1、 B.9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1.What is the man doing?A. Asking the way. B.Giving directions. C. Correcting a mistake.2.What dress size does the woman want?A.8. B.10. C.12.3.What is the woman likely to do?A. Make a phone call. B. Handle the problem. C. Have a rest.4.Which tour does the man seem to be intere
2、sted in?A. The evening tour. B. The half-day tour. C.The full-day tour.5.Where are the speakers?A.At a canteen. B.At a clinic. C.At a bank.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。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、7题。6. What does
3、the woman think of the match?A.Entertaining. B.Discouraging. C. Boring.7.What do the speakers plan to do on Tuesday afternoon?A.Watch a game. B. Play tennis. C. Go to the cinema.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. What does the man advise Mrs.White to do?A.Go on a diet. B. Do more exercise. C. Get enough sleep.9.Whi
4、ch can be included in Mrs. Whites breakfast?A.Eggs. B.Sausages. C.Porridge.10.What is the man?A. A teacher. B.A physician. C.A chef.听第8段材料,回答第11至14题。11.How does Nancy look to Daniel?A.Confused. B. Excited. C. Anxious.12.Why does Daniel mention his performance in a play?A.To comfort Nancy. B. To expr
5、ess his regret C. To show his pride.13.What is Nancy going to do next week?A.Take a school test B.Have a check-up. C.Go in for a competition.14.What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy?A.Rewrite her lines. B.Drive her to the theatre. C.Help her with the practice.听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。15.What was Prof. Ston
6、es grandfather afraid of?A.Leaving his home. B.Parting from his son. C.Taking early retirement.16.What does old age mean to many elderly Americans?A.Lack of moral support. B. Loss of self-worth. C. Change of living habits.17.What will Prof Stone talk about next concerning elderly people?A.Public ser
7、vices they ask for. B.Health care available to them.C.Contributions they can make.听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18.What does the speakers mother want her to be?A.A confident person. B. A warm-hearted person. C. A humorous person.19.Why did the speaker feel lonely in her childhood?A.She often traveled by herself
8、B.Her family moved frequently.C.Her mother was busy working.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.Importance of home schooling.B.Mother-daughter relationship.C.A role model in her family.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。AThe Biggest Stadiums in the Wo
9、rldPeople have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 8 A.Q., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the worlds best known stadium are continues to inform contemporary design. Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. Howeve
10、r, that was small fry compared with the citys Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people.These days, safety regulations-not to mention the modern sports fans desire for a good view and a comfortable seat-tend to keep stadium capacities(容量)slightly lower. Even soccer fans tend to have a
11、 seat each; gone are the days of thousands standing to watch the match.For the biggest stadiums in the world, we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far, which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity, as well as updated information from official stadium websites.All these stadiu
12、ms are still functional, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang, D.P.R-Korea. Capacity. 150,000. Opened. May 1,1989.Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. Capacity: 107,601. Opened. October 1, 1927.Beaver Stadium, State College, Pen
13、nsylvania, U.S. Capacity: 106,572. Opened: September 17, I960.Ohio Stadium,Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Capacity: 104,944. Opened: October 7, 1922.Kyle Field,College Station, Texas, U.S. Capacity: 102,512. Opened: September 24,1927.21.How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?A.104,944. B. 107,601. C. A
14、bout 150,000. D. About 250,000.22.Of the following stadiums, which is the oldest?A. Michigan Stadium. B. Beaver Stadium.C. Ohio Stadium. D. Kyle Field.23.What do the listed stadiums have in common?A. They host big games. B. They have become tourist attractionsC. They were built by Americans. D. They
15、 are favored by architectsBWhen almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)?These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in the
16、ir pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey (调查).Of those Australians who still have a landline, a thirdconcedethat
17、 its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is na
18、turally a factor (因素)-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers whove perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isnt the only factor; Id say its also to do with the makeup of your household.Generation Xers with young families,
19、like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we
20、pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.C. Their
21、 major functions. D. Their complex design.25. What does the underlined word concede in paragraph 3 mean?A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark.26. What can we say about Baby Boomers?A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers identity.C. They keep using landline phones. D. They
22、 are attached to their family.27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light.CYouve heard that plastic is polluting the oceansbetween 4
23、.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plast
24、ic products.At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called“Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping cen
25、ter in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源)of plastic pollution, but theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be r
26、ecycled. Every straw that s part of Von Wongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear.In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckloads wo
27、rth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled Truckload of Plastic, Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like theyd been dumped(倾倒)from a truck all at once.Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure
28、big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.28. What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A. Beautifying the city he lives in. B. Introducing eco-friendly products.C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste. D. Reducing garbage on the beach.29. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in para
29、graph 3?A. To show the difficulty of their recycling. B. To explain why they are useful.C. To voice his views on modern art. D. To find a substitute for them.30. What effect would Truckload of Plastic have on viewers?A. Calming. B. DisturbingC Refreshing D. Challenging.31. Which of the following can
30、 be the best title for the text?A. Artists Opinions on Plastic Safety B. Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC. Responsibility Demanded of Big Companies D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into SculpturesDDuring an interview for one of my books, my interviewer said something I still think about often. Annoy
31、ed by the level of distraction(干扰)in his open office, he said, “Thats why I have a membership at the coworking space across the street so I can focus. His comment struck me as strange. After all, coworking spaces also typically use an open office layout (布局). But I recently came across a study that shows why his approach worksT
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