1、A. Move the party to the dining room.B. Try to find another place to study in.C. Ask the people in the living room to be quiet.3. What is the man planning to do?A. Leave the big city. B. Go back to school C. Become a teacher.4. How many languages can the man speak?A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven.5. Where
2、will the speakers probably spend their holiday?A. At the seashore. B. In the mountains. C. By the lake.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)所下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;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。听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7题。6. How long can the women wait for the
3、 sweaters at most?A. Within three days. B. Within a week. C. Within two weeks.7. How much did one sweater probably cost last year?A. $6. B. $8. C. $10.听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9题。8. Why did the woman go to town?A. To meet her husband.B. To meet a bank manager.C. To look at a new house.9. Why was the woman so a
4、ngry?A. She was ignored by someone.B. Someone shouted at her rudely.C. Some took her parking space.听下面一段对话,回答第10和第12题。10. When did the woman first see the pots?A. Last week. B. Yesterday. C. This morning11. Which quality of the pots attracted the woman most?A. Their price. B. Their style. C. Their p
5、attern.12. How does the woman feel at the end of the conversation?A. Disappointed B. Excited C. Annoyed听下面一段对话,回答第13和第16题。13. What is the date today?A. November 10th. B. November 11th. C. November 12th.14. What was the man doing when he smelled the smoke?A. Watching TV. B. Frying some chips. C. Talk
6、ing to his mom.15. What did the man do when he realized there was a fire?A. He rushed out of the kitchen.B. He called the fire department.C. He threw blankets over the flames.16. Which of the following was damaged worst?A. The cooker. B. One wall. C. The kitchen units.听下面一段对话,回答第17和第20题。17. What asp
7、ect does the speaker mention about the shoe?A. The size. B. The color. C. The tear.18. Where was the tyre iron found?A. Near a car. B. In the garage. C. In the house.19. Who did the house key belong to?A. The accused man. B. The car owner. C. The eyewitness.20. What is the fourth piece of evidence?A
8、. A coat. B. Some paint. C. A piece of cloth.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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ADog drives boatDuma first hit the water when she was little, going for rides on Lake Michigan with her owner Cliff Bode. At first she just sat on Bodes lap while he drove, but one
9、 day she put her paws on the wheel. “After a couple of times in the Drivers seat, she thought that was her place,” Bode says. “Even if someone else was driving, she would jump on his/her lap and take over.”Duma, who always wears a life jacket when shes on the water, drives the boat with her paws. Bo
10、de controls the speed and points Duma where to go with his free hand.Dog babysits kittensThe kittens climb all over Boots, a rescue dog, as if he were a furry, jungle gym. A sort of nanny, Boots plays with the shelter cats at the Arizona Humane Society to prepare them for being around other animals
11、when theyre adopted.“When Boots walks in, he becomes a toy,” says Liz Truitt, the shelters cat welfare specialist. “The kittens chase his tail, climb on his back, and playfully attack his collar.” But Boots is all business-he remains calm and lets the cats come to him when theyre comfortable.Two-nos
12、ed dogSnuffles uses his nose as most dogs do -but theres something typical about how his nose looks. “His nose has a split(裂口)in the middle, which gives him an appearance of having an extra nose,” says Sarah Graham of the Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, where Snuffles lives.“Snuffles has whats called a
13、cleft(裂开的)nose,” says veterinary specialist Dave Saylor. “A growth on the front of his nose has kept the nostrils separate. Its scarce.” Snuffles special nose can smell just as well as other dogs noses, though. “Hes a happy, healthy animal and will make a fantastic pet,” Graham says.21. What can Dum
14、a do according to the text?A. She can drive the boat independently.B. She can control the speed while driving the boat.C. She can help her owner with the boats direction.D. She can assist her owner in rescuing the drowning people.22. It can be inferred from the text that .A. Boots is a toy dog B. Bo
15、ots saved the kittensC. the kittens are homeless D. the kittens often attack Boots23. What is special about Snuffles?A. He has no nostrils. B. He has two noses.C. He cant smell well. D. He has a cleft nose.B“Ive always loved food,” says Cassie Dawson in the kitchen of her flat in London. “But Ive be
16、come bored with eating out. Ive had too many disappointing meals and paid too much money for them! At one point, fed up with my complaint, a friend suggested I open my own restaurant. Impossible, I thought. But then I heard about supper clubs.”Supper clubs are a mixture of a restaurant and a dinner
17、party you go to a strangers house and he/she cooks dinner for you. Like a restaurant, you pay for your food, but like a dinner party, you eat at the same table as other people. They are advertised through social-networking sites with a menu and little information about where the supper club is until
18、 just before the meal.“Its like running a secret restaurant for one night,” says Cassie. “The next morning, I set the tables and chairs aside. I put the TV back and its my living room again.”Cassie opens her “restaurant” for people about once a month, and she really enjoys the evenings shes had so f
19、ar. She uses fresh, local ingredients and a typical meal costs about the same as a takeaway much less than a restaurant meal. So how does she make money out of it?“I dont,” says Cassie. “In fact, at first I was worried about losing money on my club. Im good at cooking but my maths is terrible! But I
20、 was surprised by how cheaply I could make a good meal. This isnt about money. Its about a different eating experience.”And what about inviting complete strangers into her house? Was Cassie ever nervous about that?“Not at all,” she says. “Almost everyone at the supper club is just interested in havi
21、ng a good meal with other interesting people.”24. Why did Cassie decide to open her own restaurant finally?A. To earn a living. B. To satisfy her friends needs.C. To make friends with strangers. D. To cook cheap and good meals for others.25. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refer
22、to?A. Dinner parties. B. Supper clubs. C. Fresh ingredients. D. Invitations to dinner.26. We can know that Cassies restaurant .A. serves meals for free B. only serves takeawaysC. is only open to her friends D. is only open in the evening27. How does Cassie feel about her restaurant now?A. Worried. B
23、. Content. C. Annoyed. D. Sensitive.CEvery January, more than 3,000 people take part in one of the most difficult races on Earth: the Tough Man competition in the UK. The participants run, swim and climb around the 15 km course. But this is no normal race. These runners have to crawl through tunnels
24、, run across a field of nettles(荨麻)and jump over fire. Whats more, the competition takes place in January when temperatures are freezing. People travel from throughout the world to participate in it.The competition is quite dangerous and every year there are accidents. Injuries like broken bones and
25、 cuts are quite common. One-third of the participants do not complete it. Runners have to be very athletic and most people train all the year to prepare for it. There are similar events, but this is the first one in the world. Many people do the competition because it is so famous. Every year the or
26、ganizers change the events and add new things. This means that the competition stays thrilling and challenging, so people go back year after year.First, the participants run 1 km along a muddy road. Next, they crawl under low nets on the ground. After the nets, the runners jump off a high platform i
27、nto a lake and swim for 1 km. Then, they reach the field of fire. Here, the runners run across a field and jump over small bonfires(篝火). Next, the participants must crawl through a long tunnel which is partly under water. Finally, the runners run 2 km through nettles before they reach the finishing
28、line.28. According to the text, the participants in the competition .A. are required to run 15km B. may take the risk of being injuredC. have to take a medical examination D. are trained to deal with emergencies29. What do we learn about the Tough Man competition?A. It is exciting but quite tough. B
29、. It is intended for overweight people.C. The participants are mainly British natives. D. Only one-third of the participants can make it.30. To attract participants, the organizers usually .A. create more items B. hold the similar activitiesC. hold the competition in winter D. organize the competiti
30、on in different counties31. The purpose of the text is to .A. warn the participants of danger B. advertise the Tough Man competitionC. introduce the Tough Man competition D. inform the participants of the competitionDCriminals who try to pass off fake art as the real deal should be careful now. A new identification method could make recognizing fakes much easier. The technique allows scientists to tag paintings and other artworks with tiny pieces of DNA, which act like a signature. If an artwork missed the tag, people would im
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