1、1. When is the girls birthday?A.May 5th. B. May 15th. C. May 16th.2. What is the mans hobby?A.Taking photos B. Listening to music C. Collecting stamps3. What did the man buy yesterday?A.A shirt B. A jacket C. A sweater4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At school B. At a stadi
2、um C. At a hospital5. What is the womans dancing teacher doing tonight?A. She is seeing a doctor B. She is taking a flight. C. She is attending a meeting.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。在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
3、第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. Where is the new cafe?A. Next to the library B. Near the bus station C. Beside the park7. How will the speakers go?A. By bus B. By bike C. On foot听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8.What are the speakers talking about?A.A city B. A company C. A shopping place9. What does the woman like most?A. The sto
4、re B. The supermarket C. The sports centre听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Why wont the woman watch tonights concert?A. She has no interest in it. B. She saw it last weekend C. She has no ticket.11. Where is the woman now?A. In France B. In America C. In China12. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Do som
5、e painting. B. Visit a museum. C. Attend a party.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. Who got the girl a skateboard?A.Her dad B. Her uncle C. Her mum14. Where is the girls box from?A.Canada B. Australia C. Brazil15. What is the girls favorite thing?A.A guitar B. A toy bear C. A poster16. What does the boy think of
6、the girls bowl?A.Strange B. Interesting C. Beautiful听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What age group can join the club?A.Younger than 10 B. Between 10 and 17 C. Older than 1718. When do club members meet?A.On Monday afternoon B. On Saturday morning C. On Sunday afternoon19. What will club members learn to do ne
7、xt week?A.Make a dish B. Write a story C. Build a bridge20. What should club members bring next week?A.Money B. Gloves C. Pencils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。AFOUR BOOKS YOU SHOULD READCaroline LeavittCruel Beautiful WorldAt age 16 Lucy is a lonely orp
8、han living with older sister Charlotte and devoted aunt Iris in Waltham, Massachusetts. On the last day of school, she runs away with her 30-year-old teacher, William, and settles in a hillside shack in rural Pennsylvania, near his new teaching job. Though Lucy feels increasingly isolated, William w
9、ont allow her any outlet. Leavitt draws upon a real-life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school. She tells her story from multiple viewpoints, building tension and empathy for Lucy and Charlotte as tragedy swallows them.Steven PriceBy GaslightPrice, an award-winning Canadian poet, achiev
10、es an extraordinary achievement of Dickensian storytelling in his weighty second novel. His hero is William Pinkerton, son of the founder of the legendary detective agency, who finds clues in his late fathers safe to the case of William Shade. This mythic thief had disturbed and upset his father. Wi
11、lliam tracks a Shade accomplice(共犯), Charlotte Reckitt, to London, only to find shes been found dead in the Thames. Also on the scene is Adam Foole, who is obsessed with Charlotte, who he met while stealing De Beers diamonds from a South African mine. Price ably arranges dozens of interlinking plotl
12、ines as he spans three continents and several decades, from American Civil War battlefields to Scotland Yard at the end of the 19th Century.GeFeiThe Invisibility CloakBeijing-based GeFei (pen name for Liu Yong) won the 202X Mao Dun Literature Prize for fiction “describing the changing spirit of Chin
13、ese society” over the past century. The Invisibility Cloak, his first English publication, revolves around Cui, a divorced man who creates customized hi-fi speakers for Beijings newly wealthy and a few intellectuals. Beijings rapid expansion has left Cui longing for an invisible life away from the c
14、ity. His chance comes when he agrees to build a world-class sound system for a gangster(黑社会老大). GeFeis nice irony, translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse, should find many fans.Tim HarfordMessyThe temptation to be neat and tidy may be powerful, but “we would be better served by embracing a degr
15、ee of mess,” Harford argues. His defense of the creative potential of the imperfect, crude, random, vague, difficult, diverse and even dirty is refreshing. Reaching into the arts, politics, business, science and technology, Harford makes a compelling case for opening up to disorder and luck.21.Which
16、 author does NOT tell a story in his / her work listed above?A.Caroline Leavitt B. Tim Harford C. Steven Price D. GeFei22. Jack is an American who would like everything to be neat and tidy. He loves reading novels with ironic humor and detective stories. He is going to work and live in Beijing for t
17、he next three years, and he is very curious about the place he is soon heading to. Which book will he most likely choose to read now?A. Cruel Beautiful World B. By Gaslight C. The Invisibility Cloak D. Messy23. This page is intended for people who want to _.A. buy newly-published books at a discount
18、B. recommend books to friends and familyC. understand the current trend in literature D. know what books are worthwhile to readBIn April, 1967 my brother, Harvey Cooley, met a soldier, David Lawson during basic training. In their free time, they hung out together. As the weeks went by, they grew ver
19、y close, almost like brothers. However, after basic training, soldiers moved on to advanced training. They thought they would never see each other again.One day in September, 1967, these men were both in California waiting for transport to the front. Harvey and David had an unexpected surprise when
20、they ran into each other. They talked very briefly since they had got to report in five minutes. They agreed to meet after they were discharged(退伍)from the service. Harvey wrote a brief note which he gave to David showing the date and location they were to meet.Harvey never made it back home. He die
21、d while saving two soldiers during enemy fire. David did not learn of Harveys death until the mid 1980s. he wrote a letter to Harvey after he returned home and asked if they could postpone their meeting to a later date. His letter was unanswered. David felt then that Harvey must not have made it bac
22、k. He knew Harvey would surely have answered his letter if he had been able to.While David was searching the internet for Information about Harvey, he found a poem dedicated(献给) to Harvey by me. He sent me an email and told me about his friendship with Harvey and we swapped phone numbers.David calle
23、d me and we talked about his friendship with Harvey. While on the phone with David, I learned about the note Harvey had written for him. David still had the note and sent me a copy of it.It is amazing, to say the least, that David was able to track(追查到) me down. Even more amazing is the fact that he
24、 still had Harveys note after all these years. David told me it was a joy to finally hear from Harvey through me after over forty years.24. What did Harvey and David decide to do after they met unexpectedly? A. Meet after they returned. B.Leave the army. B. C. Write a report. D. Go to advanced train
25、ing.25.What did David do when he didnt hear from Harvey? .A. He decided to meet Harvey at a later time B. He went to the front to look for Harvey C. He feared that Harvey had died D. He asked two soldiers about Harvey 26. The underlined word “postpone” in Paragraph 3 means .A. talk about B. put off
26、C. attend D. call27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. A Note Kept for Over Forty Years B. Friendship Developed in the War C. A Letter Never Answered D. Two Brothers Never SeparatedC Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only. I live my life with the goal
27、 of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, Take the extra minute to do it right. I always try to live by the extra minute rule. When my children were young and likely to cause acciden
28、ts, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I dont only avo
29、id those if only moments when it comes to safety. Its equally important to avoid in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had lost an opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across f
30、rom my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldnt be there. But then I thought about the fact that hes 84 years old and I realized that I shouldnt give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after al
31、l.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (不测的事) . And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I m doing the right thing. Im buying myself peace of mind and thats the best kind of i
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