1、每小题1分,满分5分)听下面5段小对话。每段对话后有一个小题,请从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在答题卷的相应位置。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。1. What is the woman doing? to the radio. TV. a game.2. Where are the speakers? the street. the post office. the cell phone store.3. What is the man going to do first? to college. his brother
2、 a favor. work in a company. much will the man pay?A.$6. B.$9. C.$10. does the woman mean? lost their way. got on a wrong bus. shouldnt go to Altadena.第二节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话,
3、回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Who is the man talking to? teacher. classmate. bookstore clerk.7. What will the man do next? the book again. in his essay. his essay.听下面一段对话,回答第8至第10三个小题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers? and daughter. and wife. and sister. is the weather like tonight?. . . does the wo
4、man plan to do this afternoon? up the garage. up the backyard. shopping.听下面一段对话,回答第11至第13三个小题。 is the woman trying to do? books. a survey. about her habits. kind of books does the man like best? novels. stories. . does the man get most of his books? his friends. the library. online bookstores.听下面一段对
5、话,回答第14至第16三个小题。 will the match be held? the morning. the afternoon. the evening. many members does the club have? is Michael? player. soldier. referee.听下面一段独白,回答第17至第20四个小题。 what day is the street dance class? will teach the Latin dance class? Stevenson. Davis. . much does the Latin dance class cos
6、t per hour?A.$. B.$. C.$11. class is on Saturday morning?A. The street dance. B. The Latin dance. C. The folk dance.第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分35分)第一节(共10个小题;每小题分,满分25分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldnt be late for
7、! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this d
8、ate.We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile - warm and reassuring - and I returned her gift by smiling back.“Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be ge
9、tting those beautiful flowers,” she said.“Yes, shes special,”I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out.“Its only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling shesthe one,”Jokingly, I added,“The only problem is that I cant figure out why shed want to date a guy like
10、 me.”“Well, I think shes very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,”the woman said. “My husband used to bring me flowers every week - even when times were tough and we didnt have much money. Those were incredible days; he was very romanti
11、c and - of course - I miss him since hes passed away.”I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said,“You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.”I handed her the
12、 flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased.“You have a wonderful evening,” I said. I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.I remember being slightly l
13、ate for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her - that was the night that I won her heart.21. Why was the writer in a hurry that day?A
14、. He had to pick up some groceries. B. He had to go back to school soon.C. He was delayed by an elderly lady. D. He was to meet his girlfriend.22. Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?A. She gave him encouragement. B. She allowed him to pay first.C. She liked flowers very much. D.
15、 She told him a nice story.23. What is the message conveyed in the story?A. Small talk is helpful. B. Love and kindness are rewarding.C. Flowers are important for a date. people deserve respecting.BA Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Dont start classe
16、s so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically (生物学上) these sleepyhead students arent used to the early hour.“Maybe these kids are being ask
17、ed to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的) sleep at Browns School of Medicine.Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time on adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are t
18、rying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent
19、can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But its not just a matter of choice -their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school - which may start one hour earlier in the morni
20、ng - all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern(模式), adolescent are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 . for a 7:30 . first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be
21、their bodys way of saying. “I need a timeout.”24. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because _.A. it is really hard for parents to enforce bedtimeB. students work so late at night that they cant get up earlyC. students are so lazy that they dont lik
22、e to go to school earlyD. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early 25. The underlined phrase “nod off”(Paragraph 1)most probably means “ _”.A. turn around B. fall asleep C. agree with others D. refuse to work26. What might be a reason for the hard transfer middle school to high school
23、?A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.B. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.D. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.27. What is the test mainly about?A. Adolescent health care. B. Problems in adolescent learning.C. C
24、hanges in adolescent sleep needs and patterns. D. Adolescent sleep difficulties.CI began working in journalism (新闻工作) when I was eight. It was my mothers idea. She wanted me to“make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competit
25、ion.With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself easily seen, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVEN
26、ING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.“None.”“Where did you go?”“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”“What did you do?“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”“You just stood there?“Didnt sell a
27、single one.”“My God, Russell!Uncle Allen put in, “Well, Ive decided to take the Post.”I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and pers
28、uade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.One day, I told my mother Id changed my mind. I didnt want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,”she replied,“youll become a go
29、od-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.My mother and I had fought?this battle?almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my fathers plain workmans life, determin
30、ed that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful reporter as me would go back to her husbands people for true life and love.28. Why did the boy start his job young?AHe wanted to be famous in the future.BThe job was quite easy fo
31、r him.CHis mother had high hopes for him.DThe competition for the job was fierce(激烈的).29. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _.Aexcited Binterested Cdisappointed Dashamed30. What is the text mainly about ?AThe early life of a reporter.BThe early success of a reporter.CThe happy childhood of the writer.DThe important role of the writer in his family.第二节(共5个小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
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