1、3. What does the woman mean? A. Cathy will be at the party. B. Cathy is too busy to come. C. Cathy is going to be invited4. Why does the woman plan to go to town? A. To pay her bills in the bank. B. To buy books in a bookstore. C. To get some money from the bank5. What is the woman trying to do? A.
2、Finish some writing. B. Print an article. C. Find a newspaper.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。 听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. What is the man doing? A. Changing seats on the plane B. Asking for a windo
3、w seat C. Trying to find his seat7. What is the womans seat number? A. 6A B. 7A C. 8A 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Why doesnt the woman take the green T-shirt? A. Its too small B. Its too dark C. Its too expensive9. What does the woman buy in the end? A. A yellow T-shirt B. A blue T-shirt C. A pink T-shirt 听第8
4、段材料,回答第10至12题。10. How long has the man been in London? A. One year. B. A few years C. A couple of months11. Why did the woman leave her hometown? A. To lead a city life. B. To open a restaurant. C. To find a job12. Where did the woman come from? A. London. B. Arnside C. Lancaster. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。1
5、3. What is a daypack? A. A box B. A bag C. A lock14. What surprises the girl at school? A. A lot of discussions in class B. Teachers giving little homework C. Few students asking questions in class.15. At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place? A. At the end of i
6、t. B. In the middle of it C. At the beginning of it16. What do we know about the girl? A. She is new to the school B. She writes for the school newspaper. C. She seldom asks questions in class. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Where does Mr. Henry Stone do? A. A bank clerk B. A teacher C. A writer18. What does
7、 Henry like doing at airports? A. Watching people B. Telling stories C. Reading magazines.19. What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day? A. A valuable suitcase was missing B. A man stole money from a bank C. A woman ran away from home20. Why was the woman at the airport? A. She was traveling o
8、n business B. She was seeing the man off. C. She was leaving for Greece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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AGreetings Around the World If you say the word communication, most people think of words and sentences. Although these are very important
9、, we communicate with more than just spoken and written words. Indeed, body positions are part of what we call body language. We see examples of unconscious body language very often, yet there is also learned body language, which varies from culture to culture. We use body language when we are intro
10、duced to strangers. Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe to relax. So every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers, to show them we are not aggressive. Traditionally, Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right handthe strongest hand for mo
11、st people. If our right hand is busy greeting someone, it cannot be holding a weapon. So the gesture is saying, I trust you. Look, Im not carrying a threatening weapon. If you shake hands with someone, you show you trust them. We shake hands when we make a deal. It means, We agree and we trust each
12、other. Greetings in Asian countries do not involve touching the other person, but they always involve the hands. Traditionally in China, when we greet someone, we put the right hand over the left and bow slightly. Muslims give a salaam, where they touch their heart, mouth and forehead. Hindus join t
13、heir hands and bow their heads in respect. In all of these examples, the hands are busy with the greeting and cannot hold a weapon. Even today, when some people have very informal styles of greeting, they still use their hands as a gesture of trust. American youths often greet each other with the ex
14、pression, Give me five! One person then holds up his hand, palm outwards and five fingers spread. The other person raises his hand and slaps the others open hand above the head in a high five. Nowadays, it is quite a common greeting.Body language is fascinating for anyone to study. People give away
15、much more by their gestures than by their words. Look at your friends and family and see if you are a mind reader!21What does the word “communication” mean in the passage? AWords and sentences. BUnconscious body language. C“Learned” body language. DAll of the above.22“Shaking hands” means all the fo
16、llowing EXCEPT “_” Awe respect each other Bwe agree and we trust each other Cwe are not aggressive Dour right hands are strongest23Which of the following statements is NOT true?AIn Asia, touching each other when they meet isnt a common greeting.BWhen we make a deal we shake hands. CA “high five” is
17、a formal style of greeting.DGiving a “salaam” is a kind of “learned” body language.24Whats the authors purpose in writing the passage?ATo teach us how to greet others. BTo advise us to use “learned” body language. CTo offer us some information about “learned” body language. DTo let us know why we sh
18、ake hands when we meet.BThe Student Who Asked Questions In a hungry world rice is a staple food and China is the worlds largest producer. Rice is also grown in many other Asian countries, and in some European countries like Italy. In the rice-growing world, the Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is a
19、 leading figure.Yuan Longping was born and brought up in China. As a boy he was educated in many schools and was given the nickname, the student who asks questions.From an early age he was interested in plants. He studied agriculture in college and as a young teacher he began experiments in crop bre
20、eding. He thought that the key to feeding people was to have more rice and to produce it more quickly. He thought there was only one way to do thisby crossing different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants.Fir
21、st Yuan Longping experimented with different types of rice. The results of his experiments were published in China in 1966. Then he began his search for a special type of rice plant. It had to be male. It had to be sterile. Finally, in 1970 a naturally sterile male rice plant was discovered. This wa
22、s the breakthrough. Researchers were brought in from all over China to develop the new system. The research wassupported by the government. As a result of Yuan Longpings discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990s. There were other advantages too. 50 thousand square kilomet
23、res of rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops. Following this, Yuan Longpings rice was exported to other countries, such as Pakistan and the Philippines.In Pakistan rice is the second most important crop after wheat and will be grown in many parts of the country. The n
24、ew hybrid rice has been developed by the Yuan Longping Hightech Agricultural Company of China. Its yield is much greater than the yield of other types of rice grown in Pakistan.25. A naturally sterile male rice plant was discovered in_. A1966 B.1970 C1973 D199026. From the passage we know that Yuan
25、Longping_.Astudied in an agricultural school when he was a boy Bgot interested in plants in collegeCbegan experiments in crop breeding when he was a college studentDasked a lot of questions at school when he was a boy27. In Yuans opinion, the only way to produce more rice and to produce it more quic
26、kly was to_.Adevelop a new kind of rice which can give a higher yieldBsearch for a special type of rice plant C. develop a new kind of fast growing rice Dincrease rice planting areas 28According to the text we can know that_. Arice is grown in most European countries Bwheat is the most important cro
27、p in Pakistan CYuans research was supported by himself DYuans rice will be grown in more and more countriesC It was Mothers Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly
28、 woman had fallen over at the entrance(入口)and had hit her head on the concrete(混凝土). Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset(沮丧的) about what had happened to the couple. He said t
29、o me, “Mum, its not much fun falling over in front of everyone.” At the front of the supermarket, a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds(筹集善款). Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was am
30、azed that hed come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up(让.高兴). “Just take it,” she replied. “I cant take your money for such a wonderful gesture.” By now paramedics(救援人员)had arrived, and were attending to the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her. Instead I gave the flower to the womans husband and told him, “
copyright@ 2008-2023 冰点文库 网站版权所有
经营许可证编号:鄂ICP备19020893号-2