1、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 does the man want the woman to do?A. Ring off. B. Wash her hair. C. Answer the phone.2. What does the man probably do?A. A policeman. B. A journalist. C. A gardener.3. Where does the convers
2、ation probably take place?A. In the office. B. In a restaurant. C. On the phone.4. What is the womans view about traditional schools?A. Theyll develop. B. Theyll disappear. C. Theyll replace online education.5. When will the man get to the womans party?A. At about 6:30. B. At about 7:00. C. At about
3、 7:30.第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满 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 is the man doing?A. Looking for Stan Bailey. B. Looking into the matter. C. Planning for his vacation.7. What is the man
4、s attitude to asking Stan for help at first?A. Uncertain. B. Positive. C. Unlikely.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。8. How soon are they going to New Zealand?A. In two days. B. In a couple of months. C. In about half a month.9. Why does Tom make the call?A. To invite her out. B. To ask for some advice. C. To b
5、orrow some money.10. Where are they going to meet?A. At Susans. B. At Toms. C. In New Zealand.听第 8 段材料,回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Friends. C. Relatives.12. When do more people look through ads for jobs?A. On Mondays. B. On Sundays. C.
6、 On Fridays.13. What does the man think of the womans idea?A. Its ridiculous. B. Its excellent. C. It needs to be improved.听第 9 段材料,回答第 14 至 17 题。14. Why did the woman come to the mans office?A. To ask for his signature. B. To ask for his advice. C. To seek his support.15. Why did the woman have to
7、drop her chemistry course last term?A. She took a part-time job.B. She was ill then.C. She lost interest in it.16. What courses does the woman think easy to learn?A. Chemistry and calculus.B. Economics and music.C. American novels and Romantic poetry.17. Why did the man ask the woman to see him afte
8、r the first week of classes?A. To be sure she is in good health.B. To examine what she has learned.C. To make sure the courses arent heavy for her.听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。18. What was Annie Oakley famous for?A. Her perfect shooting skills.B. Her adventure in travelling.C. Her good performance in the
9、 show.19. Why did Annie Oakley begin to learn hunting?A. To support her family.B. To teach herself living skills.C. To make her dream come true.20. At what age did Annie Oakley pass away?A. 46. B. 56. C. 66.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 35 分)第一节(共 10 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 25 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,并在答题
10、卡上将该项涂黑。ALinda was sitting by his 88-year-old fathers bed in the hospital. He had a heart failure and needed surgery.What troubled her most was the fact that all day the two of them had engaged in nothing but depressing small talks. She and her father had always had good conversations, but now he se
11、emed to be sunk in deep thought of his situation. He talked about the terrible hospital food, the tests, the doctors and the potential outcomes. “It is really hard to sit with a person in a hospital,” Linda says. “It feels like theres nothing to talk about except their medical situation.”That day in
12、 the hospital, her eyes fell on the books on the table. She picked up one and started to read it out loud.“Right away it changed the mood and atmosphere,” she says. That afternoon, Linda read to her father for an hour. It was a relief and a pleasure for both of them. Reading gave the daughter a way
13、to connect with her father and help him in a situation that was otherwise out of her hands. Listening allowed the father to travel on the sound of his daughters voice, back to the time when he felt himself again.Listeners are not the only ones to benefit from this kind of oral practice. For Neil Bus
14、h, the late-life hospitalization( 住 院 ) of his famous parents, George and Barbara Bush, became opportunities to repay a debt of gratitude. “When I was a kid, my mother would read to me,” he says, “Recently Ive been reading books about Dads foreign policy. To read the story of their amazing life toge
15、ther has been a remarkable blessing to me, personally, as their son.”21. What made Linda most upset about her father?A. Her fathers surgery failed. B. Her fathers medical situation worsened.C. Her fathers test outcomes were terrible. D. Her father only focused on his own situation.22. Why did Linda
16、read for her father?A. Because her father wanted her to read.B. Because reading made her father comfortable.C. Because the two of them loved reading together.D. Because she accidentally found some books in the room.23. What do we know from Neil Bushs words?A. Readers get reward too.B. Listeners bene
17、fit from reading.C. He was interested in his fathers policy.D. He wanted to share his parents remarkable life.BIshikawa Yumi worked eight-hour shifts as an usher( 领 座 员 ) in a cinema, always in heels. Her employer insisted. Her toes bled, but her men colleagues can wear flat shoes. She complained on
18、 Twitter and the tweet exploded.Encouraged, she gathered 18,800 signatures on a petition( 请 愿 书 ) calling for a ban on employers requiring women to wear high heels, which she submitted to the government last June. More than 60% of Japanese women with jobs have been forced to squeeze their feet into
19、heels at work or have witnessed colleagues having to, according to a survey.Dress codes at many Japanese firms are strict. “Women have always been told to follow the dress code,even if it causes pain,” says Ms Ishikawa. Japanese bosses, who tend to be older men, often expect their female underlings
20、to endure it.The government has dug in its heels. A former labour minister, who received Ms Ishikawas petition last year, insists that wearing high heels at work is necessary and appropriate. The petition itself has received no official response to date.But some Japanese companies are slowly respond
21、ing to it. In late March Japan Airlines announced that its female flight attendants can kick off their heels and swap skirts for trousers if they choose. All three big mobile-phone operators have relaxed their rules on heels. Ms Ishikawa is cooperating with a shoe company to produce heel-less shoes.
22、 “Society is changing,” says Ms Ishikawa. “We cant be ignored. Pointless rules about footwear may soon be given the boot.”24. What did Ms Ishikawa complain about?A. Her long working hours during the day.B. Her colleagues not wearing high heels.C. The governments slow response to her petition.D. Empl
23、oyers different requirements on employees dress code.25. What does the expression “the government has dug in its heels” in paragraph 5 mean?A. The government has supported the campaign.B. The government has got into an embarrassing situation.C. The government has refused to change its mind.D. The go
24、vernment has held an ambiguous view about the situation.26. Which of the following best describes Ms Ishikawas attitude to the future?A. Negative. B. Indifferent. C. Positive. D. Skeptical.CJust two days into the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Cristobal was stirring up in the Gulf of
25、 Mexico.It was the third Atlantic storm powerful enough to get a name this season; no other year on record has seen three named Atlantic storms so early. On average, the third storm forms around August 13, according to AccuWeather. Storms like Cristobal are increasingly likely to become major hurric
26、anes. The chance of any tropical cyclone(气旋) becoming a major hurricane is increasing as human activity warms the globe.A study from researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison found that each new decade over the last 40 years has
27、brought an 8 percent increase xkw in the chance that a storm turns into a major hurricane.“We have a significantly building body of evidence that these storms have already changed in very substantial( 多 的 ) ways, and all of them are dangerous,” said James Kossin, an atmospheric scientist at NOAA and
28、 the studys lead author.The findings, published in May, were based on 40 years of satellite data. Hurricanes are getting stronger and wetter because climate change is causing ocean and air temperatures to climb2019 was the second-hottest year on record, and it closed the hottest decade ever recorded
29、. Hurricanes feed on warm water.Whats more, higher water temperatures lead to sea-level rise, which increases the risk of flooding during high tides and storms surges. Warmer air also holds more atmospheric water vapour, which enablestropical storms to strengthen and release more water.“Almost all o
30、f the damage and death caused by hurricanes is done by major hurricanes,” Kossin told CNN. “Increasing the likelihood of having a major hurricane will certainly increase this risk.”27. What can we infer from paragraph 2?A. Cristobal is the earliest Atlantic storm this year.B. A storm can be named on
31、ly if it reaches a certain speed.C. August is the average month to see the hurricane season begin.D. Human activities play a vital part in turning a tropical cyclone into a hurricane.28. Which of the following may cause the hurricanes to become more powerful?A. Warm water. B. Sea-level rise. C. Water vapour. D. Flooding.29. What do Kossins words convey?A. His wish. B. His concern. C. His sorrow. D. His delight.30. Wh
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