1、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. What is the man trying to do?A. Play chess with the woman.B. Encourage the woman to hold on.C. Find out the reason for the woman.2. What does the woman suggest?A. Forwarding the
2、 mail on.B. Turning to Mary for help.C. Asking Sally for the new address.3. What might the man do then?A. Invite the woman to dinner. B. Go on as planned. C. Choose another restaurant.4. What do we learn from the conversation?A. The man appreciates the womans help.B. The man often lends books to the
3、 woman.C. The woman often works overtime at weekends.5. What did the man decide to do?A. Go sightseeing. B. Start work earlier. C. Walk to work.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,各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍
4、。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6. What seems to be the mans problem?A. Making a career choice.B. Using self-assessment tools.C. Getting a career counselor(顾问).7. Whats the womans most important advice?A. Looking at the job description.B. Learning about oneself thoroughly.C. Taking earnings into top considerati
5、on.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. Problems in their study. B. News in the newspaper. C. A blood disease.9. Why wont Julia go into the city center at night?A. She is too exhausted.B. She is still scared of darkness.C. The news of murder scares her.10. What is TRUE abo
6、ut the local girl mentioned in the conversation?A. She is seriously ill. B. Her family is rich. C. She is now in the US.听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What does the woman intend to do?A. Build her shape. B. Do homework in time. C. Change her eating habits.12. What will the woman be offered?A. A personal
7、 training plan. B. Personal equipment. C. A custom-made diet.13. Whats the womans decision?A. Having a try for a month.B. Learning a new technique.C. Trying another fitness center.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。14. Where did the woman find the job advertisement?A. In the newspaper. B. On the Internet. C. Fr
8、om her hostess.15. How many hours will the woman have to work a day?A. 2 hours. B. 3 hours. C. 4 hours.16. What can be said about the job?A. It offers75 a day. B. It needs no experience. C. It involves preparing lunch.17. When will the woman take the interview?A. At 2:00 this afternoon.B. At 10:00 a
9、.m. next Wednesday.C. At 2:30 p.m. next Wednesday.听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Which might be the feeling of those standing while working?A. Being more sleepy. B. Being concentrated. C. Time going by faster.19. What is the outcome of the study mentioned in the passage?A. Standing while working improv
10、es working efficiency.B. Sitting for over 6 hours a day is harmful to health.C. Sitting comfortably does some good to health.20. What do some professors suggest?A. Doing as leaders and colleagues do.B. Moving around instead of just standing.C. Finding a natural way to stand while working.第二部分 阅读(共两节
11、,满分 50 分)第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 37.5 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。AOlivia Ries was just seven years old when she and her eight-year-old brother Carter adopted a cheetah(猎豹) in South Africa.“When my sister and I first learned back in 2009 that species like the cheetah may be e
12、xtinct in the wild by the time we have kids, it scared us. We knew we had to do something to help them,” says Carter. “There are so many people (young and old alike) who just dont know what is happening to so many species, just like we didnt. Olivia and I want to make sure we reach as many people ar
13、ound the world as possible and help them to understand how serious the situation really is.”To do that, the kids started One More Generation (OMG), an organization with the motto: “Preserving endangered species for one more generation and beyond.”Now, ten years later, Olivia and Carter have traveled
14、 all over the world spreading their message. Theyve been interviewed on national television, participated in marches and fundraisersand won awards for their work. In 2015, they were invited to Vietnam by the United States Embassy to participate in a program to save rhinos. All that theyve accomplish
15、ed for animals and the environment is much too long to list!“Our number one message to everyone we meet is Remember, anyone can make adifference. if we can, you can too, ” says Olivia. “We want all people to understand that what Carter and I are doing is not necessarily something special; it is some
16、thing that we all should be doing. You can start small by simply adopting an animal. Do some research on the species you are interested in, and find a good organization offering adoptions. My brother and I take our birthday money and allowance money and adopt animals all the time.”21. How did Olivia
17、 and Carter feel when learning cheetahs faced extinction?A. Angry and guilty. B. Shocked and concerned.C. Anxious and helpless. D. Hopeful and determined.22. What does the underlined “that” refer to in Paragraph 3?A. Helping endangered species survive.B. Telling people the situation cheetahs face.C.
18、 Making the situation of dying species known.D. Calling on people to adopt endangered species.23. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell about Olivia and Carter?A. They organized activities to raise money. B. They took measures to save rhinos.C. They made efforts to list extinct species. D. They contribu
19、ted a lot to dying species.24. What do Olivias words suggest?A. Anyone can help by starting small.B. Anyone can do something special.C. Anyone should do research on species.D. Anyone should donate to adoption organizations.25. If youre to offer Olivia a gift, which might she expect most?A. Adopting
20、a panda in name of both her and me.B. Making her a furry dog with my own hands.C. Buying her a doll of the latest style.D. Mailing her a handmade postcard.BMindy Scheier is on a mission to make fashionable clothing accessible to everyone. In 2014, she started the Runway of Dreams Foundation, a non-p
21、rofit organization that helps bring adaptive clothing to disabled people.Scheier explained the inspiration behind her efforts. “My son, Oliver, was born with rigid spine muscular dystrophy,” she said. “His lack of strength created challenges with typical clothing. After spending years in the fashion
22、 industry, I decided that there was an opportunity to combine my fashion experience with my others.”Scheier began to create trendy clothing that her son could wear with ease. For example, she used magnets and elastics(松紧带) in place of buttons and zippers. Those adjustments have enabled Oliver to wea
23、r the same style as his friends do, even jeans.Scheiers vision extends beyond just helping her own son. “I soon realized that millions of disabled people were also struggling to access fashionable clothing that meets their needs,” she said. That was why she started the Runway of Dreams Foundation.On
24、 September 5, 2018, the foundation held its annual fashion show during New York Fashion Week. The event showcased the foundations new adaptive clothing. The show featured several disabled models, including Cole Gottlieb and Maddie Hostetter. Cole, a 9-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy, loves to
25、play baseball and soccer. He was excited to participate in the fashion show. “It lets me be a role model to others,” he said. Maddie, aged 8, was born with only one full arm. “I heard about Runway of Dreams from my mom,” explained Maddie. “Even though I can button clothes with one arm, the magnets h
26、ave made it much easier for me.”Scheierwhose TED Talk was released in January 2018credits her passion with the progress Runway of Dreams has made in the last few years. “Passion allows you to not take no for an answer,” she encourages. “It allows you to keep going when faced with challenges.”26. Wha
27、t motivated Scheier to start Runway of Dreams?A. Her fashion experience. B. Her talent for designing clothing.C. Her sympathy for the disabled. D. Her sons special needs in clothing.27. What most features Runway of Dreams?A. It is a non-profit organization.B. It employs the disabled as models.C. It
28、produces trendy clothing for the disabled.D. It decorates its clothing with buttons and zippers.28. Why does the author mention Cole and Maddie in Paragraph 5?A. To draw peoples attention to disabled models.B. To promote the foundations new adaptive clothing.C. To call on models to participate in th
29、e fashion show.D. To stress the influence of the foundation on the disabled.29. What can we infer from what Cole and Maddie said?A. They accepted the fact of being disabled. B. They were hopeful for their future.C. They were grateful to Runway of Dreams. D. They dreamed of being role models.30. What
30、s essential in the growth of the foundation according to Scheier?A. Dreams. B. Passion. C. Progress. D. Challenges.CWeve all been in a situation where we ask our friend to the restaurant for lunch and find ourselves waiting at a table alone. We look around the room, notice all the other customers di
31、ning with someone, and suddenly become insecure that were alone. Instead of starting a conversation with someone, we rush to grab our phones and stare at the screen until we are finally rescued by our late friend.Long gone are the days when we start a conversation with the person next to us while sitting on the subway during the morning or evening co
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