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1、3What does the man think of soap operas? AExciting BBoring CInteresting4Where are the speakers? AIn a lift BIn a shop CAt home5What are the speakers mainly talking about? AA professor BA plan CA report第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225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ABC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

2、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。6What is probably the woman? AAn air hostess BA travel agent CAn office secretary7How will the man and his wife travel ABy plane BBy ship CBy coach听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8When will Tommy run the 400-metre race? AOn the first dayBOn the second dayCOn t

3、he third day9What would Tommy like to do? AWrite about his competition BChange the distance that he runs CMake himself recognized in public10What are the speakers talking about? AA famous painingBAn art exhibition CSome unusual food11What does the woman advise the man to do? AGo to the exhibition BS

4、ell some art works CTaste some, food12What did Mark do today? AHe visited the exhibition BHe worked on his paper CHe stayed with his aunt听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。13Why is Linda so frightened? AShe has been robbed BShe is at home alone CShe has been followed14Where did Linda notice the stranger on Monday?

5、 AAt a restaurantBOutside a shoe” storeCIn a bookshop15What did Linda do right after she saw the stranger today? AShe stared at him BShe went into a bookshop CShe returned home quickly16What will Linda do if anything like that happens again? AWait and seeBCall the police at onceCAsk the stranger wha

6、t he wants听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What must you do for the English course? ATake a testBFinish the CStudy a specific cohere18Why is history open at all levels? AStudents have different levels BDifferent teachers teach courses CCultures and time periods vary19What is included in the optional courses7 AHi

7、story BScienceCEnglish20What will the speaker do for the students? AHelp them arrange their courses BHelp them sign up for a course CHelp them find room in a course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。A When I first heard about geocaching（地理寻宝），I was skeptical

8、But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like an interesting ideaI at least wanted to try it once Having familiarized myself with how the game works, I set out in search of my first cacheMy trip took me through a series of lively hutong（胡同）,past a number of small temples, and right into t

9、he courtyard of a quiet youth hotelI spent several minutes looking around, but couldnt find anythingJust before l was about to give up,I spotted a colorful object in the crack of a wallCould it be the hidden cache? At that moment group of backpackers ampedAccording to the games rules, people who are

10、 not in the game must not be allowed to find out about secret cachesSo I pretended to make a phone call while waiting for them to leaveWhen the coast was clear, I grabbed the objectIt was the cache! I opened it and pulled out a crumpled（皱的）sheet of paper with several names and celebratory messages w

11、ritten on itI added my own and replaced the cache in its hiding place, ready for the next geocacher to find It may seem like a simple game, but the idea that there are caches hidden all around us is excitingOnce youre hooked, its easy to set yourself the goal of finding every single cache in a neigh

12、borhood or even an entire cityThe real treasure, however, is not the cache itself, but the places it takes you to Hunting for further caches has since introduced me to places which I didnt even know existedSome are peaceful parks, while others are forgotten historical sitesA few caches have even bee

13、n in places I passed regularly without giving them any thoughtNow, feel a much closer connection21What was the authors initial attitude to geocaching? AHe thought it interesting BHe wanted to try it at once CHe showed little interest in it DHe found it unsuitable for him22Where did the author find t

14、he cache? AIn a hutong BIn a temple CIn a well DIn a hotel23When a group of backpackers were approaching, the author_ Apretended to be cleaning the yard Bmade a call to other geocachers Cdidnt allow them to come in Dtried to keep the cache secret24In what way does the author benefit from geocaching?

15、 AHes more familiar with the city BHe has found much treasure CHe has made more friends DHe has mastered huntingB The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords （流行词）But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our timeWe close the pag

16、e, feeling weve been cheatedThese types of headlines are called click bait A headline on Busing, reconsidercom reads: This phrase will make you seem more politeFirst, when you click through, you find another headline:Four words to seem more polite Then, on reading the article, you find its actually

17、an essay about sympathyAnd what are the four words? Theyre Wow, that sounds hard On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as Heres what happens when six puppies visited a campusTurns out its just some uneventful dog footage（镜头） Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many ne

18、ws outlets tweet （推送） click bait links to their storiesThese tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headlineThese click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people time by exposing news outlet click b

19、ait through social mediaThe Twitter account SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example Beckmans method is to grab tweets linking to a story and rewet them with a click-saving commentFor example, CNET tweeted So ios 8 appears to be jailbreak able but, with a link to its coverage of Appl

20、es product announcementsBeckman retreated it with this comment attached:it hasnt been jail broken yet Since founding the account, Beckmans Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followersBeckman said that SavedYouAClick is just my way of trying to help the Internet be less tumble Asked

21、 about his goal, he said, Id love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers firstI think theres an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more25The article on Businesslnsidercom turns ou

22、t to be_ Auseful suggestions on politeness Ban essay about another topic Can article hard to understand Da link to a video website26Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines? ASocial media has become more popularBReaders have questions to be solved CSuch headlines are fairly attractive DTher

23、ere always stories behind them27Beckman attached his comment to CNETs tweet to _ Acriticize CNET Bsave readers time Cadvertise apples new product Dtell readers something about iOS 828In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that _ Apublishers be more responsible for the link Breaders think about their

24、 needs before reading Cpublishers provide more information for readers Dpeople work together to make the Internet less tumbleC In US, the potato is one of the most widely consumed cropsFrench fries are commonly found in typical American fast-food burger joints and cafeteriasFrench fries were introdu

25、ced to the US when Thomas Jefferson served them in the White House during his presidency from 1801 t0 1809Potato chips are popular with consumers as well The humble potato is more than just a kind of foodIn many ways its part of the American pop cultureLets take a look at some pop culture potatoes M

26、ashed Potato dance The Mashed Potato dance is a craze that began in 1962The name of the dance came from the song it accompanies, Mashed Potato Time, performed by American R&B singer Dee Dee SharpThe move vaguely resembles that of the Twist dance style, by Sharps fellow Philadelphian,Chubby Checker H

27、ot Potato! is an action puzzle video game released in 2001In the game the player must drive a bus and clear the road of alien potato beingsThe potato beings are either red or blue; when two like-colored potatoes touch each other, they disappearOver the years, Hot Potato! has received mostly positive

28、 reception from critics MrPotato Head MrPotato Head is an American toy invented by George Lerner in 1949The toy consists of a plastic potato model and a variety of plastic parts like hands, feet, ears and mouthsIn 1952, MrPotato Head became the first toy advertised on televisionThis commercial revol

29、utionized marketing and caused a boom that solidified this toys place in American pop culture29Which is the newest to the American pop culture? AFrench fries BMashed Potato dance CHot Potato! DMrPotato Head30What can we infer from the text? AFrench fries were popular in US when first served in the White House BMashed Potato Time came from Mashed Potato dance CPlayers can play Hot Potato! on their phone DMrPotato Head can be taken apart31Which of the following can be the best title for the text? AEnjoy American Fast Food BHave Fun with Potatoes CDi