1、B. Waiter and customer.C. Visitor and receptionist.4. When will the package be delivered?A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.5. Where did Mr. Wood leave his wallet?A. In the garage. B. In the bank. C. In the post office.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
2、出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。6. When was the flight supposed to take off?A. At 9 a. m. B. At 10 a. m. C. At 1 p. m.7. What will the speakers fail to do because of the flight delay?A. Tour the city. B. Attend a meeting. C. Meet some fr
3、iends.请听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Where did the car accident happen?A. At the airport. B. On the highway. C. Near the hospital.9. What caused the car accident?A. The bad road. B. The sleepy driver. C. A speeding car.请听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Who is at the hospital?A. David. B. Mary C. Lisa.11. Whats the weather
4、like today?A. Hot. B. Cool C. Cold.12. How will the speakers probably go to the hospital?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.请听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. When will the man go to Cleveland?A. At Christmas. B. On Thanksgiving. C. On New Years Day.14. What does the man want to do most at the center?A. Visit the
5、NASA Visitor Center. B. Visit the six-story theater. C. Go on an overnight camp.15. How long is the center open every day?A. For six hours. B. For seven hours. C. For eight hours.16. Where is the woman planning to visit?A. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.B. Cleveland Browns Stadium.C. Great Lakes Science
6、 Center.请听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What is Tom Smith talking about?A. His opinions on sports.B. His plans after retirement.C. His passion for activities.18. How old is Tom Smith?A. 60 years old. B. 62 years old. C. 63 years old.19. What is Tom Smith most interested in?A. Snow and ice climbing. B. Cross-
7、country running. C. Mountain climbing.20. What does Tom Smith hope to do?A. Continue to do sports.B. Retire from his work soon.C. Become a professional athlete.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。APopular music in America is what every student likes. Student
8、s carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports
9、, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the mon
10、ey from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Ano
11、ther is called western or country music. This is started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.1. This passage mainly talks about _.A. American music B. American popular musicC. three sorts of music D. popular music singers2. The first three paragraphs mainly tell us _.A.
12、 that Americans dislike popular musicB. that popular music is an important kind of music in AmericaC. how to become an international star as a pop singer in AmericaD. popular music in America is what every teacher like3. In the USA, as a pop singer, if you want to become a national star, youll have
13、to _.A. earn a lot of moneyB. make a radio stations buy your CDs or tapesC. make many CDs or tapesD. make young people love you and what you sing【答案】1. A 2. B 3. D【解析】本文是一篇说明文,文章介绍了几种美国音乐:流行音乐、民间音乐和乡村音乐等。其中最重要的是流行音乐。【1题详解】主旨大意题。根据文章第一句Popular music in America is what every student likes.可知,流行音乐是美国的学
14、生喜欢的,文章对美国流行音乐进行了详细说明。文章最后一段There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This is started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.还介绍
15、了美国的民间音乐和乡村音乐。故本文主要介绍了美国的音乐。故A项正确。【2题详解】段落大意题。文章前三段告诉我们流行音乐在美国很受欢迎,很多人都喜欢流行音乐,音乐行业在美国是一个很大的产业。流行音乐是美国一种非常重要的音乐形式。故B项正确。【3题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知,流行音乐歌手要想成为巨星,一定要让听众喜欢他们唱的歌曲,进而购买他们的CD或者磁带。故D项正确。BA young woman sits alone in caf sipping tea and reading a book. She pauses briefly to write in a nearby notepa
16、d before showing her words to a passing caf waiter: “Where are the toilets please?” This is a familiar scene in Tokyos so-called “silent cafes”, where customers are not allowed to speak, and only communicate by writing in notepads.The concept rises by a desire to be alone among youg Japanese, a situ
17、ation brought by economic uncertainty, a shift in traditional family support structures and the growing social isolation(隔离). The phenomenon is not limited to coffee shops but covers everything from silent discos, where participants dance alone wearing wireless headphones connected to the DJ, to pro
18、ducts such as small desk tents designed for conversation-free privacy in the office. One Kyoto company even offers single women the opportunity to have a “one woman wedding” a full bridal affair, complete with white dress and ceremony, and the only thing missing is the groom. The trend has its own m
19、edia expression “botchi-zoku”, referring to individuals who consciously choose to do things completely on their own.One recent weekday afternoon, Chihiro Higashikokubaru, a 23-year-old nurse, travelled 90 minutes from her home, to Tokyo on her day off in order to enjoy some solo time. Speaking quiet
20、ly at the entrance of the caf, Miss Higashikokubaru said: “I heard about this place via Twitter and I like the idea of coming here. I work as a nurse and its always very busy. There are very few quiet places in Tokyo, and its a big busy city. I just want to come and sit somewhere quietly on my own.
21、Im going to drink a cup of tea and maybe do some drawings. I like the idea of a quiet, calm atmosphere.”The desire to be isolated is not a new concept in Japan, home to an estimated 3.6 million “hikikomori” a more extreme example of social recluses(隐士)who withdraw completely from society.4. What is
22、special about the “silent caf”?A. It offers service by writing not by speaking.B. People are not allowed to communicate.C. It has attracted many popular young people.D. It provides various tea and books.5. Which of the following accounts for the idea of being alone in Japan?A. The increasing social
23、isolation.B. The stable economic situation.C. The rapid development of internet.D. The rising demand for privacy6. What do we know about Higashikokubaru?A. She doesnt like to be a nurse.B. She doesnt like the life in big cities.C. She enjoys her solo time in a quiet place.D. She travelled to Tokyo o
24、n her work days.7. What is the best title of the passage?A. Lonely JapaneseB. Silent cafesC. One woman weddingD. Social recluses in Japan【答案】4. A 5. D 6. C 7. B本文属于说明文阅读。作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了日本如今兴起的沉默的咖啡馆的相关信息,特殊服务方式以及原因。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段This is a familiar scene in Tokyos so-called “silent cafes”, where
25、customers are not allowed to speak, and only communicate by writing in notepads.可知“沉默的咖啡馆”的特别之处是它通过写作而不是说话来提供服务,故选A。【5题详解】根据第二段The concept rises by a desire to be alone among your Japanese, a situation brought by economic uncertainly, a shift in traditional family support structures and the growing
26、socialisolation.这一概念是由年轻日本人渴望独处的,经济不确定性带来的情况,传统家庭支持结构的转变和日益严重的社会孤立导致了日本独处的想法。故选D。【6题详解】根据第三段I just want to come and sit somewhere quietly on my own. Im going to drink a cup of tea and maybe do some drawings. I like the idea of a quiet, calm atmosphere.可知HigasHikokuaru她喜欢在一个安静的地方独处,故选C。【7题详解】主旨题。根据第一
27、段This is a familiar scene in Tokyos so-called “silent cafes”, where customers are not allowed to speak, and only communicate by writing in notepads.以及整篇文章的内容可知这篇文章的最佳标题是沉默的咖啡馆。故选B。CThe worlds first-known nursery for baby giant manta rays(蝠鲼) has been discovered hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico, the
28、 place of 70 miles off the coast of Texas, after studying decades of giant manta ray data from the area by the scientists.Where the baby manta rays grow up has long troubled scientists, as they are rarely spotted in the four to five years it takes them to become adults, when they can often grow to m
29、ore than 20ft wide.In the study Mr Stewart and colleagues describe a reef (暗礁)-filled with mantas of all ages-where the sea floor runs down into deeper water. He said We think they may be feeding on specific types of zooplankton(浮游生物) there, then migrating up toward the surface, where we saw them. T
30、hey might be hanging around the banks because it could be a little safer than open water. Weve seen them so rarely that we know very little about these baby manta rays. We dont know how far they move, or exactly what they feed on, or all of the habitats these access.”Giant manta rays are listed as species dying out by protectors, although actual population numbers of the mysterious gentle giant are hard to calculate. Sightings of the closely-related reef manta, however, have dropped by 90 percent in r
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