1、 1.When do the speakers plan to get to the sports meet?A.At 7:45.B.At 8:00.C.At 8:15.2.What does the woman want from the store?A.Cookies. B.Milk. C.Peanut butter.3.What are the speakers talking about?A.A CD by Johnny. B.A present for Molly. C.A famous musician.4.Why does the man suggest the Fairmont
2、 Hotel?A.Because of its price. B.Because of its location. C.Because of its size.5.What is the man doing?A.Waiting for a call. B.Calling his neighbour. C.Opening a window.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
3、时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6.What is the woman telling the man about?A.The big storm. B.The sick kids. C.The electricity company.7.What is the first thing the man is going to do?A.To go back home. B.To buy some candles. C.To make a phone call.请听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.Whats the weather like now?A.Sunny.
4、B.Snowy. C.Rainy.9.What is the mans job probably?A.A lawyer. B.A waiter. C.A travel agent.请听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10.Why doesnt the man like to go to France?A.Hes been there. B.It is too noisy. C.The time does not fit.11.How much does the tour to Spain cost?A.345 pounds. B.385 pounds. C.470 pounds.12.Wher
5、e will the man go for his holiday?A.Sweden. B.Spain. C.Italy.请听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.What does the woman have to do on Mondays?A.Work at the swimming pool.B.Have Spanish grammar classes.C.Have discussions with Mr.Brown.14.When did the tennis club meet last year?A.On Mondays. B.On Tuesdays. C.On Wednesd
6、ays.15.Which sport does the man prefer?A.Badminton. B.Football. C.Tennis.16.What club will both the speakers join?A.The film club. B.The singing club. C.The guitar club.请听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17.How long will Comedy in the Club Level last?A.An hour. B.One and a half hours. C.Two hours.18.Who will probab
7、ly watch the show on October 15?A.Those who want a good laugh.B.Those who love Irish culture.C.Those who love the Beatles.19.What can be heard on October 20?A.Popular songs of a famous band.B.Songs from Broadway shows.C.New songs of some bands.20.When will Brenda Braxton give her performance?A.On Oc
8、tober 5. B.On October 10. C.On October 27.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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。ACosmetic surgery (整容手术) is not something to be entered into lightly.Unfortunately,in this modern world,we have become confused by very narrow standards of beauty.Images of celebrities
9、 who never seem to age are seen everywhere these days.We forget the fact that most of these images are the result of super photo manipulation (处理),driven by the incredibly powerful beauty industry.We are all different why should we all look the same?Isnt there more to life than undergoing surgery in
10、 order to have the same boring face that everybody else wants to have?Dr Elisabeth McKenna,PsychologistYes,its fake!Thats what I told my friends when they started asking me about my nose job.Id always been sensitive to my nose,but it took me a long time before I decided to go for cosmetic surgery.I
11、took advice from several doctors and after careful consultation I finally decided to have it done.I had been saving money from my part-time job and my parents helped me out with the rest.It was quite expensive but I dont regret a penny of it.In fact I wish Id had it done a few years ago.Im sure I wo
12、uldnt have been teased so much at school.Debbie Caron,StudentIt makes me really angry to think of the millions of people who spend a fortune on cosmetic surgery.Surgery should be carried out for medical purposes,not vanity (虚荣心).I would rather all the money spent on cosmetic surgery was available to
13、 treat people around the world who are in need but cant get proper medical treatment.Furthermore,there are thousands of under-qualified surgeons out there who only care about getting rich as quickly as possible.They dont care about the psychological and physical damage they do.The whole industry mak
14、es me sick.We should do something to ban it.Danny Glass,Student21.What does Dr Elisabeth McKenna suggest? A.Dont be fooled by “perfection”. B.Cosmetic surgery often goes wrong.C.The beauty industry needs improving. D.Its unnecessary to set new standards of beauty.22.What did Debbie Carons cosmetic s
15、urgery bring to her?A.More friends. B.More worries.C.More self-confidence. D.More job opportunities.23.How does Danny Glass feel about those who have cosmetic surgery?A.They should be treated as patients. B.They hurt themselves badly.C.They can have a new start. D.They waste money and medical resour
16、ces.24.What would be the best title for the text?A.Hard Talk Cosmetic Surgery B.The Future of Cosmetic SurgeryC.The Mystery of Cosmetic Surgery D.A New Fashion Cosmetic SurgeryBA good joke can be the hardest thing to understand when studying a foreign language.As a recent article in The Guardian new
17、spaper noted,“Theres more to understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.”Being able to understand local jokes is often seen as an incredible(难以置信的)ice-breaker for a language learner eager to form friendships with native speakers.“I always felt that humor was
18、 a ceiling(上限)that I could never break through,” Hannah Ashley,a public relations account manager in London,who once studied Spanish in Madrid,told The Guardian,“I could never speak to people on the same level as I would speak to a native English speaker.I almost came across as quite a boring person
19、 because all I could talk about was facts.”In fact,most of the time,jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humor in the same way.Chinese-American comedian Joe Wong found this out first-hand.He had achieved huge success in the US,but when he returned to China in
20、 2008 for his first live show in Beijing,he discovered that people didnt think his Chinese jokes were as funny as his English ones.In Australia,meanwhile many foreigners find understanding jokes about sports to be the biggest headache.“The hardest jokes are related to rugby because I know nothing ab
21、out rugby,” said Melody Cao,who was once a student in Australia.“When I heard jokes I didnt get,I just laughed along.”In the other two major English-speaking countries,the sense of humor is also different.British comedian Simon Pegg believes that while Britons use irony-basically,saying something th
22、ey dont mean to make a joke everyday,people in the US dont see the point of using it so often.“British jokes tend to be more subtle and dark,while American jokes are more obvious with their meanings,a bit like Americans themselves,” he wrote in The Guardian.25.The writer quoted the sentence,“Theres
23、more to understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.” to show that .A.making jokes can help you make friends with native speakersB.local jokes can help you to understand the local culture betterC.understanding jokes requires a good knowledge of vocabulary and
24、 grammarD.to understand its jokes,youd better learn the culture26.What can we guess about Hannah Ashley?A.She feels confident in using Spanish.B.She believes that one had better rely on facts when speaking a foreign language.C.She thinks that Spanish people do not have much of a sense of humor.D.She
25、 feels that not being able to share their humor makes her seem boring to Spanish people.27.Joe Wong is used as an example to .A.show that there are cultural differences in humorB.prove that it can be difficult to translate jokesC.suggest that bilingual people(双语者) have no problems in making people l
26、aughD.show that the expressing ability affects the sense of humor28.From the article,we can learn that .A.jokes about sports are the most difficult ones for foreign people who have different cultural backgroundsB.Americans might not be able to enjoy British jokes at allC.not all English native speak
27、ers can understand English jokes easilyD.British peoples dark jokes often make people uncomfortableCBefore I studied psychology,I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that,I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people
28、laugh other than the funny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke,there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are,the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt,and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians
29、 crossing streets,everyone laughed their hearts out.The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke wasnt only funny,it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestr
30、ians.That is,people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel,and the more it includes other psychological factors,the more the person will like it.For example,if you e
31、nvy one of your friends,and someone tells a joke that is funny and,at the same time,makes your friend seem stupid,then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.In short,we dont laugh only when we hear something funny;we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke.I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.All I want
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