1、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。1When will the two speakers meet?AAt 10:30 BAt 10:00 CAt 9:302Who is in the hospital?AToms sister BTom CBetty3What caused his headache?AToo little sleep BThe hat CThe sun4When will the speakers get to Beijing?AAt 8:30 BAt 8:50 CAt 9:005How much should the wo
2、man pay if she buys two T-shirts?ATen dollars BEleven dollars CSix dollars第二节 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至8题。6How old is the man?A20 B21 C227What did the man think of the study of English?AInteresti
3、ng BEasy CHard8What did the man enjoy most?AListening BTalking CWriting听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。9How many languages can the woman speak?ATwo BThree CFour10What do we know from the text?AThe woman can write FrenchBThe woman cant write GermanCThe woman can not only speak German but also write it11What does the
4、 man think of Japanese?AIts difficult BIts easy CIts the same as German听第8段材料,回答第12至13题。12Who called whom?AJames called John BJohn called James CDavid called Nancy13Where will they meet?AAt the entrance of the stadiumBAt the entrance of the museumCAt the entrance of the theater听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。14Whe
5、re does the woman want to go?ACollege Road BA restaurant CA bank15Which bus should the woman take?ANo8 BNo18 CNo8016Where can she take the bus to the place she wants to go?ACollege RoadBBridge StreetCThe International Bank听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17Why didnt Mr Black offer Room 112 to the three men at firs
6、t?AThe key had been lostBIt was too small for three menCIt was not bright enough18How much did Mr Black ask each man for the room?A$ 30 B$ 10 C$ 919Why did the assistant return only $3 to the men?AThe manager had asked him to do soBHe couldnt divide the money for the three menCHe wanted to make some
7、 money for himself20How were the manager and his asssistant different in behaviour?AThe manager was honest but his assistant was notBThe assistant was clever but the manager was notCThe manager did not know how to make money,but the assistant did第二部分 阅读理解第一节(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
8、和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Whenever anyone measures educational success,East Asian countries are always top scorersBut in a recent league table,a European country,Finland,was top of the classSouth Korea was still in second place,thoughBritain was at number 6In Korea the school day is long - typically 7
9、 or 8 hours,followed by hours of private tutoring in the eveningsAll this hothousing leaves Korean students so tired;they sometimes fall asleep in class next dayWorries about the effects of late night cramming(填鸭式)led the government to force cramming schools to close by 10pmFinnish children spend th
10、e least time in class in the developed world,often finishing just after lunch,with about one hour of homework a dayPrivate tuition is uncommonThe British school day is quite long in comparison,around 6 hours,and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self-study a nightThe Korean education system
11、,like many in Asia,is intensely competitive,with students even competing to get into the best cramming schools,to help them get aheadFinnish education is far less cut-throatClasses are all mixed ability,and there are no league tablesBritish schools again occupy the middle ground,with quite high leve
12、ls of competition for places at university,and schools and universities battling to come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfactionKorea and Finland both do well,yet their education systems are so differentHowever,there are some similarities in Korea and FinlandIn
13、those countries,teachers have high status in society,and education is very highly valuedThose attitudes cant change quicklyBut it can be doneThey might be the star pupil now,but until the 1970s,Finlands educational system was poorTheir thoroughly different approach to schooling has taken them to the
14、 top in just a generation21According to the passage,the students take the most time in school in _ABritain BFinland CKorea DEast Asian countries 22From Paragragh 3,we can know that_Athe students in Korea are most competitive in AsiaBFinnish classes develop the students all-round abilitiesCBritish sc
15、hools are less competitive than universitiesDBritish universities pay more attention to exam results only23According to the author,the key factor in improving education is _Athe attitude Bthe schooling time Cstar pupils Dnew teaching approachBNuclear powers danger to health,safety,and even life itse
16、lf can be summed up in one word: radiationNuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it,partly because it cannot be detected by human sensesIt cant be seen or heard,or touched or tasted,even though it may be all around usThere are other things like thatFor example,radio waves are all around us bu
17、t we cant detect them,sense them,without a radio receiverSimilarly,we cant sense radioactivity without a radiation detectorBut unlike common radio waves,nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living thingsAt very high levels,radiation can kill an animal or human being immediatel
18、y by killing masses of cells in vital organsBut even the lowest levels can do serious damageThere is no levels of radiation that is completely safeIf the radiation does not hit anything important,the damage may not be seriousThis is the case when only a few cells are hit,and if they are killed immed
19、iatelyYour body will replace the dead cells with healthy onesBut if the few cells are only damaged,and if they reproduce themselves,you may be in troubleThey can grow into cancerSometimes this does not show up for many yearsThis is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiationSeriou
20、s damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurredA person can be irradiated(辐射)and feel fine,then die for cancer five,ten,or twenty years later as a resultOr a child can be born weak as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparentsRadiation can hurt usWe m
21、ust know the truth 24What is the most dangerous factor of nuclear power? ARadiation BQuantity CAmount DPlace25Which of the following statements is true?ANuclear radiation can do harm to human beingsBNuclear radiation cannot do harm to human beingsCNuclear radiation can be detected by human sensesDNu
22、clear radiation is just like common radio waves26Why does nuclear radiation have a certain mystery?ABecause human beings learn its harmfulnessBBecause it can do harm to a person while the victim isnt aware the damage has occurredCBecause nuclear radiation can kill a person very easilyDBecause human
23、beings have no effective machine in order to detect nuclear radiation27If a human being is hit by nuclear radiation,he may _Adie of cancer after many yearsBdie immediately Chave a child who may be born weakDall of the aboveCNearly everyone agrees that money doesnt buy as much as it used to,no matter
24、 when you want to spend itThis is certainly true of the paper money that passes so quickly through ones handsBut what about coins that seem to do very little except stay in purses and pockets? Unlike notes,metal money becomes more valuable the longer it is held,especially if it is put away where it
25、wont get scratched (破坏)or wornWhy is this? One reason is that coins,being more durable (持久的),fall more readily into a category for collectorsNaturally,the rarer gold pieces must become more valuable as the price of this metal goes upBut,curiously,one of the rarest coins in the world is not made of g
26、old,but of the relatively cheaper silverIn 1840,the United States mint (造币厂)struck 19570 silver dollarsThat is what its records showToday only six of this original number remain and these are unlikely ever to reach the auction (拍卖)marketSo what happened to some 19564 large silver coins,not the easie
27、st sort of things to lose? One of the more romantic theories is that they were part of the payment to Napoleon for the American land then known as LouisianaBut they never reached FranceSomewhere in the Gulf of Mexico,the ship transporting them was sunk,either by a storm or by pirates (海盗)The probabl
28、e answer to the mystery is that they were melted down since the silver value was greater than the actual value of the coinWhat really happened to the rest will probably always remain a mysteryWhat is known is that whoever can come up with one will find himself instantly rich28Which of the following
29、is true of a coin?AThe longer it is held,the less valuable it becomesBThe more it wears out,the more valuable it becomesCThe less it gets scratched,the less it valuesDThe longer it lasts,the more it values29According to this passage,one of the rarest coins in the world is made of _Asilver Bgold Ccopper Dpaper30Coins become more valuable because _Athey stay in purses and pocketsBthe price of metal goes upCthey fall more readily into a category for collectors due to their durationDBoth B and C31What really happened to some 19564 large silver coins?AThey were melted downBThey were
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