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1、A. Beside the television. B. Under the chair. C. On the table.2. What will the weather be like tomorrow morning ?A .Sunny. B. Windy. C .Rainy.3. What are the speakers talking about?A .An actor. B. A teacher. C. A role.4. What did the woman do last night?A. She went shopping.B. She attended a lecture

2、.C. She prepared for an exam.5. When will the speakers go to the cinema?A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday C. On Thursday.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。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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What did the wom

3、an buy yesterday?A. A hat. B. A skirt. C. A bag7.What color didn t suit the woman?A. Red. B. Green. C. Yellow.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where did the car accident happen?A. At the airport. B. On the highway. C. Near the hospital.9. What caused the car accident?A. The bad road B. The sleepy driver. C. A spe

4、eding car请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who will have a birthday party?A. The womans son. B. The womans brother. C. The womans mother.11. How much does the woman plan to spend ?A. About $50. B. About $30. C. About $20.12. What does the woman choose at last ?A. A magic car. B. A book. C. A pencil box.请听第9段材料，

5、回答第13至16题。13. How does the woman keep in touch with her Chinese friend ?A. By sending emails. B. By making calls . C. By writing letters.14. Where does the man want to go ?A. Beijing B. Guangzhou C. Shanghai.15. How will the man get the money for the travelling ?A. By doing part-time jobs. B. By ask

6、ing his parents for it . C. By borrowing it from his friends.16. When does Professor Wangs lecture begin ?A. At 3:00 B. At 3:30 C. At 3:45请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do we know about Steve?A. He is the most popular. B. He is the most hard-working. C. He is the most good-looking.18. What is the speak

7、er?A .A producer. B. A musician. C. A waiter.19.Who is the tallest?A. David B. Steve C. Tim 20.What is the speakers younger brother good at ?A. Drawing B. Writing C. Playing music.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分 ）第1节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。AWhen I was growing up, I had

8、an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.When Doctor Gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: N

9、o pain, no gain. He hardly watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked

10、about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees atte

11、ntion.Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that Id watched him plant some twenty five years ago. They were all tall and strong.I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees me

12、ant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity（逆境） seemed to benefit Doctor Gibbs trees in ways comfort and ease never could.Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately Ive been thinking that its

13、 time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to meet with hardship. Theres always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we wont be torn apart. 21. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often _.A. kept waterin

14、g them every morning B. beat them to make them grow deep roots C. talked to them to get their attention D. paid little attention to them 22. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons now ? A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about. B. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future. C. Be a

15、ble to stand the rain and wind in their lives. D. Have good luck, meeting with less hardship in their life.23. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Growing roots B. Doctor Gibbs and his treesC. Prayers for my sons D. Watering treesYou get anxious if theres no wi-fi in the h

16、otel or mobile phone signal up the mountain. You feel upset if your phone is getting low on power, and you secretly worry things will go wrong at work if youre not there. All these can be called “always on” stress caused by smartphone addiction. For some people, smartphones have freed them from the

17、nine-to-five work. Flexible working has given them more autonomy（自主权） in their working lives and enabled them to spend more time with their friends and families. For many others though, smartphones have become tyrants （暴君） in their pockets, never allowing them to turn them off, relax and recharge th

18、eir batteries. Pittsburgh-based developer Kevin Holesh was worried about how much he was ignoring his family and friends in favour of his iPhone. So he developed an app Moment to monitor his usage. The app enables users to see how much time theyre spending on the device and set up warnings if the us

19、age limits are breached （突破）. “Moments goal is to promote balance in your life,” his website explains. “Some time on your phone, some time off it enjoying your loving family and friends around you.” Dr Christine Grant, an occupational psychologist at Coventry University, said, “The effects of this a

20、lways on culture are that your mind is never resting, and youre not giving your body time to recover, so youre always stressed. And the more tired and stressed we get, the more mistakes we make. Physical and mental health can suffer.” And as the number of connected smartphones is increasing, so is t

21、he amount of data. This is leading to a sort of decision paralysis （瘫痪） and is creating more stress in the workplace because people have to receive a broader range of data and communications which are often difficult to manage. “It actually makes it more difficult to make decisions and many do less

22、because theyre controlled by it all and feel they can never escape the office,” said Dr Christine Grant.24. Whats the first paragraph mainly about?A. The popularity of smartphones. B. The progress of modern technology.C. The cause of smartphone addiction. D. The signs of “always on” stress.25. Kevin

23、 Holesh developed Moment to _.A. research how people use their mobile phones B. make people better use mobile phonesC. help people control their use of mobile phones D. increase the fun of using mobile phones26. Whats Dr Christine Grants attitude towards “always on” culture?A. Confused. B. Positive.

24、 C. Doubtful. D. Critical.27. According to the last paragraph, a greater amount of data means _.A. we can make a decision more quickly B. we will become less productiveC. we will be equipped with more knowledge D. we can work more effectively COn this weeks Travelogue podcast（播客）, our editors discus

25、sed their top picks for last-minute trips to take in the last few weeks of summer.1. Hong KongA fare war is still keeping prices for round-trip flights to Hong Kong at an all-time low. You can still find September flights for less than $ 600, which is an unbelievable steal. Meredith Carey2. Aspen, C

26、oloradoIve been to Aspen in the summer for the Food & Wine C1assic and it feels like youre stepping into a remake of The Sound of Music. And the weather is perfect :just warm enough but not humid at all. Over the Food & Wine Classic, youll pay through the nose, but during the summer, in the off seas

27、on, the flights to a lot of the ski spots are offering great deals.,Mark Ellwood3. LondonFlight prices to London in the summer are always high but theyre the lowest Ive ever seen. Theyre under$ 1, 000, which for August is unheard of. If you wait until September, weve seen fares in the $ 500 range, a

28、nd your dollar will go a lot further. 4. EdinburghWow Air just launched $ 189 one-way fares from the U. S. to Edinburgh, which is alone a reason to go. From Boston, Washington, D. C., L. A., and San Francisco you can now get there and back for under $ 400 with the option of a stopover （ 中途停留 ） in Re

29、ykjavik.28. Which of the following can replace the underlined word steal?A. choice B. bargain. C. opportunity. D. experience.29. What do the four trips have in common?A. The flight prices are relatively low.B. They are growing in popularity this summer.C. They are all specially designed for foreigne

30、rs.D. Plenty of fun options are available during the tripe.30. Whats the authors purpose of writing the passage?A To give tips on choosing a perfect trip.B. To describe the features of four hot spots.C. To introduce four economical summer trips.D. To encourage readers to travel all over the world.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesnt mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, youll have to