1、听力(共两节,每题1.5分,满分30分)第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How much did the man pay for the watch? A. $200. B. $140. C. $30.2. What does the woman like most about Ninas parties? A. The great music. B. The delicious food. C. The chance to meet many people.3. What are the speakers going to do next? A. Go for a walk
2、. B. Work on a report. C. Return some books.4. What does the woman look like? A. She has long hair. B. She has black eyes. C. She is slim and tall.5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A writer. B. A book. C. A film. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。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. Making a
3、 complaint. B. Booking a room. C. Asking for help.7. What will the woman do next ? A. Cut down the price of the room. B. Show the man another room. C. Talk to the porter. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Where will the speakers go on Saturday? A. To a square. B. To a nightclub. C. To a park. 9. When will the speak
4、ers meet on Saturday? A. At about 4:00 p.m. B. At about 9:00 p.m. C. At about 11:00 p.m. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Where are the speakers? A. In a restaurant. B. In a factory. C. In a school.11. What does the man think of his present job? A. Tiring. B. Interesting. C. Satisfying. 12. What will the speake
5、rs do next? A. Start to work. B. See a football match. C. Ask for free football tickets. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. How did Anita learn the ice-skating at first? A. By learning from her mother. B. By hiring a teacher. C. By attending school. 14. Why couldnt Anita enter competitions sometimes? A. She could
6、nt afford the entry fee. B. She had no suitable clothes. C. She was too young.15. What does Anita think the hardest thing is about her job? A. Long working time. B. Separation from her family. C. Practices before the performance.16. What is the most important skill for a successful ice-skater accord
7、ing to Anita? A. Having a positive attitude. B. Being physically strong. C. Never falling over. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Why did Sainsburys become well known? A. It provided all kinds of products. B. It offered very low-priced products. C. It sold high-quality and inexpensive products.18. What do we kn
8、ow about the workers in Sainsburys? A. They didnt suffer from the hard working conditions. B. They had to clean the shop before it was opened. C. They were asked to start to work at 2 a.m.19. What change had Sainsburys made by the 1920s? A. Its number of shops had increased. B. It had stopped home d
9、elivery service. C. It had broadened its variety of products. 20. When did Sainsburys first out-of-town supermarket open? A. In 1869. B. In 1960. C. In 1974. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。(共 15 小题 每小题 2 分,满分 30 分) A A teenager has gained a six-figure sum for a vampire (吸血鬼) nov
10、el she wrote after being inspired by the Twilight. Abigail Gibbs, 18, who started writing the book aged 14, released chapters of her novel online, where the book eventually received 17 million hits. Harper Collins in Britain has now signed this talented author following her extraordinary Internet su
11、ccess. Miss Gibbs, from Brixham, Devon, who is about to start studying English at Oxford University, is the first author to be discovered on Wattpad. Wattpad is an online library which allows subscribers (用户) to upload or read other peoples stories. Miss Gibbs also said Stephenie Meyers famous Twili
12、ght books had influenced her novel, The Dark Heroine. “I read the Twilight and did really enjoy it. At first, my parents were a bit opposed to my writing because I was staying up till 3 a.m. on school nights and they were worried that I might fall behind.” Miss Gibbs finished her book at the age of
13、16. She posted each chapter after she had written it on the Internet site, until she got to five chapters before the end when she stopped. “I had signed with an agent and he basically said, Dont post anymore so as to keep the readers anxiety”. That was tough because I disappeared in the site for a y
14、ear and there were a lot of fans asking where I was. I have had so many requests from fans to upload the last five chapters; some people even said they were going to write their own endings.” Her fans can buy the e-book for 2.99, or wait for the paperback book priced at 6.99 in shops next month.21.
15、Her parents didnt support Gibbs writing because _ . A. they didnt like vampire novels B. writing might influence her studies C. Gibbs spent too much time online D. a possible failure might let Gibbs down22. We can infer from the text that Gibbs _ . A. got support from Meyer B. dropped out of school to concentrate on her career C. spent two years in writing The Dark Heroine D. wrote several books before The Dark Heroine23. Why did Gibbs stop posting the last
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