse them，and many will join to criticize their wrong doings.These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing， without worrying needlessly about themselves
