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1、3. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a restaurant. B. At home. C. In a hotel.4. What will Mary do this weekend?A. Do outdoor activities. B. Write a report at home. C. Visit her grandpa.5. Why was the man late for the film?A. His friend visited him unexpectedly.B. He had an unexpected acci

2、dent.C. He didnt like the first part of the film.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 will the speakers probably do next?A. Hurry to the next class. B. Go to the Student

3、Club. C. Meet some friends.7. When is the mans next class?A. At 10:30. B. At 11:00. C. At 11:15.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Whom are the speakers talking about?A. A black leader. B. A policeman. C. A writer.9. What happened to the person in 1964?A. He became a priest （牧师）.B. He wrote a famous poem.C. He won

4、the Nobel Peace Prize.10. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Workmates. B. Classmates. C. Teacher and student.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where was the woman born?A. In France. B. In America. C. In England.12. Who held the art show?A. The man. B. The mans students. C. The mans daughter

5、.13. What do we know about the mans daughter?A. She is studying in London.B. She graduated from New York University.C. She likes painting and playing the piano.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. House agent and customer.B. Husband and wife.C. Fellow students.15. Wh

6、at kind of flat does the woman want to rent?A. A one-bedroom flat. B. A quiet flat. C. A large flat.16. How much does the first flat cost a month?A. 100. B. 90. C. 80.17. Why does the woman like the second flat?A. Its cheaper. B. Ifs well furnished. C. Its more convenient.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When

7、will people light the Christmas tree on Trafalgar Square?A. On December 6th. B. On December 10th. C. On December 23rd.19. How do people in London celebrate the coming of the New Year?A. By singing Christmas songs.B. By watching fireworks show.C. By watching the march on TV.20. What is the purpose of

8、 this speech?A. To invite people to sing Christmas songs.B. To introduce two shopping streets in London.C. To welcome people to visit London in December.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，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。APeople in Scituate, Massachusetts will stop at the old house

9、. What they want to see is the old stone well beside itand the iron-bound water bucket thats put on its edge.Two hundred years ago, this farmhouse was the home of Samuel Woodworth. During the long summers of his childhood, young Samuel would often pause at the well. It was a welcome break, especiall

10、y on a hot afternoon. On such a day he would eagerly draw a bucketful of coldwater and satisfy his thirst with a refreshing drink.When he was fourteen, Woodworth left Scituate and set out for Boston to work as a printers beginner. Then he travelled to New York city, where he started his own newspape

11、r. Later he worked as an editor at other newspapers and magazines while writing novels, plays, and poetry in his spare time. His life was busy, and he rarely had time to visit the family farm.But Woodworth never stopped thinking of his Scituate home. Working in hectic New York made him homesick for

12、the peace and loneliness of life in the country.After work one evening, Woodworth poured himself a glass of city water. It wasnt very refreshing. Casually he remarked to his wife, Lydia, how wonderful it would be to have a long, cool drink from the oaken bucket at his fathers well. Lydia had a sugge

13、stion: Why not put it to poetry?It was a suggestion Woodworth could not resist. That night he wrote “The Bucket.” In it he captured the world of his childhood on a hot summer day and the simple joy of stopping for a drink at his fathers well.His poem was an immediate success. It seemed to touch ever

14、yone who had ever been homesick. At the height of its popularity, “The Old Oaken Bucket” （as it came to be called） was translated into four languages, and the words were set to a popular tune of the time. Over the years, countless people have read or sung Woodworths ode to his boyhood. Today it is t

15、he official song of Scituate, Massachusetts.In his time, Samuel Woodworth was a successful writer. Now his poems and plays are all but forgotten. He would be, tooif it hadnt been for a glass of warm water, some good advice from his wife, and his love of those long-ago days on the farm.21. What exper

16、ience most likely helped Woodworth write “The Bucket”?A. Living in Scituate. B. Growing up on a farm.C. Working in New York. D. Working for a newspaper.22. What was Woodworths purpose for writing the poem?A. To share am opinion. B. To complain about the water in the city.C. To express an emotion. D.

17、 To explain the newspaper business.23. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. The Old Oaken Bucket. B. Living In New York.C. Growing Up On The Farm. D. Good Suggestions From Wife.24. What does the “bucket” in the passage stand for?A. Nature. B. Memories. C. Adventure. D. Enterta

18、inment.笛q市it in市BFood Festivals in Britain in SeptemberBrighton & Hove Food & Drink Festival www.brightonfoodfestival.co.ukThe food market showcases the best food and drink in East Sussex, with more than 50 of Brightons restaurants, bars and stadiums and 70 plus Sussex producers.Every weekend in Sep

19、tember, Highland Feast www.highlandfeast.co.ukVarious venues across the Highlands will offer a series of cooking events with a range of celebrity chefs and master classes. Including whisky tastings, seafood and bubbly lunches and the Inverness Beer Festival.York Festival of Food and Drink www.yorkfe

20、stivalofFHighlands include a Yorkshire produce market, with food treats ranging from rare-breed meats to local dotted cream （奶油）, as well as beer and whisky festivals. Celebrity chefs will give cookery demonstrations and there will be a young chefs competition.Nantwich Food Festival www.nantwichfood

21、festival.co.ukBilled as “Britains Tastiest Festival”，it is the largest festival of its kind with more than 2,000 products to taste during the three-day event, offering the chance to sample the best regionally produced food against the scene of the historic market town.The Dufftown Autumn Whisky Fest

22、ival Tours, talks and special menus at several distilleries （蒸馏厂），which are usually closed to the public. A chance to learn about and sample whisky in its Scottish heartland.Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival Snape Maltings, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk www. aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.ukNow in its third yea

23、r, the festival warms up a week earlier with tastings in farm shops and delicatessens （熟食店），farm walks，local food dinners and mushroom growing. The two-day event showcases more than 65 local food producers from East Suffolk, and has cookery demonstrations and discussion forums.Great British Cheese F

24、estival, Cardiff Castle Cheese-making demonstrations; wine, beer and cider matching cheese master classes; 460 different cheeses, 100 British and Irish cheese makers; taste the strongest cheese in Britain or try this year5s new kids on the block, plus a Taste of Wales mark.25. According to the passa

25、ge, cookery demonstrations are offered in the following festivals except _.A. Highland Feast B. York Festival of Food and DrinkC. Great British Cheese Fesival D. Aldegurgh Food and Drink Festival26. If you want to know how whisky is made, the best place to go to is _.A. The Dufftown Autumn Whisky Fe

26、stival B. Nantwich Food FestivalC. Highland Feast D. Great British Cheese Festival27. It is implied in the York Festival of Food and Drink that _.A. the festival will be held in YorkshireB. famous chefs will give cooking showsC. a contest of cooking will be heldD. one can taste meats that are unusua

27、l28. The passage mainly tells us that _.A. there are many food samples in Britain in SeptemberB. food festivals in September in BritainC. contacting ways of the food festivalsD. many foods will be demonstrated at the festivalsCI was idling on the computer one night last week, half watching televisio

28、n and half checking emails when an old friend who lives overseas sent me a chat message. She asked me a question that I have been asked once too often by many of my friends, a question that I have asked myself only too often since I was 24 years old-what am I was doing with my life?She said she had

29、been wondering, thinking about what would satisfy and complete her. I told her that its a process that everyone needs to go through at some stage, and the process is different for everyone. I suggested that she start with the process of elimination （淘汰） - work out what it is that she does not want t

30、o be doing, and then try a few things that she might like to do.“But trying takes time,” she replied. “ Are we going to go groping （求索） around? Until when?”“Until you find its,” was my reply. I told her that its not always a straight path. And sometimes it could be something that she already knew, but have yet to fully accept. Her legend was something she had to discover on her own, in her own time.So, if you ask