1、A. To wait for a call. B. To watch a ball game on TV. C. To have dinner with a friend. 3、 What gift will the woman probably get for Mary? A. A school bag. B. A record. C. A theatre ticket. 4、What does the man mainly do in his spare time?A. Learn a language. B. Do some sports. C. Play the piano. 5、Wh
2、at did the woman like doing when she was young?A. Riding a bicycle with friends. B. Travelling the country. C. Reading alone. 二、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、Where does
3、the conversation take place?A. In a hotel. B. At a booking office. C. At a friends house. 7、What will the man probably do in a few days?A. Fly to another country. B. Come to the same hotel. C. Drive here to visit friends. 听第7段材料,回答第8 -10题。8、What did the man worry about at the beginning of the conver
4、sation?A. He might not find everything he wanted. B. He might not have enough money with him. C. He might not be able to carry the shopping. 9、 How much should the man pay?A. $5. B. $75. C. $75.05. 10、What did the woman do in the end?A. She charged the man a little less. B. She asked the man to pay
5、her later. C. She made a mistake in adding up the cost. 听第8段材料,回答第11-13题。11、Where are the speakers?A. In a classroom. B. In a theatre. C. In an office. 12、Why does the man plan to leave early?A. He is going on vacation. B. He is going to a performance. C. He is going to the post office. 13、What does
6、 the woman offer to do?A. Clean the office. B. Pick up the man s son. C. Finish the man s work. 听第9段材料,回答第14-17题。14、How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?A. Angry. B. Surprised. C. Sad 15、What size bag does the woman want?A. A 24-inch bag. B. A 29-inch bag. C. A 32-inch bag. 1
7、6、When will the woman leave for Mexico?A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday. 17、Where does the man work?A. At a mail order company. B. At an international travel service. C. At the airport information desk. 听第10段材料,回答第18-20题。18、Why did the woman not go to college?A. She didnt pass the exam.
8、B. She wasnt interested in college. C. She couldnt afford college education. 19、What job does the woman say she did?A. She was a bus conductor. B. She was a shop assistant. C. She was a housekeeper. 20、What did the woman think of her friend s college life?A. It was busy. B. It was wonderful. C. It w
9、as dull. 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 ,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。APaula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title, says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Gaines. Radcliffe, who failed to complete th
10、e Olympic marathon and the 10,000m, said: Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I an going to listen even more to the people around me. She didnt care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Ra
11、dcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.Liz is someone I look up to but she hasnt spoken to me since last year and if she really eared for me, Im sure she would have contacted (联系) me. Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens
12、.In New York I wasnt in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race. Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sundays race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records. However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除) in the future chasing her final world record time and questi
13、oned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.I dont think that - although I cant put a number on it, said. Radcliffe. That changes from person to person. Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some
14、 point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2O02 and again 12 months later.Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kdnmetre race three years ago. Afterwards
15、she set a mixed course mark of 2:17:18 five months later In Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.21. Radcliffes failure in Athens made her _ A. develop respect for Liz B. face criticism calmly C. rest for five months D. love people around her more 22. By saying
16、I can Radcliffe means shes not sure _ . A. if she has the ability to set a new world record B. if she can win another race though she has won many tunes C. how many times a marathon runner can set the world record D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times 23. What can we le
17、arn from Radcliffes story? A. Practice makes perfect. B. Well begun is half done. C. A friend in need is a fried indeed. D. Where there is a will there is a way. BThe Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the o
18、ld city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the Kings baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window
19、 in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.By eight oclock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the wo
20、rst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Pauls and the Guildhall among them.Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the he
21、at.The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect, wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone.
22、 In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Pauls.The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.24.The underlined word family in the second paragraph means. A. home
23、B. children C. wife and husbandD. wife and children25.Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys? A. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire. C. To show that poor people suffered most. D. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.26. How wa
24、s the fire put out according to the text? A. The king and his soldiers came to help. B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed. C. People managed to get enough water from the river. D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.27. Which of the following were reasons for
25、 the rapid spread of the big fire? (a)There was a strong wind. (b)The streets were very narrow. (c)Many houses were made of wood. (d)There was not enough water in the city. (e)People did not discover the fire earlier. A.(a)and(b) B.(a),(b)and(c) C.(a),(b),(c)and(d) D.(a),(b),(c)(d)and(e) C When Babb
26、age was working at Cambridge, a new idea occurred to him. He wanted to construct acalculating machine to work out the solutions to maths problems not only with correctness butalso with a speed beyond the power of any human mind. His machine could solve problems involving long rows of figures in one
27、continuous operation . In 1822 Babbage exhibited his invention and won a prize from the government. After that, he immediately started to work on a larger machine designed to solve more difficult problems. Although he received some money left by his father, the money was not enough to support his de
28、sign. He wrote to the government about his plan and was given 2500 to start with, a sum worth much more in those days than it is now. Babbage continued his work in London for four years. Then his health broke down, and he had to take a long holiday abroad. When he returned to London in 1828, he was
29、at the end of his resources. Many bills remained unpaid. His chief assistant and co-workers quarreled with him and left with many expensive tools. For one year no work was done. During this period, Babbage, whose mind was always active, suddenlythought of a completely new idea for the machine. He ru
30、shed to meet the government officials to explain hisnew idea. But this time, they were unwilling to help him. For eight years, they refused to say whether theywanted the machine or not, and their final answer was No. From 1828 to 1839, Babbage held the position of professor at Cambridge very successfully. But his greatest work was the unfinished calculating machine which stood covered in dust in his house. It was thebeginning of the modern computer. 28. The machine
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