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1、 C. Because he thought doctors were badly needed in China at the moment.3. What did the woman think of English? A. An interesting subject. B. It is very important for her. C. A tool to learn the advanced science and technology.听第二段独白，回答第4-6题。4. Why does the woman call the man? A. To inform and inqui

2、ry something. B. To apologize for delay informing. C. To suggest and demand changes.5. How long does it take the man to go to Boston? A. 65 minutes. B. 70 minutes. C. 75 minutes.6. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man will take the Flight Northeast 8866. B. The new flight will save th

3、e man 200 miles. C. He will spend less money towards future travel.听第三段对话，回答第7-9题。7. Who are the two speakers? A. Fellow teachers. B. Freshmen of a university. C. Second-year students.8. Why does the man vote for Sydney? A. There are mountains nearby. B. He heard it would be fun to be there. C. He w

4、ants to be away from the hustle and bustle.9. What will the two speakers probably do next? A. Finish their course work. B. Buy some necessities for their trip.C. Plan out their holiday in detail.听第四段对话，回答第10-12题。10. What is the main topic of the mans speech? A. Social development. B. Scientific rese

5、arch. C. Environment protection.11. What can we learn from the speech? A. Anchorage used to bethe largest city in Alaska. B. The speaker is a professor born in Anchorage. C. Anchorage had a population of nearly 45 thousand in 1960.12. What is the man most probably doing next? A. Planning a suggestio

6、n. B. Showing some slides. C. Writing a letter to the government.听第五段独白，回答第13-15题。13. What does I would rather not spend a lot of money imply? A. It would take a long drive to get here. B. Tickets in downtown theater are very expensive. C. People can not help buying things if they go downtown.14. Wh

7、y does the woman say she does not want to see the movie Gone With The Wind? A. Because she does not want to see it a second time. B. Beeanse the movie theater is too far away. C. Because it is a popular film so the tickets would be quite expensive.15. What may you infer from the dialogue? A. People

8、are tired of watching TV nowadays. B. There are not any films worth seeing in local theater. C. The woman is rather hard to please. 第二节 听取信息（共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息填入答题卡标号为16至的空格中，听录音前你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有80秒钟的作答时间。 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C

9、和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. You need 21 ,his father said. But if you dont work hard, no fortune will come. What made him sad was 22 his piano teacher in Beijing didnt like him.

10、 You have no talent. You will never be a pianist. As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly 23 . He decided that he didnt want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didnt touch the piano. Wisely, his father didnt push, but waited. Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to

11、play some holiday songs. He didnt want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he 24 that he could show others that he had talent 25 . That day he told his father what he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around. He

12、 started 26 competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was 27 that Lang Lang had won,he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon 28 was clear that he couldnt stay in China forever-he had to play on the worlds big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang moved again,this time to

13、 Philadelphia, USA. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 29 performance at Chicagos Ravinia Festival, gigs in Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall started 30 in, Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him,

14、 and lets him shine.21. A. exercise B. fortune C. knowledge D. wealth22. A. Whether B. why C. when D. that23. A. hurt B. weakened C. ruined D. frightened24. A. seemed B. admitted C. noticed D. realized25. A. in all B. above all C. after all D. at all26. A. receiving B. accepting C. winning D. beatin

15、g27. A. told B. mentioned C. announced D. recognized28. A. this B. it C. that D. what29. A. successful B. cheerful C.respectful D. meaningful30. A. pulling B. breaking C. falling D. pouring第二节 语法填空 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卡标号为3140的相应位置上。 In many countries, 31

16、is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. 32, in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd. But this type of housing, 33 （call） co-housing, is gaining 34 （popular） in the United States,too. Co-housing complexes are popping up across the

17、 country. For many people, this way of life is a relief to the busy modem lifestyle. A co-housing community has 35 （private） owned houses and shared land.There is often a common house with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop, of brary or music room. About 25 co-housing comm

18、unities 36 （build） in recent years, and 150 more are lanned. A co-housing complex is a place 37 residents shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a o-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play 38 , 39 many families like. Other residents like the feeling o

19、f living in a village. Residents also say that ney can live in co-housing for 40 money than they would pay for nearby apartments. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题： 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 Americans wear black for mourning Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters.Chi

20、nese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities （极性）with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University of California,Berkeley, psychologist has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures -pola

21、rities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth. His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem to contentious and Chinese cultures so passive, when compared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to lear

22、n from each other in fundamental ways. The Chinese could loam much from Westernmethods for determining scientific truth, said Kaiping Peng, a former Beijing Scholar, who is now a UC Berkeley assistant professor of psychology. And Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accep

23、ting contradictions in social and personal life, he said. Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument, said Peng. The problem is that at the interpersonal level you really dont need to find the truth, or maybe there isnt any. Chinese people, said Peng, are far more content

24、 to think that both sides have flaws and virtues, because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans, he added. In studies of interpersonal argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory

25、 information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school, Peng found that Americans were non-compromising, blaming one side-usually the mother-for the causes of theproblems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise in dealin

26、g with the conflict. Compared to this angry, blaming American stance, the Chinese were paragons （模范） of compromise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle.41. In Paragraph 1, the author sets examples in order to_. A. expose the contradiction between

27、 Chinese and Americans B. show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture C. find the reason for the differences D. generalize the main idea of the passage42. The underlined word contentious in Paragraph 2 probably means _. A. conservative B. aggressive C. objective D. optimistic43

28、. Compared with Americans, Chinese are_. A. likely to fred the truth in life B. reluctant to admit their own failure C. reluctant to have a general idea of things D. likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things44. The studies show that_. A. an American treats his or her mother badly B. diff

29、erent ideas of treating the aged C. different personalify of Chinese and American D. different conflicts of Americans and Chinese45. The main idea of the passage is_. A. polarities between American and Chinese culture B. priorities of American culture to Chinese C. different attitudes towards the ag

30、ed D. different manners in social occasionsB The earths most rich resource-water has become one of the most precious resources in the United States as rivers, lakes, and freshwater reservoirs are increasingly exploited for human use. Consequently,using precise farming techniques to refine irrigation scheduling is a research area of particular interest toSusan Moran, a researcher with the US department of Agriculture. She explains that in the southwest,irrigation is both difficult and expensive. There, she says, farmers have a ten