1、4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. When to go to a party. B. How to celebrate a holiday.C. Why the man needs certain clothes.5. How does the woman feel about the man?A. She is concerned. B. She is happy. C. She is mad.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,你将有时间阅读各个小题,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。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. What does the woman probably think of going to Times Square?A. Its too crowded. B. Its a little boring. C. Its very interesting.7. What is the man going to do on New Years?A. Go to a party. B. Stay in with
3、his family. C. Entertain his friends at home.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Where is the woman about to go?A. To the bank. B. To the mall. C. To the train station.9. In which country are the speakers traveling?A. Britain. B. Spain. C. France.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Why did the woman make the phone call?A. To invite
4、 Helen out for lunch. B. To get Jeffs phone number.C. To ask Helen to return her dictionary.11. When will the woman meet Helen?A. At 12:30. B. At 1:30. C. At 2:30.12. On what condition would Helen call the woman back?A. If she got the message. B. If she cant come on time. C. If she found the womans
5、number.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. How will the woman get to the airport?A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By airport bus.14. Who is Betty Nelson?A. The mans sister. B. The womans friend. C. The mans teammate.15. How does the man know Thomas?A. Thomas is a famous athlete. B. They played football together.C. The wo
6、man introduced Thomas to him.16. When will the speakers meet?A. At 5:00 p.m. B. At 5:40 p.m. C.At 7:30 p.m.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. In which hall can shoppers buy potatoes?A. Hall 1. B. Hall 2. C. Hall 3.18. What do we know about the fish?A. They are not expensive. B. They are very fresh. C. They are f
7、rom a local river.19. What can shoppers buy in Hall 3?A. Bread. B. Juice. C. Beef.20. Where is the childrens playroom?A. In the Italian shop. B. On the left side of Hall 1 C. Next to the telephones in Hall 3.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,共30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C, D)中选出最佳选项。AGrowing up i
8、n Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His 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
9、 studying local specialties(专业) in Gerrnany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing 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. Liebermanwas
10、 a realcollege student showing his classmate how to do things like making drinks out of dining-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
11、went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network. Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Liebermans charisma is key.Food T-V isnt about food anymore, says Flay. Its about your personality and finding a way to keep peoples eyeballs o
12、n your show.But Lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first 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
13、 flight. Lieberman got the job.21. We can learn from the text that Liebermans family_ A. have relatives in Europe B. love cooking at home C. often hold parties D. own a restaurant22. The Food Network got to know Lieberman_ A. at one of his parties B. through his taped show C. from his teachers D. on
14、 a television program23. What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to? A. A way to show ones achievement. B. A natural ability to attract others. C. Liebermans after-class interst. D. Liebermans fine cooking skill.24. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job? A. He could p
15、repare meals in a small kitchen. B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV. C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches. D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.BMost people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals cant talk, but can they lie in other
16、ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behaviors? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive. Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other anima
17、ls. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator(猎食动物)gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the hurt adult, leaving the baby birds sa
18、fe in the nest. Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bur
19、y it again somewhere else. Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They dont make nests. Instead, they get into other birds nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them. Chimpanzees, o
20、r chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winners hand and start fighting again. Chimps are sneaky in other ways, t
21、oo. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps dont hear them, and they dont need to share their food. As children, many of us le
22、arn the saying You cant fool Mother Nature. But maybe you cant trust her, either. 25. A plover protects its young from a predator by_.A. getting closer to its young B.driving away the adult predatorB. leaving its young in another nest C.pretending to be injured26. By Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also
23、 be sneaky. (Paragraph 5), the author means_.Achimps are ready to attack others Bchimps are jealous of the winnersCchimps are sometimes dishonest Dchimps can be selfish too27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ASome clever scrub jays often steal their food back.BThe losing chim
24、p won the fight by taking the winners hand.CCuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.DSome chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.28.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?AHow do animals learn to lie? BDoes Mother Nature fool animals?CDo animals li
25、e? DHow does honesty help animals survive?COld-Fashioned Play-For PayKids! Come to have a ball! Or 60,000 of them! Theres a new type of business franchise(经销权) that is appearing in shopping malls and neighborhood across America offering pay-per-use indoor playgrounds, which feature toys, games, guid
26、ed fun and a workout that doesnt break the family bank.As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and dirty, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe guided activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop kids physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $5 an hour. “Playgrounds
27、 are dirty, not guided, ”says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N.Y., part of Kansas City-based chain, “We are indoors; we are padded ;parents can feel their child is safe ”. In order to satisfy the need of two-earner families, the new franchise stays open in t
28、he evenings, long after traditional public playgrounds have grown dark and unusable. However, these new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care centers. Parents are expected to go stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At s
29、ome of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special guided programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner. If there is a problem, Mum and Dad are called. The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days
30、 before two-earner families and two-hour commutes, play with their kids. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.29. What is this article mainly talking about?A. Children can play without parents careB. A new type of business franchise for kids.C. The fast development of Discovery ZoneD. The disadvantages of outdoor playgrounds.30. According to the article, which of the following is TRUE to the new playground?A. The cost is high for a family.B. It doesnt allow parents to leave their kids.C. Its a place where parents can play t
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