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1、 Work late? I suppose so, if you really think its necessary. Q: Where do you think this conversation most probably took place? You will read: A） At the office. B） In the waiting room. C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they h

2、ad to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A） “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A and mark it with a single line through the center. 1. A. Salesgirl and customer. B. Tailor and customer. C. Consultant and customer. D. Shopkeeper

3、 and customer. 2. A. Bosssecretary. B. Teacherstudent. C. Customer waitress. D. Lawyerclient. 3. A. To go dancing with the man. B. To take examinations. C. To prepare for the coming tests. D. To listen to a lecture. 4. A. $150. B. $200. C. $175. D. $225. 5. A. Meeting girlfriends. B. Working hard on

4、 his courses. C. Staying at home reading. D. Giving advice to his parents. 6. A. Delivery of the parts has been delayed. B. She doesnt have any more time for redecorating. C. Its time for the work to be finished. D. The redecorating is being done gradually. 7. A. She has been traveling throughout th

5、e town. B. She has been doing shopping the whole afternoon. C. She has been looking for a suitable dress for herself. D. She has been late for cooking the dinner for her family. 8. A. Go to the concert. B. Go to work. C. See her friends as planned. D. Finish her homework. 9. A. Very sarcastic. B. Ve

6、ry pleased. C. Very unhappy. D. Very proud. 10. A. She has finished only one step. B. She doesnt have any more time for redecorating. C. She will reorder the parts. D. The redecorating is being done gradually.Section B In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you

7、will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center.Passage One Questions 11 to 14 ar

8、e based on the passage you have just heard.11. A. 010 2612597. B. 010 3712597. C. 010 3622597. D. 010 3612597.12. A. London. B. Australia. C. America. D. Canada.13. A. There are eighty thousand sheep on it. B. There are ninety thousand sheep on it. C. There are seventy thousand sheep on it. D. There

9、 are eighty and thousand sheep on it.14. A. Robert West will visit Don Flower. B. Don Flower will call Robert West on his birthday next year. C. Robert West will call Don Flower again next year. D. Don Flower will visit Robert West.Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have jus

10、t heard.15. A. The sun in the sky. B. The sunshine in bad weather. C. The name in the passport. D. The appearance of the student.16. A. A rude person. B. A wise person. C. An amusing person. D. A humorous person.17. A. There was something wrong with his passport and visa. B. He was going to be arres

11、ted. C. He brought sunshine to England. D. His name was pronounced just like the England word “sun”.Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A. It meant something for peoples spare time.B. It meant hunting animals and birds. C. It meant organized games. D. It

12、 meant something for advertisement.19. A. More than L50,000. B. More than stars. C. Over L3,000. D. As much as tennis champions.20. A. By advertising watches and food. B. By allowing companies to use their fame for their products.C. By selling shirts and shoes. D. By selling photographs.IIReading Co

13、mprehension （30%）Passage OneThe man who, legend has it, escaped from an early grave when his uncle pulled him from drowning in a dirty pond is notorious for his dirty deeds but what cannot be forgotten are his achievements in the 1986 World Cup.Forget the handball against England, feel the quality o

14、f his 50-yard solo goal in the same game and the near repeat performance in the semi-final against Belgium. The Argentina side of 1986 was functional and hard-working but it was Maradona who fired them to the final and then set up two of the goals in their 3-2 win over West Germany in the final.In 1

15、990, a barely-fit Maradona fought his way to the final where the Germans took their revenge. Few people shared Diegos post-match tears. In fact many rejoiced that such an ugly brute of a team had lost.Eight years before, in Spain, Maradona, then newly arrived at Barcelona, disgraced himself by being

16、 sent off in a Second Phase game with Brazil. Even four years before that the 18-year-old Maradona was a source of great controversy when he was left Out of the victorious squad that won on home ground.USA 1994 was the end for Maradona as a player. Right after the Nigeria game, he was picked for dru

17、gs-screening and tested positive for banned stimulant ephedrine （麻黄硷）. He was banned from the rest of the tournament and the team fell apart, going out in the second round to Romania.21. How many World Cups are mentioned in the passage? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.22. Which country won the 19

18、90 World Cup? A. Argentina. B. Germany. C. Romania. D. England.23. Maradona won the World Cup _. A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times24. When in 1994, Maradona was driven out of the World Cup, he was close to _. A. 18 B. 24 C. 26 D. 3125. According to the passage, Maradona is a man _. A. fu

19、ll of ideas B. with cruel behaviors C. having good luck D. of great controversyPassage Two A material which usually keeps animals and people warm is providing an oil clean-up service for the environment. Wool from sheep proved to be an effective “sponge” to soak up oil from the waters of the Persian

20、 Gulf after the Gulf War in 1991. The absorbent qualities of wool were used to good effect in wool poles which swept across the surface of the water and cleaned up the oil.（加） Now the same absorbent qualities are being used by railways in the Netherlands. Wool mats produced by Rhanex Wools of New Ze

21、aland have been laid between the rails at eight major Dutch railway stations to soak up diesel oil dropping from locomotives. Dutch authorities were worried that diesel oil was seeping （渗入） through the ground into the water-table, which is used for farm irrigation and to supply drinking water. The m

22、ats can be regularly squeezed to extract the diesel oil from them, and then reused. Similar wool mats are being used in inner city car parking lots in Sydney, Australia, to soak up oil dropping from parked cars. One parking lot owner believed that the value of his land could be reduced by oil pollut

23、ion.The environmental friendly qualities of wool are also being put to good use to protect wool itself. High value Merino sheep in Australia and Canada are wearing wool covers to protect their fleece （羊毛）.26. Which of the following is not one of wools advantages?A. It has absorbent quality. B. It co

24、uld be squeezed and reused.C. It can be used to avoid pollution. D. It could increase the price of land.27. It can be inferred that wool first proved very useful in absorbing oil _.A. in ancient time B. in the Gulf WarC. after the Gulf War D. before the Gulf War28. Which country used wool to prevent

25、 oil seeping into earth? A. America. B. Iraq. C. New Zealand. D. The Netherlands.29. Why are wool mats are being used in parking lots in Sydney?A. To prevent the cars from turning over.B. To absorb oil leaking from the parked cars.C. To attract more drivers to park their cars.D. To ask for a higher

26、price when the lands are sold.30. Which function of wool is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Storing up oil. B. Material for making clothes.C. Absorbing oil. D. Protecting sheep themselves.Passage Three Daily social relations in France have always been dominated by family ties. The family has been th

27、e focus of the individuals loyalty and affection, of his economic interest, and even of his legal duty. Many an older Frenchman has spent his youth in a world where he was expected to regard cousins, uncles and grandparents as more important to him than friends of his own age, and where the familys

28、needs and demands were put before those of the local community or even of the State. The main change since the war is that the focus of loyalty has been steadily narrowing from the “extended family” to the “nuclear family”, i.e. the home cell of parents and children. In the rural areas the tradition

29、ally big peasant families have been losing their influence as the young drift away to the town. As property gives way to income and family management disappears, the tight network of the big family gathering has become less necessary for the individuals future, and also less easy to maintain. Many y

30、ounger couples today prefer pleasure travelling, or a weekend cottage shared with a few friends, to the traditional big family reunions on Sundays and in August. But old values are still there. Clan （氏族） loyalties towards more distant relatives may become weak, an adults ties with his own parents and even with thei