1、每段对话后有一个小题,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。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例:How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18.答案是B。1. Where are the speakers going? A. To Mexico. B. To Canada. C. To New York.2. Why cant Tim take Jennys shift? A. He has to go to a funeral. B. He is on vac
2、ation. C. He has a soccer game. 3. What does the woman mean? A. More than enough food has been prepared. B. They will probably run out of food. C. There is a bomb in the refrigerator.4. What subject does the woman think less difficult? A. Mathematics. B. History. C. Literature.5. What did the woman
3、study in college? A. Business. B. Art. C. Spanish. 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。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。听下面一段对话,回答第6-7题。6. What happened to Miguel last weekend? A. He lost his textbook. B. His house was burned to the groun
4、d. C. He took care of his grandma.7. Why will Miguel be late to Ms. Perrys office? A. He has to make food for his grandma. B. He has to do his homework. C. He has to buy his lunch. 听下面一段对话,回答第8-10 题。8. What does the man do for his job? A. He cleans houses. B. He sells houses. C. He does paperwork.9.
5、 When does the conversation take place? A. On Friday. B. On the weekend. C. On Thursday.10. Why does the woman recommend the man her friend? A. She enjoys working with him. B. Her friend is moving to Springfield. C. She is moving. 听下面一段对话,回答第11-13题。11. How old is Sam? A. Hes in college. B. Hes still
6、 a young kid. C. Hes in high school. 12. What does Sam plan to do this summer? A. Work at the pool. B. Go to the lake with his mother. C. Learn to skateboard. 13. What does Sam need help with? A. Shopping in a supermarket. B. Filling out job applications. C. Paying for summer school.听下面一段对话,回答第14-17
7、题。14. Why does the woman always sleep in? A. She doesnt work. B. She needs more sleep than most people. C. She sets her own schedule.15. When does the man get to work? A. Around 9. B. Around 7. C. Around 10.16. What does the man suggest to the woman? A. They should switch schedules. B. She should ge
8、t up earlier. C. She should learn to go to bed on time.17. What will the speakers do today? A. Go to the movies. B. Go on a hike. C. Go to work.听下面一段独白,回答第18-20题。18. How do Uber drivers know where to go? A. A map shows them where people need cars. B. They are requested to get it on the website. C. T
9、hey call a phone number.19. Who mostly drives for Uber? A. Former taxi drivers. B. People who have other jobs. C. University students.20. What does Travis Kalanick predict? A. Uber will totally replace taxis. B. Prices for transportation will go up everywhere. C. Cars will be able to drive themselve
10、s.第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A.Gorillas(大猩猩) are on the edge of extinction. They are calling on YOU to donate your phone today! You can now help save gorillas in Africa simply by donating your mobile phone! Coltan is a metallic ore(金属矿石) that is min
11、ed both in and out of Africa and can be found within many electronic devices such as mobile phones. The mining of coltan within the Congo River Basin is contributing to forest loss there, and is speeding up the loss of mountain gorillas at a shockingly fast rate. While efforts are being made to deal
12、 with this issue, the mining of coltan within gorilla habitat continues. It is very difficult to know which phones contain coltan mined from Africa; however, every phone can help save gorillas when donated to Theyre Calling on You.By donating your phone through the Theyre Calling You mobile phone re
13、cycling program you are:Preventing your phone from going to the landfill.Helping Melbourne Zoo raise money to support the Jane Good all Institutes monkey conservation work in Africa through the sale of refurbished(翻新)phones.Lessening the demand for coltan mining. To support the Theyre Calling You mo
14、bile phone recycling program you can:1.Visit Melbourne Zoo to collect a postage paid recycling bag, and post your mobile phone to the Aussie Recycling Program. Your phone will be resold to poor community groups.2.Register your support simply by emailing the registration form to zvfoundationzoo.org.a
15、u or fax it to (03)9285-9377. Schools can get involved too! Please contact Kate McCabe at Melbourne Zoo by email or phone(03)9285-9471 Discuss adding this program to your course while inspiring students to take action for wildlife. For further information please contact: Rachel LowryPh:(03)9285-9377
16、Mob: 0488-504-490Fax:(03)9285-9340Next time your mobile rings, let that be a reminder that “theyre calling on you”!21. Why do you save gorillas by donating your phones?A. Gorillas wont be troubled by the ringing of cell phones.B. Africans will protect gorillas easily by using phones.C. Africans wont
17、 kill gorillas to exchange for phones.D. Gorillas habitat wont be destroyed due to less coltan mining.22. The phones you donate will _.A. be beautified and sold again B. be taken apart for their coltanC. be given to the poor Africans D. be presented to poor community groups.23. The underlined senten
18、ce in the passage probably means _.A. you are expected to donate phones for wildlife B. you are reminded to call back immediatelyC. you care called back by the recycling programD. you should feel guilty about using the mobile phoneB.A couple of weeks ago, a few friends and I had an opportunity to at
19、tend a dear friends wedding in New York. After the wedding and reception, rather accidentally four of us gathered in a hotel room and began to explore the deeper meaning of life and death. What does it mean to live truly? If we are all getting closer to death, is all the material accumulation worth
20、it? It is not exactly the type of conversations one has at a wedding. While the answers varied from person to person, I was left with more questions than answers and a feeling of gratefulness to be surrounded by friends who were asking the “right” questions. As the clock kept ticking past 3 a.m., on
21、e of the roommates suggested we watch a short film titled “Last Days of Zach Sobiech”. The film is about one quote that stood out for me was Zachs simple explanation of happiness, “What makes one happy is seeing someone else smile because you put it there.” By 4 a.m., there was this energy in the ro
22、om that had to be shared! With a few packages of post-it notes, we hit the halls of the hotel. We decided to leave short inspirational words on guests doors, so when they opened their doors few hours later a smile would turn up. We ended up sticking post-it notes on all the doors until we ran out of
23、 them. The note on the door of the newly-weds properly said, “Where there is love, there is life.”24. About “explore the deeper meaning of life and death” at a wedding, author thinks_.A. it is rather meaningful B. it is interesting C. it is natural D. it is not proper.25. After watching the film, wh
24、at impressed the author most?A. Zachs mixed emotions. B. Zachs poor fate. C. Zachs simple explanation of happiness. D. Zachs struggle with illness.26. What did the author and his friends do after they saw the film?A. They knock door to door to offer help in the hotel.B. They shared happiness with th
25、e workers of the hotel.C. They stuck notes with encouraging words on guests doors.D. They thanked the wedding couple gracefully for invitation.27. What can we learn from the author and his friends action?A. One who brings happiness to others is also happy oneself.B. Helping others in trouble is good
26、 to oneself.C. Friends are your valuable treasure.D. Good is rewarded with good.C.It may surprise bookworms, but apparently masterpieces such as Jane Eyre are lacking in something sound effects. An electronic-book firm is adding background noises and music to the works of Charlotte Bronte, Sir Arthu
27、r Conan Doyle and William Shakespeare in the hope of attracting younger readers. In one example, a description of rain lashing against a window in a Sherlock Holmes story will be“enhanced”with matching noises.The first multimedia e-books with sounds to accompany novels will be available this Friday
28、in the UK. The Booktrack releases are available to iPad users, with other tablet computer versions to follow. The concept is already in use in the U.S., where the classics come with added sound effects. Readers for example can hear the china cups chinking in Mr. Darcys garden as they read Pride And
29、Prejudice. A story by Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will be released later in the year with a specially crafted orchestral score. Rushdies story In The South will be released with a soundtrack provided by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. The Power Of Six by Pittacus Lore, a novel for young a
30、dults, is one of the first to be tested with a soundtrack which builds in suspense in keeping with the plot. It works by timing the speed of each reader and the software measures the “turning” of a page and moves the music or sounds along accordingly. It has been created by Booktrack which synchronizes (使同步) music to each novel. It is funded by Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal. Mr. Thiel said, “Its always exciting to witness the creation of a new form of media. The technology promises to captivate readers in a different way.”However, they have been gr
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