1、He has much taste in art.He knows little about art.He is very interested in art.听第2段对话,回答第46题。4.Whats the relationship between the two speakers?Mother and son. B. Seller and buyer. C. Teacher and student.5.What does the boy want to do?He wants to buy some books.He wants to borrow some books.He wants
2、 to ask some strange questions.6.What does the man like reading?Travel B. History C. Action.听第3段对话,回答第79题。7.What is the speaker?A . doctor B. A teacher C. A tour guide.8.Which is the most popular sight in Washington?The Georgetown. B. The White House C. The National Museum.9.What can tourists see in
3、 Georgetown?A . A lot of new buildings .A lot of big restaurants.A lot of good small shops.听第4段对话,回答第1012 题。10.What does the man want to do?Sell a house to the woman.Buy a house for the woman.Help the woman rent a house.11.Which one does the woman want?The expensive oneThe one with furniture.The one
4、 with a large kitchen.12.Where are the two speakers?In a car. B. In an office. C. At a bus station.听第5段对话,回答第1315题。13.How old was Jimmy?Five B. Seven. C. Eleven.14.Why did Jimmys mother give him a notebook?Because she wanted to encourage Jimmy to study hard.Because she wanted to make Jimmy get out o
5、f his bad habit.Because she wanted to make Jimmy become an honest child.15.What can we know about Jimmy?Jimmy was too young to spell many words.Jimmy didnt want to write words in the note book.Jimmy didnt study hard and he could spell a few words.第二节 听取信息 (共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)听下面一段独白,请根据题目的要求,从听到的内容中获取必
6、要的信息,填入答题卡标号为1620的空格中。对话读两遍。答题时间为60秒。 RequirementsFill out a form.Pay 16 dollars a year.Cost Pay one dollar for each 17 . Keeping time 18 are three to five days.New movies are (19) _ days.Advantage Provide a free video tape for each of the members (20)_. 语言知识及运用(共两节,满分35分)第一节完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)阅
7、读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从2130各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Have you just been fired? Are you feeling like a failure? Dont be sorry about that. Cheer yourself up and spread your wings. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 21 sometimes you dont realize it, youre asking to be fired.
8、Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was 22 creative gifts and then a good idea occurred to him sending dinners, live lobsters (龙虾) to his favorite customers. He 23 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and star
9、ted delivering. It was a huge 24 . As a result, one of his customers suggested they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman 25 get the idea of lobsters out of his mind. Why not turn this into a hobby and make a few extra dollars? While on a job as
10、signment in Chicago, he 26 a local radio station to give him a few plugs (插座) in 27 for some lobsters. Unfortunately, his boss heard his salesman selling lobsters, not computers. No surprisingly, Dan was let go. After returning the companys car, he started to think maybe this was a 28. Playing with
11、his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The 29 was available, and Dan the Lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldnt be happier. Many people who have been fired have found ways back to fulfilling careers
12、. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation (羞辱) are temporary (暂时的). So do not be afraid to move 30 and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesnt mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.21 A. Because B. WhenC. Thou
13、gh D. If22 A. searching forB. making up C. giving awayD. thinking up23 A. packagedB. soldC. tiedD. placed24 A. matterB. businessC. failureD. success25 A. couldntB. mustnt C. shouldntD. wouldnt26 A. permittedB. hopedC. persuadedD. suggested27 A. changeB. exchange C. placeD. need28 A. thingB. signC. p
14、ityD. pleasure29 A. amountB. figureC. noteD. number30 A. backB. aside C. away D. on第二节:语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。As settlers moved to California _31 the mid-nineteenth century, they becameconcerned about the lack of rapid
15、 _32 (communicate) with the eastern United States. Because of the dangers and hardships of _33 (cross) the West, mail often did not arrive. Therefore the most important mails _34 (send) via Panama, _35 took a month or more. In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Po
16、ny Express. The company hired _36 bravest riders and bought the fastest horses _37 (use) as relay(替换) teams between Missouri and California, and the company promised _38 mails would be sent in ten days. The company established two hundred stations along the route at which riders could rest and chang
17、e horses. In less than two years, _39 , telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was _40 longer needed. 阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节:阅读理解(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项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. Hi
18、s food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and study local specialties in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for holding
19、dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dinning
20、-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network. Food Network producer Flay hopes the y
21、oung cook will find a place on the network television. He says Liebermans charisma is key. “ Food TV isnt about food anymore.” says Flay, “ Its about your personality and finding a way to keep peoples eyeballs on your show.” But Lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the fir
22、st season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flight. Lieberman got the job.41. We can learn from the text that Liebermans family_.
23、A. have relatives in Europe B. love cooking at home C. often hold parties D. own a restaurant42. The Food Network got to know Lieberman_. A. at one of his parties B. from his teacher C. through his taped show D. on a television program43. What does the word “ charisma” underline in the text refer to
24、 ? A. A natural ability to attract others. B. A way to show ones achievement. C. Liebermans after-class interest D. Liebermans fine cooking skill44. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job? A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen. B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV. C. He was
25、good at using eggs to make sandwiches. D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.45. What can we learn about Lieberman from the text? A. He is clever but lonely. B. He is friendly and active. C. He enjoys traveling around. D. He often changes his menuBSports shoes that workout whether their
26、 owner has enough exercise to warrant(许可) time in front of the television have been invented in the UK.The shoes named Square Eyes contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a
27、 receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the days efforts.The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final y
28、ear design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And wanted to solve that with my design.”Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And f
29、urther time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded
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