1、2.What do the speakers hurry to do?A. Play football. B. Go bird-watching. C. Buy tickets.3.What is the woman surprised at?A. A news story. B. The mans discovery. C. The mans behavior.4.What are the speakers arguing about?A. The importance of liberation. B. The position of women in society.C. The nec
2、essity of career planning.5.Why doesnt the woman hire a gardener?A. To enjoy the extra exercise. B. To kill the spare time. C. To cut down the expenses.第二节听下面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。听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。6.Which
3、 gate will the man leave from?A. Gate 10.B. Gate 18.C. Gate 20.7.When will the plane take off?A. At 1:00 pm. B. At 1:30 pm. C. At 2:00 pm.听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9两个小题。8.How does the girl go to school today?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By bike.9.How will the speakers deal with the bike?A. Repair it by themselves
4、. B. Take it to the repair shop. C. Throw it away.听下面一段对话,回答第10至第12三个小题。10.What is the man doing?A. Renting a car. B. Booking a room . C. Checking out.11.How much should the man pay for renting the car?A. ¥200. B. ¥400. C. ¥500.12.Where did the man go last night?A. A concert. B. The beach. C. A shop
5、ping mall.听下面一段对话,回答第13至第16四个小题。13.What is Jims new apartment like?A. It has no balcony. B. Its more expensive. C. Its farther from his office.14.What does Jim like to do at night?A. Chat online. B. Do the laundry. C. Sleep early.15.What does Jim think of his new roommate?A. Hard-working. B. Friendl
6、y. C. Noisy.16.What will Jim probably do?A. Find another apartment. B. Complain to the landlord. C. Solve the problem in another way.听下面一段独白,回答第17至第20四个小题。17.Why should we outline the speech?A. To relieve the tension. B. To avoid forgetting the main point.C. To be the best speechwriter.18.How should
7、 we start the toast speech?A. By introducing ourselves. B. By telling a short story.C. By referring to the purpose of the event.19.What is the key to making a toast speech?A. Start the speech with humor. B. Make a brief speech. C. Outline the speech.20.What is the passage about?A. Different ways of
8、making a speech. B. Tips on giving a great toast speech.C. The purpose of making a toast speech. 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AInstagram is a fast,beautiful andfun way to share your life with friends and familyTake a pictureor video,choose
9、 afilter to transform its look and feeland then postto Instagramits that easyYou can evenshare to FacebookTwitter andmoreIts a new way to see the worldSo many photosof food are contained on Instagramnow a pop-up diner in London is takingadvantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill f
10、or their mealssimply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networksI always thought peoples taking pictures of their food was kindof silly, but at this new pop-up restaurant in the UK,Id probablydo it too“The PictureHouse”is the worlds first pay-by-photo restaurantyou order, click a photoof
11、the food,share onInstagram and eat for free! The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye,who came upwith the idea to cash in on peoples addiction with photographing food andsharing the pictures online. They conducted a survey and found out that morethan half of the British population re
12、gularly took pictures of their mealsSo theyrealized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range The pop-up diner was open in Soho,London forthree days in May,and is nowmoving to other major UK citiesThey servetwo-course meals that customers dont have to pay for, if they photo andlnstagra
13、m it The restaurant is a part of Birds Eyes“Food for Life”campaign,a newmarketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food“Taking photosof food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime momentsfrom theeveryday to the special,”saidmarketing director Margaret Jobli
14、ng The reaction to The Picture House has been great so far And thepay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective wayAlternativepayment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businessesLast year in acafe in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there,not by whatthey
15、eat21.Instagram probably is_A.a restaurant free of chmgeB.a campaign of“Food for LifeC.a program used to share photosD.a new marketing project22.Whats the authors attitude to this new trend?A.ConfusedB.UnconcernedC.OpposedD.Interested23.“The Picture House” encourages sharing photos of its food to_A.
16、raise the price of frozen foodB.attract more customersC.create a new social media trendD.reward the regular customers24.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?A.Pay by PictureB.The Pop-up DinerC.No Need to PayD.Food for LifeBOne day a friend asked my wife Jill if I wanted
17、 a hearing aid. “He certainly does,”replied Jill. After hearing about a remarkable new product, Jill finally got up the nerve to ask me if Id ever thought about getting a hearing aid. “No way,”I said. “It would make me look 20 years older.”“No, no”she replied. “This is entirely different. Its Crysta
18、l Ear!”Jill was right. Crystal Ear is different not the old-styled body worn or over-the-ear aid, but an advanced personal sound system so small its like contacts for your ears. And Crystal Ear is super-sensitive and powerful, too. You will hear sounds your ears have been missing for years. Crystal
19、Ear will make speech louder, and the sound is pure and natural.I couldnt believe how tiny it is. It is smaller than the tip of my little finger and its almost invisible when worn. There are no wires, no behind-the-ear device. Put it in your ear and its-ready-to-wear mold fits comfortable. Since its
20、not too loud or too light, you may even forget that youre wearing it! Use it at work or at play. And if your hearing problem is worse in certain situation, use Crystal Ear only when you need it.Hearing loss, which is typically prior to teenage years, progresses throughout ones lifetime. Although hea
21、ring loss is now the worlds number-one health problem, nearly 90 percent of people suffering hearing loss choose to leave the problem untreated. For many millions, treating hearing loss in a conventional way can involve numerous office visits, expensive testing and adjustments to fit your ear. Thank
22、s to Crystal Ear, the “sound solution”is now convenient. Almost 90 percent of people with mild hearing loss, and millions more with just a little hearing dropoff, can be dramatically helped with Crystal Ear. Moreover, its superior design is energy-efficient, so batteries can last months. Crystal Ear
23、 is now available to help these people treat their hearing loss with a small hearing amplifier(扩音器).25. Why did the writer refuse to wear a hearing aid at first?A. It would make him look like an old manB. He did not get the nerve to wear oneC. It looked old-styled.D. It was too costly26.We can infer
24、 from the passage that _ .A. Crystal Ear can signal where it is in case you cannot find itB. you can wear Crystal Ear any time you likeC. you can even clean Crystal Ear yourselfD. you can even wear while swimming27. What does the writer say about hearing loss?A. About 10 percent of people wear heari
25、ng aids.B. About 90 percent of people suffer hearing loss.C. It is one of the most painful diseases in the world.D. Hearing loss is the worlds most frequent health problem.CPlants are helpful to human: they provide us with wood and other products, they give us shade, and they help to prevent drought
26、 and floods.Sadly, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.Several thousand
27、years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.Even if a government re
28、alizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal(木炭) or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look aft
29、er trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.This does not only mean that the villagers? sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil upall
30、owing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so
31、well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.28.What is the most important function of trees?A. Providing fuel.B. Offering shade.C. Preventing natural disasters.D. Providing wood.29.What eventually happened to the empire in paragraph 3?A. Its people died of hunger.B. It fell to pieces.C. It became a giant
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