1、A. A child. B. A room. C. A present.4. What can we learn from this conversation?A. The woman does not get along well with the man. B. The woman does not get along well with her roommate. C. The man will talk with the womans roommate.5. Where are the two speakers now?A. On the first floor. B. On the
2、fourth floor. C. On the fifth floor. 第二节(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15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至7题。6. What was the woman doing before she went home?A. Typing a report. B. Rewriting a report. C. Reviewing a r
3、eport.7. Where did the woman have her dinner?A. In a restaurant. B. In her office. C. At home.听第7段材料,回答8至9小题。8. Why does the man feel surprised?A. The woman has found a new job. B. The woman doesnt feel like leaving.C. The woman disagrees with him.9. What does the woman say about her department?A. T
4、here is a lack of trust. B. There are serious problems. C. There is too much pressure.听第8段材料,回答10至12小题。10. What are the speakers talking about?A. Popular sports events. B. TV programs people like best. C. Things people do after work.11. How did the woman do the research?A. She talked to people. B. S
5、he sent letters to people. C. She collected information from newspapers.12. What do most people do in their spare time?A. Go to movies. B. Read books. C. Watch TV.听第9段材料,回答13至16小题。13. Where does this conversation take place?A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. On the street.14. Why does the wom
6、an like San Francisco?A. It has less traffic. B. It has the best food and music. C. People there are friendlier.15. Where does the woman come from? A. Pennsylvania. B. San Francisco. C. China.16. What does the woman think of the mans English?A. Excellent. B. Acceptable. C. Strange.听第10段材料,回答17至20小题。
7、17. How many people are there in the womans family?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.18. What did the children think about having dinner together at home?A. They thought it was funny. B. They disliked the idea at first.C. They preferred eating with friends.19. How often did the family finally decide to hav
8、e meals together?A. Every Sunday. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.20. Who finally set the time for these family dinners?A. The children. B. The father. C. The woman speaker.二、阅读理解A Chinese couple tried to name their baby “”, saying the character best represents their love for the child, accor
9、ding to an official trying to standardize the national language. The unusual name stands out especially in Mandarin, which has no alphabet (字母表) and instead uses tens of thousands of multistroke (多笔画的) characters to represent words. “The whole world uses it to write emails, and translated into Chine
10、se it means love him,” the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language Commission Li Yuming.While the symbol is familiar to Chinese email users, they often use the English word “at” to sound it out. With a drawnout “t”, this sounds something like “ai ta”, or “love him”, to
11、Mandarin speakers. Li says the name is an extreme example of peoples increasingly adventurous approach to Mandarin, as commercialization and the Internet break down conventions (习俗).Another couple tried to give their child a name that in English sounds like “King Osrina”.Li did not say if officials
12、accepted the “” name. But earlier this year the government announced a ban on names using Arabic numerals (阿拉伯数字) and foreign languages. Sixty million Chinese face the problem that their names use ancient characters so uncommon that computers cannot recognize them and even fluent speakers are left s
13、cratching their heads, said Li, according to a report on the government website. One of them is the former Premier Zhu Rongji, whose name has a rare “rong” character that gives newspaper editors headaches.21Why did the Chinese couple try to name their baby “”?A. Because they wanted their baby to hav
14、e a special name.B. Because they wanted their baby to have an international name.C. Because the symbol is familiar to email users all over the world.D. Because the symbol sounds something like “ai ta”, which means “love him” in Chinese.22It can be inferred that _.A. Li Yuming is in favor of the baby
15、s nameB. many Chinese people use Arabic numerals in their namesC. a majority of the Chinese people are having longer namesD. there is little possibility for the “” name to be officially accepted23The underlined part in the passage probably means_.A. even native speakers find it hard to accept these
16、strange namesB. even native speakers cant find these characters in their computersC. even those who are expert at Chinese cant recognize these charactersD. even those who are expert at Chinese find it hard to accept these names24The former Premier Zhu Rongji is mentioned in the passage because _.A.
17、people often mispronounce his nameB. there is an uncommon character in his nameC. he often made newspaper editors annoyed during his term in officeD. he once stressed the importance of standardizing Chinese characters25The passage is mainly about _.A. how Chinese parents name their babiesB. the impo
18、rtance of standardizing Chinese charactersC. a ban on names using Arabic numerals and foreign languagesD. the problems caused by uncommon characters used in Chinese namesOne evening last summer, when I asked my 14 year old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked meWhats a colander(漏勺)?
19、he askedI could only blame myselfIn the family, nobody elses hands went in the sauce except my ownBut that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadnt prepared Ray forAs parents, while we focus on our sons confidence and cha
20、racter, we perhaps dont always consider that we are also raising someones future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathersI wanted to know that Id raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, Whats for dinner? So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics courseI
21、was delighted to find that he didnt say noFor two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mineOne day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roastingThen he rolled out the piecrust (馅饼皮) and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the im
22、portance of preheating an ovenI knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his motherhe tried to beg not to have sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive but
23、it couldnt be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeepingI appreciate what you do as a mom, he told me one dayRay now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes theres nothing masculine (男子气概的) about being helplessNow, not only can he make his own din
24、ner, but also he can make a big meal for his familyThats what I call a manIm glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law26Why was the author shocked at her sons response?ABecause he was not well behavedBBecause he refused to help with dinnerCBecause he didnt know the common
25、 kitchen toolsDBecause he was very curious about kitchen tools27In the authors opinion, some parents pay little attention to _Abuilding up childrens confidenceBtelling kids what is right and wrongCpreparing children for their future lifeDmaking children live a hard life28After learning to do housewo
26、rk, Ray _Afell in love with sewingBdid other work in the houseCbegan to be more hardworkingDacknowledged his mothers efforts29We can infer from the text that Ray _Amade great progress in cookingBalways thought housework interestingCpreferred sewing to cookingDwas unwilling to learn cooking at first3
27、0What would the author like to convey in the text?AUseful education for boysBThe importance of houseworkCBoys should be involved in houseworkD. Cooking and sewing make boys masculineIn New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,00
28、0 children, English is not their first language. New Yorks Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs, in which students are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Math, social studies, science and all othe
29、r regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the culture of the other country.Milady Baez, Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support, says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. The jobs of the future require that our s
30、tudents know more than one language. They are going to be traveling abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them.Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin.It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese, learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task Im
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