1、AMeet his friend.BAsk Harry for help.CGo to the airport with him.二、长对话听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。6Where are the speakers?AIn a bank. BIn a hotel. CIn a restaurant.7How much does the man need to pay?A$68. B$136. C$204.8Whose birthday is it?ASarahs. BMichaels. CRebeccas.9When will the birthday party begin?AAt6:
2、15. BAt6:30. CAt7:00.10What does the man want to know?AWhat to buy. BWho to call. CWhere to park.11Why was Julia absent from the class?AShe was ill. BShe got up late. CShe went to a party.12What has Robert got for Julia?ATextbooks. BOil paintings. CLecture notes.13Where will the speakers meet on Sat
3、urday?AAt Roberts home. BAt a bar. CAt a shop.14What is the woman doing?AAttending a seminar. BGiving some advice. CDoing an interview.15How often does the man travel by bus?ATwice a day. BEvery other day. COnce a week.16How does the man feel about the bus service?AIts good. BIts fair. CIts poor.17W
4、hat improvement should the bus company make?ABuses should be more punctual.BDrivers should be more polite.CSeats should be more comfortable.三、短文听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。18Who is Pierre?AA doctor from Senegal.BA university researcher.CA United Nations official.19What does Pierre mainly talk about?AFood supplie
5、s in the world.BThe role that the UN plays.CThe purpose of his study.20What is the expected outcome of Pierres work?AA new medicine. BA new type of rice. CA new farming method.四、阅读理解 The most welcome sight on a cold, wet winter night in London is the familiar shape of a London taxi cab approaching w
6、ith its yellow “for hire” sign shining brightly. That shows it is ready to pick you up. Travelling by taxi in London is not just a way of going from one place to another. It is an experience to be enjoyed and remembered.The main reason for this is the drivers, who are called cabbies. Many of them ar
7、e true Cockneys. This means they were born in the heart of London and speak their own special dialect(方言) of English. All of them know every street and famous building in the city, and all of them love to talk. A simple twenty-minute Journey across town can become very interesting. You may have a di
8、scussion about the government and its leaders or a friendly talk about the drivers Aunty Nellie! One thing is for sure, it will never be boring. Cabbies know all the latest news about film stars, the Royal Family, government leaders, and popular singers or actors and actresses.They also know the bes
9、t places to eat, shop and relax. And they can take you straight to any large hotel, department store, theatre or museum. They know the shortest way possible without even looking at a map, because everyone who wants to become a taxi driver must pass a very difficult examination in order to get a lice
10、nse to drive a taxi. The exam is called “The Knowledge.” It is a written test, and in it drivers are asked the shortest way from one place to another. They must take into account the time of dayin rush hour, a longer route(路线) may be quickerand describe the best way. Moreover they must never forget
11、the one-way streets!21From what can we tell that someone is a Cockney?ATheir interest. BTheir manners. CTheir speech. DTheir appearance.22What does the author suggest by mentioning Aunty Nellie in paragraph 2?APassengers are full of curiosity.BCabbies topics are wide-ranging.CAunty Nellie is popular
12、 in London.DLondoners are friendly to each other.23What is the purpose of The Knowledge?ATo qualify one to drive a taxi. BTo assess ones driving skills.CTo test drivers ability to write. DTo check taxi drivers memory. This month millions of American kids can forget about classroom bells and set off
13、for grandparents homes, sleep-away camps and life guard stands. But summer vacation hasnt always been a birth right of U.S. school children. Before the Civil War, schools operated on one of two calendars(日历), neither of which included a summer vacation. Rural(农村的) schooling was divided into summer a
14、nd winter terms, leaving kids free to help with the farm work in the spring planting and fall harvest seasons. Urban students, meanwhile, regularly had as many as 48 weeks of study a year, with one break per quarter.In the 1840s, however, educational reformers like Horace Mann moved to combine the t
15、wo calendars out of concern that rural schooling was not enough and that overusing of young minds could lead to nervous disorders. Summer appeared as the obvious time for a break:it offered a rest for teachers, fit in the farming calendar and reduced doctors concern that packing students into hot cl
16、assrooms would promote the spread of disease.But peoples opinion about the modern U.S. school year, which averages 180 days, is still divided. Some experts say its pleasant but lazy summer break, which took hold in the early 20th century, is one of the reasons math skills and graduation rates of U.S
17、. high schoolers ranked well below average in two international education reports published in 2007. Others insist that with children under increasing pressure to devote their downtime to internships(实习) or study, theres still room for an institution that protects the lazy days of childhood.24What d
18、id the rural school calendar before the Civil War allow children to do?AEnjoy a summer vacation.BTake a break each quarter.CHave 48 weeks of study a year.DAssist their parents with farm work.25What did the educational reformers do in the 1840s?AThey introduced summer vacation.BThey shortened rural s
19、chool terms.CThey promoted the study of farming.DThey advocated higher pay for teachers.26Why are some people unhappy about the modern U.S. school year?AIt pushes the teachers too hard. BIt reduces the quality of education.CIt ignores science instruction. DIt includes no time for internships. I star
20、t every summer with the best of intentions:to attack one big book from the past, a classic that I was supposed to have read when young and ambitious. Often the pairings of books and settings have been purely accidental: Moby Dick on a three-day cross-country train trip: “The Magic Mountain” in a New
21、 England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors, no telephones or televisions in the rooms, and little to do beyond row on the salt pond. Attempting The Man Without Qualities on a return to Hawaii, my native state, however, was less fruitful: I made it through one and a quarter volumes (册), th
22、en decided that Id got the point and went swimming instead.But this summer I find myself at a loss. Im not quite interested in Balzac, say, or “Tristram Shandy.” Theres always War and Peace, which Ive covered some distance several times, only to get bogged down in the War part, set it aside for a wh
23、ile, and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyones name and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favorite-once more into “The Waves” or “Justine,” which feels almost like cheating, too exciting and too much fun to properly belong in serious
24、 literature.And then theres Stendhals “The Red and the Black,” which happens to be the name of my favorite cocktail (鸡尾酒) of the summer, created by Michael Cecconi at Savoy and BackForty. It is easy to drink, and knocking back three or four seems like such a delightful idea. Cecconis theory:I take w
25、hatevers fresh at the green market and turn it into liquid. The result is a pure shot of afternoon in the park, making one feel cheerful and peaceful all at once, lying on uncut grass with eyes shut, sun beating through the lids.27What can we infer about the author from the first paragraph?AHe has a
26、 cottage in New England. BHe shows talents for literature.CHe enjoys reading when traveling. DHe admires a lot of great writers.28What do the underlined words get bogged down in paragraph 2 mean?AGet confused. BBe carried away.CBe interrupted. DMake no progress.29Why does the author say reading his
27、favorite books feels like cheating?AHe finishes them quickly. BHe should read something serious.CHe barely understands them. DHe has read them many times before.30What can be a suitable title for the text?AThe Books of Summer BMy Summer HolidaysCTo Read or Not to Read DIts Never Too Late to Read五、七选
28、五 Some people are so rude. Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you?” Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on the Internet? 31Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little courtesies(礼节). But many social norms(规范) ju
29、st dont make sense to people drowning in digital communication.Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Posts Etiquette,asked, “At what point does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?”32 Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you dont hav
30、e to declare who you are or even say hello. E-mail, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.This isnt the first time technology has changed our manners, 33 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say, Ahoy!Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the
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