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. How is the woman?A. She is not feeling very well.B. She is out of her mind.C. She has lost her temper.2. What do we know from the conversa
2、tion?A. The woman went to the concert.B. The man didnt have the ticket.C. The woman didnt go to the concert.3. Why is Mary happy?A. Because she received an academic paper,B. Because she was accepted at the university.C. Because she was recognized for excellence in her studies.4. What did the woman s
3、ay about Robbie?A. He warned Cathy to come, but she wouldnt.B. He invited Cathy to the party.C. He didnt invite Cathy to the party.5. Where are the two speakers?A. In a restaurant. B. In a market. C. In a kitchen.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
4、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 arc the man and the woman talking about!A. Mr. Browns son. B. Mrs. Downs son. C. Mikes school.7. How long does Mike stay with his classmates a day?A. About 8 hours. B. About 6 hours. C. At least 10
5、hours.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What does the father want his daughter to do?A. TO repair the TV set. B. To read the paper. C. To turn off the TV set.9. Who wants to watch TV?A. Mother and father. B. Father and daughter. C. Daughter and mother.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where does the conversation most
6、probably take place?A. In the market. B. In an office. C. At home.11. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Keep the fish in a bottle.B. Get a tank to keep the fish.C. Make some holes in the rocks.12. Why should a few rocks he put into the tank? A. To let the fish swim around.B. To make the ta
7、nk prettier.C. To keep the water clean.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the woman?A. A doctor. B. A nutritionist. C. A coach.14. Why does the man have to be careful about foods?A. Because he has high blood pressure.B. Because he is overweight.C. Because he is an athlete.15. What will the woman do
8、next?A. Ask her assistant to write a special menu. B. Lead the man to a special restaurant.C. Call the canteen manager.16. Whats the mans response to the womans advice?A. He refuses to take it.B. He finds it great.C. He accepts it not too willingly.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Which is the best reaso
9、n does Wilma give for taking buses rather than planes?A. Its cheaper. B. Its more comfortable. C. Its risky.18. How much does Wilma have to pay for a ticket from New York to Chicago by plane?A. 70 dollars. B. 78 dollars. C. 80 dollars.19. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many passengers on the
10、bus like talking to one another.B. Wilma can get off the bus to explore any stop along the way.C. Many bus passengers are businessmen busy working while the bus is running.20. How many reasons does Wilma give for her preference of taking buses while traveling?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，
11、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AAmazing Facts About Elf OwlsBrief IntroductionThe elf owl (a kind of owl) is mostly found in the southwestern parts of the United States and Mexico. During the spring and summer seasons, it moves to Arizona and New Mexico. It r
12、eturns to Mexico for the winter. The elf owl doesnt build its nest. It lives in tree holes.FeaturesThe elf owl is a yellow bird. Its wings are dark and about .48-61 centimeters long. Its eyes are bright yellow. Its feet are large. It is the smallest owl of the species. It is about 12.5-14.5 centimet
13、ers long. It is also the worlds lightest owl, weighing not more than 40 grams. In general, female elf owls weigh more than male ones.The female usually lays three eggs at a time. After the young elf owls are born，their mother will feed them with worms(蠕虫) for up to 3-4 weeks. After 10 weeks, the you
14、ng ones are fully grown and ready to take flight.Living HabitsThe elf owls are not aggressive birds. When danger comes, they will fly away in the other direction, rather than stay and fact the danger or the enemies. Besides flying，the elf owl can also walk and climb like a parrot. The elf owl is mos
15、t active after dusk，during the night, and just before dawn. It can produce many different kinds of sounds. It can live for 3-6 years in the wild. If they are kept in cages, they can live for 10-14 years. The elf owls are now in danger because of the loss of habitat. Cutting down trees will result in
16、 lack of places for them to live in.21. According to the first and second paragraphs, an elf owl may .A. build its nest in trees B. have yellow wingsC. have big and dark eyes D. live in Mexico in winter22. What can we learn from the text?A. The female elf owl takes care of her children for about fou
17、r weeks.B. The elf owl sleeps at night and looks for food during the daytime.C. The female elf owl lays one egg at one time.D. The elf owl can live no longer than six years.23. What is the character of the elf owl?A. Shy. B. Peace-loving.C. Hard-working. D. Selfish.BParents are warned not to smack(用
18、巴掌打)their children because h may teach children that violence can be an acceptable way to solve problems. However, a recent survey showed 92% believed that smacking was “sometimes” necessary.Ive never been involved in by any of the fashions in the extreme sport or parenting. Dont get me wrong; my ki
19、ds annoy me as much as the next person does. But I dont hit them. There have been moments when I have thought, 44Ah, this is when parents hit. M But I havent, because they are children and I am an adult. I pick on people of my own size.Im not the perfect parent. I give the three kids two Freddo frog
20、s and tell them to fight ii out between them. Every night I kiss them good night and whisper to each of them. “You are not my favorite, but youre getting pretty close.” I often respond to the question “why cant you lake me to the park? with “because I hate children; I have the park and I am tired of
21、 reading New Weekly”.However. I wouldnt kick a kitten so why would 1 hit a kid? I love the response “It didnt do me any harm.” Well, yes, it did, because you are now using violence on children instead of seeing it as abuse(虐待), Smacking kids is wrong. Violence or the threat of violence is an abuse o
22、f the responsibility we have as parents and humans. Why are children not protected in the same way as adults? An adult hitting another is considered assault, but an adult hitting a child is considered reasonable parenting.Smacking children makes us small. Its time to break the cycle with some re-edu
23、cation and realistic alternatives. If you are proud of hitting your kids, hit them harder and hit them in front of other people. Thatll prove me wrong.24. According to the passage, what do most people think?A. Children need smacking.B. Smacking children is of no use；C. Smacking children can be a way
24、 to educate them.D. Smacking may teach children violence is a necessity.25. What can we infer about the author from the passage?A. He is a perfect father.B. He never takes children to the park.C. He educates children by encouraging them.D. He is an editor of New Weekly.26. What does the underlined w
25、ord “assault” (in Paragraph 4) probably mean?A. the unacceptable behaviorB. the good manners to othersC. a kind of reasonable parentingD. the action suitable for children27. What is the writer attitude toward smacking children?A. Disapproving. B. Indifferent.C. Neutral. D. Sarcastic(讥讽的).CUsing a mo
26、bile phone during a meal is impolite. However, a new study found that texting or answering a phone call is regarded as less rude than using Facebook. It also said that peoples attitude towards whether or not you should be using a mobile phone at mealtimes depends heavily on what you are doing and wh
27、o else is at the table.Researchers from the University of Michigan (UM) carried out the study. They studied how people use mobile phones during mealtimes and how they fee! about other people doing so. M63 people aged from 8 to 88 English-speaking countries took part.The researchers found that not ai
28、l phone use is thought to be the same. For example, texting and answering a phone call are both less rude than using Faeebook. They think this might be because texting and talking on the phone are both brief activities, while using Facebook can take much longer. This was at least true for the adults
29、 in the study, researchers said. However, childrens texting is regarded as less proper. This is because kids are thought to be largely getting together to chat or play, rather than talking with their friends on the phone. And they do it a lot more than adults.However, both adults and children agree
30、that it is more proper for adults to use a phone at meals than for children. “People have done other activities during meals like reading a newspaper or watching the television for years. But smartphones introduce a new challenge,” said one researcher from UM.“You dont know what your friends are doi
31、ng on their smartphones. So you have no idea if they are ignoring you in order to reply to an urgent email or play games,” she said.28. What can we learn about the new study from the text?A. Some students in the US did the study.B. People in the study all spoke English.C Thousands of children took p
32、art in it.D. It wanted to find out why people use phones at mealtimes.29. Why are most people against using Facebook at mealtimes?A. Because it is bad for health.B. Because it takes too much time.C. Because it leads to a waste of food.D. Because it hurts the feelings of adults.30. According to the t
33、hird paragraph, children should .A. use FacebookB. never play games on phonesC. talk with their friends by phoneD. communicate with their friends face to face31. What does the researcher from UM think about people using their phones at mealtimes?A. She is strongly against it.B. She encourages people
34、 to do it.C. She thinks it is similar to reading a newspaper.D. She thinks that people might misunderstand others.DThe invention of trains enabled modern industries to suddenly grow at an incredible speed, enabling us to travel with incredible ease. Finding out who created the first modern examples
35、of trains is easy enough, but exactly pointing out their predecessors(前辈)who formed the first basic ideas about train transport is much harder.The first example of the simple “wagonway” train system dates all the way back to the 2nd and 1st millennia(千年)BC, when the Assyrians(亚述人)and Persians(波斯人)bu
36、ilt roads with specific wheel-ruts cut into rock. This road design enabled them to more easily transport wagons that were pulled by horses or bulls, without any need for controlling the direction of the wagons. Because of this, many of (hose civilizations developed wagonways that connected their mai
37、n cities with their nearby trading posts or sacred places The Greeks especially adopted this type of transport, even managing to build very impressive wagonway called Diolkos in ancient Corinth around 600 BC, which may today call the first railway in history.With the fall of Greece, wngonways disapp
38、eared from Europe and they only managed to resurface in the 16th century, when increased trading during the Renaissance brought them back into the public eye. Powered by horses, wagonways enabled much faster and safer travel than on dirt roads, but industrialists and inventors were not satisfied. Th
39、ey wanted a more automated(自动化的)way of transferring goods, and several small advances in regular wagonways produced only a more modern way of travel, but nothing in the way of true revolution.And that revolution came in the late 17th century with the introduction of the first stationary steam engine
40、 by Thomas Savery. This invention from 1968 was extremely simple and low-powered, and because of that，steam engines took over 60 years to come to the point where they could be useful for powering trains. This moment came in 1763, when James Watt took the simple designs of Thomas Savery and Thomas Ne
41、wcomen and introduced a crankshaft(机轴)that could transform the power of steam into circular motion(圆周运动). This invention finally enabled inventors all around the world to start adapting the steam engine into a machine that could power cars, trains and boats of all types and sizes.32. Which of the fo
42、llowing is NOT true about the “wagonway”？A. It is a historic invention. B. Its power came from horses or bulls.C. The Greeks invented it. D. It made travelling easy.33. What does “them” in the third paragraph refer to?A. Europeans. B. Wagonways.C. Horses. D. Trading posts.34. What can we learn from
43、the last paragraph?A. Gars were invented in 1763.B. Thomas Newcomen helped the train industry a lot with the steam engine.C. It was James Watt that invented the crankshaft.D. The steam engine was a great contribution to trains.35. What is the main topic of this passage?A. The history of the train. B
44、. The person who invented the train.C. The usage of the steam engine. D. The power source of the train.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能填入空向处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Most people believe that positive thing is just something that helps us achieve our goal. 36. A 30-year study of 447 people found
45、 optimists(乐观主义者) had around a 50-percent lower risk of early death than pessimists(悲观主义者 ). 37. So why do positive people live longer? 38. Less stress means less anger, which in turn makes their lives longer. When something doesnt go according to plan, different people have different attitudes. 39.
46、 A person with a negative attitude will complain or get angry. As a result, a negative attitude, causing stress and anger, can speed up the process of aging.How can we turn our mind to more? positive things? 40. Do them every day for a month without complaining. These simple things dont sound like m
47、uch, but if they become a habit, they will be some of the best habits you have ever developed, because they might add years lo your life.A. This is likely why positive people live longer.B. It is because they get less stressed in day-to-day life.C. Make a list of five to ten things that you are than
48、kful for.D. People who have negative attitudes will waste a lot of energy.E. A person with a positive attitude might look for another solution.F. Therefore, it is believed that attitude has a big effect on peoples lives.G. However, a study has shown that a positive attitude can add years to our live
49、s.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。At my old school I was treated badly by all of my classmates. So I had to eat lunch alone every day. I tried to reach out to someone who looked 41 but I was rejected many times, and I felt really 42 . Sitting by myself was very 43 ，because many people knew I was the girl who had nowhere to sit. So there were many terrible feelings that 44 that experience.At my new school, however，I not only made frie
